By Elise Person Staff Writer Long Island University welcomes a new athletic director, Dr. William Martinov. At the end of July 2019, President Kimberly Cline announced Martinov as the University’s athletic director after the previous Athletic Director Debby DeJong accepted a position at Stony Brook University. Martinov will serve as…
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By Jennifer Chavez Staff Writer The women’s soccer team faced New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) at President’s Stadium at NYIT on Friday, Sept. 13. The highly competitive game resulted in a 1-1 tie after double overtime. Freshman forward Tatiana Lizarraga scored an early goal against the Highlanders off a…
By Ida Ynner Lagerqvist Sports & Photo Editor The Portland Trail Blazers, an NBA team, hired alumnus Travis Demers (2003) as their new radio play-by-play broadcaster. He is the fourth ever radio play-by-play broadcaster in the team’s history. “To have the opportunity to do this at the highest level in…
By Andrew Scarpaci Staff Writer The merger between the Brooklyn Blackbirds and the Post Pioneers has come into effect beginning with the fall season sports. With more than 170 years of athletic history combined between the Brooklyn and Post campuses, the univer-sity announced last fall the merger be-tween the two…
By Samantha Cavanagh Staff Writer Leah Mele, a senior sociology major, is the middle infielder on the softball team and plays second base. So far, she had a great season. Mele played baseball from the age of 3 to the age of 14, and she started playing softball in the…
By Christian Klimaszewski Staff Writer The baseball team continued their success with a 17-2 record in the East Coast Conference and 26-12 overall with three wins over the Molloy Lions since Thursday, April 18. “We’re having great team chemistry this year. Our pitching and hitting have been working strong together…
By Myles Goldman Staff Writer Jordan Lauterbach (‘10) and Rich Degnan, the director of track and field from 2004-2007, received awards from the National Scholastic Athletic Foundation (NSAF) for their contributions to the sport of track and field. The awards were presented at The Armory in New York City on…
By Ashley Bowden Co-Editor-In-Chief Caitlin Johnstone, senior health sci-ence major, traded her sea legs to run on land when she joined the women’s rugby team during the spring 2019 semester. She has been a member of the swim team since spring 2016 and plans to continue on the rugby team…
By Amanda Desens Assistant Photo Editor The women’s tennis team closed up its 2018-2019 season with a 7-0 loss to Adelphi University on Friday, April 12. “Some players were hurt and some haven’t had the chance to practice much during the off season, but we still did what we could,”…
By Christian Klimaszewski Staff Writer Even though football season ended in December, Pioneer football players have been preparing to get drafted by an NFL football team. Running back Malik Pierre, wide receiver Mike Richardson, wide receiver Deon Mash, linebacker Jake Carlock and defensive end Kevin Petit-Frere have been working hard…