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- ↑ "Maryland Field Hockey's Beach and Powley Selected 2005 Team Captains". CSTV. 2005-04-26. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.
- ↑ "Sem grad hits another goal". The Times Leader. 2008-04-30. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
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