UPUA president still pulling for Phillies

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The sounds of hundreds of undergrads hurling themselves off the Phillies bandwagon last night could not be heard outside the offices of the student government. University Park Undergraduate Association President Gavin Keirans said he proudly remains loyal to his hometown team -- guaranteeing the Phils a Game 5 win, despite Chuck's ballclub being down 3-1 against the Yankee Keirans, Gavin.jpg s, who return home tonight looking to nab their 27th pennant.

UPUA has been fortunate not to be sidetracked with too many rivalries, Keirans (senior-business management) said.

The student body president said even though he thought last night's result was disappointing, he is confident that Philadelphia can secure a win with Lee on the mound. He added that he is hoping to "push New York back" tonight.

However, Keirans does think the rest of the series will be an uphill battle due to the lack of solidity and consistency coming from the Philadelphia bullpen. He called the outlook "a little bit hazy," but is still confident his team can win big.

- Laura Nichols

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Dave Miniaci is a senior majoring in journalism and is the Daily Collegian's sports chief. He has previously been sports night chief and a sports copy editor. He has also covered men's rugby, men's track and field and field hockey. He is from New Jersey and is a big Devils fan and proud of both, and he doesn't care if you hold that against him.

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Adam Clark is a senior majoring in journalism and is the Daily Collegian's sports editor. He previously covered fraternity and sorority life, crime and courts and was the Collegian's summer 2009 news/sports editor. His favorite athlete died on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500 and his favorite football team is coming off the worst six-year stretch in NFL history. He does hold it against Dave Miniaci that he's from New Jersey.

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Dan Rorabaugh is a senior majoring in sports journalism and minoring in English. He is the sports copy desk chief, and was previously a reporter for the men's rugby, men's cross country, men's volleyball, women's soccer, women's basketball and men's lacrosse teams. Last year, the impossible dream happened - one of his favorite teams, the Phillies, won a championship. Now if only the Eagles could catch some of that magic, he might be able to actually find peace with sports.

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Michael Oplinger is a junior majoring in media studies and political science and the Collegian's assistant sports copy desk chief. He previously covered the men's tennis and men's volleyball teams. Even though he enjoyed the Phillies' World Series victory, he misses the days of Jose Mesa and David Bell.

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Eddie Gentile is a senior majoring in journalism and minoring in history. He works on the sports copy desk and previously has covered the women's tennis team, the Lady Icers and the Penn State baseball team. Gentile is your stereotypical Philly fan - he considers every game a loss until they actually win... and even then he'll probably still be moaning. Go birds.

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David Rung is a senior majoring in journalism and minoring in kinesiology. He works on the sports copy desk and previously has covered the women's swimming team and the men's rugby team. Rung isn't as die hard about pro sports as his sports staff brethren from Philly and Pittsburgh, but he does take pride in being a Red Sox fan before the bandwagon started.