Ninety minutes and two goals later, the University of Science and Arts Drovers are Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament Champions.

“I feel good,” Head Coach Jimmy Hampton said after the game. “Probably a bit of relief.”

Both USAO and the visiting team, the Oklahoma City University Stars, battled for a goal during the first half of the game. Despite the struggle, Hampton said he was pleased with how the beginning of the game went.

“I think in the first half for the first 20 minutes, we played good football,” he said. “As we established a rhythm, we were better.”

At the 56:21-minute marker, team captain Sam Shaddick netted the first ball of the game with an assist from Niall Crick.

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Teammates congratulate team captain Sam Shaddick after her nets the Drovers' first goal against Oklahoma City University in the Sooner Athletic Conference Championship. The Drovers went on the win the game 2-0.

When Aristophanes' Lysistrata opens on the USAO stage Nov. 12 it will feature a cast of USAO students -- many new to the stage at the college and some veterans.

The USAO drama department is scheduled to present Lysistrata Nov. 12-14 in the Davis Hall Theatre on the USAO campus. The performance starts at 7:30 p.m. nightly. General admission is $10 for adults and $5 for all non-USAO students (students must be over 17 to attend without a parent or guardian). Admission is free to all USAO students, faculty, staff and paid USAO Alumni Association members.

A video featuring cast interviews and other information is available at http://www.usao.edu/home/news/news/lysistrata-opens-nov-12-usao. The video is near the bottom of the page.

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<p>The cast of &quot;Lysistrata&quot; go through their lines during a recent rehearsal. The USAO production is scheduled Nov. 12-14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Davis Hall Theatre. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for all non-USAO students. Admission is free with a USAO I.D. Due to explicit language, crude humor and graphic scenes of a sexual nature, no one under the age of 17 will be admitted without an adult guardian.</p>

The women in Aristophanes' Lysistrata have a unique plan for peace -- put down your arms or no more sex. This 2,500 year-old war of the sexes opens Nov. 12 at the University of Science and Arts.

The USAO drama department is scheduled to present Lysistrata Nov. 12-14 in the Davis Hall Theatre on the USAO campus. The performance starts at 7:30 p.m. nightly. General admission is $10 for adults and $5 for all non-USAO students (students must be over 17 to attend without a parent or guardian). Admission is free to all USAO students, faculty, staff and paid USAO Alumni Association members.

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<p>The Old Man Chorus fights the Old Women Chorus for control of the treasury during the USAO production of <em>Lysistrata</em> Nov. 12-14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Davis Hall Theatre. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for all non-USAO students. Admission is free with a USAO I.D. Due to explicit language, crude humor and graphic scenes of a sexual nature, no one under the age of 17 will be admitted without an adult guardian.<br /> &nbsp;</p>

With no end in sight to state budget cuts to higher education, the University of Science and Arts will trim benefits for all employees and implement furloughs and salary cuts for the remaining eight months of this fiscal year, which ends in June 2010.

USAO President John Feaver convened all employees on Monday morning to discuss the news.

“As these cuts from the state started coming in August, we tapped our reserves, then restricted travel budgets and cut spending,” he explained. “This next austerity measure is necessary to protect our people from layoffs or cuts to programs.”