{"id":445,"date":"2018-10-04T15:58:25","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T15:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2018\/10\/04\/2018104quinnipiac-university-mens-lacrosse-team-suspended\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:42:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:42:08","slug":"2018104quinnipiac-university-mens-lacrosse-team-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2018\/10\/04\/2018104quinnipiac-university-mens-lacrosse-team-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 10\/6\/18: Quinnipiac University has fired men\u2019s lacrosse coach Eric Fekete, effective immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Quinnipiac University men&#8217;s lacrosse team suspended<\/h1>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">By Sarah Foley and Giuliana Grosso<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Quinnipiac University announced on Sept. 23 that it was suspending the entire men\u2019s lacrosse team pending further investigation into student conduct violations. This is not the first team incident under head coach Eric Fekete. <\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cThis suspension, which takes effect  immediately, prohibits all team activity, including practicing and  representing the university in competitions,\u201d Lynn Bushnell, vice president for public affairs, said. \u201cWith the well-being of our  students being our top priority, the university has zero tolerance for  any behavior that endangers any member of the university community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">A week after the suspension here is what we know and don\u2019t know. <\/p>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          combination-animation-none\n          individual-animation-none\n          individual-text-animation-none\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:573.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:74.69459533691406%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  \n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-04-at-11.13.42-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-10-04 at 11.13.42 AM.png\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-04-at-11.13.42-AM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-04-at-11.13.42-AM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"573x428\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-10-04 at 11.13.42 AM.png\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5bb62e40b208fc49051762a9\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">The men\u2019s lacrosse team has over a decade-long record of student conduct incidents ranging from player suspensions to recruiting players with criminal records. <\/p>\n<p>   <iframe src='https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/timeline3\/latest\/embed\/index.html?source=149eomNZOedb5T1Dsn8nkGVzRMzUtMEGo32mhpLrDFkU&#038;font=Default&#038;lang=en&#038;initial_zoom=2&#038;height=650' width='100%' height='650' webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">According to the United States District of Connecticut Court, prior to the first day of competition in the fall 2008-2009 season, six players on the team were suspended after providing alcohol to minors at a party. Those players subsequently re-joined the team for the spring season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Court records also state that in the fall of 2008, Storm Stockstill of Jupiter, Florida, accepted an athletic scholarship from Quinnipiac University to play on the men\u2019s lacrosse team. Approximately three months after the offer, he was arrested and charged with aggravated stalking of a minor \u2013 a second degree felony that could result in imprisonment for up to five years \u2013 and battery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">According to the United States District of Connecticut Court, Stockstill admitted to police that he and a fellow student at Jupiter High School \u201cfake raped\u201d a younger male student in the gym locker room. Stockstill testified that the incident occurred over the course of three days, and that other students and coaches observed and laughed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Quinnipiac later rescinded Stockstill\u2019s acceptance for the spring 2010 semester. As a result, Stockstill attempted to file a lawsuit against the university, but it was denied.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Less than two weeks after the team\u2019s recent suspension, head coach Eric Fekete was fired. According to the Quinnipiac Chronicle, Assistant Coach Mason Poli will act as the interim coach. The university also announced that the entire team will remain suspended until December 31, 2018. <\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Vice president for public affairs Lynn Bushnell said that in addition to the extended team suspension, \u201cDisciplinary action has been handed down to individual student athletes on the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          combination-animation-none\n          individual-animation-none\n          individual-text-animation-none\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:625.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:50.0%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  \n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-04-at-11.16.04-AM.png\" alt=\"https:\/\/quinnipiacbobcats.co m\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-04-at-11.16.04-AM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-04-at-11.16.04-AM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"625x313\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"https:\/\/quinnipiacbobcats.co m\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5bb62f040d9297fb6ba11f63\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quinnipiacbobcats.com\">https:\/\/quinnipiacbobcats.co<\/a>m<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Quinnipiac\u2019s Athletic Director, Greg Amodio, has not issued any statements regarding the recent conduct violations and university spokesman, John Morgan, declined further comment on Sept. 24, regarding the specific allegations involved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">In light of the current incident with the men\u2019s lacrosse team, Quinnipiac students are taking measures to prevent and raise awareness about hazing. Last week was National Hazing Prevention Week and Quinnipiac student organizations such as sports teams and greek life participate in activities that raise awareness about the dangers of hazing college students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">The length of the suspension and investigation are not known at this time.<\/p>\n<p data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\n<div class=\"\n  sqs-gallery-container\n  sqs-gallery-block-grid\n  sqs-gallery-aspect-ratio-square\n  sqs-gallery-thumbnails-per-row-4\n  \n  \n\n  \n    \n    \n  \n  sqs-gallery-block-show-meta\n  \n  \n\n  \n  \n\n  \n  \n  clear\"\n  \n  \n><\/p>\n<div class=\"sqs-gallery\">\n<div class=\"slide\" data-type=\"image\" data-animation-role=\"image\">\n<div class=\"margin-wrapper\">\n<p>                <a\n                  \n                    \n                      role=\"presentation\"\n                    \n                  \n\n                  class=\"\n                    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week ago. The team was suspended due to allegations that have violated student conduct policy. Here is what we know and don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homepage","category-quinnipiac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2579,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445\/revisions\/2579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}