With coach Jim Ferry, of Merrick, at the helm, the Long Island University Blackbirds basketball team defeated Robert Morris University on March 7 to win the Northeast Conference championship. With the victory, the team qualified for the NCAA “March Madness” tournament for the second straight year.
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By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com
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3/16/12
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A year after winning 13 of 16 games as well as the Colonial Athletic Association regular-season title and earning a school-record fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament bid, Hofstra’s men’s lacrosse coach Seth Tierney has plenty of parts to replace.
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Tony Bellissimo
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3/6/12
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When opportunity knocked, Nick O’Reilly made the most of it. After watching from the sidelines as the University of Virginia kept its lacrosse season alive with a furious come-from-behind victory over Bucknell in the first round of the NCAA tournament, the sophomore attackman from Rockville Centre played a large role in the seventh-seeded Cavaliers’ unlikely run to the national title.
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Tony Bellissimo
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6/16/11
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The Long Island University Blackbirds basketball team clinched its first NCAA tournament “March Madness” bid in 14 years on March 9, and leading the squad was its head coach, Merokean Jim Ferry.
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By David Weingrad
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3/17/11
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John Danowski, a former East Meadow resident, is a national champion. Duke's head men's lacrosse coach guided his team to its first NCAA title. The Blue Devils defeated Notre Dame in …
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Mike Caputo
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6/2/10
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North Bellmore native Sade Ayinde has never been on foreign soil. That will change when she travels to Germany with the U.S. Under-20 National Soccer Team next month.
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Deirdre Krasula
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5/26/10
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A new era in Hofstra men's basketball was launched Thursday morning when the school introduced Tim Welsh as the the program's new head coach at a press conference held at David S. Mack Hall.
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Andrew Coen
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4/1/10
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