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Hagenah Powers Pioneers for Sixth Win

David Otero Sports Editor After completing its third consecutive double-header sweep, the LIU Post softball team has won six games in a row and boasts a 22-9 record. Most recently, the Pioneers dominated Dominican College on Sunday, April 7. The Pioneers cruised to an 11-2 victory and an 8-1 win on…

Sports You Did Not Know Existed: Extreme Ironing

Eirik Bjorno Staff Writer   Are you tired of ironing your shirts? Do you feel ironing does not challenge you just as much as it did back when you were 14? Well, then Extreme Ironing might help bring the spark back. It is no secret that ironing is one of the…

Pioneers Split Four vs. Mercy

David Otero Sports Editor The LIU Post baseball team faced Mercy College four times in a three-day span from April 5-7 and managed to win the first two games, but dropped the final two of the set. The Pioneers (11-13) won the first game of the set on the road in…

Solid Start for Men’s Soccer

Olivia Wicik Editor-in-Chief The LIU Post men’s soccer team won the first game of their spring exhibition at home on Thursday, March 28, against Saint Peter’s University. When asked prior to the game about how he expected the team to perform in its first action since last year, Pioneers’ junior…

Softball Wins 11 of Last 13

David Otero Sports Editor The softball team just finished a five-day road trip that concluded on Saturday, March 30. The Pioneers (15-6) ended their stay away from home on a successful note, as they played four double-headers and won six of their eight games. The Pioneers swept South- ern Connecticut State…

Sports You Didn’t Know Existed: Shin-Kicking

Eirik Bjørnø Staff Writer Does March Madness bore you? Do you snore through NHL games? For a competition that will really knock you off your feet, take a trip back in time with a cherished British sport that’s been going strong for 400 years: shin-kicking. The sport is just as…

Fourth Quarter Push Leads to Victory

Christian Arnold Assistant Sports Editor A fourth quarter offensive explosion helped push the men’s lacrosse team to a 14-6 victory over the Mercy College Mavericks on Saturday, March 30. Freshmen attackers Matty Beccaris and Ryan Slane scored four goals for the Pioneers. Senior midfielder Chris Ruhlig netted a hat trick in…

Women’s Lacrosse Stays Perfect, #1 in Country

Christian Arnold Assistant Sports Editor The women’s lacrosse team maintained its perfect record this week, defeat- ing the Dowling Golden Lions 1613 on Wednesday, March 20, and the Bloomsburg Huskies 97 on Sunday, March 24. The two victories move the Pioneers’ record to 70 on the season and 10 in…

Sports you didn’t know existed: Toe Wrestling

Eirik Bjørnø Staff Writer A classic competition in bars all over the world is armwrestling. Enormous amounts of beer is lost, or won, every Saturday over this form of competition. If you are not an anabolicgymrat, you probably have lost more than you won over the years. Well, here is…

LIU Post Now Offering Class in Aikido

Christian Arnold Assistant Sports Editor LIU Post offers a wide variety of classes to its students. Now, the martial arts styling of aikido is one of them. The class has been in the works for a while, but only recently has gained momentum. The last time the class was offered…