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WOMEN’S SOCCER

NEW COACH, RENEWED WINNING ATTITUDE First-year head coach Amy Berbary brings passion for winning to women’s soccer team

BY SAM BEISHUIZEN sbeishui@indiana.edu

IU Coach Amy Berbary said she doesn’t believe in rebuilding.

“Never,” Berbary said. “It takes too long. There isn’t enough time for it.”

She said she believes in winning.That surprised her team during its first meeting together. IU was coming off a season where it missed the Big Ten Tournament. It hadn’t finished better than eighth in conference since 2007.

But none of that mattered to Berbary. She was brought in to try to win games.

“I told them the first day when I met them that I was in the business of winning, and they all looked at me like I was completely nuts,” Berbary said. “I told them I don’t know what’s been going on around here before, but we are not going to take five months, not a year, not two years.

“We are going to do something with this program.”

Berbary has seemingly revitalized the IU women’s soccer program in her first year.

The former Auburn assistant coach has led the Hoosiers to their best start in program history, going undefeated in nonconference play.

Senior defender Lara Ross said she believes Berbary has brought key change and a new focus to the program.

“She definitely came in strong,” Ross said. “She didn’t come in thinking this would be a rebuilding year. She is really focused in on making this team win.”

Berbary said she believes she was brought to IU to help win games. Her competitive attitude has rubbed off on her players.

“She is really competitive,” senior midfielder Lisa Nouanesengsy said. “She has helped us become more competitive, which has really helped.”

Part of her competitiveness comes with

a new focus on winning conference games and getting to postseason tournaments.

Before the Big Ten season opener against Minnesota, Berbary showed a highlight reel of non-conference schedule wins.

When the video ended, Berbary told her team to forget about it — conference play was starting and nothing else mattered.

“Before the game we put together the highlights of our goals,” Berbary said. “We said when we walked out of the locker room and began the second half of our season that we aren’t going to talk about the first half anymore.”

The highlight video was just another facet of Berbary’s system. What matters to her is getting the wins her team needs to move forward in the season.

“She takes a new approach to a lot of things we do,” Ross said. “She puts a lot of focus on RPI and just getting to the Big Ten Tournament. We are starting small with our goals and building from there.”

Berbary admittedly came into the program as an offensive minded coach but overhauled her system when she realized her defense’s strength. That accounts for IU’s 21-2 non-conference goal differential.

“She has put a lot of focus on defense,” Ross said.

“She has been working with the assistants with that, and it has really come together.

That’s why we’ve been so successful.”

Nouanesengsy said she believes the success has stemmed from the entire team being on the same page.

The team is virtually made up of the same pieces from last season’s team, but she said she believes that Berbary’s leadership has made the difference in games.

“Amy is really focused on the details, which we have always had a problem with in

Amy Berbary the past,” Nouanesengsy said.

“Some of these games that we have only won 1-0 were because we are paying attention to the details. We might not have won a similar game last year, but now that we are focused on the little things, it helps.”

Although she was always focused on winning, Berbary said she was impressed with the way her team improved since the time she was hired.

“My internal expectations are always to win,” Berbary said. “I was going to get this team to win whether we were talented or not. Surprisingly, we have had a lot more talent than I originally saw in February, and we have been able to cultivate it.”

The biggest surprise to Berbary this season has been the students she coaches.

She gives all the credit to them.

“I think what has surprised me this year has been the team’s mental focus,” Berbary said. “They come out here every single day brighteyed, ready to listen. They do what we ask them to do to their best ability.

“Having kids like that is all you can ask for.”

Follow reporter Sam Beishuzien on Twitter @Sam_Beishuizen.

TOP MATCHUPS At Michigan — Oct. 18, 7 p.m., Ann Arbor, Mich.

Michigan has been in the NSCAA Coaches poll top 25 all year. A win against a top 25 team on the road could be a huge step toward capturing a Big Ten Tournament bid.

At Purdue — Oct. 24, 7 p.m., West Lafayette Last year, IU beat Purdue for just the second time since the schools started playing in 1999. IU won 3-0, and the Hoosiers’ three goals were the most they had ever scored against the Boilermakers.

vs. Wisconsin — Oct. 27, 1:30 p.m., Bloomington With the early success of both IU and Wisconsin, the last home game of the year could have high implications on the Big Ten standings. Wisconsin beat the Hoosiers 2-1 last season. It’s also IU’s Senior Night.

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BOTTOM Junior midfielder Monica Melink takes a shot during a game on August 25 at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Melink had a goal and two assists to help the Hoosiers defeat Georgia Southern 5-0.

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Senior running back Stephen Houston leads the IU football team onto the field during practice last Thursday at Memorial Stadium.

‘HEP’S ROCK’ STILL INSPIRING TEAM

STATISTICAL LEADERS

IU football looks to earn bowl game invitation

BY EVAN HOOPFER ehoopfer@indiana.edu

Whenever the fireworks go off and the roar of the crowd echoes through Memorial Stadium as the players come onto the field, the IU football team touches “Hep’s Rock,” located at the end of the tunnel.

“I treat it like a good luck charm,” junior linebacker David Cooper said. “When I’m running out, I’ll come by and give it a little tap. Last year I used to rub it. But now that we run out, I tap it.”

Hep’s Rock is a 3-ton piece of limestone located at the north end of Memorial Stadium. Its namesake, former IU Coach Terry Hoeppner, intended it to be motivational for players as they come onto the field.

However, some players are unsure of why the rock is important.

“But I really don’t know the history of it,” Cooper said, turning to look at the rock.

The rock was installed May 9, 2005, when former IU Coach Ter-

ry Hoeppner took over the program in 2005.

“Considering that Bloomington is in the heart of limestone country, it was a perfect fit,” he said in 2005. “All along I felt that this program needed a unique identity, something that the players and fans could relate to.”

The Rock is a remnant from construction of Memorial Stadium in 1960. It has two holes, on the top and bottom, from the drilling process.

When asked how much he knew about Hep’s Rock, junior defensive lineman Bobby Richardson said, “not much,” while shaking his head.

Hoeppner, a Woodburn, Ind., native, died June 19, 2007, from brain cancer.

In 2006, Hoeppner’s final season, the team went 5-7 and recorded three Big Ten wins, including a victory against No. 13 Iowa.

Attendance increased 39 percent while Hoeppner was the coach, and student ticket sales

saw a 110 percent increase.

The team has not won more than three Big Ten games in a season since.

In 2007, the first season after Hoeppner had died, IU made it a mission to make it to a bowl game, and it did. The Hoosiers defeated Purdue 27-24 to secure their sixth win and become bowl eligible.

This year’s team entered the season with media hype about having the potential to be the first team since that 2007 team to return to a bowl game.

The only major losses from last year’s team came at defensive tackle and at center on the offensive line.

Otherwise, almost everyone returns from last year’s team, making it one of the most experienced, yet also one of the youngest, teams in the nation.

IU finished the non-conference season 2-2. It will need at least four Big Ten victories to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2007.

AT Michigan State — Oct. 12, noon, East Lansing, Mich.

The Hoosiers travel to East Lansing, Mich., to play their first road game of 2013.

IU looks to avenge a 31-27 loss to the Spartans last season.

Similarly to the Hoosiers, three Michigan State quarterbacks have seen action this season, but the Spartans have averaged only 153.8 passing yards per game.

AT Ohio State — Nov. 23, TBA, Columbus, Ohio The Buckeyes are the highest-ranked team remaining on the Hoosiers’ schedule. Ohio State defeated IU 52-49 in a shootout in Bloomington last season, and Urban Meyer’s squad has the nation’s longest active winning streak at 16 games.

VS. Purdue — Nov. 30, TBA, Bloomington IU hasn’t won the Old Oaken Bucket since Mitch Ewald’s 31-yard field goal in overtime lifted the Hoosiers past the Boilermakers in 2010.

With Purdue off to a 1-4 start, IU could enter the regular season finale as the favorite in the instate rivalry game.

To honor Hoeppner, IU eventually renamed the piece of limestone Hep’s Rock. But the players are unsure of what the rock means to the program.

“I really don’t know much about it,” senior safety Greg Heban said. “I’ve been with (former IU Coach Bill) Lynch and (IU Coach Kevin) Wilson.

So I never really knew much about Hep’s Rock. People don’t really talk about it as much because people that were with Hoeppner already graduated.”

Though the players might not know a lot about the history and what Hoeppner meant to the IU program, Heban said it is still important to honor him by respecting Hep’s Rock.

“Even though we might not have known him that well, we still have to continue the tradition,” Heban said.

Follow reporter Evan Hoopfer on Twitter @EvanHoopfer.

Sophomore quarterback Nate Sudfeld is 24th in the FBS in passing yards.

Sophomore running back Tevin Coleman is 35th in the FBS in rushing yards and tied for 12th in rushing touchdowns.

Wide receivers Shane Wynn, Nick Stoner and Cody Latimer are averaging more than 18 yards per reception, which puts them in the top 60 receivers in the FBS in that area.

Redshirt senior kicker Mitch Ewald is eighth in the FBS in PATs made, and he has not missed a kick this season.

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VOLLEYBALL

Volleyball team working toward earning its stripes

BY ANDREW VAILLIENCOURT availlie@indiana.edu

It’s hard to think of something more representative of IU than candy-striped pants.

The tradition started with the men’s basketball team back in the 1970s under former IU basketball Coach Bob Knight and has since grown into something that is not just a symbol in the state of Indiana, but something recognized nationally.

Now, the tradition is coming to the IU volleyball team.

“There is so much tradition in those pants,” IU Coach Sherry Dunbar said. “I grew up here, so that’s what I think of is that tradition, and to me that tradition symbolizes championships.”

Starting back in the spring, the IU volleyball coaching staff decided to bring about a plan they thought would motivate the team, leading to the team members receiving their own pair of candystriped pants.

“We wanted to go back to the grass roots of getting them to earn everything they have and appreciate everything they have,” Dunbar said. “We really wanted them to feel like they were earning everything they were getting, so this program stemmed from that.”

Dunbar said the motto “earn your stripes” was thought of in the spring and came together when the players asked about getting the special pants.

“There is not an exact science to when we earn those pants,” Dunbar said. “It is when they feel and we feel like we are playing like a tournament team.

“Earning your stripes means that you are play-

ing at a level that gets you into the NCAA tournament. So when we feel like we are playing at that level, we’re going to give the pants out. There is a lot that comes with those pants.”

After each game and practice, the team members talk about whether they believe they earned a stripe.

“Every day it motivates us,” senior captain and libero Caitlin Hansen said. “It’s ingrained in our heads, and it drives us.”

The team has made it known that its main priority is to go to the NCAA tournament this year, but the team is also focusing on having a good work ethic.

“It takes hard work to wear those pants,” said Jade Henderson, senior captain and outside hitter. “It shows a pride in the program to have those pants.”

This is the first time the team has done this sort of program, and so far team members say they like it.

“To me, when I look at the pants, I think that’s the epitome of a Hoosier,” Henderson said. “It’s just a thing of pride in Indiana, so it would just be awesome, especially in my senior year.”

Hansen echoed these statements.

“As a captain and as a senior, it’s more excitement and having that feeling of accomplishment.”

Hansen said. “Being able to look at each other and realize we did this as a unit. We did it together.

We went through the hard times and the easy times and ups and downs and thrived through it.”

Follow reporter Andrew Vailliencourt on Twitter @AndrewVcourt.

TOP MATCHUPS vs. Minnesota — Nov. 2, 7 p.m., Bloomington The Gophers swept the Hoosiers Sept. 25 in Minneapolis in IU’s Big Ten opener. With more experience against Big Ten foes, can the Hoosiers hold their home court against the No. 9 team in the country? (as of Sept. 29) At Penn State — Nov. 9, 7 p.m., University Park, PA The Nittany Lions are one of the top teams in the country. It will be the second time in the season that the teams clash, with the first matchup in Bloomington being nationally televised on ESPN2. How will the Hoosiers hold up on the road? vs. Purdue — Nov. 27, 7 p.m., Bloomington The traditional battle of rivals will finish the 2013 home schedule for the Hoosiers. It’s Senior Night, as the program says goodbye to Jordan Haverly, Caitlin Hansen, Jade Henderson and Melanie Hicks.

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CROSS COUNTRY TOP MATCHUPS Pre Nationals — 11 a.m., Oct. 19, Terre Haute After winning the Indiana Intercollegiate race, this will be a chance for the Hoosiers to see how they match up on the national level.

Big Ten Championships — 11:15 a.m., Nov. 3, West Lafayette There will be a good mix of competition considering that three of the men’s Big Ten teams are ranked in the top 30, including the Hoosiers.

Hoosier invitational — 3:15 p.m., Nov. 8, Bloomington Indiana holds its last race of the season at the Hoosier Invitational. It will be the final prep for the team before the NCAA Tournament. It’s also the only remaining home meet on IU’s schedule.

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A pack of IU runners race up the hill toward the 1-kilometer point of the 8-kilometer race Sept. 20 at the IU Cross Country Course. All seven runners finished in the top 10 and took home first place at the Intercollegiate meet.

IU cross country has young talent

BY FRANK BONNER frbonner@indiana.edu

Last year, both Andy Bayer and Zach Mayhew were All-American cross country runners and the top two runners for the Hoosiers. After graduating, their success will have to be replaced this year.

Before the season opening tournament, IU Coach Ron Helmer said he felt this year’s team has more depth to work with than last year’s.

“On the guys’ side, we lost two really good athletes,” Helmer said.

“But our depth I think is as good as or better than it has ever been.”

The men’s team has only one competing senior, Robby Nierman, and the women have two,

Samantha Ginther and Erica Ridderman. The men and women have a combined 11 runners who are coming out of being redshirted the previous year.

Last year’s redshirted runners trained with the team but did not compete in the scoring races.

“It’s exciting when that next group starts to come,” Helmer said.

“Those redshirt freshmen, those sophomores who are starting to get fit, starting to develop, and we are starting to see that happen.”

Carl Smith, a freshman from Bloomington, redshirted last year.

He competed in the Indiana Intercollegiate race this year, and was the third Hoosier to cross the line with a time of 25 minutes and 14 seconds, placing fifth overall.

Amanda Behnke, another runner who redshirted last year, finished eighth at the Indiana Intercollegiate with a time of 18 minutes and 26 seconds.

The Hoosiers had two other freshmen who competed in the event.

Freshmen Bethany Neeley and Chanli Mundy both finished in the top 10.

Neely finished in fourth place, running the 5 kilometers in 18 minutes and eight seconds. Mundy finished the 5k in 10th place with a time of 18 minutes and 32 seconds.

“I’m really excited about the number of people we have that are fit and have the potential to grow and to be pretty good,” Helmer said.

“On the guys’ side, we lost two really good athletes. But our depth I think is as good as or better than it has ever been.”

Ron Helmer, cross country coach

The underclassmen Indiana runners are already starting to get in the mix of competition.

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The IU Field Hockey team practices before their match against Robert Morris on Sept. 15 at the IU Field Hockey Complex.

A LONG JOURNEY Field hockey Coach Robertson hoping team makes NCAA tournament again

BY DAN MATNEY cdmatney@indiana.edu

Before taking control of the IU field hockey program in 2000, IU Coach Amy Robertson had a prolific field hockey career both on the field and as a coach.

Robertson grew up in Evergreen, Colo., a small town 15 minutes away from Denver with a population of around 9,038 people.

Before she started playing field hockey at age 15, Robertson was a volleyball player who also played lacrosse. After switching schools, Robertson was looking for a more competitive sport that would also challenge her.

“The girls at my new school all played field hockey,” Robertson said.

“They heard I was an athlete, and they pushed me to try it. I loved floor hockey because of the contact and aggression of the sport. I instantly fell in love with it.”

Robertson graduated from Colorado Academy in 1984 and chose to attend the University of Massachusetts as a dual-sport athlete because of the popularity of its field hockey program. She played lacrosse and field hockey.

During her collegiate career, Robertson helped lead UMass to four consecutive NCAA tournaments, including a Final Four appearance her senior season in 1988. At the end of her senior season, Robertson won the award for Colorado Sportswoman of the Year.

Robertson said the most memorable moment of her playing career was when she scored the first goal of the game off an interception against the top-rated

team in the nation at the time.

“They hadn’t been scored on in a bunch of games,” she said. “After that goal, we went on to win 4-1.

The momentum from that game led us to our Final Four appearance.”

Before Robertson started coaching, she was a reserve defender for the U.S. National Team in 1989.

Robertson stopped playing for the National Team after a coaching change the next season, which led to the start of her coaching career.

Robertson spent 1989 as a student assistant as UMass. She left for an assistant coaching position at the University of Iowa while earning her master’s degree in sports psychology. She remained with Iowa until 1992.

After leaving Iowa, Robertson returned to her alma mater as an assistant coach.

In her first season there, UMass made the Final Four and eventually finished second to Old Dominion.

She spent the next four years helping build the UMass program and was offered a higher assistant position at Wake Forest.

Robertson spent two seasons at Wake Forest before leaving for her first head coaching position at IU. She said one of the best moments of her coaching career was seeing Wake Forest develop into a field hockey powerhouse.

“Building the program was the best part of my time at Wake Forest,” Robertson said. “We were ranked third in the country when I left. After leaving, they went on to win three consecutive championships. They also reached the Final Four six straight

“We finally made it to the tournament and beat North Carolina.

They are one of the most historic field hockey programs in the country, and we beat them.”

Amy Robertson IU field hockey coach

years.”

Robertson became the first field hockey coach in IU history when the school added the sport in 2000.

Robertson said the appeal and tradition of the Big Ten were what led her to accept the job at IU. “The Big Ten was the perfect example for excellence in academics and athletics,” she said. “I heard the town and campus were amazing and that it was a real college town.”

After a combined record of 8-41 in her first three seasons, Robertson was named Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2003.

In 2004, Robertson helped lead the Hoosiers to their first winning season, posting a 12-8 record.

In Robertson’s fifth year, the Hoosiers finished with a 17-5 record, the best finish in school history.

In the school’s firstever NCAA Tournament appearance, the Hoosiers capped off the year by making it to the Elite Eight.

“Building the program here was a journey,” Robertson said. “To finally get to the point in 2005 to where we are competing for the Big Ten Championship.”

When IU finally made SEE FIELD HOCKEY, PAGE 10

TOP MATCHUPS vs Northwestern — 3 p.m., Oct. 18, Bloomington The last time the Hoosiers and Wildcats faced off was in last season’s Big Ten Tournament, where the Hoosiers won their first game against a conference opponent with a 4-0 victory.

At Ohio State — 1 p.m., Oct. 26, Columbus, Ohio The Hoosiers will be looking to avenge their loss to the Buckeyes after falling last season at home by a score of 3-1. vs Ball State — 1 p.m., Oct. 27, Bloomington

LEFT Freshman Kate Barber tries to avoid getting hit by the ball during IU’s match against Robert Morris Sept. 15 at the IU Field Hockey Complex.

RIGHT Junior Corinne Karch tries to keep the ball from going out of bounds during IU’s match against Robert Morris Sept. 15 at the IU Field Hockey Complex.

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and Harrison Petts wanted to approach the coach and talk about making the ring their own instead of going with the default ring route.

IU Coach Todd Yeagley said he happily obliged.

“We had a big meeting with Kerel and Harrison, our staff and the ring designer,” Yeagley said. “We showed what we had done in the past, and then said ‘Hey, this is up to you guys.’

We had a little veto power, but we wanted them to feel good about the ring. They immediately had ideas, and we went with everything they liked.”

Yeagley was a four-time All-American while he played at IU, but landed just short of winning a national championship his senior year when the team lost to Virginia 1-0 in the final game in 1994.

Despite it being his first ring, Yeagley had some design advice for his players.

“The only thing I told them was to be careful with the size,” Yeagley said. “They’re soccer players, so their hands aren’t that big, so you have to make sure it looks proportional, so when you’re 30 and out and about, it looks right. I think they chose the right size.”

Yeagley said his players love to wear their rings, but he, on the other hand, does not quite follow suit.

He said jewelry isn’t really his style. Instead, Yeagley wears it when the mood strikes.

“It’s in my toiletry, so every morning I see it,” Yeagley said.

“Some days I wear it. Some days I don’t. There’s really no rhyme or reason. I’m not a big jewelry guy every day, so some days I put it on. Some days I don’t.”

This year, the team returns with a host of players who saw significant time last year, in-

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“Robby Nierman is a senior. He’s our lone fifth-year guy,” Fife said. “But then we have three other guys, my-

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Senior Jacob Bushue kicks the ball during IU’s match against UC Irvine on Sept. 15 at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

cluding Kotlov, Petts, Bradford and Bushue, as well as senior defender Matt McKain, junior defender Patrick Doody, senior midfielder A.J. Corrado, sophomore forward Femi Hollinger-Janzen, sophomore forward Andrew Oliver, junior midfielder Dylan Lax, sophomore midfielder Richard Ballard and sophomore midfielder Kyle Sparks.

All of those players started at least four games in 2012.

It’s an experienced group, as the only losses to the roster were Zavaleta, goalkeeper Luis Soffner, defender Caleb Konstanski, midfielder Joe Tolen and forward Tim Wylie.

The team also added freshman brothers Tommy and Tanner Thompson, as well as Louisville transfer Dylan Mares, who led the Cardinals in scoring in 2012.

But when the players who remain from last year’s team look at their rings, it still brings up memories from the 2012 season.

Doody said he thought about his ring after the team won in December, and that it was just the icing on top of the cake when the team received them a few months later.

He said he loves to wear his ring whenever the opportunity presents itself. He said he

“It is in my locker waiting for me to put it on. I wear it every day. I never take it off, except at practice. So many memories happened within that year, and every time I look at it, it brings back all the good times that we had and all the hard work and success that encompassed last year.”

gets comments about the ring while riding the bus around campus.

He said just looking at the ring makes him think of that one moment of victory. “(It was) the greatest moment of my life,” Doody said. “I

love wearing it. I love looking at it. It just represents so much, and any time I have a chance to wear it, I do.”

self along with JR Ricker and Evan Esselink. That gives us four upperclassmen where we are just kind of looking to form a new group of front runners.”

Helmer is looking to Ginther, as well as junior Kelsey

Duerksen, to lead the women’s team this season.

Last year, Duerksen qualified as an individual to represent the Hoosiers in the NCAA Championships.

Ginther competed in the NCAA Championships two

seasons ago.

“We’ve got a couple really good people up front,” Helmer said. “Kelsey Duerksen and Samantha Ginther — they’re older and they’ve had some individual success. Then we were able to go

out and recruit some really good freshmen, so I’m excited about that group as well.”

Karel Bradford, junior midfielder

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it to the tournament, the team had a challenge ahead of it.

“We finally made it to the tournament and beat North Carolina,” she said.

“They are one of the most historic field hockey programs in the country, and we beat them.”

After winning the biggest game in school history, the Hoosiers were set to play the school where Robertson had previously coached, Wake Forest.

“After that, we took on my previous school and lost to them. They went on to win the championship that year.”

Robertson continued to build the program the next three seasons, but the team was unable to reach the NCAA Tournament.

In 2009, the Hoosiers made a return to the NCAA Tournament, earning an at-large bid after placing second in the Big Ten Tournament. The Hoosiers were unable to make a Final Four appearance, but they ended the year with a 14-7 record and were ranked in the top 15.

The Hoosiers found moderate success the next two seasons. Robertson recorded her 100th career win in 2011 with a 4-0 win against Ball State.

After finishing 2012 with a 10-9 record, Robertson said she believes this year’s squad has the potential to reach the NCAA Tournament again.

“We really want to return to the NCAA tournament and compete for a Big Ten championship,” Robertson said. “I see this team having the ability to do so as we progress through the season.

“This team has changed its culture and is practicing in a way in order to be successful against the best competition in the country.”

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