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Baseball Opens Season Strong

David Otero LIU Post’s baseball team has won their three of four games to begin the 2012 season. To open the new campaign, the Pioneers traveled down to Myrtle Beach, S.C., and swept a doubleheader on Friday, February 24th, against the West Virginia Wesleyan College Bobcats. In the first game,…

Swim Continues Success

Heather Norris The LIU Post women’s swim team, which was just awarded the Team Scholar All American Award for having the highest GPA among all divisions on February 23rd, has continued its roll of success into the postseason. First, the team headed to Rutgers in New Jersey to take second…

Senior Spotlight: Kendall Bright

By: Samantha McGarry In the past three seasons at LIU Post, softball player Kendall Bright has played in 147 games with 122 starts. Bright was awarded Daktronics, Inc. Third Team All-America, NFCA First Team All-Region and ECC First Team in 2011, while batting .354 with 62 hits for the season.…

Senior Spotlight: Glen Hudson

By: Taylor Hole Glen Hudson is a senior member of the LIU Post baseball team. During the 2011 season, Hudson had a 1.60 earned run average.  Hudson pitched 56 innings in 9 games last season and had 48 strikeouts. Throughout his career at LIU Post, Hudson has pitched 120 innings…

Pioneers Overmatch UDC for #1 Seed in ECC

David Otero The LIU Post men’s basketball team defeated the University of the District of Columbia Firebirds by a score of 85-75 on Saturday, February 25th, to clinch the ECC regular season conference title as well as the top overall seed in the ECC Tournament. The battle between the top…

Lady Pioneers Split for the Week

Christian Arnold The LIU Post Pioneers women’s basketball team split the week, defeating Mercy College 81-59 on Wednesday, February 8th, and then being defeated in overtime by Saint Thomas Aquinas on Saturday, February 11th, by a score of 72-65. The Pioneers move to 17-8 on the season and 8-5 in…

Senior Spotlight: Kerry Fisher

By: Taylor Hole During her four years at LIU Post, Kerry Fisher has appeared in 165 games for the Pioneers, tallying a total of 90 runs. Fisher was awarded ECC Second Team honors in 2011 and was also named Rookie of the Year in 2009, when she batted .340 over…

Senior Spotlight: Nick Compito

By: Samantha McGarry Name: Nick Compito Sport: Baseball Position: Infield/DH Major: Criminal Justice Hometown: Jericho, NY High School: Syosset High School   What made you choose to come to LIU Post?   I originally went to Northeastern in Boston, MA but it just wasn’t a good fit for me academically…

Pioneers Attack Defeats STAC

David Otero The LIU Post men’s basketball team went on the road and defeated the Saint Thomas Aquinas Spartans (8-14) on Saturday, February 11th, by a score of 73-63. The Pioneers had a balanced scoring effort in which four players reached double figures in scoring. Senior guard Stefan Bonneau had…

OT Thriller Makes it Back to Back Wins for Lady Pioneers

Christian Arnold The LIU Post Pioneers women’s basketball team defeated the NYIT Bears 73-68 on Wednesday, February 1st, and the University of Bridgeport Purple Knights in overtime 77-72 on Saturday, February 4th. The two wins moved the Pioneers record to 16-7 on the season and 7-4 in ECC play. During…