The Wake

Flash lights popped and fans cheered. The glowing lights of Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium shined on the freshly cut grass still showing mower lines.And as the men’s soccer club posed for pictures at midfield after a 3-1 victory in its last regular season game against the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, players tried not to get caught up in the moment. Instead they shifted their focus from the regular season to a much grander stage: the national tournament.But this year’s squad is different than those of the past. With a host of new players, including some that have never played in …

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Those who don’t know the athletic endeavor that is sailing, might at the mention of the sport, conjure up images of smarmy gentry sipping martinis at dockside and occasionally taking the dingy out for a spin.Once you meet the University Sailing Club you will get to see the sport for what it really is: a lot of work and even more fun.“Our practices run three days a week until it basically snows,” senior co-captain Kelly Nichols said. “But it’s a lot easier to practice on the lake in the fall before the water freezes, than it is in the spring …

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Viktor Adamcsek is no stranger to winning in national and international soccer competition. The University of Minnesota men’s club soccer team hopes its 24-year-old midfielder’s past experience and success will lead to future wins for the Gophers.Adamcsek, who is originally from Budapest, Hungary, has played in an estimated 27 national and international games. As a teenager, he played for the Hungarian Youth National team. His high school team even won the USA Cup in 1997. Viktor met his future host family at the Cup and they offered him a place to stay if he wanted to study abroad. Viktor came …

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There are no trophies, no medals and no award ceremonies involved. All that’s on the line for the intramural flag-football championship is pride and a t-shirt. It was the Spartans and Juice box battling it out for the championship on the dirt of Bierman fields on a chilly October 26th night. Juice Box lost twice during the regular season, both ending on the last play of the game. So when the A-League Championship came down to the last play, anxiety filled the winter air. And that anxiety soon turned to disappointment after a converted extra point gave the Spartans …

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