Shelby Townsend Sports Editor The seventh ranked Pioneers lost to third ranked Merrimack College 12-5 during a home match-up Feb 18. A young Pioneer offense was plagued by 19 turnovers, 12 of which came in the first half of the game. The Pioneers were scoreless after the first quarter, falling…
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By Shelby Townsend Sports Editor The men’s lacrosse team’s spring season is quickly approaching, with the first two preseason games scheduled for Feb. 3 and 6 in St. Leo and Lackland, Fla. Coach John Jez is entering his eleventh season as head coach of the Pioneers. His team is ranked…
By Michael Otero Co-Editor-in-Chief The men’s lacrosse team opened up the season as the three-time defending East Coast Conference Champions. They didn’t play like it to start though; losing their first two games by a combined eight goals. “We always play a tough schedule and, this year, we started with…
By Michael Otero Co-Editor in Chief It came down to the wire for the no. 8 ranked LIU Post men’s lacrosse team on Saturday, April 23, but they managed to pull out a gritty 10-9 victory over no. 13 Mercy College in an East Coast Conference battle at Bethpage Federal…
By Thomas Scavetta Assistant Sports Editor After heading into overtime, senior attacker Ryan Slane finished the script with the game-winning goal three and a half minutes in, as the no. 12 ranked men’s lacrosse team (8-3) upset tenth-ranked Dowling College (8-3) 10-9, in dramatic fashion Saturday, April 16, in an…
By Thomas Scavetta Assistant Sports Editor In a season-high nine point effort, senior attackman Matty Beccaris led the no. 14 men’s lacrosse team (7-3) to a 19-5 victory against Post University (4-5) on Wednesday, April 6, in a non-conference clash at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium in Brookville, N.Y. Senior…
By Maxime Devillaz Co-Editor-in-Chief Senior attackmen Matty Beccaris and Ryan Slane battled for the goalscoring throne at the Bethpage Federal Credit Union castle on Wednesday, March 30, as the men’s lacrosse team trumped its non-conference opponent Post University, 19-5. Beccaris, named the East Coast Conference Player of the Week on…
By Thomas Scavetta Assistant Sports Editor An offensive onslaught led the 16th ranked men’s lacrosse team (5-3) to a convincing 21-3 victory on Thursday, March 24, against Dominican College (3-6) in an East Coast Conference showdown at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium in Brookville, N.Y. It seemed as if the…
By Thomas Scavetta After rallying from two-goal deficits on two separate occasions, the eighth-ranked men’s lacrosse team (4-3) fell to Chestnut Hill College (1-5), 14-10, on Saturday, March 18, in an East Coast Conference matchup at Plymouth Whitemarsh Stadium, in Lafayette Hill, PA. Trailing 3-1 in the first quarter, senior…
By Thomas Scavetta Assistant Sports Editor On Saturday, March 12, the 10th-ranked men’s lacrosse team (3-2) secured its third-straight victory, defeating 13th-ranked Molloy College (5- 1), 9-7, in an East Coast Conference tilt at John A. Darcy Field in Rockville Centre, N.Y. The Pioneers got off to a hot start;…