Posted on 06 October 2010
By Chris Rotolo
The men’s soccer team was seeing red this week and, like a bull, pounced on it, defeating the Scarlet Raptors of Rutgers-Camden on Wednesday and the Rutgers-Newark Scarlet Raiders on Saturday.
In front of a blissful homecoming audience, junior forward Ray Nelan collected a ball from junior forward Luigi Moriello netting the only goal of the [...]
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Posted on 22 September 2010
By Chris Rotolo
The Lions played host to Muhlenberg College this weekend at the Lions Fall Tournament and handled their opponents easily, winning 12 out of 14 sets in two days.
The biggest news of the tournament came when sophomore Lauren Balsamo reached the half-century mark in wins, making her the third Lions player that week to reach the [...]
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Posted on 16 September 2010
By Chris Rotolo
The women’s soccer team is five games into its season and not only remains undefeated, but has yet to give up a goal. This weekend at the College’s Adidas Classic, Husson University and Eastern University fell victim to the Lions 2-0 and 1-0.
“Our hard work ultimately helped us win the game,” sophomore midfielder Toni [...]
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Posted on 08 September 2010
By Chris Rotolo
Down four goals in the first 15 minutes of opening match is not how any team wants to start off a season, but the Lions found themselves staring down such a deficit last week on the first afternoon of September, eventually dropping the home opener to Drew University, 5-2.
“Our goal keeper (sophomore Adam Friedman) was [...]
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Posted on 27 July 2010
By Chris Rotolo
Last Saturday I occupied a space in the Starland Ballroom as wide as my own body. I stood ass to ass with some of the grimiest, rancid stinking concert goers I’ve ever had the displeasure of being forced to smell. Wall to wall with bodies, the club’s thermometer read “molten,” and I drank it in, [...]
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Posted on 04 July 2010
By Chris Rotolo
Day 4 – June 13
Japandroids Dissapoint…Me At Least
I specifically woke up early this morning to get into Centeroo and attain a good spot for Japandroids, the Canadian garage-rock duo that took the indie music world by storm in 2009 with its debut studio album “Post-Nothing” that SPIN rated as its 16th best album of the [...]
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Posted on 04 July 2010
By Chris Rotolo
Day 3 – June 12
The Postelles Rock The Sonic Stage
I went into Centeroo early this morning to get a good spot for The Postelles noon-time Sonic Stage set. Luckily for me this New York quartet’s talent for playing a contemporary fusion of crude and powerful 1970s punk rock and mellifluous 1960s Motown was still somewhat [...]
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Posted on 23 June 2010
By Chris Rotolo
Day 2 – June 11
That Was Awkward
This is the tale of the most embarrassing question I have ever had to ask…ever. I was up early this morning, running on three and a half hours of sleep. Not by choice, but once that Tennessee sunshine pops its gaseous, incandescent head above the tree line the [...]
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Posted on 20 June 2010
By Chris Rotolo
Staff writer Chris Rotolo shares his experience at this generation’s version of Woodstock: Bonnaroo
Day 1 – June 10
Humble Beginnings
This year’s Bonnaroo marked the fifth time, since the festival’s inception nine years ago, that a four-day format was used over the original model: a trio of dates.
In the past, top tier acts like The Allman Brothers, [...]
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Posted on 27 April 2010
By Chris Rotolo
Thirty track and field programs competed this weekend on Saturday April 24 at the Lions Track Complex during the Lions Invitational, none of which were able to outshine the host.
“We had a great meet,” Coach Philip Jennings said. “The team loves to compete at home, and we faced a lot of good competition.”
Freshman Andy [...]
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Posted on 06 April 2010
By Chris Rotolo
Duke, Michigan and North Carolina State … these are just a handful of the mammoth collegiate programs the Lions shared a track with this past weekend in Durham, N.C. at the Duke Invitational.
“It was a little intimidating competing against D1 opponents but I did not let it ruin my focus,” senior Priscilla Senyah said. “But [...]
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Posted on 30 March 2010
By Chris Rotolo
The College showed no fear last week as both the men and women’s tennis teams went on the road for two meets apiece. The men had no problem picking up 7-2 wins against St. Lawrence University and Hobart College. The women’s team were even more dominant in their two wins as the Lions shutout both [...]
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Posted on 25 March 2010
By Chris Rotolo
Thanks to a goal scoring contest between Lions’ scoring leader, junior midfielder Ali Jaeger, and sophomore attacker Sara Keating, the Lions stretched its winning streak to five consecutive victories on Thursday night in a 22-8 routing of Ursinus College 22-8.
The crowd’s interest in the match began to wane after the Lions opened up an enormous [...]
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Posted on 16 March 2010
By Chris Rotolo
The Lions picked up accolades, All-American honors and second place overal at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships over two weeks of competion.
DePauw University played host to the NCAA Division III Track and Field National Championships this past weekend and several Lions competitors earned the title of All-American.
Michelle Wallace was dual All-American for her [...]
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