Sports - The Eagle

Sports Brief: Wrestling advances three to national rankings in weekend

By David Bergman · Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004

This weekend at Lock Haven University's Mat-Town Invitational, the AU Wrestling team took fifth place among the nation's top teams. Junior Muzaffar Abdurakhmanov took first place at 157 pounds this weekend, upsetting three-time All-American and last year's national tournament runner-up, Jake Percival of Ohio University, by medical default. Percival has a history against AU, notably beating AU's career wins record-holder alumnus Marc Hoffer ('02) in 2001.

Sports Brief: Scoring drought against Niagara dooms Men's Bball to second straight loss

By Jesse Epstein · Monday, Nov. 22, 2004

The AU Men's Basketball team suffered its second straight road defeat Saturday night, falling to Niagara, 78-71. The Eagles were led by center Matej Cresnik, who scored 17 points, and Raimondas Petrauskas, who netted 16 on 7-of-10 shooting.

Bball women show their will

By Jesse Epstein · Monday, Nov. 22, 2004

The American University Women's Basketball team opened Bender Arena for the season with an astounding 78-59 win over William & Mary on Sunday. The Eagles were paced by a balanced scoring attack, led by senior center Kim Salem, who tied her career-high with 17 points. Senior Joanna Barnes scored 13, Tala Hadavi scored 11 and Tara Williams came off the bench to score 10 for AU.

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Volleyball completes four undefeated years in PL

By Ian Quillen | November 22

Four years ago, six freshmen entered the AU Volleyball program as it was transitioning from the Colonial Athletic Association to the Patriot League. This weekend, those freshmen, now seniors, capped off the final chapter in a perfect PL career. The AU Volleyball team defeated Army, 3-0, in the Patriot League championship on Saturday night at Bender Arena, winning the three games 30-23, 30-28 and 30-21, and clinching a fourth straight NCAA tournament appearance.

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Sideline Scholars: NBA soils opportunity with poor players

By David Bergman | November 22

There are a series of Budweiser advertisements on television that feature a fake sports star named Leon. Leon is the epitome of the spoiled-brat superstar, going as far as to pass up his at-bat to wait for a check to clear. The ads are meant to poke fun at what sports have become through an exaggerated character. Unfortunately, this character exists in real life. On Friday night, the Indiana Pacers were coming to the end of a pitiful defeat at the hands of the current world champion Detroit Pistons. With about 45 seconds to go, the Pacers' Ron Artest committed a hard foul under the basket against Detroit's Ben Wallace. Wallace overreacted, but what happened next was one of the most unbelievable displays of unsportsmanlike conduct ever witnessed in sports.

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Soccer storms to second round

By Ian Quillen | November 22

For the first 15 minutes of Saturday's NCAA first-round game, Long Island University looked like a team that might crush the Eagles' aspirations of a second-round date with Virginia. Over the next 75 minutes, though, LIU turned into merely another name underneath the Eagles' win column.