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Men’s basketball looks to bounce back from loss

The Xavier Musketeers’ men’s basketball team comes into the week with a record of 12-9. Conference games began when they played Temple on Jan. 10 and are now coming into full-swing. The team defeated the Dayton Flyers at home and then lost a close game at Richmond. However, the team […]

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Swimming excels on Senior Day

The Xavier men’s and women’s swim teams came away with a pair of home wins over Wright State Saturday morning, where 12 seniors were honored for their time as Musketeers. Seniors Sam Conchuratt, David Gordon, Landon Graham, David Maxwell, Pablo Morejon, Joseph O’Hara, Daniel Schneider, Steve Sharp, Rick Stewart, Anne […]

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Fencing grows under new leadership

When people think of fencing they tend to think of epic duels in movies such as Zorro, The Princess Bride and The Three Musketeers. What most Xavier students do not realize, however, is that Xavier University has its own fencing team that competes all across the Midwest. The club fencing […]

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Sports Opinion: Respectful rivalries

Last Tuesday, campus was busy with activity and excitement as the men’s basketball team prepared to defend their winning tradition at home against rival Dayton. Thoughts of Jimmy Carter were interrupted, however, when an alleged group of Dayton fans shamed the D’Artagnan statue by placing a skirt-like sheet onto the […]

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Xavier women’s basketball records first conference win

The Xavier women’s basketball team broke its eight game losing streak this weekend with a 58-50 victory over the St. Bonaventure Bonnies. This win allows the Musketeers to keep a perfect 10-0 record at home when playing the Bonnies. The Musketeers were led by senior forward Amber Gray with 18 […]

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Xavier tennis continues to excel

The Xavier men’s and women’s tennis teams left the cold and snow of Cincinnati this past weekend and returned home with three victories in as many matches. The men’s team defeated Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) 7-0 on Friday before having their Saturday match postponed due to inclement weather. The women’s […]

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XU indoor track excels

The men’s and women’s track and field teams returned home after their first meet of 2013 at the Gladstein Invite hosted by Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. Seven Musketeers finished in the Top 10 overall and eight achieved new personal records. The men were led by three sixth place finishes, […]

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Newswire Sports Opinion: Xavier AD Mike Bobinski

A 15-year tradition of excel- lence in athletics was abruptly ended last Wednesday as Xavier University announced ath– letic director Mike Bobinski’s acceptance of the Athletic Department position at Georgia Tech. Bobinski, who has held the title of AD for 12 years at Xavier, will be filling a posi– tion […]

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Women’s basketball struggles in A-10 play

Over the past week, the Xavier women’s basketball team played the Butler Bulldogs and then head- ed down south to play Charlotte. The Musketeers kept both games close, but did not win either game. They lost 71-67 to Butler and 55- 67 to Charlotte. In the matchup against Butler, redshirt […]

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Spencer makes Xavier soccer history

Luke Spencer, senior forward for the Xavier men’s soccer team, became the first Musketeer to ever be picked in the Major League Soccer (MLS) SuperDraft on Thursday afternoon. Spencer, a Cincinnati native, was picked 23rd in the draft by the New England Revolution, who finished the 2012 season 9-17-8. This […]