Editing American University (section)

==Athletics==
{{Main|American Eagles}}
{{Further|American Eagles men's basketball|American Eagles men's soccer|American Eagles wrestling}}
[[File:AUField.JPG|thumb|Reeves Field]]
A member of the [[Patriot League]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://patriotleague.org/|title=Patriot League|website=patriotleague.org|access-date=July 28, 2016}}</ref> AU has several sports teams including men's and women's [[basketball]], [[soccer]], [[Cross country running|cross-country]], [[swimming (sport)|swimming]] and [[Diving (sport)|diving]], [[Track and field|track]], women's [[volleyball]], [[field hockey]], and [[lacrosse]], and men's [[collegiate wrestling|wrestling]]. Club sports, such as tennis, rugby, rowing, ice hockey, field hockey, equestrian and [[ultimate frisbee]] also have teams.

[[Bender Arena]], a multi-purpose facility, hosts many of American's athletic competitions. Bender Arena opened on January 23, 1988, when AU's women's basketball team hosted [[James Madison University]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}}

[[Reeves Field]], home to AU's soccer team, earned the 2002 College Soccer Field of the Year by the Sports Turf Managers Association, hosted its fifth [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] Tournament game, and served as the training site for the [[Uruguay national football team]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} Reeves Field features a six-lane track to accommodate the track and field programs at AU and functions as a multi-purpose event site. 
[[File:Olympic size swimming pool located in Bender.jpg|thumb|The swimming pool located in the Reeves Aquatic Center]]

American University has seven tennis courts and two basketball courts in the outdoor recreational facility located next to Reeves Field and behind Bender Arena. AU has hosted Patriot League tennis team championships three times since joining the league.{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}} Both the men's and women's tennis teams have been cut from the athletics program.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carter |first1=Ivan |title=Staff Writer |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2619-2005Mar2.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=November 21, 2019}}</ref>

On March 14, 2008, AU earned its first NCAA tournament berth in men's basketball by defeating [[Colgate University]] in the Patriot League Championship Game. However, AU lost its first-round NCAA tournament game against the [[University of Tennessee]]. On March 13, 2009, AU's men's basketball team repeated as Patriot League Champion by defeating Holy Cross 73–57, earning an automatic bid to the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship]]. They ultimately lost to [[Villanova University]] in the first round on March 19, 2009, with a final score of 80–67.