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Successful final year for seniors

By James Highsmith · Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Tavelyn James stepped on the basketball court as a highly touted freshman, earning all-state honors four times while in high school. James will step off as the most accomplished player in Eastern Michigan women’s basketball history.

Eagles take weekend in sweep

By Brandon Karsten · Sunday, March 18, 2012

The Eastern Michigan University baseball team completed a home opening weekend sweep against Niagara University with a 12-5 victory Sunday.

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Swim, dive teams compete

By Brandon Karsten · Sunday, March 18, 2012

The Eastern Michigan University women’s swimming and diving team had juniors Briana Emig and Kelly Hendricks compete in the NCAA Championship Meet Thursday through Saturday in Auburn, Alaska. The first competitions took place on Thursday, with Emig swimming in the 500 freestyle event.

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Wrestling falls in tourney

By Antonio Cooper · Sunday, March 18, 2012

Eastern Michigan University’s wrestling team sent four players to compete in the NCAA Tournament and many were eliminated during the second round.

Eagles drop in first round

By James Highsmith · Sunday, March 18, 2012

For the No. 12 seeded Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team and senior guard Tavelyn James, the shots just wouldn’t fall. But ultimately, the Eagles would. EMU (23-9) lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to the University of South Carolina Gamecocks (24-9, No.

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Eagles head toward NCAA tournament

By James Highsmith · Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Senior guard Tavelyn James and sophomore guard/forward Natachia Watkins have been a winning formula for the 12th-seeded Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team. And don’t expect that to change. “What I like about our chances is that she [University of South Carolina Coach Dawn Staley] plays a lot of man-to-man defense, [it’s] very aggressive,” Coach AnnMarie Gilbert said in an interview with emueagles.com.

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Softball pitching strongly

By Stanley Burkett · Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Softball season has begun for Eastern Michigan University. The Eagles (6-13) have had their ups and downs but have won three of their past five games.

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Swim star proud to be a part of the EMU team

By Ashlyn Zarate · Wednesday, March 14, 2012

For senior Jake Heyblom, the sport of swimming was not his first love. In fact, if it wasn’t for getting cut from the basketball team in seventh grade, Heyblom wouldn’t have considered swimming. “I was really disappointed that I was cut [from basketball] so my mom suggested that I try swimming,” Heyblom said.

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Women's gymnastics takes first in Eagle Invitational

By Harry Eichholtz · Sunday, March 11, 2012

The women’s gymnastics team picked up its first, first-place finish of the year with a team score of 193.85, defeating Air Force (192.25), Northern Illinois (192.075) and Temple (190.725) Saturday at the 9th annual Eagle Invitational in the Convocation Center. The Eagles managed to pull out this win on the 30th year of coaching for Steve Wilce. “Not only did we win tonight, but we guaranteed that we would finish the season with a winning record on the year coming out with a 10-7 record tonight with a very young team that has been improving week after week,” Wilce said.

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Tennis team working hard

By Ashlyn Zarate · Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Although the season started in the middle of January, the Eastern Michigan University women’s tennis team has played 12 matches and has 11 matches to go in the season.

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Swimming to fifth

By Brandon Karsten · Sunday, March 4, 2012

The Eastern Michigan University women’s swimming and diving team finished fifth in the Mid-American Conference championship meet, scoring 392 points in the three-day event in Akron, Ohio.

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