By Michael Otero Sports Editor The men’s basketball team is coming off an 18-12 season and Head Coach Erik Smiles is looking to keep the trend going of an uptick in wins per season. Smiles, now in his third year at the helm, has compiled a 52-37 record and has…
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By Michael Otero Sports Editor The 2016-17 season will be the ninth season with Deirdre Moore at the helm. Since her hire as head coach in 2008-09, Moore has a record of 136-97. Moore and the women’s basketball team will look to grind out more wins this year and improve…
By Maxime Devillaz Editor-in-Chief In its first season as a NCAA sport, equestrian tops the region with top placements at every meet throughout the season. The team is now looking to end on a high note at its home show on Sunday, Nov. 13. “We are all very excited for…
By Michael Otero Sports Editor Field hockey wrapped up its 2016 regular season with a 3-0 victory over Franklin Pierce University in an NE-10 conference battle at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium. Backed by three second half goals, the no. 6-ranked team earned its 13th victory, the fifth in a…
By Michael Otero Sports Editor After back-to-back one-goal victories, men’s soccer stepped on its home field for the last time in the regular season on Wednesday, Oct. 26, facing the University of the District of Columbia. The Pioneers upended the Firebirds, 4-1, to go undefeated on the season for the…
By Michael Otero Sports Editor Women’s soccer is coming off a 3-0 victory over NYIT on Saturday, Oct. 29. With that win, the team has recorded seven straight shutouts and won 12 consecutive games to close out its regular season, 13-2-2. During that span, it has outscored the opposition 24-3.…
By Michael Otero Sports Editor Without senior signal caller, Jeff Kidd, to lead the offense against American International College on Saturday, Oct. 22, the football team turned to fellow senior Matt Brennan. After one half of a play, Brennan suffered a knee injury, which forced the team to turn to…
By Victoria Onorato Contributing Writer The new women’s bowling team will start its first season Sunday, Oct. 30, in Farmingdale, N.Y. The team of six girls is led by Coach Ed- ward Raven. LIU Brooklyn has had a bowling team since 2008, and in March 2016, the athletics department announced…
By Michael Otero Sports Editor Coming off the heels of its seven-goal victory over Daemen College five days earlier, the men’s soccer team bested Molloy College in overtime, 3-2, on Thursday, Oct. 20, to improve to 12- 0-1 on the season—dropping the Lions to 9-3. The team proved once again…
By Michael Otero Sports Editor After starting the season 8-0 and climbing to the no. 1 ranking in Division II, the Pioneers hit a few bumps on the road. In the midst of a three-game losing streak, for which the team was on the wrong side of consecutive one-goal deciders, the field hockey…