In a year dominated by negative headlines and cancellations due to COVID-19, senior cross country runner Ainsley Jacobs found her way into the Lafayette record books. Jacobs broke the all-time school record for the 5000-meter run this past weekend in the Bucknell Quad meet with a time of 17:03.14. The previous record for the event […]
The Lafayette men’s soccer team is headed to the Patriot League championship game for the second straight year. The Leopards punched their ticket to the finals with a 2-1 win in the conference semifinal game on Wednesday against Holy Cross. Senior defender Andrew Venezia and junior forward Max Ippolito scored a goal apiece, and the […]
Baseball (7-11) (6-9 PL) April 7 @ Lehigh | L, 7-6 Minghini: 3-5, 1 RBI | Ciuffreda: 1-3, 3 RBI | Bogosian: 3.2 IP, 2 ER, 1 SO April 10 vs. Navy | W, 8-6 Savage: 3-4, 1 RBI | Hartey: 2-3, 2 RBI | Bloss: 6.2 IP, 6 ER, 3 SO April 10 vs. […]
During a loss to Army last weekend which dropped the team to 0-5 on the season, junior attacker Olivia Cunningham posted a game-high seven goals for the women’s lacrosse team. It was the highest scoring output for a Lafayette player in over four years. Although the team has struggled to be competitive this year, Cunningham […]
The Lafayette men’s baseball team had a busy last week, playing five games in five days. The Leopards beat rival Lehigh 3-2 on Wednesday after winning two of four games against Navy on Saturday and Sunday. Lafayette entered the week on an eight-game losing streak but were able to right the ship somewhat, going 2-3 […]
After being pushed to the spring and then postponed once again due to COVID-19 cases, Lafayette celebrated its 156th rivalry meeting last Saturday, welcoming some first-year spectators for the first time side-by-side with seniors who left the stadium bleachers nostalgically for their last Lafayette-Lehigh game. “Going into it, I didn’t really know how it was […]
The 156th rivalry meeting between Lafayette and Lehigh lived up to its billing as the Leopards beat Lehigh in thrilling fashion to close out their 2021 spring season. The Leopards won 20-13 and finish a shortened spring season with a 2-1 record. The win marks the first time the Leopards have beaten Lehigh in Fisher […]
The Lafayette swimming and diving team opened its season on Thursday, April 1 participating in the April Pool’s Day virtual invite. This two-part event continued on Saturday, April 3rd and the Leopards closed out the weekend with a handful of record performances. The team finished with a third-place finish for the men and a fifth-place […]
The Lafayette men’s soccer team ought to play in the spring more often. For the first time since 2008, the program has recorded five straight victories, the latest being a 2-1 win over Army last weekend which improved the team’s record to a perfect 5-0. Sophomore forward Hale Lombard struck early with a second-minute goal, […]
While the COVID-19 pandemic has taken so much away from athletes, it is giving senior guard E.J. Stephens one more chance to play collegiate basketball. The Lafayette guard announced this week via Instagram that he would be transferring to the University of Minnesota at the conclusion of the academic year to play for the Gophers. […]
The Lafayette field hockey team dropped another close game last weekend, falling to defending conference champion American 2-1 in double overtime. The team now holds a 1-3 record with just two games remaining in a shortened spring season. There has been little margin of error for the team this season, as the Leopards have lost […]
After a slow start to the season, the Lafayette golf team has hit their stride with back-to-back top five finishes. The Leopards placed third two weeks ago at the Battle at Rum Pointe and placed fourth this past weekend at the Rolling Green Intercollegiate Invitational. The course was a par 70. Lafayette finished one spot […]
After a 25-point loss at the hands of conference foe Bucknell two weeks ago, the Leopards welcome rival Lehigh to Fisher Stadium tomorrow for the 156th meeting of college football’s most-played rivalry. The highly-anticipated matchup was postponed a week due to a positive COVID-19 test within the Lafayette program. Lafayette is 1-1 during an abbreviated […]
The men’s and women’s track and field teams struggled at the Lehigh Easter races this past weekend, with both teams finishing in sixth place out of six teams. The men’s team finished with 24 points and the women finished with 22, while the next closest teams on each side earned 91 and 41 points, respectively. […]
