The LIU Post Pioneers (also Long Island–Post Pioneers and formerly the C.W. Post Pioneers ) were the athletic teams that represented the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University , located in Brookville, New York , in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports through the 2018–19 school year. The Pioneers most recently competed as members of the East Coast Conference for most sports; the football team was an affiliate of the Northeast-10 Conference . LIU Post has been a member of the ECC since 1989, when the league was established as the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference .
14-658: The LIU Post Pioneers passed into history after the 2018–19 school year when LIU merged the Pioneers with the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds , the Division I program of the school's Brooklyn campus . The current LIU program now competes as the LIU Sharks , with the new nickname having been selected by polling of alumni and students of the two campuses. Since LIU Brooklyn was a long-established Division I program,
28-695: A junior, and 16 goals as a senior. Over his three-year career, Markus scored 79 goals, setting a new NCAA career record, in 49 games. In his career he had 156 points, and his 3.25 points per game were 7th in NCAA history. Markus won the 1967 Hermann Trophy as the outstanding collegiate soccer player of the year. He was the first recipient of the Hermann Trophy. He was named Honorable Mention All American in 1965, and Second Team All American in 1967. In 2000, LIU inducted Markus into its Athletic Hall of Fame. After his collegiate career, Markus played
42-796: A new NCAA career record, in 49 games. Markus played a season with the New York Generals of the North American Soccer League , and played in the 1969 Maccabiah Games in Israel for the United States. Markus was born in Donbas , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union (now Ukraine ), and is Jewish. He now lives in Boynton Beach , Florida. Markus attended Long Island University (LIU), for which he played on
56-533: A rematch of the 2009 title game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. The LIU Post women's lacrosse team had a perfect, undefeated season and won the NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship in 2007. LIU Post is the only college campus on Long Island to maintain an Equestrian Center for horseback riding. LIU Post has a nationally ranked ACHA ice hockey club team that competes in
70-737: A season. The LIU Sharks inherited the Northeast Conference membership of the Brooklyn campus. Men's sports (8) Women's sports (11) The Pratt Center is also a venue for Nassau County and New York State high school basketball playoff games, both men's and women's, along with the Clark Center at the State University of New York College at Old Westbury . In baseball, future Major League Baseball outfielder Richie Scheinblum batted .415 in 1964, and set
84-578: A single game, and a Division II record 3,757 regular season yards passing and 4,025 regular season yards in total offense, while also setting a school single-season records of most touchdowns. LIU Post won three NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Championships . Their first title came in 1996 when they defeated Adelphi 15–10 in the championship and their second came in 2009 when they defeated Le Moyne 8–7 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. The third title came in 2010 when they defeated Le Moyne 14–9 in
98-500: Is an Israeli-American former soccer player. At Long Island University he was the first recipient of the Hermann Trophy , as the outstanding collegiate soccer player of the year, and was a two-time All American . In 1965 as a sophomore, Markus scored 35 goals in 14 games for 70 points, at the time both the most-ever goals and the most-ever points in an NCAA season. Over his three-year career, Markus scored 79 goals, setting
112-700: The Great Northeast Collegiate Hockey Conference . LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds The LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds were the athletic teams representing Long Island University 's campus in Brooklyn, New York in intercollegiate athletics, including men's and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and track; women's-only bowling, lacrosse, softball, tennis, and volleyball; and men's-only baseball. The Blackbirds competed in NCAA Division I and were members of
126-550: The Northeast Conference . A member of the Northeast Conference , LIU Brooklyn sponsored teams in six men's and thirteen women's NCAA sanctioned sports: The LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds merged with the Division II LIU Post Pioneers after the 2018–19 academic year. The new program now competes as the LIU Sharks with a blue and gold color scheme. Following Long Island University's founding in 1927, its sports teams wore blue uniforms and became known as
140-495: The men's soccer team (the Blackbirds) for three seasons, from 1965 to 1967. He played center forward . In 1965 as a sophomore, Markus scored 35 goals in 14 games for 70 points, at the time both the most-ever goals and the most-ever points in an NCAA season. His 5.00 points per game at the time were third-most for a season in NCAA history. His 2.50 goals per game were the most in NCAA history. He scored 27 goals as
154-637: The Blue Devils. After the school's uniforms were changed to black in 1935, a Brooklyn Eagle reporter from the Midwest saw the new look as the basketball team dribbled up and down the court and stated that the team looked like the blackbirds from back home; the comment struck home, and a new nickname was born. In soccer, Dov Markus played on the Blackbirds from 1965 to 1967. In 1965 as a sophomore, Markus scored 35 goals in 14 games for 70 points, at
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#1732787537510168-553: The C.W. Post records in career triples (12) and batting average (.395). He was inducted in the college's sports Hall of Fame in 2005. In 1993, future NFL quarterback Perry Klein played for the C. W. Post Pioneers, throwing for 38 touchdowns. Klein was named the Division II Player of the Year, after throwing for an NCAA Division II record 614 yards passing (623 yards total yardage), 35 completions, and seven touchdowns in
182-612: The Division II LIU Post teams for sports that had not been sponsored by LIU Brooklyn immediately moved to Division I without the usual transition period for an institution moving to a different division. Teams for sports sponsored by both campuses were merged, and D-II athletes unable to make the D-I teams were allowed to either continue their athletic scholarships without competing or to be granted waivers that allowed them to transfer to another D-II school without having to sit out
196-450: The time both the most-ever goals and the most-ever points in an NCAA season. Over his three-year career, Markus scored 79 goals, setting a new NCAA career record, in 49 games. Markus won the 1967 Hermann Trophy as the outstanding collegiate soccer player of the year. He was the first recipient of the Hermann Trophy. In 2000, LIU inducted Markus into its Athletic Hall of Fame. Dov Markus Dov Markus (born January 31, 1946)
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