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The Drexel Dragons defeated the UPenn Quakers in mens basketball 66-64 at the DAC November 18.   The game was nationally televised on ESPN as part of the season opener.  The sold out crowd made lots of noise as they cheered on both teams.  A last minute 3 point foul almost gave the Quakers a tie but the DAC pack took home the trophy.  At half time Drexel All-American athletes were given a round of applause.

Photos by The Triangle photographers

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Fans lined the parade route Oct. 31 from downtown Philadelphia to Citizens Bank Park in celebration of the Phillies World Series win. Fans followed the team to continue the festivities in the stadium.

Triangle Photos by Mike Arrison and Karl Kuchs

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Triangle Photos by Melissa Cell, Olivia Garrity, and Kara Khan.

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Immediately following the Phillies win for the World Series title, Septa buses and other vehicles around City Hall began sounding their horns for the Fightins’. Soon after, fans poured out onto Broad St. just south of City Hall. Pandemonium ensued as the city celebrated a long awaited win. Ladder 5 of the Philadelphia Fire Dept. was engulfed by fans as it returned to it’s station. The firefighters allowed fans to ride on the top of the truck for the ride down Broad St. Even though there was pushing and shoving in the crowd, many fans still showed their brotherly love towards fellow fans. There were children, pets, and elderly fans in the crowd. This was a celebration the City of Philadelphia will not soon forget.

Triangle Photos by: Mike Arrison, Dave Hernandez, and Karl Kuchs.

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…So our Fightin’ Phils can play.

Triangle Photo by Dave Hernandez

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…without the Phils…

Mayor Nutter held a rally in Dilworth Plaza for the fightins’ Wednesday at noon.  The team is in Florida preparing for tonights game against Tampa Bay.

The Phanatic took a bow after coming out of City Hall to greet eager fans.

Triangle Photos by Dave Hernandez

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David Zhuang Photo By: Evan Rosen/The Triangle

David Zhuang (9-2), Han Xiao (9-2), Eric Owens (8-3) and Yinghua Cheng (8-3) have each booked their ticket to Vancouver for the North American Qualifying Tournament.

The four competitors bested eight others for the opportunity to become just one of three North American male players that will represent the United States (or Canada) at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Here are the final standings:

1. David Zhuang (9-2)

2. Han Xiao (9-2)

3. Eric Owens (8-3)

4. Yinghua Cheng (8-3) (tiebreak)

5. Mark Hazinski (8-3)

6. Yu Shao (7-4)

7. Sean Lonergan (4-7)

8. Adam Hugh (3-8)

9. Khoa Nguyen (5-6)*

10. John Leach (1-10)

11. Tahl Leibovitz (1-10)

12. Razvan Cretu (3-8)**

*Withdrew, forfeited two matches

**Withdrew, forfeited three matches

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Yao Huang Photo By: Evan Rosen/The Triangle

Yao Huang leads the USA Women’s Table Tennis team to Vancouver after finishing the trials 8-0.

Yao Huang got all that she could handle from Jacqueline Lee (6-2), who held a 3-2 advantage before Huang took the last two games (11-5)(10-12)(7-11)(11-8)(8-11)(11-9)(11-5). Lee, who is also headed to Vancouver, quietly made her way to the top of the standings and finished in third place.

Nan Li (7-1) finished in 2nd place after sweeping Jasna Reed out of contention (12-10)(11-7)(11-8)(11-9). Reed was visibly frustrated throughout the match, slamming her racket down in disgust during the third game. Reed started the trials 4-0, but lost her last four matches to finish 4-4.

The fourth member of the women’s team will be Whitney Ping, who finished the trials with a 5-3 record. Her road to Vancouver wasn’t easy, as she struggled for most of her final match against winless Barbara Wei. Ping was down 3-1 before rallying to a seven game victory (8-11)(11-5)(5-11)(8-11)(11-9)(11-6)(11-8).

Ariel Hsing (2-6) won her second match of the tournament with a victory over Olena Sowers (4-11)(11-7)(3-11)(11-9)(11-9)(11-5), who finished 1-7.

The USA team will travel to Vancouver to face Team Canada in the next step for these players to the Beijing Olympics. The top players from Vancouver will comprise the North American team, which will compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Here are the final women’s standings:

1. Yao Huang (8-0)
2. Nan Li (7-1)
3. Jacqueline Lee (6-2)
4. Whitney Ping (5-3)
5. Jasna Reed (4-4)
6. Judy Hugh (4-4)
7. Ariel Hsing (2-6)
8. Olean Sowers (1-7)
9. Barbara Wei (0-8)

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Han Xiao Photo By: Evan Rosen/The Triangle

Momentum shifts reigned in the match between Adam Hugh and Yu Shao. Shao made Hugh dive for volleys left and right in the crucial set three to take a 2-1 set lead. However, Hugh came storming back and dominated set four, 11-1, to even the match. Just when you think Hugh was going to take over the match, Shao rebounded in set five 11-2. With his back against the wall, Hugh (3-7) stormed back to win set six 11-5 and he had a 10-7 lead in set seven. Shao (7-3), still fighting to clinch an Olympic spot, buckled down and won five straight points to win the set 12-10 and the match four sets to three.

Yinghua Cheng (8-2) pulled himself into a tie for first place by winning a key match against David Zhuang (8-2). Cheng only needed five sets to dispose of the former leader (11-9) (11-8) (7-11) (11-9) (11-5).

Han Xiao (8-2) is also in a tie for first after beating John Leach (1-9) in six sets (11-4) (13-11) (11-4) (10-12) (11-6) (11-6).

Tahl Leibovitz (0-10) just cannot get anything to go his way this weekend. Eric Owens (8-3) was able to dispatch Leibovitz in straight sets (11-3) (11-7) (11-6) (11-7).

Sean Lonergan (3-7) and Mark Hazinski (7-3) earned cheap victories as both of their opponents forfeited.

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