Sports

Sophomore sets pace for A-10s

by Joanna Shapes

It's a cold and cloudy afternoon in Foggy Bottom, but the weather seems to be lost on cross-country runner Audrey Noonan. She sits in University Yard in jeans and a "George Washington Cross Country" T-shirt, smiling and laughing. With the passion she exudes, it's hard to question how the sophomore has helped transform the women's cross-country team into a contender for this weekend's Atlantic 10 Championships.

Army gains members

by Andrew Alberg

After nearly two months of uncertainty, the Colonial Army has finalized membership perks and sold 458 memberships in the first day of sale, the organization's president said. The organization sold twice as many memberships as they did during the first day of sale of last season, said Frank Dale, the group's president.

Atlantic 10 Basketball: Preseason Predictions

(voted on by coaches and media, first-place votes in parentheses) Men 1. Xavier (59) 2. Massachusetts (4) 3. Saint Louis 4. Charlotte (1) 5. GW 6. Dayton 7. Fordham 8. Saint Joseph's 9. Temple 10. La Salle 11. Rhode Island 12. Richmond 13. Duquesne 14. St.

Colonial Notebook

Hobbs: No. 5 too high The GW men's basketball team was predicted to finish fifth in the Atlantic 10 conference but Karl Hobbs, the squad's sixth-year head coach, said he thinks the Colonials belonged either sixth or seventh. "We understand who we are, we're George Washington," Hobbs said after practice Wednesday.

Varsity Roundup

Men's Soccer The men's soccer team allowed a goal to Richmond with three minutes remaining in regulation to fall 1-0 in Atlantic 10 Conference play. The Colonials (5-8-3, 2-4-2 A-10) launched 22 shots on the Spiders but could not even the score. The Colonials must win at La Salle on Sunday and receive outside help from other squads to qualify for the A-10 Championship.

Moore sidelined ‘indefinitely’

by Andrew Alberg

Junior forward Cheyenne Moore is out indefinitely after suffering a stress fracture of his left tibia, GW head coach Karl Hobbs said. Hobbs said that Moore tried to play through the pain, but it became unbearable. "It's a tremendous loss because we don't have that much depth," Hobbs said after Wednesday's practice.