Posts published in “Football”

By Thomas Scavetta Staff Writer On Saturday, Nov. 1, the football team (6- 3) cruised to a 28-3 victory against Northeast-10 Conference foe Southern Connecticut State (2-7) at Jess Dow Field in New Haven, Conn. The Pioneers are now one win away from clinching a spot in the NE-10 Championship…

By Thomas Scavetta Staff Writer On Saturday, Oct. 25, the football team (5-3) suffered a nail-biting 27-24 defeat at the hands of Northeast-10 Conference rival American International in a battle for first place at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium. The Yellow Jackets (6-2) struck first on a 17-yard touchdown pass…

By Thomas Scavetta Staff Writer The LIU Post football team (5-2) erupted for seven offensive touchdowns Saturday, Oct. 18, in a 49-21 blowout of Saint Anselm on homecoming at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium. Red-shirt senior quarterback Steven Laurino had a hand in every Pioneer score, passing for four touchdowns…

By Thomas Scavetta Staff Writer Trailing 25-21 with under a minute remaining, red-shirt senior quarterback Steven Laurino fired the game-winning two-yard touchdown pass to red-shirt sophomore wide receiver Shane Hubbard to seal the football team’s 28-25 come-from-behind victory against the Stonehill College Skyhawks on Saturday, Oct. 11, in Brookville, N.Y. The…

By Thomas Scavetta Staff Writer On Saturday, Oct. 4, after trailing 7-3 late in the first quarter, the Pioneers (3-2) scored 34 unanswered points to take a commanding 37-7 lead heading into halftime. The Pace University Setters (0-5) stormed back in the second half and cut the lead down to…

By Thomas Scavetta Staff Writer Despite the Greyhounds (1-3) leading by two scores early in the 4th, the LIU Post football team (2-2) pulled off a come-from-behind victory after trailing by 13 to defeat Northeast-10 Conference foe Assumption, 28-27, on Saturday, Sept. 27 at Multi-Sport Stadium in Massachusetts. The Pioneers…

By Thomas Scavetta Staff Writer With only four minutes remaining in regulation, the Pioneers (1-2) held a 17-13 lead over the Warriors of Merrimack College (2-1), but were unable to hold off the hosts who rallied past LIU for the 19-17 victory on Saturday, Sept. 20, at Martone-Mejail Field in…

By Thomas Scavetta Staff Writer The Pioneers found themselves trailing the New Haven Chargers 33-31 with only 1:46 remaining in the game. The fans were on the edge of their seats, as the Green and Gold were moving the ball down the field at a quick pace. After getting the…

By Alex Billington Assistant Sports Editor Super Bowl XLVIII set the Denver Broncos against the Seattle Seahawks. Tickets for this year’s Super Bowl were like gold dust. Finding the tickets in order to purchase them was one thing, but who ever dreamed of getting them for free? To win Super…