Sports

Volume 144, Number 3

    • Fifth Down

      It seems like everything is coming up roses in the steel city. The Steelers won their record sixth Super Bowl last year and started the 2009 campaign last week with an exciting overtime win. The Penguins upset the heavily favored Detroit Red Wings in last June's epic Stanley Cup final. The University of Pittsburgh basketball team earned a number-one seed, reaching the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament in their best season since the 1970s.

    • Men's soccer victorious at Mayor's Cup

      A stout defensive effort coupled with the continued goal-scoring exploits of Conor O'Brien '10 lifted the men's soccer team to 1-0 wins over Syracuse and Hartwick on their way to bringing home the Mayor's Cup this weekend.