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Sports Brief: Volleyball, Men's Soccer end season with honors

By Ian Quillen · Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004

Two AU Men's Soccer players and two AU Volleyball players were selected for season-ending all-region honors this week. For soccer, seniors Shawn Kuykendall, a midfielder, and Charlie Koniver, a defender, were selected to the All-South Atlantic second and third teams, respectively.

Eagles roar past Towson Tigers, 75-64

By Ian Quillen · Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004

After senior forward Jason Thomas scored 23 points against Vermont Saturday, tying his career high, his teammates and coaches could only hope it was a sign of things to come. But even the most optimistic could not have predicted a repeat performance as soon as the one he gave Wednesday night in AU's 75-64 win at Towson.

Sports Brief: Thiel, Thomas both win PL weekly awards

By Ian Quillen · Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004

After outstanding performances this weekend, AU Women's swimmer Megan Thiel and AU Men's basketball player Jason Thomas were named Patriot League athletes of the week in their sports.

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Sideline Scholars: Thomas to lead AU to '05 NCAAs

By Jesse Epstein | December 9

It's been a four-year struggle for recognition of unfulfilled potential and glimpses of stardom for AU forward Jason Thomas. But his 23-point, 11-rebound performance on Saturday as AU knocked off national power Vermont may be the late turning point in his career. Say what you will about honorable mention All-American Taylor Coppenrath's 22 points and 15 rebounds, or point guard T.J. Sorrentine's 27 points, or AU sophomore Andre Ingram's 19 points on four back-breaking three-pointers. But Jason Thomas was clearly the best player on the court Saturday.

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Sports Brief: Men's Track out of the blocks for indoor season

By Ian Quillen | December 9

The AU Men's Track and Field team came out of the blocks flying in the Navy Invitational last Friday night at the Navy Lidlifter meet in Annapolis, Md., taking three individual titles back to D.C. after the first meet of the indoor season. AU dominated the middle-distance categories, picking up all its individual wins in that area. Senior Sean Duffy won the 3,000-meter run in 8:21.55, beating two pursuing Navy runners by about four seconds, while AU sophomore Rob Hoffman finished fifth. Meanwhile, sophomore Dustin Ermani took the 800-meter title, completing the four laps in 1:55.65, while his teammates finished fourth, seventh and 15th.

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Eagles beat Vermont in thriller, 67-64

By Ian Quillen | December 6

AU forward Jason Thomas just missed a new career scoring high on Saturday, merely tying his previous mark of 23 points. And with two foul shots, two seconds left and a two-point lead over Vermont, he also failed to clinch the game, missing one shot, leaving the Catamounts with a chance to tie. But the senior did just about everything else for the Men's Basketball team, even intercepting Vermont's last-second Hail Mary inbounds pass, in an impressive 67-64 win at Bender Arena over the Catamonts, a team that has been drawing national attention.