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Losing Week for Women’s Basketball

By Michael Otero Co-Editor-in-Chief Despite putting up 87 points and nearly erasing a double-digit deficit with under a minute left in the fourth quarter, the Pioneers fell to Molloy College by a score of 95-87 on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at the Pratt Recreation Center. With time running out, the Pioneers…

Men’s Basketball Splits a Pair

By Thomas Scavetta Assistant Sports Editor Despite a 20-point effort from Molloy guard Curtis Jenkins, the Pioneers (14-10) survived a last-second scare as they held on to beat Molloy College (6-16) on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 60-57, in an East Coast Conference battle at the Pratt Recreation Center in Brookville, N.Y.…

Baseball Botches Opening Weekend

By Michael Otero Editor-in-Chief The baseball team got its season underway on Saturday, Feb. 13, in Gaffney, S.C. as it played a set of games against Limestone College. The Pioneers dropped both of those games by scores of 4-1 and 5-2. In game one, the Pioneers plated their first and…

High Hopes for Men’s Lacrosse

By Michael Otero Editor-in-Chief The men’s lacrosse team is coming off a very successful 2015 campaign where it finished the season 14-3. The Pioneers season culminated with a painful loss to Le Moyne College in the NCAA Division II National Quarter finals. John Jez will be the man trying to…

Women’s Rugby Coming to Post

By Michael Otero Co-Editor-in-Chief Add women’s rugby to the long list of sports at Post. The announcement was made on Feb. 1 at the Pratt Recreation Center. Rick Hamilton, senior associate director of recreational sports, had a part in the introduction of the program to Post, and said, “As an…

Two Wins for Women’s Basketball

By Michael Otero Co-Editor-in-Chief On Wednesday, Feb. 3, the women’s basketball team took care of business against Mercy College in an East Coast Conference matchup, winning by a score of 67-32. The Pioneers were again led by senior guard Jalyn Brown who scored 15 points en route to the Pioneers…

Dry Spell Continues for Men’s Basketball

By Thomas Scavetta Sports Editor With just under ten seconds remaining, the men’s basketball team (13-9) gave up a coast-to-coast lay-up as time expired to drop their fourth consecutive game, 67-65, against Mercy College (8-9) on Wednesday, Feb. 3 in an East Coast Conference matchup in White Plains, N.Y. After…

From Joke to MVP

By Thomas Gillen Assistant A&E Editor John Scott is the last of a dying breed in the National Hockey League. At six-foot-eight and 270 pounds, Scott’s main role on the ice is to fight and to stick up for his teammates. Players like Scott are also known as enforcers and are…

Athlete of the Week: Tyler McGarvey

By Thomas Scavetta Sports Editor Tyler McGarvey, a junior biology major and music minor from Babylon, N.Y., is a cross country runner and indoor track and eld runner. McGarvey is an experienced runner who was a three-time county cross country champion while attending Babylon High School. He also helped the…

Losing Skid Hits Three for Men’s Basketball

By Thomas Scavetta Sports Editor Despite four Pioneers scoring in double gures, the men’s basketball team came up short against arch-rival, University of Bridgeport, 100-91, on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at Hubbell Gymnasium in Bridgeport, Conn. The East Coast Conference duel commenced with the Pioneers (13-7) jumping out of the gate…