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SOFTBALL SIDEBAR: NU’s big bats never got rolling

Good pitching usually beats good hitting.
Thursday’s Niagara-Fairfield first-round MAAC Tournament softball game was anything but an aberration from that time-tested rule.....more>>

COLLEGE SOFTBALL: The Big Purple Machine breaking NU records
“Our focus has been to attack, one out at a time, one inning at a time, one game at a time,” Dirschberger said this week, as Niagara prepared for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament, which begins today in Connecticut.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Purps have the pitching, too
In the midst of an offensive onslaught that has helped the Niagara softball team win a record 27 games and enter this week’s Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament as the No. 2 seed, the question is posed to coach Al Dirschberger: Do the Purple Eagles have the pitching prowess to be champions?
MENS BASKETBALL: Niagara signs big guard Cooley
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: NU sweeps Rider on Senior Day
Niagara U freshman Kristin Sito sealed “a memory for a lifetime” for her senior team mates Saturday. Her game-winning run-off single gave Niagara softball a 4-3 victory and a Senior Day sweep of Rider as the Purple Eagles closed the gate on ’08 with a school-record 27 victories.
COLLEGE ATHLETICS: Facebook: A whole new ball game
Social networking sites put athletes and administrators alike on the defensive.
COLLEGE HOCKEY: Peters retires, McLaughlin takes CHA reins
College Hockey America will maintain the status quo, at least in the interim. That coming from Ed McLaughlin, Niagara University’s athletics director, with interim being the operative word.
COLLEGE ROUNDUP (May 1): Niagara baseball falls in Big 4 final
COLLEGE GOLF: NU swings for first MAAC golf title
Double-strapped by the long winters of Western New York, it’s difficult for NU to get much quality time on the golf course prior to an annual trip to balmy Lake Buena Vista, Fla., for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship tournament at Disney’s Magnolia Golf Course.
COLLEGE TENNIS: Novaceanu finds second family at UB
One of three Romanians, she is Bulls top singles player.

Niagara University

• SOFTBALL SIDEBAR: NU’s big bats never got rolling
• COLLEGE SOFTBALL: The Big Purple Machine breaking NU records
• COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Purps have the pitching, too
• MENS BASKETBALL: Niagara signs big guard Cooley
• COLLEGE SOFTBALL: NU sweeps Rider on Senior Day

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• BREAKING: Man in standoff with police on 190
• MONDAY: Two Lockport-based county legislators will try again to persuade Niagara County to drop the tax it applies to the city’s raw water line. (6:09 p.m.)
• MONDAY: Hodgson Russ will work with BOCES as independent contractors (6:03 p.m.)
• MONDAY: WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has “massive concern” about whether its aid for Myanmar’s cyclone victims will get to those suffering from disease and lack of food and water, the director of the U.S. office of foreign disaster assistance said Monday. (4:55 p.m.)
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Sports

• HS BASEBALL: Klock pitches GI into the driver's seat
• GOLF: Randall wins WNY Open at NFCC
• HS ROUNDUP (May 13): Bright shines as Falls tops Lew-Port
• SOFTBALL: GI’s Thompson making a name for herself
• HILTS: Shreve wins LOC Derby with 28-pound salmon

Opinion

• WHITE-WALKER: Fame or fabric?
• GUEST VIEW: Niagara’s own Berlin Wall
• GUEST VIEW: Time for a change in Lew-Port
• OUR VIEW: Scrap meters: All of them
• LUCINSKI: Avoid battle over Army Center

Communities

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Niagara Living

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