| St. John's Men's Basketball
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Written by Gene Morris Photos by Gene Morris
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 The Red Storm a little Greene Freshman guard leads his young team through adversity Gene Morris With Head Coach Steve Lavin sidelined in a battle with prostate cancer and only a six-man rotation, the St. Johns Red Storm hung on to defeat Fordham 56-50 in the second game of the MSG Holiday Festival doubleheader. The Fordham game was the team’s first since the transfer...
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| Dowling Women's Basketball
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Written by Mike Browning Photos Mike Browning
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 Gold Bond Golden Lions’ team bond a bigger asset than talent Mike Browning The Dowling women’s basketball team is preparing to play nationally-ranked non-conference opponent Franklin Pierce, a team that will test the legitimacy of their undefeated start to the season. They will take the floor of their home gymnasium, a dark and cavernous venue with an amiable retr...
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 This is just a test Stony Brook Hoops battled powerful foes to gear up for a run at America East Gene Morris The feeling-out period for the Stony Brook men’s basketball team is over. The Seawolves--one of the preseason favorites to win the America East Conference and an automatic NCAA Tournament bid --played a challenging nonconference schedule that included power-leagu...
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| Columbia Soccer - Will Stamatis
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Written by Jerry Del Priore Photos Courtesy of Columbia Athletics
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 Iron Will Junior soccer standout Will Stamatis paces Columbia to best record since 2003 By Jerry Del Priore In a Columbia soccer game against Dartmouth, the opposing fans started to chant Will Stamatis’ ex girlfriend’s name in an attempt to unnerve him. But it didn’t faze him at all. In fact, being the hecklers’ focal point during the match made Stamatis chuckl...
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| Adelphi Men's Basketball
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Written by Mike Browning Photos by Adil Borluca
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 Adelphi High Men’s hoops look to defy expectations—again Mike Browning The blissful high from Adelphi’s Cinderella run in the 2011 Northeast-10 tournament was short lived. The team defied all expectations to win the program’s first-ever conference championship; the culmination of a run that required extraordinary team basketball, gritty defense and timely flashes o...
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| Hofstra Men's Basketball - Stevie Mejia
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Written by Wesley Sykes Photos by Morgan Harrison
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 Stevie Mejia is on Point Hofstra guard is new on campus, but ready to lead the Pride to an A-10 Title.
By Wesley Sykes Photos by Adil Borluca
Motion! Motion! Motion! A low, raspy voice yells out over the sound of squeeking Nike’s and heavy breathing. Players dressed in royal and gold make cuts to their designated areas on the court, hoping to lose their defender...
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| Hofstra Women's Basketball
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Written by Mike Browning Photos by Morgan Harrison and Adil Borluca
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 All-American Made Shante Evans is the centerpiece that the new Hofstra women’s hoops is built around Mike Browning Photos by Adil Borluca Shante Evans could have played anywhere. As a six-foot-tall, powerfully built senior power forward at Henderson High School in West Chest, PA, Shane Evans physically dominated her opponents, scoring at will to average...
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| Stony Brook Men's Basketball
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Written by Wesley Sykes Photos by Morgan Harrison
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 Weight Expectations Stony Brook men’s bball deals with the pressure of high hopes By Gene Morris Photos by: Gene Morris The Stony Brook Men’s basketball program has come a long way in the Pikiell Era. The Seawolves slogged through Head Coach Steve PIkiell’s first three years, accumulating only 20 wins in three consecutive losing seasons from 2005-2007. But i...
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| Stony Brook Hockey
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Written by Gene Morris Photos by Gene Morris
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 Hockey sticks Hockey has been Stony Brook’s best kept secret, until now By Gene morris Photos by Gene Morris As you walk into the rink you’re met with a rush of brisk air and the sound of sharp blades slashing through a new sheet of ice. You can hear the band, decked out in the scarlet and gray of Stony Brook, playing the school’s fight song, the lyrics of “...
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| Joe Spallina
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Written by Gene Morris Photos by Morgan Harrison
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 Follow the Leader Sought-after coach brings his talents—and players to Stony Brook The only thing the women’s lacrosse programs at Adelphi University and Stony Brook University had in common is the fact that they’re both located on Long Island. Adelphi, the three-time defending Division II national champions, just completed a perfect 20-0 season. Stony Br...
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| Columbia Golf
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Written by Jerry Del Priore Photos Courtesy of Columbia Athletics
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 A swing in momentum Columbia’s Michelle Piyapattra will attempt to avoid the sophomore slump after a remarkable freshman season. Michelle Piyapattra’s golf career has been a tumultuous ride. Over the past half-decade, it could be described as both promising and dubious and has taken her from several low points to the pinnacle of her sport. Her talent i...
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| Rutgers Football - Savon Huggins
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Written by Matt Sugam Photos Courtesy of Rutgers University
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 In the Scarlet Sights New Jersey’s #1 recruit faces intense scrutiny at Rutgers in his freshman season By Matt Sugam Savon Huggins’ football career almost ended as quickly as it began. The bruising Rutgers tailback got his first carries playing flag football as a child, albeit with a much different style. To avoid defenders swiping his fl...
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| Dowling Volleyball
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Written by Mike Browning Photos by Morgan Harrison
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 Back to the future Dowling Volleyball returns to form after early setbacks Mike Browning
If one word best describes Dowling College’s volleyball program, it’s “constant.” The Golden Lions are a constant national championship contender of constant relevance in the East Coast Conference and a constant destination for Long Island’s best high school players.
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| St. Joseph's Men's Soccer
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Written by Mike Browning Photos Courtesy of St. Joe's Athletics
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 Together we stand, united we ball The St. Joe’s men’s soccer team has a unique look and is turning heads in its inaugural season It wasn’t just a goal. It wasn’t just a well-executed finish of a 2-on-1 that squelched the waning hopes of Webb College. It didn’t just cap off a 10-goal explosion from the Bears, sealing the first win of the season...
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 A Whole Different Ball Game New ways to build strength for the Grid Iron. by Mike Mejia, CSCS When it comes to strength training for football, certain lifts immediately come to mind. In fact, it's hard to even imagine a football training program that isn't built almost exclusively around squats, bench presses, deadlifts and power cleans. And while there's n...
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| Rutgers Women's Soccer
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Written by Dan Cappello Photos Courtesy of Rutgers SID
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 In Your Dreams
Rutgers Star has Done it all, but her career has only just begun
Every athlete dreams of extraordinary accomplishments, but few will ever see them come true. Most must temper their expectations to handle the day when their skills limit them from reaching the next level in their sport, but some special athletes’ ambitions are not relegated to drea...
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| Stony Brook Runningbacks 2011
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Written by Gene Morris Photos by Morgan Harrison
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 Championship Run Suffolk Duo Will Power Stony Brook’s Season No program benefited more from the disbandment of the Hofstra football program than Stony Brook University. Running backs Brock Jackolski and Miguel Maysonet, both transfers from Hofstra, formed a daunting duo in the backfield for the Seawolves in 2010. Both Suffolk county natives, the pair came home to where t...
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| Stony Brook Football Preview 2011
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Written by Gene Morris Photos By Morgan Harrison
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 Tie Break Stony Brook will look to seasoned veterans to get them over the hump The Stony Brook University football team has spent the last two seasons atop the Big South conference, finishing 5-1 in both 2009 and 2010, but has no hardware to show for it. Despite its name, the conference is too small for two winners; Big South stalwart Liberty College, the bane of...
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| UCONN Football Preview 2011
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Written by Ben Rosenthal Photos Courtesy of UCONN Athletics
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 Can Paul Pasqualoni Avoid the Doghouse at UConn? The 2011 Huskies Will Face New Challenges
Coming off a season where the UConn Huskies football team won the Big East Conference outright for the first time in school history, many would be inclined to believe that nothing short of a repeat BCS bid would be acceptable. However, a return to a BCS game is a very lofty goal for a rebu...
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| Columbia Football Preview 2011
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Written by Mike Browning and Jerry Del Priore Photos provided by Columbia Athletics
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 You can count the times the Columbia football team has been a relevant in the Ivy League on one hand. Not since the days of Marcellus Wiley have the Lions smelled an Ivy League championship, which are typically guarded by the likes of Harvard, Yale and UPenn decade in and decade out. Last season, the Lions finished in sixth place in the Ivy League standings with a 4-6 record. The dis...
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