The Lafayette women’s soccer team dropped its first Patriot League game to Boston University (BU) 2-1 on Sept. 18 at Nickerson Field. “The practices leading up to [BU] were more about keeping our legs fresh, while also implementing some game-type scenarios and intensity to model the real game,” junior goalkeeper Natalie Neumann said. “Ultimately, this week […]
Junior roommates Nathan Keller from outside Philadelphia, Sebastian Wallach from New York and Michael Gervase from Washington D.C. have something wheelie cool in common: cycling. But what really goes on in their house with three people and 17 bikes? “We all came in as freshmen interested in riding, and kind of met each other through […]
After managing 20-plus kills in each of three of the volleyball team’s four matches last week, senior outside hitter Leanna Deegan was named Patriot League Player of the Week for the second time in her career. Deegan was first named the Player of the Week on March 8, named to the Patriot League All-League First […]
Following the Bucknell Quad meet two weeks ago, the Lafayette cross country team faced rival Lehigh at home in a dual meet last Saturday. “Considering I haven’t raced on the home course since my freshmen year, it feels great to get back out there,” senior Autumn Sands said. “We’re training harder and harder each week, […]
The Lafayette men’s soccer team opened up Patriot League play with a 0-0 draw against Bucknell University on Saturday after a hard-fought game that went to double overtime. That rigorous performance was followed by a commanding 3-1 win against Saint Peter’s University. “It was good to get going with the season in patriotic play, here […]
After being defeated in straight sets on Saturday against Colgate at their conference opener, the Lafayette volleyball team (1-1 Patriot League, 4-6 overall) bounced back last Sunday winning three straight sets against Holy Cross. Senior outside hitter Leanna Deegan led the way for the Leopards against Colgate, who was just shy of a double-double with […]
The Lafayette golf team took 11th place at the Cornell Invitational this past weekend. The 36-hole event was the Leopards’ third tournament of the year as they continue their first full season since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The team did not meet any expectations we had for ourselves this weekend,” senior TJ Repczynski […]
The Lafayette field hockey team is off to a red hot start with the help of junior defender Simone Hefting. She won Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week last Monday, following the Leopard’s consecutive wins over Yale and Quinnipiac. Lafayette held their opponents to zero first-half shots and one goal combined in the dominant […]
The Leopards faced their second consecutive Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) opponent last Saturday, Sept. 18, against the University of New Hampshire (UNH). The team lost their home opener in a closely contested game 19-13 to No. 23 UNH. Freshman quarterback Ah-Shaun Davis was thrust into action in the home opener against a ranked opponent, making […]
As the sun sets and the last football or lacrosse players leave Fisher field, athletics at Lafayette does not sleep for the night. The players who follow are not considered Division I athletes, but are still students who truly love the game they play. This is the Lafayette club sports scene in a nutshell, with […]
The scoreboard read 24-3 by the end of the final quarter in Williamsburg, VA, last weekend where the Lafayette football team fell short to the William & Mary Tribe at Zable Stadium. However, the Leopards’ defense shined through the defeat. Senior linebacker Major Jordan and junior linebacker Marco Olivas led the defense, with a total […]
The Lafayette tennis teams competed in back-to-back invitationals this past Friday and Saturday, with the Bucknell invitational kicking off the weekend and followed by the Siena Invitational. Lafayette had 19 members competing among both teams, with a total of seven teams each competing in the men’s and women’s divisions. The women’s division included host Siena, […]
The Lafayette volleyball team made a quick comeback on Tuesday against St. Francis, after failing to capture a win in the three-game Sacred Heart Invitational over the weekend. The Leopards began the weekend on Friday with a two-set advantage against Sacred Heart, yet ended up dropping the five-set match on Friday night (25-22, 25-20, 19-25, […]
Lafayette field hockey (5-1) won two hotly contested matches last week, at home against the Yale Bulldogs on Friday and at Quinnipiac against the Bobcats on Sunday. The Leopards defeated Yale 2-1 in an overtime thriller before beating Quinnipiac 2-0 in Hamden, Connecticut. The two wins moved the Leopards to a 5-1 total for the season. “Going into […]
