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UNF Volleyball team goes 1-2 over Labor Day weekend

Raleigh Harbin Sep 3, 2012
UNF Volleyball team fights hard in 3 matches at the Courtyard Charleston North Classic. Positively fuels this team, and despite its record for the tournament, the UNF volleyball team looks at every match as a new opportunity to improve.
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Open Letter to Maurice Jones-Drew: Enough is Enough

Travis Gibson Aug 28, 2012
Hey Mojo, It's me, Travis. You don’t know me, but I know you. I know you well enough to refer to you by Mojo, a nickname I use mostly because typing Maurice Jones-Drew every time takes too long.
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Men’s Soccer win one, lose another during opening home stand

Spinnaker Aug 27, 2012
The Ospreys (1-1) won their opening game Fri. Aug 24 against Sienna 4-2 in a shootout during the first ever Mike Gibbs Memorial Tournament. Last season North Florida was only able to conjure up a single victory to accompany their 15 losses. A record attendance of 1,056 fans watched the opening game and cheered the Ospreys to their first home win under Head Coach Derek Marinatos, who’s in his second season leading the team.
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Women’s Soccer Struggles, Lose first two games on road

Raleigh Harbin Aug 20, 2012

Greenville, South Carolina 8/17 - With much promise for the 2012 season, the North Florida Women’s Soccer team fell into a hole, dropping their first two games of the season, 2-0 each. In the first...

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While the NCAA Ups its Ante on Academics, UNF Sticks to the Status Quo

Raleigh Harbin Aug 9, 2012
The requirements’ impact on the national landscape of the NCAA is already causing uproar amongst intercollegiate coaches from all sports, mainly because of heightened test scores and GPA requirements. The changes will have a profound effect on recruiting and current eligibility. But what about the impact on sports in our own back yard?
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Women’s soccer team looks to prove Final Four run wasn’t a fluke

Raleigh Harbin Aug 8, 2012
Despite finishing below .500 in the regular season, the Ospreys set the mark with their best post season run since their arrival in the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2005. The team reached the A-Sun semifinals, and won their first ever A-Sun tournament game.
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UNF Athletics releases 2012-13 men’s basketball schedule

Travis Gibson Aug 6, 2012
Look here to see the Men's 2012-13 basketball schedule.
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With A Rebuilding Season Behind Them, UNF Men’s Soccer Team Can Only Improve

Raleigh Harbin Aug 6, 2012
During a rebuilding 2011 season for the UNF soccer team, the Ospreys compiled a 1-15-0 overall record while going 0-8-0 in the Atlantic Sun Conference. With head soccer coach Derek Marinatos in his first season at UNF, the Osprey’s struggled scoring goals, defending, and most importantly, winning games. With a fresh start on the horizon, players and coaches alike know that the only way to go is up.
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Man-made gods will never be infallible, but your own cast stones are holy law

Jordan Harirchi Jul 25, 2012
The image of Penn State was encapsulated in the owl-eyed man, whose face was sunken with wrinkles and hair peppered with many tones of gray. The football god has fallen.
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UNF’s Brianna Frazier finishes ninth at national championships

Zach Morgan Jun 7, 2012
The only UNF athlete to make it to the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field National Championships ended her 2012 campaign Wednesday, June 6, in Des Moines, Iowa. Sophomore Brianna Frazier recorded her second-fastest time of the year in the 400-meter dash semifinals, racing the distance in just 52.40 seconds.
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The Most Dangerous Games: pole vaulting likeliest to lead to death, injury

Bonnie Mulqueen May 29, 2012

Pole vaulters run at full speed, stab a 15-foot pole into the ground and thrust their entire body weight 13 feet into the air over another pole. Because of this, athletes, officials and track coaches...

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At meet’s end, Athletic department, NCAA, and volunteers break down Hodges Stadium

Olivia Osland May 28, 2012

As the stands cleared late Saturday, trails of trash appeared. Covered by spectators, volunteers, faculty, students and team members, UNF’s Hodges Stadium was in need of clean up from a weekend of track...

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