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+ […]
Women’s volleyball player Grace Tulevech has stacked both her in-game and online stats, amassing 108k followers on Instagram and a whopping 2.3M on TikTok through her viral comedic content. During the quarantine period of 2020 many students had the opportunity to try new skills and hobbies, but for Tulevech, her free time gained her social […]
Despite the cancellation of the fall season for all Lafayette sports teams, student-athletes on and off-campus are still preparing for an eventual return to competition. Zoom meetings, fitness challenges, watching film and holding socially-distanced practices are just a few of the ways that athletes have stayed connected with their teams this fall. “One of the […]
The Lafayette volleyball team was back in action last weekend, splitting a pair of conference games with a win over Bucknell and a loss to rival Lehigh. With seven games left in the season, all within the Patriot League, the Leopards hold a 13-12 record with a 2-7 mark in conference play. After losing to […]
The volleyball team will ride a 10-game win streak into their Patriot League opener against Lehigh this weekend. The Leopards have won five matches in the past week and currently sit at 11-5, their highest season win total since 2015. The Leopards lost five of their first six games but haven’t lost since September 7 […]
The volleyball team extended their winning streak to five with victories over Merrimack College, Delaware State University (DSU) and Siena College during the Lafayette Invitational last weekend. The Leopards have now reached six wins, the first time the program has won more than five games since 2015. “I feel like we’re riding kind of a […]
The Lafayette volleyball team hosted the Crosstown Invitational this past weekend and went 2-2 in the tournament before winning on the road against Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) on Wednesday. Against FDU, the Leopards lost the first set 25-15 before winning the final three sets en route to the victory. Lafayette tallied 60 kills to FDU’s […]
As the 2019 volleyball season approaches, there is nowhere to go but up for the Lafayette Leopards. The team performed well on their serves in the 2018 season, finishing fourth in the conference in service aces, but will look to build on its last place rankings in opponent hitting percentage, kills, assists, blocks, and digs. […]
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 […]
“It’s always been a dream…of mine to be a head coach,” Ryan Adams said, “and when this opportunity presented itself within the Patriot League, which I’ve been a part of for three years, I thought it was just a prime opportunity for me to step in and go for it.” Adams will be the next […]
Terri Dadio Campbell will not return as the Lafayette volleyball coach for the 2019 season. Athletic Director Sherryta Freeman announced that the former head coach will not come back after 17 seasons with the team. Athletic department representatives declined to comment on what led to Campbell’s departure. In those seasons, the Leopards recorded four seasons with […]
The Lafayette volleyball team wrapped up their 2018 season last weekend with a 3-1 loss to Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. The team also lost to Navy on Thursday, Nov. 8 in straight sets, 3-0, in their final home match of the year. The Leopards finish their season 5-23 overall and 0-16 in Patriot League […]
This past weekend, the Lafayette women’s volleyball team lost to Bucknell and Lehigh, falling 3-2 and 3-1 in the two home games. In the first match, the Leopards and the Bison wrestled back and forth, as the team pushed Bucknell to five sets before ultimately losing 15-10 in the final set. The Leopards started out […]
Now in their second week of Patriot League play, the Lafayette volleyball team is still looking for its first conference win. In four conference matchups, the Leopards have yet to win a single set, dropping each game 3-0. Lafayette traveled to New York to play Colgate and Army on Friday, Sept. 28 and Saturday, Sept. […]
