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Eagles Primed for Tourney Run

By Jesse Epstein | March 3

The best time of the year has come for all sports fans. The doldrums of February are about to be replaced by the excitement that is March Madness. One of the first tournaments to kick off play is the Patriot League, and the AU Women will take thei r recent string of strong play up to Worcester, Massachusetts where they play will Navy in the first round.

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Fresh start for wrestlers at Eastern meet

By Eric Fantegrossi | March 3

Despite the honors Eagle wrestlers earned this season, they will start over with a 0-0 record at the 2005 EIWA national qualifying tournament Friday and Saturday. This year's tournament is dubbed "The Battle by the Bay," courtesy of the upstart sponsor Real Pro Wrestling.

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Women head to the Cross

By Jesse Epstein | March 3

The best time of the year for sports fans is here. The doldrums of February are about to be replaced by the college basketball excitement that is March Madness. One of the first tournaments is the Patriot League, and the AU Women will take their recent string of strong play up to Worcester, Mass.

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Karlstrom and Duffy running into NCAAs

By Jordan Beane | March 3

You have to look hard when scanning the list of collegiate athletes participating in the NCAA Indoor Track Championships, but AU is there. For many schools, sending athletes to the championships is merely part of the routine, something expected. But other schools, instead of large contingents of competitors, send one or two of their very best students to these races, where they proudly represent their school and are happy to run, toss or jump with names like Drake, Radford or Tennessee-Chattanooga emblazoned across their chests.

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Men's hoops season ends in league tourney loss

By Elliot Smilowitz | March 3

Posted March 7, 2005 Senior Jason Thomas scored just one point in his final college game as AU lost 53-35 to Bucknell in the second round of the Patriot League tournament. Thomas went 0-for-6 from the three-point stripe, while fellow senior Matej Cresnik led the team with 12 points. The Eagles end the season with a record of 16-12, giving them their fourth straight winning season. This year's crop of graduating seniors is AU's first in 30 years to graduate with only winning seasons under their belt.

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Spring blooms, death looms

By Ian Quillen | March 3

Spring break. For every student, it is different. Some will venture to beach resorts in Florida, Mexico or the Caribbean, tanning all day and partying all night. Others will journey to visit family, friends and scenery that they miss dearly because they haven't seen them in a couple months.

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Women's hoops lose regular season finale at Navy, limp to PL tourny rematch v. Midshipmen.

By Ian Quillen | February 28

The AU Women's Basketball team had trouble generating offense at times without injured junior point guard Tala Hada, who hasn't played since an early-season ligament tear. But never did the Eagles struggle at a more inopportune time than on Saturday afternoon, when Navy held AU scoreless for the last 8:41 en route to a 49-46 win in Annapolis, Md.

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AU sinks Navy for 2nd straight win

By Kevin Hilgers | February 28

Throughout its four-game losing streak this month, AU Men's Basketball struggled to put away opponents late - and that's if it even had a chance from the beginning. But in the final two games of the season, the Eagles seem to have turned things around. AU got 62 points from its five seniors in their final home regular-season game and overcame an intense Navy team to win its second consecutive game, beating the Midshipmen, 84-77, at Bender Arena Saturday.

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AU resurgent at PL swim finals

By Ian Quillen | February 28

Last year, the AU Swimming and Diving team found itself in an early-season crisis - though nothing as imminent as those engulfing AU's tennis and golf programs - when the athletic department announced it would be phasing out all of the team's 15 scholarships.

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Money interrupts pure sport

By Jordan Beane | February 28

This week in the world of sports, there were some notable salary cap casualties. The world champion New England Patriots cut cornerback Ty Law, the Buffalo Bills cut quarterback Drew Bledsoe, and American University cut the golf and tennis programs.

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Women's hoops erupt on Senior Day

By Jesse Epstein | February 24

AU's six seniors closed out their careers at Bender Arena Wednesday night with one of the most complete performances of their four-year careers, shellacking Lehigh, 65-50, on Senior Night. The six seniors, Chanel Hunt, Joanna Barnes, Jenyce Woodruff, Kim Salem, Angel Jordan and Damarah Rhymer, combined for 59 of AU's points in the win that put the Eagles on the brink of the third seed in the upcoming Patriot League tournament.

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AU Makes Memories on Senior Night

By Jesse Epstein | February 24

AU's six seniors closed out their careers at Bender Arena Wednesday night with one of the most complete performances of their 4-year career, shellacking Lehigh, 65-50, on Senior Night. The six seniors, Chanel Hunt, Joanna Barnes, Jenyce Woodruff, Kim Salem, Angel Jordan and Damarah Rhymer, combined for 59 of AU's 65 in the win that put them on the brink of the third seed in the upcoming Patriot League Tournament.

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Boston's sad losers now sore winners

By Eric Fantegrossi | February 24

Growing up in a suburban town just outside Boston, I learned a religious level of admiration for the Red Sox. The flip side of this coin was obviously our never-ending hatred for the Yankees. Our acceptance of this was as natural as the leaves changing color in the fall.

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Men end 4-game slide, beat Lehigh 65-61

By Ian Quillen | February 24

The AU men's Basketball team finally snapped not one but two four-game losing streaks Wednesday night. The Eagles' 65-61 victory at Lehigh put them back into the win column, a place they haven't been since a Feb. 4 win over Army. AU had lost its last four games, all in the Patriot League.

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Golfers look for a diamond in the rough

By David Bergman | February 24

After a difficult fall season wrought with disappointing finishes, the AU Men's Golf team is looking to rebound with a trip to California and a promising spring season. The Eagles, who placed eighth or lower in three out of four events this fall, have a seven-tournament spring schedule that includes the three-day Intercollegiate at Diablo Grande, a tournament in Patterson, Calif.

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AU cuts golf and tennis programs

By Ian Quillen | February 24

The AU Athletic Department announced it will cut the men's golf and men's and women's tennis programs after this season, according to a statement released Thursday evening. AU will honor scholarships already given to those students should they decide to stay at AU, but in the future scholarships for those programs, part of AU's total of 80 sports scholarships, will be redirected to other sports that do not meet NCAA maximum scholarship limits, the statement indicates.

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AU runs to best-ever PL finish

By Kevin Hilgers | February 21

AU Men's and Women's Indoor Track teams didn't finish the weekend's Patriot League Championships with the most points, but they could be called the competition's most efficient squads. Eagle runners placed first in 10 of their 13 events as the women finished fifth and the men finished third, their best-ever finish in the PL Championships.

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