Top Three Scorers Come Back To Make Another Run By Liam Tormey ’22 Sports Staff Last season, the Providence College Men’s Basketball Team finished with an overall record of 18-16, tying for eighth in the Big East with a 7-11 record. The Friars missed out on the NCAA Tournament for the first time in five […]
By Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff In the beginning of October, the Big East unveiled the coach’s poll preseason rankings for all Big East women’s basketball teams for the upcoming 2019-2020 season. While DePaul University was unanimously voted first, the Providence College Women’s Basketball Team came in fifth, tied alongside Villanova University. Both teams are […]
By Marc DeMartis ’21 Sports Staff This past Sunday, the Providence College Women’s Soccer Team took on the Villanova University Wildcats for the Friars’ Senior Day. Although the Friars were defeated 0-1, they dominated the stat sheet in almost every category. The Friars had a total of 14 shots compared to Villanova’s six. Rhode Island […]
By Scott Jarosz ’21 Sports Staff Men’s Hockey Update: On the weekend of Oct. 18, the Providence College Men’s Hockey Team traveled to New York to take on St. Lawrence University on Friday and Clarkson University on Saturday. PC started the weekend off strong with a 6-0 win over SLU. Parker Ford ‘23 led the […]
A Sit-Down with Athletic Director Bob Driscoll By Cam Smith ’21 Sports Assistant Editor As Vice President and Director of Athletics at Providence College, Bob Driscoll has overseen some of the brightest moments in Providence College history in his now 19-year tenure. So, when he says that things have never been better in Friartown, it […]
Rubin Garces ’97 Named as Local Head Basketball Coach By Liam Tormey ’22 Sports Staff Ruben Garces ’97, originally from Colón, Panama, is 46 years old. He is the newly-named head basketball coach at St. Raphael Academy, a high school in Pawtucket, RI not too far from where he spent his college days playing for […]
Friars Struggle in First Game, Manage a Tie in Second By Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff Last weekend, the Providence College Women’s Hockey Team faced Pennsylvania State University in a non-conference, weekend series. Coming into the matchup, the Friars sat at a 2-1-1 record, while Penn State boasted a record of 2-2-2. This is the […]
Friars Voted 25th on Latest Coaches’ Poll By Joseph Quirk ’23 Sports Staff Last Monday brought some good news for the Providence College Field Hockey Team. Fresh off a big 4-1 win over the University of New Hampshire, the Friars learned one of their own, Mary O’Reilly ’20, was named to the Big East Weekly […]
By Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor Back on Oct. 5, Providence College held its 10th annual Friar 5K as part of Homecoming Weekend. The race may have been a commercial success with over 900 runners registered, more than 800 who finished the race, and $15,000 raised towards the National Alumni Association Scholarship Fund. For some […]
By Eileen Flynn ’20 Sports Staff Volleyball Update: The volleyball team welcomed two Big East rivals, Butler University and Xavier University this past weekend. After two weekends on the road, the Friars faced Xavier on their home court. After losing the first set, the Friars fought back to win the second set 25-21. The Musketeers […]