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Crew Team Finishes Season at Frostbite Regatta
Lafayette’s Crew Team finished their fall racing season with three first-place finishes at the Frostbite Regatta on Nov. 10 on Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River. Both of Lafayette’s teams in the women’s varsity fours won their races. The lightweight women’s fours also won their competition. The lightweight men’s fours team took second place behind Marietta College. The open men’s fours team took third after Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania. “This is the most dedicated group of athletes I've had since I've been here - men and women,” says Trisha Brubaker, head coach of the crew team. The team also competed at in the 43rd Head of the Charles Regatta Oct. 21-22.
Dec 19, 2007
Forming Friendships through Competition
Oct 04, 2007
Jimmy Buffett Festival Will Bring Out the Parrotheads The Lafayette community can look forward to warmer weather with the Jimmy Buffett Festival 1 p.m. Sunday, April 22 behind Pardee Hall. Lafayette Activities Forum (LAF) and Student Government are sponsoring volleyball, bocce ball, and badminton to go along with the sounds of Jimmy Buffett music. There will also be free food and smoothies. The festival will feature Jimmy Buffett cover band Parrot Beach as the headline act, and the Nikhil Korula Band, which blends a mix of rock, reggae, funk, and Latin music.
Apr 13, 2007
Equestrian Club Currently Ranked Second in Region Revived only four years ago, the Equestrian Club is already enjoying the success of a much older organization. For the past two years, it has placed among the top teams in the region. "When we started out, there were only six girls and now there are 19 of us," says co-captain Katie Miervaldis '07. "It’s one of those club sports that just seems to grow. In three years we’ve come a long way." It placed second in the last show of the season Nov. 19, putting it into second place in the region behind Kutztown University. The team won it Oct. 1 show and, for the first time in recent history, was the leading team in the region.
Dec 01, 2006
Crew Team Finishes Fall Season at the Frostbite Regatta Lafayette’s Crew Team closed out a successful fall racing season with numerous top finishes at the Frostbite Regatta, Nov. 11, on Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River. The team, which has a record number of members with 76 rowers, came home with three gold medals, five second place finishes and a handful of third and fourth place finishes in the 2000-meter sprint races. “Every boat put a great race on the water. It was an outstanding team performance,” says co-head coach Trish Brubaker. “While the Frostbite isn’t a major regatta, it’s a great indicator of the direction the team is headed.”
Nov 20, 2006
Spirit Week Charges Up Campus Nov. 11-18 Spirit Week 2006 events start Saturday, Nov. 11 and end Saturday, Nov. 18 with the annual football game against archrival Lehigh. A highlight of the week is the Residence Hall Council (RHC)/Student Government Banner Contest open to students and campus groups. "Spirit Week is a great event to bring the entire Lafayette community together,” says Lauren Ibbotson, assistant director of student life programs. “Each year we get new organizations involved in the planning of Spirit Week, and last year, our annual Midnight Breakfast hit record numbers.”
Nov 08, 2006
CHILL Creates Stress-Free Campus Atmosphere
For the last six years, Creating a Healthy, Interesting, Livable Lafayette (CHILL) has provided fun activities to help students constructively manage the stress of rigorous academic schedules. “Lafayette is very focused on academics, as it should be, but often students become too stressed to the point that it isn’t healthy,” says co-president Maureen Giblin ’07 (Braintree, Mass.), a psychology major. “CHILL tries to provide activities that are lighthearted and fun as stress-relievers." CHILL organizes bowling trips, miniature golf outings, and barbecues. It sponsored trips to Halloweekend at Dorney Park and a comedy performance at The Stress Factory in New Brunswick, N.J.
Aug 02, 2006
Equestrian Team Finishes Second in Region Equestrian Club finished second in its region for the second straight year this season, placing 15 competitors in the regional competition. Chemistry major Emily Mallory ’09 (Camarillo, Calif.), English major Katie McDonough ’08 (Mountainside, N.J.), and government and law major Eva Miller ’08 (Warren, Pa.) also qualified for April’s Zone 3 competition. With another second place finish in walk-trot at the Zone 3 competition, Miller became the first Lafayette rider ever to qualify for the national competition held May 4-7 at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pa. She received an honorable mention in a field of 18 riders in the individual walk-trot equitation category.
Jun 16, 2006
Women’s Crew Teams Take Gold and Silver at Dad Vail Regatta Lafayette College’s women’s novice and varsity four-oared crew teams took first and second place, respectively, at the 68th Dad Vail Regatta along the Schuylkill River May 13. With more than 3,000 students from 116 colleges and universities from across the nation participating, Dad Vail is the largest collegiate regatta in the United States. “This is the championship for us. It finishes off the season,” says assistant coach and advisor Larry Malinconico, associate professor of geology and environmental geosciences. “Our novice four can rightly claim to be the national champions in their event.”
May 16, 2006
Stefany Feliciano ’06 and Viktorija Gecyte ’08 Will Bike Across U.S. There are no lazy summer afternoons in store for Stefany Feliciano ’06 (Forest Hills, N.Y.) and Viktorija Gecyte ’08 (Vilnius, Lithuania) when classes end. The two students will embark on a 3,800-mile bicycle trek from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. to benefit Global Exchange, an international human rights organization. The ride begins June 9 and ends August 15. The 25 participants in Feliciano and Gecyte’s group will travel through ten states focusing on the empowerment of marginalized communities. Members of the Lafayette community are pitching in to help Feliciano and Gecyte meet their fundraising requirements. A jazz ensemble will perform 4 p.m. April 30 at First Presbyterian Church, 333 Spring Garden Street, Easton. Cost is $10.
Apr 25, 2006
Students Take to the Wall This Weekend Students will be climbing up the walls this weekend, but it won’t be because of any upcoming paper or test. Kirby Sports Center will host its third annual rock climbing competition April 15 from 12 – 6 p.m. Patrick Wilson ’06 (Chittenden, Vt.), a mechanical engineering major and rockwall student supervisor, is expecting about 25 competitors. He says the event will be broken down into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels for both male and females, so anyone can come out regardless of their climbing experience. Pre-registration is $15 and registration is $20 at the door. To pre-register, contact Wilson at wilsonp@lafayette.edu.
Apr 12, 2006
Baseball Club Shags Balls for Tampa Bay Devil Rays
The Baseball Club shagged balls for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays during the team's batting practice this spring. The students were in Florida for the National Club Baseball Association’s Spring Showcase, where they competed against teams from Indiana, Minnesota State, West Virginia, and Miami of Ohio, winning two of four games. Coach Chip Nataro, assistant professor of chemistry, and Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon '76 arranged for the club to participate in the team’s batting practice and meet some of the professional players, including pitchers Scott Kazmir, Chad Orvella, and Doug Waechter, infielder B.J. Upton, and catcher Mike Rose. Maddon also took some time to talk with team members. The Lafayette players all received hats and shirts from the Devil Rays.
Mar 24, 2006
John Jorizzo ’06 and Matt Vanderwall ’08 Earn Rugby All-Star Honors
Economics and business major John Jorizzo ’06 (Lewisville, N.C.) and civil engineering major Matt Vanderwall ’08 (Webster, N.Y.) will compete on the East Penn Rugby Union (EPRU) Men’s Collegiate All-Star team this weekend at Edgely Fields, Fairmont Park in Philadelphia. They traveled to Albright College and Kutztown University for tryouts, competing against more than 60 players from Division I, II, and III rugby sides. They are two of only three players representing Division III. "I am proud to represent Lafayette at such an event," says Jorizzo. "I feel that this is a wonderful opportunity for Lafayette rugby. I am hoping to pass along what I learn to other players on the Lafayette team."
Nov 17, 2005
Crew Team Boasts Strong Performances at Head of the Schuylkill Regatta
Nov 07, 2005
Women’s Crew Team Takes Silver at Prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta
The women’s crew team earned a silver medal in the Women’s Collegiate Four-Oared event at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Mass., coming in seven seconds behind the winning team from Florida Institute of Technology and six ahead of Penn State. The five-kilometer Head of the Charles is the largest two-day regatta in the world, drawing more than 7,000 competitors from top national and international rowing clubs and institutions. The event also includes national team members from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Mexico, and the Netherlands. More than 300,000 spectators line the banks and bridges along the Charles River to watch the prestigious event.
Nov 07, 2005
Ultimate Frisbee Club Remains Competitive in Fall Tournaments
The Ultimate Frisbee team is playing this year in the coed division, in which each team fields four men and three women. The team took 22 players to the Founder’s Mixed Sectional tournament in Marlton, N.J., where it won two games into the elimination bracket. Lafayette Aflicktion defeated Fission of Harrisburg 15-9 but lost to Germ Circus of Philadelphia 15-13. Lafayette also showed promise while competing against the best 16 Mid-Atlantic teams at a regional tournament in Poolesville, Md. "We have a great incoming class with a lot of skill, which we hope to develop further at upcoming tournaments," says computer science major Joe Crobak ’06 (Mechanicsburg, Pa.), team captain/president.
Oct 14, 2005
Revived Equestrian Club Finishes Second in Region
In only its second year of competition since more than a decade of inactivity, the Equestrian Club finished second overall in the region among 13 schools. Coach Heather Clark was named the region's Coach of the Year. Five team members qualified for the regional year-end tournament this season: captain and biology major Nicole Prestiano ’05 (Ansonia, Conn.), mechanical engineering major Erin Githens ’06 (Glen Ridge, N.J.), government & law and psychology double major Allison Ligorano ’06 (Clinton, N.J.), English major Marianna Macri ’06 (Malvern, Pa.), and Katie Miervaldis ’07 (Basking Ridge, N.J.). Githens competed in Open Fences, Katie Miervaldis in Novice Flat and Novice Fences, and Prestiano in Walk/Trot/Canter.
Apr 25, 2005
Volleyball Club Beats Lehigh to Preserve Perfect Record
Despite missing its starting setter and dropping the opening game, the Volleyball Club defeated Lehigh 3-2 at Kirby Sports Center to continue its undefeated season. Civil engineering major Kyle DeLabar '05 (North Catasauqua, Pa.), club president, says the match was much closer than it should have been because he filled in at setter for biochemistry major Ryan Evans '05 (Mohrsville, Pa.), who was visiting a graduate school. “Lehigh did have a roster full of big hitters, but luckily for us, their passing and defense was sub-par,” he says. “What I think won the match for us was our ability to dig their big hits and send the ball back at them just as powerfully.” DeLabar had 13 kills, 3 blocks, and 24 assists.
Feb 22, 2005
Volleyball Club Remains Undefeated
The Volleyball Club has won the first five matches of the season after defeating Montclair State 3-2, Bucknell 3-2, and Muhlenberg 3-0 in a recent tournament at Muhlenberg. Key contributors included civil engineering major Kyle DeLabar '05 (North Catasauqua, Pa.), middle hitter, 30 kills, 15 digs, and six blocks; Scott Bortz '08 (Allentown, Pa.), outside hitter, 19 kills, 17 digs, and five aces; mechanical engineering major Doug Fox ’05 (Peace Dale, R.I.), right-side hitter, 12 kills, eight digs, and four blocks; Anthony Rucci ’08 (Catasauqua, Pa.), outside hitter, eight kills and four digs; and biochemistry major Ryan Evans '05 (Mohrsville, Pa.), setter, eight kills, eight digs, nine blocks, and 120 assists.
Feb 17, 2005
Volleyball Club Sweeps DeSales and Moravian to Start Season
The Volleyball Club made a perfect start to its season, taking an early share of first place in the North Division of the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Volleyball Conference. They swept DeSales University (1-1) 25-12, 25-14, 26-24, then proceeded to blank Moravian College (0-4) 25-11, 25-13, 25-19. Top performances were turned in by civil engineering major Kyle DeLabar '05 (North Catasauqua, Pa.), who made 12 kills with five errors in 33 hitting attempts, and added five blocks; mechanical engineering major Wayne Scott '05 (Moscow, Pa.), who had eight kills with six errors in 24 hitting attempts, and five blocks; and biochemistry major Ryan Evans '05 (Mohrsville, Pa.), who totaled 49 assists and three kills in three attempts.
Feb 11, 2005
