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November 14

Volleyball falls in Foggy Bottom Miscommunications and poor hitting led the AU volleyball team to a 3-1 (14-30, 30-25, 20-30, and 29-31) loss to George Washington Saturday night at the Charles E. Smith Athletic Center. AU (22-9, 13-1 Patriot League) only shot for .

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Yohannes charge secures men's return to nationals

By Ian Quillen | November 14

As AU and Princeton's last runners crossed the line in Saturday's NCAA Mideast Regional, the team race for second place - and a spot in the NCAA Championships - was too close to call. Princeton's top two runners finished fifth and sixth, both ahead of eighth-place AU sophomore Steve Hallinan on the course in Bethlehem, Pa.

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Reporting from the shadow of greatness

By Katie Munro | November 14

What a season it was. A 20-2 record. A trip to the NCAA Tournament. A national ranking. Patriot League offensive, defensive and coaching honors. Surely regional and All-America awards to come. It was one of those seasons I can proudly tell about to my grandkids and they can tell about to their grandkids.

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Field hockey unravels late vs. Terps

By Kevin Hilgers | November 14

AU field hockey coach Steve Jennings thought his team was in good position for almost all of Sunday's match at Maryland in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Never mind that the Terrapins controlled the shots and penalty corners the whole day. The teams were knotted in a scoreless tie for almost an hour of play - not a bad place to be against the top-ranked Terps.

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Hoop notes: Guards key to season start

By Kevin Hilgers and Dan Jacobson | November 10

Ingram leads in exhibition win over Catholic Andre Ingram scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and freshman Garrison Carr scored 18 off the bench Wednesday night as AU defeated Catholic University, 71-63, in a home exhibition. The Eagles started three guards, including freshman Derrick Mercer at point guard.

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Today, the sweet science has gone sour

By Jordan Beane | November 10

I have a basic premise about humans. People love to see people beat the "Bejesus" out of each other. It's biological, like our need to breathe oxygen, or our hatred of any Weezer CD after "Pinkerton." Think about it. When you were in high school, did anyone ever yell "Someone's doing homework!" causing everyone to stand on their lunch tables to peer at the guy finishing chemistry for next period? No.

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Sports brief: Crew brings home gold from Virginia competition

By Ian Quillen | November 10

AU rowing finished its season with a gold medal and a fourth-place finish at the Head of the Occoquan race Sunday. The Eagles took first in the Men's Novice 4 division, a classification for 4-man boats for first-year rowers, finishing the 5,000-meter course in 20:17.

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Jennings' and Eagles' timetable right on time

By Kevin Hilgers | November 10

When Caroline Vo was a high school senior in Massachusetts, the thought of playing college field hockey was a stretch. The current senior defender's plan was just to find a school where she'd get minutes. What was even farther from her mind was some place called American University.

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Tackle all your troubles: watch a ballgame

By Carolyn Fox | November 10

Sometimes all it takes to make a bad night good is a great tackle. I sat on the couch two Sundays ago failing miserably at snapping out of a mood I had been in since Wednesday. It had been one of those weeks, the kind when gravity won more often than balance, and food dropped on my shirt instead of in my mouth.

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Soccer prepares for PL tourney

By Ian Quillen | November 10

For the second time in as many seasons, the AU men's soccer team will host the Patriot League Tournament, Friday and Sunday at Reeves Field. But this year has been hardly anything like the last. In 2004, led by seniors Thomas Myers in goal, Sean Albright, Charlie Koniver and Nick Zaron on defense, Shawn Kuykendall at midfield and Dave Marut up front, the Eagles entered the PL playoffs with a 9-1-1 mark in their last 11 games.

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Senior Day extra special for volleyball, who avenges only PL loss in program history

By Dan Jacobson | November 7

Maybe it was destiny that on Senior Night, AU faced the team that handed AU its first-ever Patriot League loss. Playing like every point was their last, the Eagles (22-8, 13-1 PL) avenged their earlier loss to Army (19-5, 10-3) with a clean 3-0 sweep (30-22, 30-25, and 30-22) Saturday night in front of a thunderous crowd at Bender Arena.

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Women's rugby gives home field a try

By Patrick Ambrosio | November 7

Energized by a home crowd for the first time, the AU women's rugby team dominated Catholic University in every aspect Saturday afternoon, winning 65-0 on the Massachusetts Avenue field. AU out-ran the opposition from the opening whistle, keeping play on Catholic's end throughout the affair by playing solid defense.

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Eagle men's soccer tumbles early on, rises from pitch as PL regular-season champions

November 7

The AU men's soccer team shut out Army, 3-0, on what was an oh-so-sweet Senior Day as AU clinched home field advantage for next weekend's PL tournament. The Eagles beat out Lafayette for the top spot on a head-to-head tiebreaker. Both teams were 5-2 in the PL, but AU defeated Lafayette earlier in the season, 2-1, in double overtime.

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Reception no good for AU's displaced NFL fans

By Jesse Epstein | November 7

For five weeks, I've been following my Dallas Cowboys through text messages, NFL.com and phone calls from friends in far-off places where they actually show the Boys' games. In enemy (read: Redskins) territory, I rarely see a game on T.V. myself. In an ironic twist, when the Skins played on Sunday night against this region's second favorite team, the Eagles, and the Giants played at 4:15 p.

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Don't forget to give me my IM T-shirt

By Jordan Beane | November 3

Championships are not always won in packed stadiums or sold-out arenas. Sometimes they can be won in empty gyms, where the only fan is a house mate waiting for a ride home, the refs want the game to be over with so they can finish their homework, and the prize is not a trophy or a check, but a T-shirt.

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Sports brief: Men's soccer shut out at Penn

By Kevin Hilgers | November 3

The AU men's soccer fell, 2-0, at Penn Wednesday in its last non-conference match of the season. The Eagles (5-9-1) were outshot, 13-6. Junior midfielder Garth Juckem led AU with five shots Penn (9-3-1) scored first in the seventh minutewhen Derek Hobson scored an unassisted goal.

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New blood, Hadavi's return key for AU

November 3

The AU women's basketball team began practice for the 2005-06 season with new faces, but the same approach: win the Patriot League title. Despite preseason polls picking AU fifth in the PL, second-year head coach Melissa McFerrin and her staff will expect big things from the Eagles.

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