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PROVIDENCE -- Reade Seligmann will see a familiar face on the sidelines when he joins his Brown University teammates for a lacrosse scrimmage Sunday.

Seligmann is one of the three former lacrosse Duke players falsely accused of rape.

He has transferred to Brown, and his new team will host Bryant University in a scrimmage Sunday. That team is coached by Mike Pressler, who coached Seligmann at Duke.

Pressler says he's looking forward to the reunion and plans to greet Seligmann with a hug.

Brown coach Lars Tiffany says Seligmann has already been embraced at Brown.

Seligmann is returning to college lacrosse for the first time since the 2006 season, when an exotic dancer hired to perform at a team party alleged that she had been raped. Seligmann and two other players were indicted, but state prosecutors dismissed all charges in April and said the rape had never occurred.

Today, Seligmann and two other players filed suit against the prosecutor in the case and against the city of Durham, S.C.

-- The Associated Press

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