By Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-Editor The time has come for the Providence College Men’s Cross Country Team to show that they are just as strong of a team as their female counterparts have been the last couple of years. “They’re going to have a very good year this year I think,” Providence College Women’s […]
Friars Upset #24 University of Maine By Eileen Flynn ’20 Sports Staff As the field hockey season is finally underway, it is common to focus on the seniors of the team. Will they be able to step out of their underclassmen shoes and fill the leadership positions? Not only are they the players the rest […]
Alderson Leads Offense for Friars By Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor In their first tournament of the season, the Providence College Women’s Volleyball Team had a tough past weekend in Morehead, Kentucky. Playing in the 2019 Morehead State Eagle Challenge, the Friars went 1-2 in three games, picking up their lone win over Presbyterian College, […]
Soccer Teams Look to Break through to Finals By Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor Last fall, the Providence College Men’s and Women’s Soccer Teams both made it to their respective Big East Tournaments. The men cruised in as the third seed while the women snuck in as the sixth seed. Unfortunately, both teams lost in […]
Six Players Sign Entry-Level Contracts By Cam Smith ’21 Sports Assistant Editor The success of the Providence College hockey programs continued over the offseason as six former Friars signed professional hockey deals. Four of these came from former men’s squad members, as Josh Wilkins, Brandon Duhaime, Kasper Björkqvist, and Jacob Bryson who secured entry-level deals […]
By Scott Jarosz ’21 Sports Staff After finishing the 2018 season with an overall record of 8-21 and a 2-16 record in Big East Conference play, the Providence College Women’s Volleyball Team will be looking to make improvements leading up to the 2019 season. The team’s 2018 campaign ended on a particularly sour note when […]
First Time Since 1975 Friars Earn Medal at the Event By Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff This past August, the Big East all-star team defeated the Dominican Republic 92-83 in the Pan American games in Lima, Peru while representing USA Basketball. This win secured a bronze medal for the summer games, the third straight Pan […]
Hockey and Basketball Players Sign Pro-Contracts By Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-Editor There will be noticeable absences on the rosters of both the men’s basketball and hockey teams next year. Asides from the six graduating seniors on the hockey team and two seniors on the basketball team, hockey players Josh Wilkins ’20, Brandon Duhaime ’20, […]
Breakout Season Gives Friars Postseason Hopes By Eileen Flynn ’20 Sports Staff As we take a look back on this year, it is hard not to talk about the Providence College Softball Team. The season started off with a doubleheader in the Sunshine State, the Friars faced University of Massachusetts-Lowell and Georgia Institute of Technology […]
Friars Earn Three-Seed for Big East By Gavin Woods ’22 Sports Staff Thanks to a 9-8 overtime win over Villanova University last Saturday at Chapey Field, the Providence College Men’s Lacrosse Team is heading to the Big East tournament. Following two tough losses to University of Denver and Brown University, respectively, the Friars bounced back […]