Odell Beckham Jr. to host football camp at SJU
Dylan Hornik, Co-Sports Editor
August 5, 2017
Filed under Football, Sports, Sports Scroll
St. John's University will play host to a VIP visitor on October 9 when NFL star Odell Beckham Jr. is set to host a football clinic on campus. Beckham, a three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver for the New York Giants, will host the New York leg of the Football 101 Women's Clinic, presented by Covergirl....
Track Club sprints past barriers, reaches Nationals
Dylan Hornik, Co-Sports Editor
April 26, 2017
Filed under Sports, Sports Scroll
This school year hasn’t been the most successful for St. John’s athletics. To date, only the fencing team can claim national success at the Division I level; the men’s team finished sixth at the NCAA Championships and they had two individual National Champions. Beneath the glossy shine of a Division I lab...
Red Storm Roundup: Baseball hot, softball stumbles
Nick McCreven, Staff Writer
April 26, 2017
Filed under Baseball, Lacrosse, Softball, Sports, Sports Scroll
St. John’s Softball goes 1-2 on the weekend vs. Villanova The softball team began a double-header on Saturday with a tough 2-0 loss. Tori Free pitched a strong game but hits were hard to come by on the offensive side and they were unable to score a run. Free gave up two runs on four hits in seven....
Livianu shines bright for Red Storm
Dylan Hornik, Co-Sports Editor
April 26, 2017
Filed under Sports, Sports Scroll, Women's Tennis
The story reads like a picture-perfect fairytale. The daughter of an ex-tennis player grows up with a racket in her hand, becomes a coveted talent, and helps her school break records. Upon first glance, it looks too easy for St. John’s freshman Jessica Livianu. Her mother, Bagdana Romanksy-Livian...
Softball starts off hot in Big East play
Brendan Myers, Contributing Writer
April 26, 2017
Filed under Softball, Sports, Sports Scroll
After entering conference play with a 12-10 record, the St. John’s softball team has won ten of their last 13, including series sweeps over Providence, Creighton and Butler, putting them atop the conference standings. After a rough opening weekend schedule, which included games against now #1 ra...
Big plans lie ahead for AD Goff
Derrell Bouknight, Co-Sports Editor
April 26, 2017
Filed under Sports, Sports Scroll
The bitterness of November’s autumn and the darkness of its mornings followed Anton Goff as he walked from his car to his office next to Taffner Fieldhouse. He’d only been in Queens for a handful of weeks, still adjusting to the 105-arce campus 116 miles away from his old job at the University o...
Track and Field breaks school records
Brianna Pace, Staff Writer
April 19, 2017
Filed under Sports, Sports Scroll, Track & Field
St. John’s Women’s Track and Field had a productive week coming away with a couple of school records and a second-place finish at the 2017 Outdoor Metropolitan Championships. The Hurricane Alumni Invitational was held in Coral Gables, Florida. There, Adriana Wright set a school-record in the 100-...
Red Storm Roundup: St. John’s splits Senior Days
John Cavanagh, Contributing Writer
April 19, 2017
Filed under Sports, Sports Scroll
Baseball Snaps Two Game Skid, Beats Albany The St. John’s Red Storm took on the Albany Great Danes last Tuesday, looking to avoid a three game losing streak. It was a rare losing streak for the Johnnies, but they made it a quick one after defeating Albany 9-3. Michael Donadio lead the way for ...
Basketball adds QU’s Dixon, continues strong transfer signings
Derrell Bouknight, Co-Sports Editor
April 19, 2017
Filed under Basketball, Sports, Sports Scroll
A tweet from Twitter user @mabde33 was sent out at 2:58pm on Tuesday, April 11. There were no words, a smiley face the only character present of the 140 allotted on the popular social media outlet. 23 of his 5,108 followers retweeted him, 103 liked it and 11 responded, the first on the thread saying,...
Baseball: Red Storm reigns in extra innings
Dylan Hornik, Co-Sports Editor
April 19, 2017
Filed under Baseball, Sports, Sports Scroll
The 1980 Philadelphia Phillies earned the moniker “The Cardiac Kids” for their ability to grind out victories in close games. They led Major League Baseball with 13 wins in extra innings and finished tied for third out of 30 teams with 32 victories in games decided by one run. By October, the...
Goal of the Year: Duffy’s crazy goal lands on SportsCenter
Dylan Hornik, Co-Sports Editor
April 12, 2017
Filed under Lacrosse, Sports, Sports Scroll
Colin Duffy swears he meant to do it. He’s absolutely certain that, with just under 10 minutes to play in St. John’s non-conference lacrosse matchup against Drexel last month, he meant to net a goal that would end up as an early favorite for play of the year in college lacrosse. Duffy, a ...
Red Storm Roundup: Slow week for St. John’s
Kaylee Herndon, Staff Writer
April 12, 2017
Filed under Sports, Sports Scroll
Baseball's Comeback Falls Short Despite out-hitting their opponent 10 hits to six, the Red Storm fell to the Columbia Lions in the first home loss of the season with a final score of 7-4. This game marks the 23rd of 24 chances that the Red Storm has outhit their opponent this season. St. John’s (2...
