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RYAN IANNI — Staff Writer The SCSU men’s soccer team could not have chosen a worse time to play conference rival and their first nationally-ranked team, Franklin Pierce, who defeated the Owls 3-1

PAT LONGOBARDI — Sports Writer When looking at the SCSU Paintball club, the members just keep on smiling, and why not? Entering just their fourth season after being granted full university recognition in

PAULA CAPUTO — Staff Writer Going into the 2011 season, the Southern Connecticut State University women’s cross country team thought their biggest obstacle would be winning the Northeast 10 Championships. They had no

PAT LONGOBARDI — Sports Writer In 2011, the New York Mets had what many would a call a “posi- tive” season, using the term loosely. When this season officially ends in about

PETE PAGUAGA — Sports Editor For those of us who have been to a sporting event or are sports fans, we all know who “that fan” is and we all don’t like

PETE PAGUAGA — Sports Editor Let’s recap what has happened in Boston the last three weeks. They stumbled to the finish, were eliminated from the playoffs on the last day of the

RYAN FLYNN — Staff Writer So Owls really are nocturnal. Under the lights at Jess Dow Field, the SCSU football team showed Pace University what can happen when a talented team is

RYAN FLYNN — Staff Writer On Sept. 17, 2011, Southern football’s Rashaad Slowley had quite possibly the game of his life. In a 59-34 win against St. Anselm, the running back carried

PAT LONGOBARDI — Sports Writer  In front of a packed Pelz Gymnasium, this battle of inter-city rivals had a championship feel, and maybe showed the pre-season favorite how far they need to

SEAN MEENAGHAN — Photo Editor Winning key scrums, crucial line outs and pushing through with gritty defense proved to be the answer as Southern rugby took down UMass 10-6 to start the