By Eileen Flynn ’20 Sports Staff The Providence College Women’s Hockey Team has continued to skate hard and has situated themselves nationally in the number eight ranking. This past week the Lady Friars displayed the determination and grit this year’s team embodies in their showdown against a Hockey East rival Boston University. The two […]
By Chris McCormack ’18 Sports Staff Providence College Men’s Basketball Team turned their season around when they needed it most. After a rough start to Big East play with a near 20-point loss to Creighton University on the road and a tough overtime loss to Marquette University at home, the Friars came into what […]
PC, like College Basketball, is Unpredictable this Year By Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor One thing that has become clear this year in college basketball is that there is no team that is the clear-cut favorite to win the NCAA tournament come March. No team was able to make it to January undefeated. While […]
by Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff We have come to that special time of the year, the Christmas lights turn on, the weather becomes colder, and most importantly Providence College Men’s Basketball Big East Conference play begins. While their first conference game against St. John’s University in Queens does not commence until Dec. […]
by Jeremy Perrigo ’18 Sports Staff The Providence College Men’s Ice Hockey Team has played 16 games thus far in the 2017-18 season, posting an overall record of 9-6-1. The Friars are 6-4-1 against conference opponents, good for third place in the Hockey East behind only Boston College (9-2-0) and Northeastern University (7-3-0). […]
by Eileen Flynn ’20 Sports Staff Providence College welcomed the top four women’s basketball teams of Rhode Island to Mullaney Gym Saturday, December 2. The second annual Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament allows for Brown University, Bryant University, the University of Rhode Island, and Providence College to compete in a special kind of rivalry. […]
By Max Anderson ’18 Sports Staff On Friday, November 17, the Providence College Men’s Basketball Team was able to add another piece of hardware to the trophy cabinet by winning the 2K Classic Tournament, held annually at Madison Square Garden. The tournament kicked off with a preliminary regional round matchup on Nov. 10, which saw […]
By Sam Scanlon ’19 Sports Staff Last week, the Providence College Men’s Ice Hockey Team took a journey across the pond to participate in the 2017 Friendship Four Tournament in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Over the course of their weeklong trip, the Friars toured Dublin, Ireland, as well as Belfast Northern Ireland, including Northern Ireland’s Parliament […]
By Eileen Flynn ’20 Sports Staff Ray Treacy is a respected and well-known name around Providence College’s campus and in the Cross Country and Track and Field communities. The school was recently reminded of the coach’s talents because Treacy was awarded the Northeast Region Women’s Coach of the Year award for the second consecutive year. […]
By Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-Editor Andrew “Drew” Brown ’16 may not have physically been in Schneider Arena this past weekend, but his presence was surely known and felt as the Friars went on to beat University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Seven goals were scored for number seven on that emotional Saturday night of Nov. 11. It […]