[2] Lafayette's first recorded athletic event outside of the student body was a baseball game against Easton amateurs, a 44–11 win on November 8, 1865.

Football quickly became the marquis sport at Lafayette as students, alumni, and citizens of Easton packed March Field through 1925.

In 1926, Fisher Field was built to capitalize upon the excitement of football, as well as Alumni Gymnasium in order to house other athletic programs and provide general training for the student body.

Lafayette has made four appearances in the College World Series in the 1950s and 1960s, the final round of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

Lafayette won the East Coast Conference in 1990 and Patriot League title 2007 to earn a trip to the NCAA Regionals.

Pete Carril, the legendary hall of fame coach of the Princeton Tigers, played for the Leopards in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

The NIT was considered the more prestigious postseason tournament at the time, possibly because all games were played at Madison Square Garden.

Lafayette basketball re-emerged as a power in the late 1960s under Hal Wissel, a future NBA and Division II national championship coach.

Future national champion head coach Gary Williams of the University of Maryland was an assistant on Davis' Lafayette staff.

[7] Another Tripucka, Tracy's younger brother Todd, led the Leopards to the 1975 NIT, where Lafayette lost to St. John's University (New York).

In an unusual decision, the University of Notre Dame, coached by Digger Phelps and coming off of a sweet sixteen appearance in 1987, traveled to the Kirby Sports Center for a nationally televised game.

The Leopards dominated 83–68 as Otis Ellis, Lafayette's second all-time leading scorer behind Tracy Tripucka, scored a career high 35 points.

The Leopards were the first basketball team to ever return two conference players of the year from two different seasons (Stefan Ciocisi and Brian Ehlers).

Lafayette lost the 2011 championship game to Bucknell, but the Leopards' double overtime buzzer-beater by Jim Mower against American University in the semifinals was highlighted as a top ten play on ESPN.

Led by head coach Barbara Young, the Leopards received their first postseason bid to the Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (EAIAW) playoffs (NCAA predecessor).

Lafayette won the 1985 ECC Tournament Championship by crushing Lehigh by 20 and defeated the Mountain Hawks for the second title in 1987.

Maureen McManus and Stacey Cagnello, who played together from 1983–1987, finished first and second on the all-time career scoring list with 1,813 and 1,520 points, respectively.

In December 1992, Heidi Caruso tied the all-time women's NCAA individual record for steals in a game against Kansas State University with 14.

Tammy Smith promptly took over the program, but the Leopards won only 55 games in nine seasons, including 27 wins in the Patriot League.

After a 6–21 season and only two league wins, the Leopards knocked off American University and Navy to reach the championship game, where the fell by eight to Lehigh.

The Leopards are currently led by phenom shot-blocker Danielle Fiacco, who despite missing a portion of the 2010–11 season to injury, managed to finish with 71 blocks as a freshman.

A men's and women's individual runner has not qualified for the meet since Dale Keenan and Dan Thomas competed at the Championships in 1969.

The Leopards lost in an NCAA play-in game to the University of California, Berkeley 1–0 in overtime, but finished the season ranked 18.

Megan Monahan, Jen Stone, and Meredith Hahn led the Leopard attack and established program marks for goals and assists in a season.

As the rest of the Patriot League instituted athletic scholarships, the Leopards were at a competitive disadvantage recruiting top players.

Megan Cicchi established a dominant presence on defense to become one of only seven players to be named to the All-Patriot League team four times.

[13][14] In 2011, the Leopards won their first Patriot League championship since 2002 over Bucknell, ending American University's string of eight consecutive titles.

ESPN considers "The Rivalry" to be among the top ten in college football,[15] and was the subject of a PBS documentary narrated by NFL Films voice and Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas.

The Leopards posted one of their best finishes in 2003 when Jim Hutnik was recognized as Coach of the Year for guiding the team to fourth place in the final standings.

Being a member of the squad requires dedication and time management to balance academics, conditioning, practices, cheerleading at football and basketball games, and performances at various events.