Sweet Defeat for The Lady Pirates

Shauna Cook The Corsair The Lady Pirates got their first time win against Hillsborough Community College Oct.15 in the Florida State Tournament in a 5 set match 25-19, 19-25, 25-22, 24-26, and 15-10. “It was a first time for me and a first time for the program to beat them,” Head Coach Chris Laird said.     ”…

A Minor Set Back For Lady Pirates

Shauna Cook The Corsair The Lady Pirates lost to Illinois Central College on Oct.14 in a 5 set match 21-25, 25-20, 22-25, 26-24, and 10-15. “The biggest let down was that we did lose that match,” Head Coach Chris Laird said. “It was unfortunate, but on the flip side we just got done beating the #1…

Lady Pirates on a Mission

The Lady Pirates defeat #1 ranked team Miami-Dade in 4 sets winning 25-21, 20-25, 25-19, and 25-23 in the Florida State Tournament in Jacksonville, Fla. on Oct. 14. “That’s a really big deal obviously because we wanted to beat them and before we could never get a set off of them,” Head Coach Chris Laird…

There’s No Stopping The Lady Pirates

Shauna Cook The Corsair The Lady Pirates take the match in 3 sets against St. John’s River Oct. 13, 25-16, 25-20, and 25-15. Sarah Guidry had 14 kills and hit a 550 for the match.   “Normally, just like a baseball hitting percentage, the higher the better,” Head Coach Chris Laird said. “For volleyball, anything over…

Become the Caped Crusader again!

Batman: Arkham City By Warner Bros. Entertainment, Rocksteady Studios Genre: Free-roaming, third-person action-adventure Rating: Teen for Alcohol Reference, Blood, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Tobacco, Violence Two years ago around this time, Batman: Arkham Asylum was released, and chronicled the Caped Crusader’s struggle against the Joker, Poison Ivy, Bane, Scarecrow and others on the…

Remembering Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 The world mourns the passing of a technical pioneer, a man who did so much for the technological advances of our generation, yet was tragically cut down by that most pernicious of human weaknesses: cancer. Steve Jobs had a very interesting life before he formed Apple Computer, Inc. in 1976; two years…