The Lafayette women’s basketball team swept Loyola Maryland this past weekend, heading into the Patriot League playoffs this weekend with some momentum after an up-and-down season. The Leopards beat the Greyhounds by scores of 47-35 on Saturday and 70-45 on Sunday, and have now won six straight games against Loyola. After starting the season on […]
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Women’s basketball splits weekend series with Lehigh as Kucowski closes in on rebounds record
The Lafayette women’s basketball team split a pair of games against rival Lehigh last weekend, winning 70-60 on Sunday in Bethlehem and dropping a 71-57 result the following day in Easton. The team now carries a 3-7 conference record into the final week of the regular season, and will face Lehigh twice more this weekend. […]
Senior forward Kucowski continues to break records in her final collegiate season
Natalie Kucowski, a senior chemical engineering major on the Lafayette women’s basketball team, has proven season after season that she can raise the bar for herself and for the program’s record books. Traveling not too far from her home in Philadelphia, Kucowski has been an asset to the Leopards since her rookie 2017-2018 season. She […]
Women’s basketball drops close game to Navy after cancellation
After a game cancellation that set them back roughly a week, the women’s basketball team traveled to Annapolis, Md., to face Navy on Wednesday in a toss-up game that ended with Lafayette coming up short 55-53. “Even though we had a break from games, we still spend so much time in the gym working to […]
Women’s basketball team captures two wins in three games following Covid-related postponements
The Lafayette women’s basketball team is feeling the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, with a string of postponements sandwiched around a pair of wins against Loyola Maryland and a loss to Boston University over the past month. Over 10 games have been postponed or cancelled for the women, significantly more than the men’s team, leaving […]
Women’s basketball still searching for first win after losing twice to Bucknell
The Lafayette women’s basketball team’s record is now sitting at 0-4 for the 2021 season with this past weekend adding two losses in tough back-to-back games against Bucknell (4-0). The Bisons took control early on in Saturday’s game at Kirby Sports Center, pulling ahead to a 13-point lead in the first 10 minutes. Both teams […]
Women’s basketball falls short to Lehigh in back-to-back games to open spring season
The Lafayette women’s basketball team dropped a pair of close games to rival Lehigh last weekend to kick off the opening series of an unusual spring season. The Leopards lost 81-75 in overtime on Saturday, Jan. 2, and then fell 73-65 the following day as the Mountain Hawks earned the weekend sweep. Despite the ongoing […]
Both Lafayette basketball teams will resume play in the spring semester, but Covid-19 concerns remain
The Lafayette women’s and men’s basketball programs will return to the court in 2021, with a shortened, league-only schedule beginning on Jan. 2. The Patriot League Council of Presidents endorsed the plan, which is contingent on competition that will “protect the health and safety of student-athletes, coaches, staffs and their communities,” according to the press […]
Women’s basketball wraps up season with first round loss to Holy Cross
The Lafayette women’s basketball team ended their season on Monday with a 52-33 loss to Holy Cross in the first round of the Patriot League tournament. The Leopards finish their season with 15-14 record, including 11-7 in conference play, after winning just eight games a year ago with a 2-16 conference record. The 11-7 Patriot […]
Women’s basketball splits final pair of regular season games, finishes fifth in conference
The women’s basketball team wrapped up their regular season with an overtime win over Navy last Saturday and a loss to league-leading Bucknell on Wednesday. The Leopards finish with an 11-7 record in the conference, good for fifth place in the upcoming playoffs. The 11 Patriot League wins are the most the program has had […]
Women’s basketball wins two more games, stays in fourth place in the Patriot League
The Lafayette women’s basketball team defeated Loyola (Maryland), 76-65 and American, 55-48 last week, earning their ninth and 10th conference wins, the most since the ’92-’93 season. With the victory, the Leopards sweep the season series from the Greyhounds and the Eagles, and improve their Patriot League record to 10-6, good for fourth place in […]
Women’s basketball defeats American, pushes win streak to five
Women’s basketball rolled into Bender Arena last Saturday on a four-game winning streak with a purpose: defeat conference rival American for the first time since 2016. The team rose to the challenge in a resounding 67-52 win. The Leopards stormed out of the gate, nearly doubling American’s offensive output in each of the first three […]
Women’s basketball earns first win over Lehigh since 2015: Leopards push win streak to four with win over Colgate
The crowd at Allen P. Kirby Sports Center erupted as senior guard Sarah Agnello calmly sunk a pair of free throws. They were just a formality. The game was over and for the first time since February 21, 2015, the Lafayette women’s basketball team defeated rival Lehigh. Players celebrated on the court, and continued in […]
Women’s basketball dominates Fairleigh Dickinson in season opener
The Lafayette women’s basketball team opened their season with a lopsided 61-29 home win against Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) on Tuesday. Sophomore forward Naomi Ganpo paced the Leopards’ offense, recording a career-high 12 points on 6-9 shooting from the field to go with two rebounds, a steal and a block. Junior forward and reigning Patriot […]