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Three Game Skid for Pioneers

Christian Arnold The LIU Post men’s lacrosse team dropped its third straight game, as it fell 8-5 to number one ranked Mercyhurst College on Saturday. The loss moves the Pioneers to 3-4 on the season and 1-4 in conference play. Senior attacker Eddie Plompen led the Pioneers with three goals…

Senior Spotlight: Paul DelGiacco

By: Taylor Hole A four-year member of the LIU Post baseball team, senior Paul DelGiacco has appeared in 12 games for the Pioneers in his career so far.  In the 2011 season, DelGiacco held a .250 batting average, and in the 2010 season, he held a .333 average. DelGiacco also…

Senior Spotlight: Hayley Bettles

By: Samantha McGarry In the past three seasons, senior Hayley Bettles has appeared in a total of 48 games with 24 starts for the LIU Post women’s softball team. In 2011, Bettles notched 22 strikeouts over 26.2 innings pitched with a 2.62 ERA. In 2010, Bettles posted an 11-4 record,…

Women’s Lacross Dominates Lake Erie 23-5

Heather Norris The LIU Post women’s lacrosse team flexed its scoring muscle on Sunday, April 1st, defeating Lake Erie College by a score of 23-5 at home on Hickox Field. Five Pioneers recorded hat tricks in the game that improved Post’s record to 6-1 while dropping Lake Erie to 4-4.…

Women’s Softball Split Doubleheader

Joseph La Rosa  After sweeping American International College’s softball team by scores of 7-6 and 2-1, sweeping Queens College by scores of 3-1 and 12-1, and sweeping Adelphi University by scores of 11-1 and 6-4, the LIU Post Women’s softball team split a doubleheader with Merrimack College on Saturday, March…

NCAA Final Four

Joseph La Rosa With the Final Four of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament set to go, the University of Louisville, Ohio State University, the University of Kentucky and Kansas State are all ready for arguably some of the best matchups in college basketball history. On Saturday, March…

Men’s Lacrosse Falls to NYIT

Christian Arnold The C.W. Post men’s lacrosse team dropped its third game of the season on Saturday, March 24th, falling 11-6 to the NYIT Bears. The Pioneers opened up the scoring when senior attacker Doug Hoch fired a shot past the Bears senior goaltender William McGee 12:10 into the first…

Lady Pioneers Continue Perfection

Heather Norris LIU Post’s women’s lacrosse team showed why it deserves its position as third in the nation by defeating the number six ranked Lock Haven Lady Eagles 11-8 March 24th in a come-from-behind victory in Lock Haven, PA. Junior goalkeeper Dominique Mosca led the Pioneer defense with 13 saves…

Senior Spotlight: Stephen Plochochi

By: Taylor Hole In his time at LIU Post, senior pitcher Stephen Plochochi has appeared in 10 games for the Pioneer baseball team. A relief pitcher, he allowed no runs and four hits in 2010. In the 2009 season, as a freshman, he struck out 5 batters in 5 appearances.…

Senior Spotlight: Kristen Morcone

By: Samantha McGarry In the past three seasons, senior Kristen Morcone has played in 108 games with 95 starts for the LIU Post women’s softball team. Morcone batted .250 with 19 hits, 15 RBIs and nine runs scored last season. Also in 2011, Morcone tallied one of the Pioneers’ two…