Freshman attacker Peter Lehman was named Patriot League Rookie of the Year last week, marking the seventh major award for the Maroon and White in the Patriot League era. He is the second Rookie of the Year in program history for Lafayette, following Tom Perini in 2008. Lehman, per usual, deflected all praise. “It’s kind […]
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 spring 2021 semester was a season that student-athletes will not soon forget. The condensed calendar, limited travel, and fluctuating schedule for practices and games were issues that all athletes had to deal with. Most were happy to take on the extra burden in order to play their sports, regardless of the circumstances. Athletic Director […]
The Lafayette men’s soccer team has seen tremendous success in the past two years, falling just short in the Patriot League Championship game in consecutive seasons. And one man has seen it all from the best vantage point on the field: goalie Alex Sutton, a junior who’s been the team’s starter since he first arrived […]
Last weekend was one for the record books for the Lafayette track and field team. Ten new times were entered into the school’s All-Time Top 10 list, including two Lafayette records broken at the two-day Patriot League Championship event. Senior Ryan Branch broke one of the longest-standing Lafayette records in the 5,000-meter run, shattering the […]
For a long time in the realm of Lafayette athletics, it was very difficult to be “out and proud.” Gay slurs were used regularly and there was no space for queer students on campus or on sports teams. On Tuesday night, four former student-athletes reflected on their experience at Lafayette as members of the LGBTQ+ […]
The Lafayette men’s lacrosse team went 0-11 this spring, but you wouldn’t know it talking to head coach Pat Myers. In the highly competitive Patriot League, wins are hard to come by in the sport. Myers already knows this, as his squad hasn’t beaten a conference opponent during his three seasons on College Hill. But […]
The Lafayette track and field team endured one of the more difficult seasons of any Lafayette team this year, but the spring ended on a high note this past weekend as senior distance runner Ryan Branch broke a 36-year-old school record in the 5,000-meter run. Branch finished the race in fourth place with a time […]
When the Low-A Clearwater Threshers released their roster for the 2021 season, there was one noticeable name that jumped out from the list, at least if you’re a Lafayette fan: JP Woodward. Lafayette’s lefty ace last year, Woodward signed with the Philadelphia Phillies after the 2020 MLB draft was cut down to only five rounds. […]
A consistent year for the Lafayette golf team ended with a podium finish last weekend in their final match of the season at the Patriot League Championships. Four Leopards placed in the top 10, including three who tied for third. Lafayette placed third overall out of eight teams with a score of +45 at the […]
Even the cancellation of the Patriot League Championships couldn’t prevent the Lafayette swim and dive team from breaking records. The team concluded their 2021 season with a Senior Day home meet against Lehigh last weekend, which took place in two sessions over Saturday and Sunday. Both the men and women lost despite setting a number […]
The pandemic has brought some unique silver linings to student-athletes at Lafayette and around the country. In a rare move, the NCAA expanded eligibility to all fall and winter sports during the 2020-21 season. This follows a similar decision by the organization in March of last year as COVID-19 took hold. Student-athletes have traditionally been […]
The final tune up before the Patriot League Championships went a lot like the rest of the regular season for the Lafayette track and field team: robust individual performances marred by a depleted pandemic roster. The Leopards competed at the John & Carol Covert Classic in Bethlehem last Saturday, which consisted of seven teams including […]
This past week, the athletic department released their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, another step forward in the department’s effort to combat racial injustice in Lafayette athletics. The latest update in the initiative are the pillars of the DEI plan, which consist of education, representation, awareness, support & programming and resources & pledges. The pillars […]
