Thursday, October 12, 2006 

Men’s soccer hits road block

Jeff Rickel/Reporter

The men’s soccer team hopes they will return to their winning ways when they return home for the final three games of the season.

After sprinting out to a 8-2-1 overall record, a 2-0-0 Southern Conference record and a national ranking of 22, the Phoenix hit a wall and is 0-3-1 in their past four games.

Laura Hals/ Photographer

John Romano and the Phoenix look to turn around a dissapointing road trip, ending it 0-3-1.

Romano uses feet worldwide

Justin Hite/ Sports Editor

John Romano has logged many miles in his lifetime. His feet have taken him all over the world. But the modern day Marco Polo has been trading passes, not spices.

Romano was born in Trinidad and Tobago and was raised there until his family departed the small island for the busy city of Hong Kong. While living in Trinidad, he was able to grow in a culture that thrives on soccer.

Tennis hosts fall invitational

Michelle Longo/ Reporter

Although the tennis season is typically in the spring, the Elon men and women’s tennis teams are lucky enough to have a shot at success during the fall season as well.

This past weekend, both teams hosted an invitational, with the women playing at Jimmy Powell Tennis Center while the men competed at the Burlington Tennis Center.
Among the teams that attended were Campbell University, High Point University, Belmont University, Wofford College and UNC-Greensboro. Unfortunately, the weekend tournament had to be cut short a day because of inclement weather; nevertheless, both teams saw a successful outing Friday afternoon.

Baseball’s fall concludes with series

Nathan Rode/ Editor in Chief

The Elon baseball team braved the cold and miserable weather this weekend to play their annual Cardinal-Gold World Series.
Gold came away with the series victory, 2-1, but head coach Mike Kennedy saw a lot of positives from his players’ performances.

File Photo

Sophomore Steven Hensley will be play a key role for a pitching rotation that lost two starters.

Football travels to Georgia Southern after win

Brad Mclaughlin/ Reporter

The Elon Phoenix football team looks for a big Southern Conference win as they travel to face the Georgia Southern Eagles Saturday. The Eagles are a perennial Southern Conference powerhouse but have played a tough schedule this year and have not dominated opponents like they have in the past.

Last week, they lost 34-14 at home to North Dakota State, the ninth ranked team in the country.

Marty Callinan/ Photographer

T.J. Clegg (14) and Cameron Clay (33) celebrate a touchdown against Western Carolina. The Phoenix will look for its second conference win against Georgia Southern this weekend.

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