AU Sports News Archives
Welcome to our archives of sports news for American University in Washington, DC. This tends to be our least full archive, as American University athletics is seldom newsworthy. Regardless, each of these articles has appeared on our home page at AmercianUReport.com. We have archived them here to give you more history about American University’s athletics program.
- Can’t win: AU men’s soccer finishes non-conference slate with 2 losses, 3 draws, and 2 goals
- All hat: AU volleyball skunks underdogs; can’t handle big dogs…
- Ouch: AU men’s basketball to face North Carolina, Virginia…
- Men’s basketball inks recruit…
- AU highlights trans cross-country runner..
- New athletics director at American University…
- AU builds 10-point second half lead, defeats Patriot League leader Colgate on the road…
- AU blows 13-point second half lead, falls to Holy Cross…
- AU men’s basketball falls to worst team in Patriot Leage, at home…
- Up by as much as 20, AU fizzles in 75-73 home loss to St. Francis (PA)…
- American blows 11-point 2nd half lead, falls to Georgetown in OT
- 1st-year coach Duane Simpkins grabs first head coaching victory of his career…
- Duane Simpkins era begins with 90-63 loss at Villanova…
- Athletic director Billy Walker to retire…
- Villanova, Georgetown, Virginia Tech on AU men’s basketball schedule this year…
- Basketball head coach Duane Simpkins builds coaching staff…
- Duane Simpkins named head basketball coach at American University…
- Long-time AU volleyball coach Barry Goldberg dies after year-long cancer battle…
- Mike Brennan out as AU men’s basketball coach…
- Men’s basketball slide continues with loss to Lehigh…
- Winning AU men’s basketball gets noticed by local news…
- American University basketball defeats Georgetown for the first time since 1982…
- AU men’s soccer sunk by Navy in Patriot League championship…
- Basketball opening night: Leading at halftime, men fall to Marist…
- WaPo profiles volleyball coach Barry Goldberg…
- AU volleyball coach garners 800th career victory…
- Former AU field hockey player wins $1.8M lawsuit stemming from concussion suffered while playing for AU…
- Alum chips in another $10M for new athletics facility…
- Ugh…another ex-Princeton coach hired to run AU’s failed Princeton offense…
- Assistant Tiffany Coll named head women’s basketball coach at American University…
- AU women’s basketball coach poached by Wake Forest…
- “They” lands on Patriot League men’s track all-league team…
- Championship banner is not enough: Four women’s basketball players seek to transfer…
- One and done: Michigan women triple AU’s 1st half points 39-13 on way to 74-39 drubbing…
- Alum/foreign soccer coach struggles to continue race lawsuit against AU…
- American U. women’s basketball wins Patriot League tournament, advances to NCAAs…
- AU men’s basketball wins first Patriot League tournament game in six years…
- Women’s basketball coach Megan Gebbia gets record 151st win…
- 17-point first half dooms AU basketball vs. Navy…
- AU grad Keira D’Amato sets marathon record…
- New year, same result: AU Eagles men’s basketball blows 19-point lead, shoots 6-15 free throws in 2-point loss to Lehigh…
- COVID comes for AU basketball:
- Men’s basketball snaps 7-game skid…
- Men’s basketball losing streak reaches 6 games…
- Season-long atrocious free-throw shooting finally costs AU a win…
- AU men’s basketball open season with OT win over Marist…
- Former soccer player David Nakhid’s lawsuit against American U dismissed…
- AU Men’s soccer opens season with win…
- AU hires assistant basketball coach with Big 12 experience…
- Men’s soccer star David Coly featured in Washington Post…
- Men’s soccer wins Patriot League tournament for first time since 2004…
- AU wrestling nabs Stanford coach after Stanford eliminates program…
- AU basketball gains transfer from George Washington…
- Basketball star Jamir Harris to transfer…
- With no games to play, AU athletes send Valentines instead…
- ALL AU sports on hold for 10 days due to increasing COVID cases…
- 6 of the 10 scheduled AU basketball games have been postponed due to COVID…
- Four weeks into the season, AU men’s basketball: 4 games, 4 COVID postponements, 4 overtime periods, 2 wins, 2 losses…
- Wrestling coach Teague Moore out suddenly, immediately…
- AU men’s basketball team now infected…2 more games postponed…
- Men’s basketball opener postponed by COVID…
- AU nabs another $3 million for planned Center for Athletic Performance…
- 36-year-old AU grad seeks to break 10-mile run record…
- Patriot League announces shortened basketball season…
- Patriot League expected to cancel non-conference basketball this season…
- Men’s basketball gets another commit…
- Men’s basketball gains commit for 2021-22 season…
- With no sports, AU student-athletes focus on racism…
- Fall sports canceled…
- Majority-black men’s basketball team comes out against racism…
- Basketballer Mark Gasperini goes to UMass as grad transfer…
- Patriot League cancels all spring sports…
- Sa’eed Nelson named Patriot League Player of the Year…
- Sa’eed Nelson sets record for career points in win over Lafayette…
- Men’s basketball blows 18 point lead, loses to Boston U on national TV…
- Up 11 points with 8:20 to go, AU men’s basketball blows lead, loses to Lafayette by 12…
- American U swim teams named Scholar All-America Teams for 50th straight semester…
- OT victory gives AU men’s basketball 3-game win streak…
- Buzzer beater lifts AU’s men’s basketball to biggest win of season…
- AU hires Marsha Harper as women’s soccer coach…
- AU men’s basketball gives up 14-point halftime lead; loses to Stony Brook 77-74
- Men’s basketball builds 20-point lead vs. Mount St. Mary’s…
- Men’s basketball blows 19-point lead in 68-64 loss to Albany…
- After compiling 30-82-16 record over 7 seasons, women’s soccer coach Anabel Herring finally steps down…
- Up by 6 with 3:21 left, men’s basketball falls to St. Francis 79-76…
- Women’s basketball hosts LGBTQ+ Pride Night…
- After 0-2 start, men’s basketball defeats GWU for first victory of season…
- Men’s basketball takes 16 point lead over William & Mary; loses by 9…
- Former soccer player David Nakhid sues American University for discrimination because he wasn’t considered for head coaching job…
- AU’s Sa’eed Nelson tabbed as Patriot League Pre-Season Player of the Year…
- AU in top 25 for NCAA graduation rates…
- Alum Jack Cassell donates $3 million to American University for Center for Athletic Performance…
- AU sports teams finish the weekend a combined 1-9…
- Men’s basketball coach Mike Brennan inks 2 year contract extension…
- American University men’s basketball releases 2019-20 schedule…
- Wrestling coach Teague Moore’s contract extended…
- Entire women’s basketball team qualifies for Patriot League academic honor roll…
- American U men’s soccer team announces nine recruits for 2019…
- AU women’s basketball coach Megan Gebbia gets contract extension…
- American U basketball alum Simon McCormack named assistant coach at Northern Kentucky…