Sports

September 2016 Sports

Cannon, Thomas top SAU finishers in cross-country

RALEIGH, NC (Sept 25) – On Saturday, Mylene Cannon (Sr./Dallas, TX) and Nikolas Thomas (Fr./Suitland, MD) were Saint Augustine’s University’s top runners at the Greensboro Cross Country Invitational at Hagan Stone Park in Greensboro, N.C.   Cannon placed 18th out of 46 Division II female runners with a time of 22:34.1. […]

September 2016 Sports

Football team wins first league game

RALEIGH, NC (Sept 24) – Today, D.J. Johnson (So./Richmond, VA) threw four touchdown passes to lead Saint Augustine’s University past Lincoln University 35-31 in its CIAA football opener at the George Williams Athletic Complex. The win was the first for the Falcons (1-0 CIAA, 1-3 overall) this season after playing […]

September 2016 Sports

SAU wins home volleyball opener

RALEIGH, NC (Sept 22) – Tonight, Saint Augustine’s University overcame a sluggish start to trounce Johnson C. Smith University 3-1 in its home volleyball opener at Emery Gymnasium.   After losing the first set 25-13, the Lady Falcons regrouped to take the next three sets 25-18, 25-21 and 25-18. They […]

September 2016 Sports

Falcons fly at the Olympics

Saint Augustine’s University is known for dominating the CIAA, but its student-athletes can compete at the highest levels – Falcons are regulars at the Olympics. Four Falcon athletes took part in the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, representing Saint Augustine’s and their home countries. It was hardly the […]

May 2016 Sports

Runner wins national track and field honor

Shawn Rowe (Jr./West Palm Beach, Fla.) of Saint Augustine’s University was named by HERO Sports as D2 Men’s Track and Field National HERO of the Week on Monday, May 23, 2016.    Rowe topped a nationwide poll of 10 nominees to win the honor. He was nominated based on his performance […]

April 2016 Sports

Parker tosses no hitter in doubleheader sweep

SALISBURY, N.C. – Marley Parker (So./Langley, British Columbia) threw a no-hitter as Saint Augustine’s University swept Livingstone College 17-0 and 9-0 at MLK Park on Sunday, April 10, 2016, for its first CIAA Southern Division softball victories of the season.   The Lady Falcons evened their softball mark in the […]

April 2016 Sports

Falcons pound out 27 hits in doubleheader sweep

RALEIGH, N.C. – Saint Augustine’s University combined for 27 hits to defeat Virginia State University 16-13 and 9-2 in a CIAA baseball doubleheader at Optimist Park on Sunday, April 10, 2016.   The victories improved the Falcons’ conference record to 7-5. The Falcons are third in the CIAA standings behind […]

April 2016 Sports

Falcon runners win three events, tie for first place

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Top-ranked Saint Augustine’s University was victorious in three men’s events in the JCSU Invitational at the Irwin Belk Complex on Saturday, April 9, 2016.   The winners were Burkheart Ellis, Jr. (Sr./Raleigh, NC), David Shaw (Sr./St. Pauls, NC) and Jerome Exeter (Jr./West Palm Beach, FL). Ellis won […]