Category: Friar Sports

PC Athletes Earn Conference Honors

Four Friars Recognized for their Standout Performances by Scott Jarosz ’21 Sports Staff Athletes from multiple Providence College athletic teams received awards this past week for their athletic performances. The athletes that received awards were Jack Dugan ’22 of men’s hockey, Paulo Lima ‘22 of men’s soccer, Lydia Rice ’20GS of field hockey, and Clare […]

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Sports Shorts Week of Oct. 31- Nov. 6

by Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Coeditor   Men’s Soccer Update: Traveling to Cincinnati, Ohio for their final road game of the season, the Friars defeated the Xavier University Musketeers 2-1. After being down 0-1 for most of the game, the Friars were able to score both of their two goals in the final 10 minutes […]

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Addison Root ’20 Hits Career Milestone

Senior Joins an Elite Group of Players With 1,000 Kills By Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-Editor The Providence College Women’s Volleyball Team may have lost their match against Butler University on Oct. 10, winning only one of the four sets played, but for Addison Root ’20 there was a lot to celebrate. Root did not […]

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Men’s Basketball Returns Strong Core

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 […]

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Young Talent Ready to Take Women’s Basketball Team to the Next Level

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 […]

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Women’s Soccer Vying for Final Playoff Spot

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 […]

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Sports Shorts

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 […]

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PC Athletics: A Golden Age

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 […]

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Former Friar Lands Local Coaching Job

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 […]

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Women’s Hockey Takes On Nittany Lions

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 […]

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