Sports Commentary: Late missed dunk costs the Explorers win over Rhode Island
Enrique Carrasco, Editor On Jan. 28, 2023, the La Salle Explorers (7-12, 2-5) faced off against the Rhode Island Rams (7-13, 4-4) on the road for the second and last game against Rhode Island of the season. The two teams previously faced off on Jan. 7, 2023, where the Explorers won 77-75 in overtime. The…
Explorers Extend Win Streak To 5 In Win Over Lowly Bonnies
Nicholas Signoretta, Editor La Salle Women’s Basketball Week In Review 1/31/23 The final from Tom Gola Arena. (courtesy lasalle_wbb) Beating up on league bottom feeders is not the most glamorous activity in which a team can partake on a January afternoon, but it’s something good teams have to do to keep pace with the front…
Women’s Basketball humiliates Loyola Chicago on the road
Enrique Carrasco, Editor Courtesy of La Salle Women’s Basketball On July 1, 2022, the Loyola Chicago Ramblers were officially accepted into the A-10 after years of dominating the Missouri Valley Conference. The Ramblers stated that this move was due to “Loyola’s commitment to the high-level scholastic achievement of all of its students, coupled with its…
La Salle Men’s Basketball Week In Review 1/24/23
Nicholas Signoretta, Editor Courtesy of lasallembb Society’s favorite La Sallian newspaper, may have taken the past month off to enjoy the winter holiday and delightfully dreary weather that plagues the northeastern United States, but the ever-middling La Salle Explorers men’s basketball squad was not afforded the same opportunity. While the average resident of 20th & Olney…
La Salle Men’s Basketball Week In Review 12/6/22
Nicholas Signoretta, Editor Courtesy of doms.pov La Salle University Men’s Basketball had a decent rebound week to kick off their post-Thanksgiving stretch. After a tough trip two weeks ago in the Jamaica Classic, the Explorers got the benefit of staying home in the City Of Brotherly Love for all three of their most recent contests. …
Men’s Basketball Travels to Jamaica to go 0-2
Enrique Carrasco, Editor Courtesy of La Salle Men’s Basketball On Nov. 15, 2022, the La Salle Explorers were able to edge out Division II Queen’s University North Carolina to punch their ticket to the Jersey Mike’s Jamaica Classic tournament. The La Salle Men’s basketball team then traveled to Jamaica on November 16, 2022, for a…
Men’s basketball plucks the Seahawks at Homecoming.
Enrique Carrasco, Editor Courtesy of La Salle Men’s Basketball On Sat., Sept. 12, the (0-1) La Salle Explorers Men’s basketball team faced off against the (1-0) Wagner Seahawks in their homecoming game. The Explorers lost on the road against the nationally-ranked Villanova squad last week, and Fran Dunphy was looking to gain his first win…
Phillies are headed to the World Series
Andrew Plunket, Staff For the first time since 2009, the Philadelphia Phillies are headed to the World Series. The Phillies defeated the San Diego Padres 4-3 in Game 5 of the NLCS to become the 2022 National League Champions. This win represents Philadelphia’s ninth overall pennant and its first since the 2009 season, ending a…
Women’s soccer team dehorns Fordham
Enrique Carrasco, Editor On Sun. Oct 9, the Lasalle Explorers women’s soccer team faced off against the Fordham Rams. The Explorers came into the game 6-6-1 in the season (1-4 in conference play), while the Rams came in with a record of 4-7-1 (3-1-1 in conference play). The Explorers’ early success in the season came…
Eagles Remain Undefeated with Victory Over Jaguars
Charlie Hug, Staff It’s been 18 years since Philadelphia sports fans have felt this much excitement over the Eagles. The Birds’ 4-0 start to the season marks the first time that this has happened since the 2004 season, which ultimately resulted in a Super Bowl appearance. After this Sunday’s win against the Jacksonville Jaguars, there…
Men’s Soccer Team Decanonizes St. Bonnaventures
Enrique Carrasco. Editor On Sat. Oct. 1, the La Salle Explorers men’s soccer team faced off against St. Bonnaventures for what would be their third conference game of the season. The Explorers entered the game sitting at a 2-5-2 record (1-1 in conference play), while the Bonnies entered the game sitting at a 3-5-1 record…
The Eagles Continue Hot Streak with Victory Over Commanders
Charlie Hug, Staff The Eagles came into Week 3 hot after back-to-back wins against the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings. Playing in front of the thousands of Philly fans who took the trek down to Landover, Maryland, the Eagles kept their momentum going in a 24-8 rout over the Washington Commanders. In the team’s…
Men’s Soccer team grounds the Hawks in 2-1 win
Enrique Carrasco, Editor On Sat., Sept. 24, the La Salle Explorers Men’s soccer team traveled to St. Joseph’s University for their second conference game of the season. The Explorers went into the game 1-5-2 in the season (0-1 in conference play) and were looking to better their record, as well as their standings within the…
Field Hockey defeats Rider at home
Enrique Carrasco, Editor On Sunday, Sept. 11, the Explorers faced off against the Rider Broncs for their home opener game. The Explorers came into the game on a 3-game losing streak and were looking to end the streak with a win at home. The game was off to a slow start in the first quarter,…
Men’s soccer goes 1-1-1 to start the season
Enrique Carrasco, Editor With the new school year off to a hot start, it was only a matter of time before sports returned to 20th and Olney. Luckily, that is what we got this first week back on campus and the week before. Men’s soccer started their season at home against Stonehill, later traveling to…
Raptors dominate 76ers in game five
KC Medico, Staff Cover picture courtesy of ESPN The Toronto Raptors walked into a hostile Philadelphia crowd and defeated the 76ers 103-88. This win makes the series 3-2 still favoring the 76ers. From the beginning, turnovers were a problem for the Sixers as in the first quarter they had six turnovers. Even with turnovers, they…
Women’s water polo wins the weekend against MAAC and Philly rivals
Mia Mattingly, Staff In a string of home games, La Salle’s water polo team went two for three in play for the weekend, edging out teams such as Iona and Villanova, while losing to MAAC conference leader and nationally ranked Wagner. This weekend also allowed the Explorers to yet again start another winning streak this…
Phillies eighth inning rally wins over the Mets
KC Medico, Staff The Philadelphia Phillies defeated their division rivals the New York Mets 5-4 in the first game of their series. Both teams are coming into this series with only one loss and are looking to get an early edge in the standings over their opponent. Many critics of the Phillies pointed out that…
Lacrosse beats St Bonnie’s, falls to Duquesne
Enrique Carrasco, Editor As the semester begins to wind down, so do the seasons of various sports, including the Lacrosse team. The Lacrosse team found themselves traveling to St. Bonaventure, New York to face the Bonnies, then to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to face off against the Duquesne Dukes, all in one weekend. The Explorers found success…
New men’s basketball head coach is announced
Enrique Carrasco, Editor In a somewhat unexpected move, on Tuesday Apr. 5, 2022, La Salle announced to the community that they have convinced alum Fran Dunphy, ‘70, to return to his alma mater to coach the men’s basketball team. Some critics of La Salle’s athletics administration seem to be on the side of Dunphy, and…
Opinion: Athletic department finally does something right
Enrique Carrasco, Editor The day is Monday, March 21, 2022. My flight from Guadalajara, Jalisco had just landed in my hometown of Ciudad Juarez at 9 a.m. MT. After turning off airplane mode on my phone I receive a plethora of texts from friends with the most amazing news I have ever seen: the words “Howard’s…
Men’s basketball narrowly defeats Dayton
Elizabeth McLaughlin, Editor On Feb. 26, senior day, La Salle men’s basketball narrowly defeated the Dayton Flyers. Kyle Thompson, Andrew Lafond, Clifton Moore and Jack Clark were recognized before the game as the team’s four seniors. For the first two seniors, it was their first start of their Explorer career. The win over Dayton marks…
How NASCAR became a leader for diversity in sports
Aidan Tyksinski, Staff Header Image: NASCAR Courtesy of Nascar As I watched the Daytona 500 this weekend, the first and by far the biggest race of the NASCAR season, it made me remember the first NASCAR race that I was excited to watch. The race was Martinsville in 2020. Although I was excited, it was…
Lacrosse wins game in triple overtime
Enrique Carrasco, Editor On Feb. 19, the La Salle lacrosse team faced off against 2-0 Mt. St. Mary’s in their second game of the season. Although the snow was falling and the wind was blowing, the squad pushed through and came out on top over The Mount. The Explorers were off to a hot start…
Lacrosse starts season with a comeback win
Enrique Carrasco, Editor Header Image: goexplorers On Sat. Feb. 12, the Lacrosse team took the field at McCarthy stadium to begin their 2022 season. The Explorers faced off against the Iona Gaels for their season/home opener game. The Explorers, hoping to overcome their record in the previous season, set out onto the field determined to…
Eagles launch program for female athletes
Kylie McGovern, Editor Header Image: NFL To celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day, the Philadelphia Eagles announced a female sports equipment donation and the creation of a high school girls flag football league, providing more opportunities for girls to participate in sports. The Philadelphia Eagles are launching the flag football league for female…
La Salle falls to Saint Louis, remains second to last in A-10s
Enrique Carrasco, Editor On Tuesday, Feb. 8, the Explorers faced off against the Saint Louis Billikens in their 11th conference game of the season. The Explorers were coming off of a hot win against George Mason, who were ranked amongst the top five in the Atlantic 10 conference, and were hoping to continue their hot…
Women’s water polo starts off season with 2-2 record
Enrique Carrasco, Editor The women’s water polo team had their season-opener games this past weekend. The team traveled up to Bucknell for what would be a three-game series against Bucknell, Mercyhurst, and St. Francis Brooklyn. They ultimately faced off against Princeton at home. The first game of the season was against Bucknell, whom the team…
Is La Salle’s Athletic Department improving on its past mistakes? A discussion with former coach John Kunzier
Enrique Carrasco, Editor Header Image: Pavel Danilyuk via Pexels With the semester just beginning, I began to look at the past, at my previous experiences with La Salle University. While the majority of my memories at La Salle have been nothing but positive, one stands out as negative: when my team, as well as many…
Opinion: Why the Athletic Department made the wrong call
Enrique Carrasco, Editor In mid September 2020, La Salle University, with no previous warning or prior announcement to athletes, announced it was cutting seven different D1 sports programs. With no advanced warning from the coaches, hundreds of recruits (many of whom were international students) and players ended up transferring out of La Salle in order…
Men’s Basketball team drops to last place in A-10’s following loss to Richmond
Enrique Carrasco, Editor With the beginning of the new semester, students flocked back to La Salle after the winter break, anxious to watch the school’s basketball team. As the number of spectators increased\, so did the expectations for the team to win. Despite this, as we have seen time and time again in the season,…
Women’s Basketball continues win streak in win over Richmond
Enrique Carrasco, Editor The 11-5 Explorers welcomed the Richmond Spiders (12-6) to the Tom Gola arena. The Explorers had just come out of a win against George Mason on the road, and were looking to continue their two-game win streak. Fueled by the presence of all of the students coming back onto campus, the Explorers…
Men’s Basketball struggles against Holy Cross, rallies in the second half
Enrique Carrasco, Editor The 2-4 Explorers faced off against the 2-6 Holy Cross Crusaders at Tom Gola Arena on Saturday, Dec. 4. Although the Explorers came into the game thinking it would be an easy win, it turned out to be a much larger struggle for them. The Explorers went into halftime tied 37 all…
Men’s basketball drops the ball against ‘Nova
Enrique Carrasco, Editor The La Salle Explorers faced what might have been their toughest opponent of the season: the seventh-ranked Villanova Wildcats. The Explorers came into the game 2-2 in the season, after two heartbreaking overtime losses to Sacred Heart and Delaware. The team came into the Palestra with the intention of winning and proving…
Controversy leads to Leafs winning 3-0
KC Medico, Staff The Toronto Maple Leafs visited the Philadelphia Flyers in a star-studded battle. The Leafs come into this game second in the Atlantic Division and the Flyers fourth in the Metropolitan Division. What was sure to be a close offensive battle quickly turned into the Leafs dominating the Flyers for three consecutive periods. …
Men’s Basketball narrowly brings home the win at Homecoming game
Enrique Carrasco, Editor The men’s basketball team had what is their most attended game of their season: Homecoming. Every year, the men’s basketball team plays in front of a nearly sold-out arena full of students, fans, and alumni cheering on their alma mater. In previous years, the men’s team fell to their opponents, and this…
Women’s Basketball comes away with win during homecoming
Alina Snopkowski, Editor The women’s basketball team won in overtime against Rider 67 – 58.
La Salle TV feature: “SportsLine” Sept. 23, 2021
La Salle TV presents “SportsLine” Season 24 Episode 8 Thank you to our friends at La Salle TV for partnering with the Collegian to present “SportsLine.” Check back regularly for new episodes here and on La Salle TV’s YouTube channel.
Men’s basketball loses home opener in over time
Enrique Carrasco, Editor Men’s Basketball was off to a hot start in their season opener against Sacred Heart University in the Tom Gola Arena. At the end of the first half, the Explorers led the Sacred Heart Pioneers 30 to 26. Despite this lead, the Explorers allowed 19 unanswered points in the final six minutes…
“Next Man Up” Sixers win versus Bulls
KC Medico, Staff The second place Philadelphia 76ers faced off against the third place Chicago Bulls in a showdown that came down to the wire. Seth Curry was the one to hit the dagger that would put the game on ice and Joel Embiid who saved their lead with a monster block resulting in the…
La Salle Cross Country Makes History this Season
Samantha Boyes, Staff The Explorers had a successful weekend at the Atlantic 10 championships.
Opinion: Derek Carr and the Raiders thrive in win at home vs. Philadelphia
Josh Delilo, Staff Las Vegas Talk about a statement win. The Raiders are off to a 2-0 start under new interim head coach Rich Bisaccia. Las Vegas has responded well after the Jon Gruden email leaks, which lead to him eventually resigning and handing the keys to the offense over to veteran quarterback Derek Carr.…
Men’s Soccer Falls to St. Joes during senior night
Enrique Carrasco, Editor The La Salle Men’s soccer team had no room for error when they met St. Joes at home during senior night. The Explorers were one loss away from not being able to qualify for the A-10’s. Sadly for the squad, they fell 1-0 to St. Joseph’s University. The men were off to…
La Salle Women’s Soccer Team Celebrates Senior Night with Win Against UMass
Siobhan Nolan, Staff The women’s soccer team spent Senior Day the right way, taking a dramatic double-overtime win in their match against UMass. La Salle would nab the first scoring chance of the game, with Shea Collins making a brilliant run down the field in the 22nd minute. Collins would then find Molly O’Brien, who…
Women’s Swimming and Diving Team Takes the Loss from Drexel at Pink Meet
Samantha Boyes, Staff This past Friday, La Salle Swimming and Diving hosted Drexel University for their annual Pink Meet to support Breast Cancer Awareness. The team wore pink shirts during the home opener after their long two-day meet at Boston College last weekend. While both the men and women honorably took the loss, with the…
Women’s Soccer Split Most Recent Two Games
By Siobhan Nolan Women’s soccer’s weekend didn’t get off to an ideal start last Sunday, Oct. 3, when the team faced Richmond at McCarthy Stadium. The first 15 minutes saw an intense midfield battle between the Explorers and the Spiders, where the visitors recorded the first shot on goal of the game. A Richmond attacker…
Opinion: Are the Raiders and Derek Carr still contenders after the MNF loss?
Josh DeLillo, Staff Well, it was bound to happen, Raider Nation left SoFi Stadium very disappointed as Vegas was handed their first loss of the season, and it was an ugly one against their division rival. The Raiders started very sluggish, which seems to be a common theme this season, as they let the Chargers…
Swim Team kicks-off season with a promising showing at Catholic Invite
Mia Mattingly, Staff This past weekend, the men’s and women’s swim and dive teams took the trek up to Boston to compete at the Catholic Invite, hosted by Boston College. The two-day invitational saw much success for the Explorers, a great start to the season for both squads. The women’s team ultimately finished second out…
The story of Malik Mitchell, ‘17 and Kool Vibe Sports
Elizabeth McLaughlin, Editor Malik Mitchell Malik Mitchell, ‘17 started his own sports marketing agency earlier this year and prides himself on providing high quality services to every one of his clients. Jan. 8, 2021 was an important day for La Salle alumni Malik Mitchell: it was the day he officially started his business, Kool Vibe…
La Salle TV Feature: “SportsLine” — Sept. 30, 2021
La Salle TV presents “SportsLine” Season 24 Episode 2 Thank you to our friends at La Salle TV for partnering with the Collegian to present “SportsLine.” Check back regularly for new episodes here and on La Salle TV’s YouTube channel.
Raiders’ defense stands tall, offense breaks through steel curtain
Josh Delillo, Staff The Raiders busted open the Steel Curtain at Heinz Field this Sunday, putting up stellar numbers on both sides of the ball. A familiar theme in these two wins has to be their critical plays made on defense. We have seen some great flashes these two past weeks upfront. Similar to last…
Women’s golf paves way for a successful season
Samantha Boyes, Staff As the first few days of fall kick-off here at La Salle University, women’s golf did not disappoint with their opening tournament at Bucknell University. The six women took the two-day event at Lewisburg by storm coming in eighth out of the eleven teams competing this weekend. On Saturday, sophomore Kayleigh Zeman…
Women’s soccer drops two in a row on the road
Siobhan Nolan. Staff Women’s soccer faced away games against the University of Dayton and Saint Louis University this week, but unfortunately, they are coming back to 20th & Olney without a win. While at Dayton, the Flyers were able to score just about four minutes into play, with Itala Gemelli scoring the first shot of…
La Salle TV Feature: “SportsLine” — Sept. 23, 2021
La Salle TV presents “SportsLine” Season 24 Episode 2 Thank you to our friends at La Salle TV for partnering with the Collegian to present “SportsLine.” Check back regularly for new episodes here and on La Salle TV’s YouTube channel.
Women’s soccer starts season with a win
Samantha Boyes, Staff The women’s soccer team had an exciting two weeks with multiple successful games to start their season off strong. On Wednesday Sept. 15, the Explorers took home a major win against Saint Francis University. Freshman Lauren Costello put La Salle up 1-0 at the beginning of the first half with a goal…
Field Hockey No Longer Perfect at Home, Loses Away to Villanova
Siobhan Nolan, Staff The field hockey team was confident heading into their matchup against Towson University. Up until that point, they had been undefeated at Hank DeVincent Field. Confidence could only be bolstered by the fact that Towson was coming into this game with an 0-5 record, while La Salle held a respectable 4-2 record. …
Men’s Soccer defeats Rider at Home
Enrique Carrasco, Editor The La Salle Explorers Men’s Soccer team hosted the Rider Broncs at home on Saturday Sept. 11. After 90 minutes of action-packed soccer, the men came away with a 4-2 win. The first goal of the game came from Rider, who managed to get the ball past junior goalkeeper Carlos Mora at…
La Salle TV feature: “SportsLine” — Sept. 16, 2021
La Salle TV presents “SportsLine” Season 24 Episode 1 Click below to watch this week’s episode of “SportsLine.” Credits: – Hosts: Siobhan Nolan, Tyler Small – Producers: Isaiah Clark, Siobhan Nolan, Tyler Small, Jamie Smith, Myles Williams – Writers: Isaiah Clark, Siobhan Nolan, Jamie Smith, Sam Long, Tyler Small, Myles Williams – Director: Isaiah Clark…
Win filled weekend moves field hockey to 4-2
Header Image: Courtesy of Sean Cornely Enrique Carrasco. Editor The La Salle Explorers field hockey team faced off against Lehigh (3-2) and Wagner (0-4) on September 10 and September 12;, both games were played at home at Hank Hank DeVincent Field. In an extremely close game against Lehigh, the Explorers won 4-3 with the game…
Men’s soccer team stuns St. Francis Brooklyn in home opener game
Enrique Carrasco, Editor The La Salle Explorers men’s soccer team secured their first win of the season at their home opener game against St. Francis Brooklyn on Monday, Aug. 30. The first half was significantly slower than the second half, with both teams only making five shots on the goal. At the end of the…
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