Team Looks to Build Upon Last Year’s Breakout Season By Leo Hainline ’22 Sports Staff This week marks the beginning of the Providence College softball season as the Friars head down to Texas to square off against Houston Baptist University, Sam Houston State University, and George Mason University. PC softball is on the rise after […]
By Liam Tormey ’22 Sports Staff Three Providence College men’s soccer players are now professional soccer players. Danny Griffin ’20 and Austin Aviza ’20RS are now both part of Major League Soccer (MLS) teams, while Tiago Mendonca ’20RS has signed in the United Soccer League (USL). The 2020 MLS SuperDraft took place on Thursday, January […]
Team Needs to Boost Record before Hockey East Playoffs By Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-Editor The Providence College Women’s Hockey Team, which is ranked fourth in Hockey East, split last weekend’s series against the no. 7 team, the University of Maine. In the first game on Friday, February 7, the Friars skated to a 2-2 […]
By Thomas Zinzarella ’21 Sports Staff Following a loss at Northeastern University the previous weekend, the 10th ranked Providence College Men’s Hockey Team had a chance to move themselves up in the Hockey East standings this weekend as they faced off against the 8th ranked University of Massachusetts Amherst Minutemen. Last year, all three matchups […]
By Gavin Woods ’22 Sports Staff The Providence College Men’s Basketball Team was defeated by Xavier University last Saturday, 58-64. The Friars record has now fallen to 13-11 on the regular season, and 6-5 within the Big East. Both teams came out of the gates aggressively. The Friars got into an early rhythm, but struggled […]
By Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff On Saturday, February 8, the Providence College Women’s Basketball Team played against Big East rival Creighton University for their second matchup of the season, this time taking place at home in Mullaney Gym. The season has been rocky for the Friars as they continue Big East play throughout the […]
Changes to Lineup Could Shift Team’s Momentum by Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor Before his team’s upset win over Butler University on Feb. 1, Providence College Men’s Basketball head coach Ed Cooley told his players that it was going to be an “old-school Big East game.” “I said, ‘We don’t need to play pretty. We […]
Lacrosse Begins Season With Win Over BU by Liam Tormey ’22 Sports Staff As the spring semester gets underway, so too does the season for the Providence College Men’s Lacrosse Team. The Friars are very excited for the upcoming season, to say the least. Last season saw the Friars post a 7-9 record, with an […]
Newly Founded Team Boasts Bright Future by Eileen Flynn ’20 Sports Staff Playing sports is sometimes taken for granted when growing up. We may resent the early morning hockey game, or the two-hour drive to an away basketball game. Yet, of course, it was always worth it in the end, even if the results of […]
Davis Bunz ’21 Nominated for Humanitarian Award By Thomas Zinzarella ’21 Sports Staff The term “summer” means something different for every college student. Some spend their days lounging at the beach, others go on vacation with their family, while some obtain an internship and work in their prospective field or work the summer job they […]