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Men’s Basketball Looks to Returners for A-10 Championship Repeat

Jeremiah Kirsch, Contributor November 13, 2019

Preseason results/expectations: The Billikens were picked to finish 7th in the A-10 this season by the league’s coaches and media. With many new faces, the Billikens are like a penny stock—they...

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Women’s Basketball Posted Fourth in A-10

Mishal Mustaque, Staff Writer November 13, 2019

Preseason results/expectations: Ciaja Harbison was named in the A-10 All Conference First Team, and despite having five sophomores and four freshmen on the roster, expectations are high for Saint Louis’...

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Back to back women’s soccer A10 Champions

Sam Glass, Sports Editor November 12, 2019

One goal, two goal, red fish? Blue fish?    It may not rhyme, but it does accurately represent the firepower coming from the SLU women’s soccer team.    A 3-1 win over George Washinton makes...

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Billikens Continue Winning Stretch

Jeremiah Kirsch, Contributor October 30, 2019

The SLU women’s volleyball team continued their recent success with two more victories this weekend. The Billikens knocked off George Mason on Friday night and defeated George Washington on Sunday afternoon....

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The Road to Tokyo: U.S. Athletes are already punching their ticket to the 2020 Games

Erin McClelland, Associate Sports Editor October 30, 2019

There are 266 days left until the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, and Team USA is slowly being formed athlete by athlete. The year leading up to the games is when these athletes get to realize their dreams...

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Screams, Smoke Bombs and SLUnatics: Alex Smith

Mishal Mustaque, Contributor October 30, 2019

 If that sounds like you (or your ulterior persona), you are a perfect fit for SLUnatics. SLU’s very own group of superfans barrel through every barrier imaginable to hype their team into snatching...

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Get Her in the Game Keeps Diaz at SLU

Sam Glass, Sports Editor October 30, 2019

In 1972, the historic Title IX was passed, granting women equality in education and athletics. Since its implementation, female student athletes across the nation have taken advantage of their opportunities...

Swim and Dive Sweeps at home

Sam Glass, Sports Editor October 24, 2019

 The Saint Louis University swim and dive teams held their first home meet of the season on Saturday, Oct. 19. The Billikens hosted Maryville and Eastern Illinois in the Simon Recreation Center.     Garbed...

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SLU Field Hockey Looking to Improve on Losing Season

Sam Glass, Sports Editor October 16, 2019

The Saint Louis Field Hockey program has had a rough year, to put it lightly. Graduating seven seniors last year inevitably shakes up a team dynamic, and with a current 0-11 record, things are definitely...

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Softball Racks up Academic Awards

Erin McClelland, Associate Sports Editor October 16, 2019

Not only does SLU’s softball team excel on the field during their season in the spring, they find time in their busy schedules to keep their GPA’s up pretty high. Sixth place in the nation high—and...

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Kate Conquers Ironman

Susannah Ellis, Contributor October 10, 2019

Kate McGrath, a sophomore studying Public Health, never pictured herself completing an Iraonman triathlon, right up to the moment she signed herself up for one. She had always found biking and swimming...

The Power of Sports

Jeremiah Kirsch, Contributor October 3, 2019

Mar. 17, 2019. I’ll never forget that date. Not because of what happened, but what followed on this campus that Sunday. In the mid-afternoon at the Barclays Center, our beloved Billikens won the A-10...

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