The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) long-held policy that student athletes should not receive any monetary benefits beyond the price of tuition being paid is facing its greatest challenge yet. On September 30, California’s governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that, when implemented, will allow student-athletes to profit off of their likeness, sign endorsement deals, […]
The Lafayette women’s basketball team opened their season with a lopsided 61-29 home win against Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) on Tuesday. Sophomore forward Naomi Ganpo paced the Leopards’ offense, recording a career-high 12 points on 6-9 shooting from the field to go with two rebounds, a steal and a block. Junior forward and reigning Patriot […]
The Lafayette volleyball team was back in action last weekend, splitting a pair of conference games with a win over Bucknell and a loss to rival Lehigh. With seven games left in the season, all within the Patriot League, the Leopards hold a 13-12 record with a 2-7 mark in conference play. After losing to […]
This past weekend, the Lafayette men’s and women’s cross country teams secured third place at the Leopard Invitational. The meet was the team’s fourth and final meet of the fall season before the Patriot League championship. Junior Gabi Galletta won the women’s 6K race with a time of 22:50.88, and paced all runners from start […]
This past weekend the Lafayette women’s rugby club team defeated Swarthmore College, 37-29, to move their record to 1-1 after a loss two weekends ago to Widener University, 42-27. The Leopard got off to a quick start against Swarthmore, opening up a 25-0 lead at halftime. Senior inside center Jordyn “Sparks” Marlin, sophomore outside center […]
The men’s soccer team won both of their games last week, beating Holy Cross and Army to maintain their 3-0 Patriot League record. The Leopards won a double-overtime game, 3-2, at Holy Cross last Saturday and then shutout Army 5-0 at home on Wednesday. In the Army game, five different players recorded goals in a […]
The Lafayette football team lost this past weekend in a road game against Albany, 36-7. The team’s record is now 0-4 with two more games left before Patriot League play starts in mid-October. A bright spot in the game was defensive lineman Damon Washington, who earned Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors for his […]
The Lafayette volleyball team hosted the Crosstown Invitational this past weekend and went 2-2 in the tournament before winning on the road against Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) on Wednesday. Against FDU, the Leopards lost the first set 25-15 before winning the final three sets en route to the victory. Lafayette tallied 60 kills to FDU’s […]
The Lafayette men’s soccer team opened their season with a 4-0 win against Siena College last Friday, their first opening game win since 2014. On Tuesday night, the Leopards secured their second win of the season against Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1-0. Against Siena, the Leopards had four different goal scorers, three of whom were making […]
Lafayette’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is launching a mental health campaign this fall while they continue to provide a platform for student athletes on campus. “We’re hoping to increase student athletes awareness of all the resources they have on campus for mental health and also promote the mindset that ‘you don’t have to be […]
Today, the club crew team begins the race they’ve been anticipating for nine months: the Dad Vail Regatta, the largest collegiate regatta in the United States. “In August, the team got together and [head] coach [Rick] Kelliher said, ‘We got some small goals,’” said freshman Ethan Ames. Those small goals included “the Head of the […]
The Lafayette women’s and men’s lacrosse teams closed out their seasons with losses to Colgate and nationally ranked Loyola, respectively, a week ago. The men’s team lost 15-4 despite holding the Tewaaraton finalist, for most outstanding lacrosse player, Patrick Spencer to zero goals and three assists. The women’s team lost their senior day game 13-12, despite a […]
Lafayette baseball’s Trey Durrah, a junior outfielder, leads the team in RBIs with 34; in a series win against Lehigh a few weeks ago, he notched three home runs and 15 RBIs. However, his connection to the baseball program extends further than his recent successes in the batter’s box. Durrah’s history with the Lafayette baseball program far […]
The Lafayette golf team hit the road for two different tournaments over the past week, finishing fourth and 10th in their two competitions. Some team members traveled to West Orange, N.J., and placed 10th out of 11 teams in the Columbia Spring Invitational, while the other group of golfers made the trip to the University […]
