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Mercyhurst coach Rick Gotkin believes in Atlantic Hockey. Four years ago when the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference was born, Mercyhurst was simply the cream of the crop.
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By By Mariecar Mendoza, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Sep.
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If you ask Boston College coach Jerry York what grade his squad deserves now that roughly a third of the season is over, he acknowledges room for improvement.
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CLEMSON, S.C. -- Charlie Whitehurst threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Browning in the second overtime, which lifted No. 15 Clemson to a 37-30 victory over Wake Forest yesterday.
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Stephanie Morrissey of Abington didn't start her college basketball career at Suffolk University. Neither did Braintree's Katie Castignetti . But the senior guards have found a home on coach Ed Leyden 's squad and are finishing strong for the Rams, combining for 14.5 points a game through the season's first eight games.
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Having learned under the late Bill Walsh, Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren has always taken pride in how his teams start games. Walsh followed a game-opening script of as many as 25 plays, and Holmgren is one of several prot&#xE9;g&#xE9;s who have carried on the tradition.
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A good team knows how to put its opponent away, and that is exactly what the top-ranked Stoneham boys' soccer team did yesterday in a 4-0 win over visiting Wakefield, although it took a while.
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TODAY'S GAMES Division 1 NONLEAGUE -- Acton-Boxboro at Bridgewater-Raynham, 4. Division 1A BAY STATE -- Newton North at Norwood, 7.
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A strong finish is a big deal at Southern California. The coaching staff talks about it, the players, too.
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Cleve Kinley's goal at 16:36 of the second period sparked UMass-Lowell to a 2-1 win over Northeastern last night in Lowell.
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DURHAM, N.H. -- Before yesterday's America East Conference opener against New Hampshire, Boston University coach Dennis Wolff turned sage and tossed a pearl of wisdom to his players in the bowels of Lundholm Gymnasium.
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CHESTNUT HILL -- You'd think that if your team generated 50 or more shots in a game, your team would win.
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With a nod to the lads down in Foxborough, there's another team in town that not only is mowing down opponents but is doing so at a rate that, statistically, could rank it as one of the great regular-season teams of all time.
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With his team in a three-way battle atop the South Coast Conference, Bourne coach Barry Wood was well aware that not only would his team have to beat Wareham on the road yesterday, but that Dighton-Rehoboth would also have to win at home against Seekonk for his Canalmen to earn a spot in the Division 2A playoffs.
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The transition to international soccer has been smooth for Michael Parkhurst. But Parkhurst continues to confront typecasting because of his size (5 feet 11 inches) in playing a central defender role populated more by intimidating presences than efficiency experts.
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By Andrea Weigl, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb.
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St. John's Prep (3-0-1) hasn't lost a Catholic Conference soccer match since 2004. But the Eagles know that any league opponent can be tough, and that's what they were expecting when they traveled to Malden Catholic yesterday for their first conference test. It took tough defense, solid goaltending, and a game-winning shot by senior captain Brett McLarney with 3 1/2 ...