By Maxime Devillaz Co-Editor-in-Chief It was a déjà-vu weekend for the women’s swimming team as it defended its third straight Metropolitan Conference Collegiate Championship on Sunday, Feb. 22, at Rutgers University, N.J. Senior Johanna Pettersson was recognized as the most outstanding female swimmer of the event, awarded the 2015 Joe…
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By Maxime Devillaz Co-Editor-in-Chief The men’s and women’s indoor track & field teams completed the East Coast Conference Championships at Saint Anthony’s High School on Saturday, Feb. 21, by finishing sixth and eighth. The women’s team scrambled together 39 points in total, after winning the distance medley race over 10…
By Michael Otero Sports Editor On Wednesday, Feb. 18, the women’s basketball team (15-10) returned to action when they took the court against the Lions from Molloy College (11-13) from Rockville Centre, N.Y. The wire-to-wire victory for the Pioneers was powered by senior guards Chelsea Williams with a game-high 26…
By Thomas Scavetta Assistant Sports Editor With just 17 seconds remaining in regulation, senior forward Tyuan Williams sunk a go-ahead lay-up that sent the men’s basketball team (14-11) to a critical 61-56 win against Molloy College (13-11) in an East Coast Conference showdown at Quealy Gymnasium last Wednesday, Feb. 18. Senior forward Charles…
By Maxime Devillaz Co-Editor-in-Chief The men’s lacrosse team beat Roberts Wesleyan, 14-7, in their 2015 season home opener on Sunday, Feb. 22. Stat-leader of the day, junior Matt Belando, notched an impressive three goals and three assists in an otherwise team effort that colored six different Pioneer names on the…
By Thomas Scavetta Assistant Sports Editor Freshman Joseph Calderone is one of the many fresh faces on the newly re-instated LIU Post wrestling team, currently on its first season. Calderone is a Physical Education major with a minor in Psychology from Huntington Station, N.Y., and one of the team’s standouts…
By Thomas Scavetta Assistant Sports Editor On Wednesday, Feb. 11, the men’s basketball team (12-11) decimated Mercy College Mavericks (7-14), 85-57, in an East Coast Conference tilt at the Pratt Recreation Center. After starting the contest on an impressive 24-8 run, the Pioneers never looked back. The hosts shot the…
By Brian Riley Assistant News Editor All-Star weekend has come and gone and the final leg of the season-long race has commenced. With less than half of the season to go, this is when the true contenders emerge and roll their momentum into the playoffs. Unlike last year, when the…
By Michael Otero Sports Editor On Wednesday, Feb. 11, the women’s basketball team (14-9) defeated the Mavericks from Mercy College (8-15) to win their third-straight East Coast Conference game. Their 72-59-victory was powered by the reigning ECC Player of the Week, senior guard Chelsea Williams, who poured in a game-high…
By Michael Otero Sports Editor Last Wednesday, Feb. 4, the women’s basketball team (13-8) secured a slim five-point victory over the Purple Knights from the University of Bridgeport (4-18). The Pioneers were led by yet another double-double effort from junior center Nyasia Davis, who went for 20 points and 16…