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Troy will host Coastal for top East division slot

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Daniel Hunt Staff Writer After sealing the win in Monroe, Louisiana last week 35-27, the Troy football team now looks to defeat Coastal Carolina, the first conference foe to appear at Veterans Memorial Stadium in 2018.  Both teams sit at 3-1 and have emerged as early season favorites in the conference.  Coastal Carolina, fresh off a two-point win against Louisiana-Lafayette, will come to Troy with the No. 9 rushing offense in the country according to ESPN.com. The Chanticleers have averaged  266.5 rushing yards-per-game, in large part to senior running back…

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Conference champion —so what?

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Daniel Hunt Staff Writer For the first year ever, the Sun Belt will hold a conference championship game to conclude the 2018 regular football season.  Conference championships have become a standard across the NCAA. The overall record of a team means nothing for Group of 5 schools. Instead, the emphasis is put on conference wins. some intense rivalries.  But for us Troy football fans, it is too little too late. After all, this is coming fresh off a season where the Trojans won 11 games (11-2, 7-1), but had to…

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Troy women’s golf takes 2nd at conference tournament

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Daniel Hunt Staff Writer Lindsey Harrison’s 13-over par proved to be the difference maker as the Troy women’s golf team secured second place out of 11 teams in the Sun Belt Conference Championship, which concluded Tuesday afternoon. The Trojans landed three players in the top 20 of the individual leaderboards and scored 300-306-300 through three rounds as a team over a three-day stretch at the Raven Golf Club in Sandestin, Florida. Coastal Carolina went home with its first-ever conference championship at 20-over par as a team, which was a full…

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Lohbauer leads Troy golf to sixth at the Brickyard

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Daniel Hunt Staff Writer The Troy women’s golf team wrapped up its regular season schedule with a sixth-place finish out of 15 teams in the Brickyard Collegiate hosted by Mercer on Sunday. The Trojans took to the road April 8 and notched their fourth tournament of the regular season with a top-six finish or better. Troy’s final score of 314-293-306 landed the team in front of a few notable opponents, including North Florida and No. 40 LSU. Vanderbilt claimed the tournament victory as the only team to finish under 300…

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Lohbauer, Troy golf takes first at Mimosa Hills

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Daniel Hunt Staff Writer The Troy women’s golf team came home with its first team title of the season on Monday, finishing first out of 10 teams in the Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate hosted by Appalachian State. Going into day one on Sunday, Troy had a plethora of impressive individual finishes during the regular season, but no first-place team titles. Despite this, the defending Sun Belt champions locked in and reached their first victory as a team in the two-day tournament with a combined score of 19-over par. Troy’s round one…

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