The Lafayette College volleyball team is on a five-match winning streak after dominating American (3-0) and Loyola Maryland (3-1) last weekend, making them 5-1 in the conference. The Leopards marked their first win over the Eagles in the five-set era on Friday night in straight sets (25-15, 34-32, 25-6) at Kirby Sports Center. Lafayette’s last win over […]
The Lafayette volleyball team is off to a red hot start in Patriot League play after a rocky start to the season. The team wrapped up non-conference play with a record of 3-5, but it has been on a tear since to bring its record to 6-6. This past week, the Leopards secured two wins […]
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 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, […]
Field Hockey (3-1) (0-0 Patriot League) Sept. 3 @ Ohio St. | L, 3-4 McAndrew: 1 goal, 1 assist | Hannes: 1 goal, 1 assist | Sawers: 1 goal Sept. 5 vs. Indiana | W, 4-0 McAndrew: 1 goal | Sawers: 2 goals, 2 assists | Hannes: 1 goal Football (0-1) (0-0) Sept. 4 […]
With women’s volleyball’s first game being postponed due to extreme weather, the team played four matches in just five days in the opening week of the season, winning two and losing two. “The UConn Challenge was our first game of the season since our home opener against Iona was cancelled,” senior outside hitter Leanna Deegan […]
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. […]
