Commotion erupted from the stands as students and families cheered for the Lafayette football team as it claimed its first win this past Saturday with a 24-14 victory over the University of Pennsylvania Quakers during Family Weekend. The Leopards put on an all-around dominant performance. Making his second start of the season, freshman quarterback Ah-Shaun […]
The Leopards were dominated by a strong Air Force run game this past Saturday, opening their season against the United States Air Force Academy with a 35-14 loss. Despite the 21 point defeat, Lafayette had a strong showing against the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Falcons. And for the first time in over […]
The Leopards men’s soccer team is looking to get over the hump this year as the team has fallen short in the previous two seasons by one game. In both the 2019 and 2020 seasons, Lafayette lost in the Patriot League Championship game, with the latter season culminating in a double overtime loss to the […]
The Lafayette track and field team finished their season this past weekend at the IC4A/ECAC Championships in Springfield, Mass, where senior Ainsley Jacobs earned All-East status with a fourth place finish in the 10,000-meter run. Both the men’s and women’s teams sent three athletes to the event. Jacobs completed the 10,000-meter run in 36:15.16 and […]
The baseball team concluded their regular season this past weekend with a three-game series against Bucknell, winning two of three games in Lewisburg, Pa. With the victories, the Leopards clinched the three seed and will head into the Patriot League tournament this weekend with some momentum. Lafayette went 13-15 in a pandemic-shortened spring season, including […]
The Lafayette track and field team had their first outdoor event in nearly two years last weekend at the Lehigh Opener, earning several top finishes on both the men’s and women’s sides and excelling in the field events. For the men, the Leopards took first through third in the javelin toss, led by junior Billy […]
The sporting world, like the rest of the world, underwent a complete halt this time last spring with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. While athletics have since slowly returned, there have been many adjustments at both the professional and collegiate levels in order to continue competition safely. Game schedules have been amended, socially-distanced practice […]
During the first three months of returning to competition, Lafayette athletics managed to survive all Patriot League COVID-19 outbreaks without one of their own. Their luck changed this past week as the women’s tennis team was the first to face the spread of the virus. After a 7-0 sweep of Coppin State to win their […]
Lafayette men’s and women’s cross country began their long-awaited seasons this past Saturday at Loyola Maryland, with both teams taking first place despite harsh wintry conditions. Next up for the men and women is the Patriot League Championship next week, slated for March 5 in Easton at Metzgar Fields. The men’s team beat American by […]
Lafayette’s men’s basketball team extended their win streak to five this past weekend with a sweep of the Loyola Greyhounds. The wins boost the Leopards overall record to 5-1 on the season as they sit atop their mini-conference with a record of 3-1. Both games went down to the wire, but the Leopards tough defense […]
Emma Piascik ’21 has been swimming for over 10 years, but in order to stay connected with the sport during the pandemic, she had to get creative. Amidst the craziness of the outbreak, Piascik reconnected with her former high school swimming coach and Lafayette graduate Bill Deatly ’81 in order to stay active during quarantine. […]
The Lafayette men’s basketball team finished their season with a 89-64 loss to top-seeded Colgate in the semifinal round of the Patriot League tournament on Sunday. The Leopards won their quarterfinal game over Army last Thursday to advance to the semifinals for the first time since the 2014-15 season. In the loss to Colgate, freshman […]
The Lafayette women’s basketball team defeated Loyola (Maryland), 76-65 and American, 55-48 last week, earning their ninth and 10th conference wins, the most since the ’92-’93 season. With the victory, the Leopards sweep the season series from the Greyhounds and the Eagles, and improve their Patriot League record to 10-6, good for fourth place in […]
The Lafayette track and field team posted seven personal bests and six top-three finishes at the Monmouth Invitational and Fast Track National Invite meets last weekend. Senior Crosby Spiess earned the top spot in the 400-meter dash at Monmouth with her time of 1:00:48, narrowly beating the second place finisher by .05 seconds for Lafayette’s […]
