After three full rounds and five playoff holes, junior Will Halamandaris won the Patriot League individual title, Lafayette’s first conference tournament medalist since the 2010 season. Halamandaris earned All-Patriot League honors and was named the Patriot League Player of the Year. As a team, the Leopards finished second behind Army West Point, scoring 300, 289 […]
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Women’s tennis finishes regular season with loss to Lehigh
The women’s tennis team closed out the regular season with their 16th consecutive loss to rival Lehigh as the Leopards were swept 7-0 at home on Tuesday. On Monday, the team faced off against East Stroudsburg University on Senior Day and won 7-0. Against the Mountain Hawks, the doubles pair of juniors Meredith Block and Grace […]
Rugby coach Rachel Grispon brings Premier experience to the Lafayette club team
In 2002, Rachel Grispon started playing rugby—the sport that has since defined her dreams and life goals. Now Lafayette’s women’s club rugby head coach, Grispon began playing in high school before attending East Stroudsburg University, where she continued playing rugby while working towards a degree in sports management. Four years after, she was introduced as […]
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Baseball (11-19) (6-4) April 10 vs. Rutgers University L, 9-3 The Leopards were outhit just 10-8, but scored six fewer runs than Rutgers in the loss. Senior first baseman Richard Villa accounted for two hits and an RBI. April 6, 7 vs. Bucknell University W, 11-3; W, 6-5; W, 10-5 The Leopards earned their first […]
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Baseball (8-18) (3-4) March 30, 31 vs. Navy L, 10-1; L, 24-13; L, 11-9 The Leopards were swept in the weekend series by Navy, despite the bats coming alive in the series finale with 17 hits. In the last game, freshman shortstop Justin Johnson, and senior infielders Richard Villa and Spencer Rouse all recorded three […]
Fencing season ends at regionals: 11 compete, but fail to advance to nationals
The Lafayette fencing team qualified five men and a women’s program-record six athletes for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals Championship, which was hosted on their home turf in Kirby Sports Center last Saturday. Lafayette was one of 14 schools competing at the meet. The event comes after the Leopards finished in eighth place in the Mid-Atlantic […]
Offense held in check as women’s lacrosse drops first game of season
The women’s lacrosse team travelled to Manhattan College last Saturday and were defeated 9-7 in a close defensive battle. It was the Leopards’ first loss of the season. The team’s record now sits 3-1 overall, with their first conference game coming up in just a week. “The fact that we opened this season with three […]
Swim and dive miss the leaderboard, but make waves in Lafayette history at conference championships
The Lafayette swim and dive team concluded their 2019 season at Bucknell this past week as they competed in the Patriot League Championship meet. Although the team didn’t make a splash on the leaderboard, they added 19 times into the Lafayette all-time top-10 finishes in school history. The men finished out their portion of the […]
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Women’s basketball (7-18) (2-12) Saturday, Feb. 16 vs. Loyola L, 55-52 The Leopards fought hard against Loyola, holding them off until the last few minutes. The Leopards led most of every quarter and won the rebounding battle 22-15. Wednesday, Feb. 20 @ Navy L, 65-53 Sophomore forward Natalie Kucowski was a beast on the boards, […]
Scoring woes continue for women’s basketball team as losing streak hits five
The Lafayette women’s basketball team’s losing streak continued on Wednesday with a 64-40 defeat against visiting Army. Last weekend, the Leopards dropped a road contest against Patriot League leading Bucknell with a 75-43 defeat, the most lopsided loss of the season. The Leopards have dropped to 2-10 in Patriot League play and hold a 7-16 record on […]
Swim and dive close regular season with Bison Invitational, prepares for championship meet
In the final meet of their regular season before the Patriot League Championship, the Lafayette swim and dive team traveled to Bucknell last Saturday to compete in the annual Bison Invitational. On the women’s side, sophomore Mary Zimmerman swam the 1650-yard freestyle placing second with a time of 19:08.43. Junior Emily Benson followed close behind, placing […]
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Men’s basketball (5-15) (2-7) Jan. 26 vs Army L, 69-63 The Leopards couldn’t hold on at the end, despite leading throughout the first 30 minutes of the game. Sophomore guards Alex Petrie and Justin Jaworski paced the team in scoring with 20 and 15, respectively. Senior forward Paulius Zalys did a little bit of everything […]
Men’s basketball loses third straight game
Last Sunday, the Leopards’ men’s basketball team came up short against Sacred Heart, falling by one basket in the last minute of the game in a 64-62 loss at Kirby Sports Center. The team lost the following game to UConn on Wednesday, 90-63, in Storrs, CT. In the Sacred Heart match, the Pioneers were ranked […]
Soccer narrowly loses senior day matchup after early score
The Lafayette men’s soccer team dropped their last game of the season against Loyola, falling 1-0 this past Saturday, Nov. 3. Although the team put together a hard-fought effort for the remainder of the game, the deciding goal occurred just 35 seconds into the match. Despite the early deficit, the Leopards tried to strike back […]