The Leopards’ football team dropped a close game to Monmouth on last Saturday, losing 24-20 in their home opener at Fisher Stadium. Despite a first-half offensive surge, Lafayette missed several key opportunities late in the game and now sits at 0-3 on the season. It was a tale of two halves for the Leopards, who scored 20 points […]
The Lafayette women’s soccer team captured a 2-0 victory against Bucknell University, last year’s Patriot League champions, last Saturday. This was the Leopards first action of the season in Patriot League play, looking to advance to the Patriot League Tournament for the third consecutive year. The team has had a roller coaster start to the season, […]
The Lafayette women’s volleyball team had themselves an exciting weekend as they dominated the Lafayette Invite in Kirby Sports Center on Friday, Sept. 14, and Saturday, Sept. 15. The Maroon and White beat Hartford 3-1 and kept the stamina going against Fairleigh Dickinson, whom they shut out 3-0. This is the first time the Leopards […]
The Lafayette men’s and women’s cross country teams hosted Lehigh in a dual meet on Saturday, Sept. 15. The men’s team lost in a sweep (50-15 Lehigh). Despite having a runner place in the top four, the women’s team also lost (45-17 Lehigh). For the men’s team, freshman Timothy Larsen led the way for the […]
The Lafayette field hockey team started their Patriot League season on Friday with a tough start against rival Lehigh, a team that more than rose to the occasion after losing last season’s matchup. The Leopards scored first, when senior forward Kristen Taylor found sophomore forward Grace Angelella with a cross into the circle. Angelella put […]
The Lafayette men’s soccer team holds a 4-2-1 record ahead of their first Patriot League match against Bucknell University this Saturday. After starting the season with three wins and two losses, the Leopards grabbed another win, defeating La Salle with a final score of 2-0. The team scored in both halves, with freshman midfielder Sebastian […]
Men’s soccer (4-2-1) (0-0) Sept. 12 vs. La Salle W, 2-0 Lafayette got its first home victory over La Salle with a score of 2-0. The team got out to a quick start when freshmen midfielder Sebastian Varela netted his first goal of his career, in the fourth minute. The team’s second goal came in the 48th […]
Senior equestrian team captain Justine Perrotti competed at the Marshall and Sterling Finals in Saugerties, NY, on Thursday, Sept. 13 and Friday, Sept. 14. Perrotti competed in one flats event, finishing seventh, and two fences events, finishing seventh and ninth. In each of the events, Perrotti competed against 21 other riders, all of whom qualified […]
Athletic director Sherryta Freeman is looking forward to improving the student-athlete experience at Lafayette and to unveiling her strategic plan for the department this fall. In the short term, however, she’s hoping to take the court in a game of pickup basketball. “[Coaches] have been asking me ‘When are you going to play with us?’ […]
The men’s soccer team’s three-game winning streak came to an end when they faced Cornell (3-1) on Friday, Sept. 7. The match went into overtime, with a final score of 2-1 in favor of the Big Red. The Leopards then hosted La Salle on this past Wednesday, taking the win 2-0. Sutton earned another shutout, while […]
The Lafayette men’s golf team won both the team and individual titles during the Alex Lagowitz Memorial Invitational Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 8 and Sunday, Sept. 9. The tournament was hosted by Colgate at the par-72 Seven Oaks Golf Club in Hamilton, NY. The team finished with a tournament record score of +3, breaking the […]
The volleyball team recently wrapped up the Dartmouth University Tournament, in which they went 0-3, losing each game 3 sets to 0. The first matchup was against Boston College, with Lafayette improving by three points each set. The first game went 25-12 in BC’s favor, then 25-15, then 25-18. The Leopards put up more points […]
The Lafayette women’s tennis team opened its fall season at the Bucknell Fall Invite with a number of impressive performances on Friday, Sept. 7 and Saturday, Sept. 8. The team took nine players to the tournament that included teams from Colgate, Howard, Loyola, Mount St. Mary’s, and Saint Francis (Pa.), in addition to the host, […]
The Leopards suffered a second consecutive loss to open the season, falling to a talented Delaware football team 37-0 on Saturday, Sept. 8. One week after managing just two field goals, the Leopards were limited to 118 yards of total offense and were held scoreless for the first time since Nov. 11, 2017. The loss […]
