Last Friday night, the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) sent 13 Leopard student-athletes to the Boys & Girls Club of Easton for two hours of programs as part of the One Shirt One Body campaign. The nonprofit organization’s mission is to use the power of sport to enhance the lives of youth by connecting them […]
Senior Justine Perrotti competed at the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) nationals for equestrian last Thursday, earning 11th place out of 16 who qualified. In her zones show in early April, Perrotti finished first in her intermediate over fences class, qualifying her to compete nationally, along with the second-place finisher. Perrotti traveled with her coach […]
Junior Will Halamandaris’ golf journey began when he was just two years old, and recently culminated in him becoming the first Lafayette medalist at the Patriot League Golf Tournament since 2010. Halamandaris took the title after a five-hole playoff, clinching the win with a two-foot putt on the par-4 first hole. “It certainly shows the […]
After four years with the Lafayette football program, senior linebacker Jerry Powe received an invite to the upcoming Washington Redskins camp which starts today and runs through Sunday. The senior captain and four-year starter was named the defensive MVP after recording 40 solo tackles, good for second on the team, and 2.5 sacks in the […]
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 athletic department announced in a press release Monday that women’s lacrosse head coach Alison Fisher ‘01 “will not be renewed for the 2020 season.” The announcement featured a quote by athletic director Sherryta Freeman thanking Fisher, in a format reminiscent of the release announcing former volleyball coach Terri Dadio Campbell’s release. The release […]
The Lafayette softball team ended their season with a three-game sweep at the hands of Holy Cross last weekend, dropping their final record to 8-40-1 with a 1-17 mark in the Patriot League. The Crusaders won both games of a Saturday doubleheader by scores of 4-2 and 3-1, respectively, before emerging victorious in the Leopards’ […]
The Lafayette baseball team notched a 15-4 win over Holy Cross, clinching their first berth in the Patriot League Tournament since 2015. The win guaranteed the Leopards would be the four-seed in the tournament, even though the team failed to win a series in their final weekend. The victory was highlighted by three-hit performances by […]
The Lafayette track and field team competed in the Patriot League Championship meet last weekend, with six Leopards breaking into the top-10 all-time school record books. The men earned a fifth place finish with 45 points, while the women scored 20 points to place eighth. “I was very proud of both teams and how they […]
A “change in leadership.” That’s all the Lafayette athletics department said when they announced in December that veteran head coach Terri Dadio Campbell ‘92 would no longer lead the women’s volleyball team. An investigation by The Lafayette has found, however, that Campbell—who coached several teams at colleges in Virginia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania during a […]
The Lafayette club crew team won six out of eight races at the Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference (MARC) regatta last Saturday in Lewisberry, Pa. Both the men’s and women’s varsity-4 boats emerged victorious, joining the women’s and men’s varsity pair boats, and the women’s novice-4 and novice-8 boats in the win column. “Our team performed outstandingly […]
The Lafayette track and field team competed at both the Penn Relays and the Carol & John Covert Classic last weekend in advance of the Patriot League Championship meet which starts today. The Leopards sent sophomores Samuel Fishbein (hammer throw) and Harrison Greenhill (shot put), and a 4×400 team consisting of senior Thomas Strand and […]
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 […]
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 […]
