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Troy announces new women’s soccer coach

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Jill Odom Sports Editor   Troy named their new women’s soccer head coach, Jason Hamilton, on Monday, Jan. 27, after previous head coach Chris Bentley accepted a position with Colorado State the past week. Bentley was head coach for Troy for six seasons and the team posted the best six season winning span in program history. Hamilton spent the past season as an assistant coach with the Florida Gators and focused on training goalkeepers and defense. Athletics Director John Hartwell, who announced the hiring of Hamilton, was pleased with the…

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Project 19’s Kailani Decock returns to campus cancer-free

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(PHOTO/April Irvin)   Amy Austin Staff Writer   “Let’s do this!” was senior midfielder Kailani Decock’s reaction to finding out she had stage 3 Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Kailani Decock is a student-athlete for the Troy University soccer team. Last summer after spring training, though, her life was flipped upside down. In June of 2013, Decock was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which is cancer of the lymph nodes. Through the process of her treatments, the soccer team, with the help of their head coach Chris Bentley, began a way to raise awareness…

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Troy soccer’s defensive impact player Jasmine Fahrnbauer

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(PHOTO/Caitlin Collins)   Caleb Odom Sports Editor   On the field Jasmine Fahrnbauer, a sophomore defensive midfielder for the Troy soccer team, is like a garage door shutting down almost any opponent’s attempt to move the ball up the field. On paper, Fahrnbauer falls through the cracks with her one goal and four assists this season. The season is over for Trojan soccer as Fahrnbauer sits in the locker room trying to bounce the spotlight off of her, letting her voice trail off while looking around nervously. “It’s just a…

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Troy soccer to face Texas State in conference tournament

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(PHOTO/Joshua Thurston)   Caleb Odom Sports Editor   The Trojan soccer team (8-9-1) wrapped up regular season play with a 0-0 draw on the road against Louisiana-Lafayette on Sunday, Oct. 27. Troy is the No. 5 seed in the Sun Belt Conference Championship hosted in San Marcos, Texas and is set to face the No. 4 seed and tournament host Texas State on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. “I think we have lined ourselves up probably in a very good scenario to move forward,” Troy Head Coach Chris Bentley…

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Trojans face ULM at home Thursday

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(PHOTO/April Irvin)   Caleb Odom Sports Editor   The Troy soccer team (7-9) plays its last home match of the season against ULM today, Oct. 24, at 3 p.m. The Trojans are hot off a 1-0 victory Sunday, Oct. 20, at home against in-state and conference rival South Alabama. It was a game that Troy dominated with control of the ball despite the low score. “I thought it was a championship quality match that we saw, and I think there was elements of girls having to battle,” Troy head coach…

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