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Archived news about the American University Eagles teams and athletes.

  • No depth: Eagles fall in NCAA play-in game after Rogers injury…
  • AU men are Patriot League season co-champs…
  • Finally: AU women beat Lafayette for first win of the season, now 1-19…
  • Eagles men get their first win in the 50 states, beat Loyola, MD, 73-54…
  • Rough opening night for basketball:AU men have a solid 10-minute stretch in 40-minute game, lose by 13...AU women never had a chance, lose by 36...
  • All hat: AU volleyball skunks underdogs; can’t handle big dogs…
  • AU highlights trans cross-country runner..
  • AU blows 13-point second half lead, falls to Holy Cross…
  • American blows 11-point 2nd half lead, falls to Georgetown in OT
  • Athletic director Billy Walker to retire…
  • Duane Simpkins named head basketball coach at American University…
  • Men’s basketball slide continues with loss to Lehigh…...Started season 12-3; 3-9 since then...
  • AU men’s soccer sunk by Navy in Patriot League championship…
  • AU volleyball coach garners 800th career victory…...As coach battles cancer...
  • Ugh…another ex-Princeton coach hired to run AU’s failed Princeton offense…
  • “They” lands on Patriot League men’s track all-league team…
  • Alum/foreign soccer coach struggles to continue race lawsuit against AU…
  • Women’s basketball coach Megan Gebbia gets record 151st win…...men's coach Mike Brennan, hired at the same time, has only 104...
  • New year, same result: AU Eagles men’s basketball blows 19-point lead, shoots 6-15 free throws in 2-point loss to Lehigh…
  • Men’s basketball losing streak reaches 6 games…
  • Former soccer player David Nakhid’s lawsuit against American U dismissed…
  • Men’s soccer star David Coly featured in Washington Post…
  • AU basketball gains transfer from George Washington…
  • ALL AU sports on hold for 10 days due to increasing COVID cases…
  • Wrestling coach Teague Moore out suddenly, immediately…
  • AU nabs another $3 million for planned Center for Athletic Performance…
  • Patriot League expected to cancel non-conference basketball this season…
  • With no sports, AU student-athletes focus on racism…
  • Basketballer Mark Gasperini goes to UMass as grad transfer…
  • Sa’eed Nelson sets record for career points in win over Lafayette…
    Sa’eed Nelson sets record for career points in win over Lafayette…
  • American U swim teams named Scholar All-America Teams for 50th straight semester…
  • AU hires Marsha Harper as women’s soccer coach…
    AU hires Marsha Harper as women’s soccer coach…
  • Men’s basketball blows 19-point lead in 68-64 loss to Albany…
  • Women’s basketball hosts LGBTQ+ Pride Night…
  • Former soccer player David Nakhid sues American University for discrimination because he wasn’t considered for head coaching job…Resume lists no collegiate coaching experience...
    Former soccer player David Nakhid sues American University for discrimination because he wasn’t considered for head coaching job…
  • Alum Jack Cassell donates $3 million to American University for Center for Athletic Performance…Alan Meltzer chips in $5 million (plus another $2 million for Center for Israel Studies)...
  • American University men’s basketball releases 2019-20 schedule…
  • American U men’s soccer team announces nine recruits for 2019…
  • AU alum Matthew Wilson named basketball coach at prestigious John Cooper School…
  • AU women’s basketball falls to Bucknell in Patriot League title game…Qualifies for WNIT vs. Penn......Gets thumped...
  • American University women’s basketball snaps 15-win streak…
  • Zach Samol named new American University men’s soccer coach…
  • AU men’s basketball wins season opener for first time since 2010…
  • Men’s soccer suffers humiliating 6-0 defeat vs. GWU; worst loss in 32 years, since 6-0 loss to UCLA in 1986…
  • 2018-19 Men’s Basketball Schedule…
  • Women’s basketball falls to UCLA in NCAA tourney…
  • Matt Rogers in the Washington Post…
  • Basketball coach Duane Simpkins featured in Washington Post…
  • Buzzer-beater victory over Lehigh makes SportsCenter top 10 plays…
  • AU men’s basketball starts season 4-4; no wins in the 50 states…
  • AU men’s basketball #239 in Sports Illustrated pre-season ranking…
  • Ouch: AU men’s basketball to face North Carolina, Virginia…
  • New athletics director at American University…
  • AU men’s basketball falls to worst team in Patriot Leage, at home…Season low scoring...
  • 1st-year coach Duane Simpkins grabs first head coaching victory of his career…
  • Villanova, Georgetown, Virginia Tech on AU men’s basketball schedule this year…
  • Long-time AU volleyball coach Barry Goldberg dies after year-long cancer battle…
  • Winning AU men’s basketball gets noticed by local news…
  • Basketball opening night: Leading at halftime, men fall to Marist…...women shellacked by DePaul...
  • Former AU field hockey player wins $1.8M lawsuit stemming from concussion suffered while playing for AU…US Army doctor on loan to AU at fault for misdiagnosis...She also sued AU, but that lawsuit was dismissed...Update: Army appeals; player tries again to sue AU...
  • Assistant Tiffany Coll named head women’s basketball coach at American University…
  • Championship banner is not enough: Four women’s basketball players seek to transfer…
  • American U. women’s basketball wins Patriot League tournament, advances to NCAAs…
  • 17-point first half dooms AU basketball vs. Navy…Now second worst team in Patriot League...
  • COVID comes for AU basketball:Men's game vs. Siena canceled......and Lafayette postponed......and Colgate postponed......and Holy Cross postponed...Women's game vs. Howard postponed......and Lehigh......and Lafayette...
  • Season-long atrocious free-throw shooting finally costs AU a win…69% foul shooting in 1-point loss to Western Carolina...
  • AU Men’s soccer opens season with win…
  • Men’s soccer wins Patriot League tournament for first time since 2004…Will face Jacksonville in NCAA play-in game; winner to get #1 Clemson...
  • Basketball star Jamir Harris to transfer…...to Seton Hall...
  • 6 of the 10 scheduled AU basketball games have been postponed due to COVID…
  • AU men’s basketball team now infected…2 more games postponed…May be the last Division 1 program to start it's season...
  • 36-year-old AU grad seeks to break 10-mile run record…...and does it!
  • Men’s basketball gets another commit…
  • Fall sports canceled…
  • Patriot League cancels all spring sports…
  • Men’s basketball blows 18 point lead, loses to Boston U on national TV…
  • OT victory gives AU men’s basketball 3-game win streak…
  • AU men’s basketball gives up 14-point halftime lead; loses to Stony Brook 77-74
  • After compiling 30-82-16 record over 7 seasons, women’s soccer coach Anabel Herring finally steps down…
  • After 0-2 start, men’s basketball defeats GWU for first victory of season…
  • AU’s Sa’eed Nelson tabbed as Patriot League Pre-Season Player of the Year…
  • AU sports teams finish the weekend a combined 1-9…
  • Wrestling coach Teague Moore’s contract extended…
  • AU women’s basketball coach Megan Gebbia gets contract extension…
  • AU wrestling team second in nation in academics…49th in wrestling...
  • Men’s basketball falls to lowly Navy in Patriot League quarterfinals…Ends another mediocre season at 15-14...
  • American U men’s basketball team in late-season skid…Lost five of last seven games...Meanwhile, women keep rolling...
  • AU men’s soccer coach Todd West to leave after 19 seasons…
  • American University men’s basketball picked 7th in pre-season Patriot League poll…
  • Women’s volleyball loses to #1 Stanford in straight sets; sets home attendance record
  • Jamir Harris transfers from U of Minnesota…
  • Wrestling closes season at NCAA tournament…
  • Women’s basketball finishes season with 1 win, 29 losses…Coach canned...
  • Lack of depth exposed: Shorthanded Eagles spanked by Bucknell…
  • AU women routed again, fall to 0-16…
  • Ouch: American men’s basketball falls to #10 North Carolina 107-55…
  • Can’t win: AU men’s soccer finishes non-conference slate with 2 losses, 3 draws, and 2 goals
  • Men’s basketball inks recruit…
  • AU builds 10-point second half lead, defeats Patriot League leader Colgate on the road…
  • Up by as much as 20, AU fizzles in 75-73 home loss to St. Francis (PA)…
  • Duane Simpkins era begins with 90-63 loss at Villanova…
  • Basketball head coach Duane Simpkins builds coaching staff…
  • Mike Brennan out as AU men’s basketball coach…
  • American University basketball defeats Georgetown for the first time since 1982…
  • WaPo profiles volleyball coach Barry Goldberg…
  • Alum chips in another $10M for new athletics facility…
  • AU women’s basketball coach poached by Wake Forest…Takes two assistants with her...
  • One and done: Michigan women triple AU’s 1st half points 39-13 on way to 74-39 drubbing…
  • AU men’s basketball wins first Patriot League tournament game in six years…
  • AU grad Keira D’Amato sets marathon record…
  • Men’s basketball snaps 7-game skid…
  • AU men’s basketball open season with OT win over Marist…
  • AU hires assistant basketball coach with Big 12 experience…
  • AU wrestling nabs Stanford coach after Stanford eliminates program…
  • With no games to play, AU athletes send Valentines instead…
  • Four weeks into the season, AU men’s basketball: 4 games, 4 COVID postponements, 4 overtime periods, 2 wins, 2 losses…
  • Men’s basketball opener postponed by COVID…Women postponed, too...
  • Patriot League announces shortened basketball season…No non-conference games...
  • Men’s basketball gains commit for 2021-22 season…
  • Majority-black men’s basketball team comes out against racism…Women's soccer team: Me too...
  • Sa’eed Nelson named Patriot League Player of the Year…
  • Up 11 points with 8:20 to go, AU men’s basketball blows lead, loses to Lafayette by 12…
  • Buzzer beater lifts AU’s men’s basketball to biggest win of season…
  • Men’s basketball builds 20-point lead vs. Mount St. Mary’s…...allows MSM to close the gap to 1 point......before AU goes on to win 82-76
  • Up by 6 with 3:21 left, men’s basketball falls to St. Francis 79-76…
  • Men’s basketball takes 16 point lead over William & Mary; loses by 9…
  • AU in top 25 for NCAA graduation rates…
  • Men’s basketball coach Mike Brennan inks 2 year contract extension…
    Men’s basketball coach Mike Brennan inks 2 year contract extension…
  • Entire women’s basketball team qualifies for Patriot League academic honor roll…
  • American U basketball alum Simon McCormack named assistant coach at Northern Kentucky…
  • Basketball star Sam Iorio to transfer from American U…Headed to South Alabama...Fourth transfer out since 2017...
    Basketball star Sam Iorio to transfer from American U…
  • Women’s basketball Patriot League regular season co-champs, with Bucknell…
  • Cecily Carl scores school-record 37 points in women’s basketball victory…
  • Women’s basketball coach Megan Gebbia signs contract extension…
  • American University volleyball 1-5 vs. the state of California in 2018 season…
  • American U. men’s soccer opens season with victory over George Mason…
  • AU basketball star reaches NBA…
  • Women’s basketball wins Patriot League Title…