By Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-Editor After a mere 26.2 miles, Jessica Looney ’20 will become the youngest member of the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team to complete the world famous Boston Marathon. Running for both of her grandfathers, who each passed away from cancer, Looney decided to apply for the Dana-Farber team because it was […]
Two Friars Make Big East Honor Roll By Thomas Zinzarella ’21 Sports Staff This past week, while most of the student body was focused on the Masters Tournament, the Friars were taking the field for their series matchup with the Seton Hall University Pirates. The Friars started their weekend series with a doubleheader on Friday, […]
By Sam Scalon ’19 Sports Staff Twenty-seven seconds is all that stood in the way of the Providence College Men’s Ice Hockey Team getting a chance to top the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the NCAA Tournament East Region Finals on March 24. Unfortunately, the end of another successful Friars Hockey season came to a […]
PC Falls to ‘Nova in the Big East Final by Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff It is only two weeks into March and needless to say it has been a crazy few weeks for the Providence College Friars Men’s Basketball Team and for Friar fanatics. The month began for the Friars with a trip to […]
PC Beats UMaine and Rolls into the Semis by Jeremy Perrigo ’18 Sports Staff The first two rounds of the Hockey East Tournament have come and gone in exciting fashion. Four teams remain heading into the final weekend of the competition at TD Garden on March 16 and 17. Despite the fact that 12 of […]
by Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor Members of the Sports staff put their brains together to come up with the official 2018 March Madness Bracket for The Cowl. Thanks to Sam Scanlon ’19, Sullivan Burgess ’20, Thomas Zinzarella ’21 for helping contribute. Here is breakdown of each region, semifinals, and the championship. South Region: The […]
Lacrosse: 03/03/18 vs. Sacred Heart University: L, 10-9 (OT) 03/06/18 vs. University of Massachusetts-Lowell: L, 12-11 03/10/18 vs. Harvard University: L, 11-8 Softball: 03/04/18 vs. San Jose State University: L, 4-2 vs. Pacific University: L, 11-5 03/06/18 vs. California State University- Northridge: L, 5-0 vs. CSUN: L, 10-0 03/08/18 vs. Loyola Marymount University: L, 4-1 […]
PC Grad Continues to Make Headlines by Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports staff On Feb. 17, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced that former Friar and ESPN NBA analyst Doris Burke ’87 would receive the 2018 Curt Gowdy Media Award. The award is named after American sportscaster Curt Gowdy, who served as […]
PC Geared for Another Deep Run by Sam Scanlon ’19 Sports Staff It’s tourney time! The Hockey East is one of the most exciting and competitive conferences in the NCAA and is home to names like Adam Gaudette of Northeastern, 2018 Olympian Jordan Greenway of Boston University and, of course Providence College’s very own Erik […]
Huskies Look to Continue Strong Season by Jeremy Perrigo ’18 Sports Staff March is here at last, and with its arrival comes the beginning of the Hockey East Tournament. This year, the Hockey East Association announced it would be reverting back to a playoff structure which was last used in 2014. In this structure, […]