Category: Sports – Friar Sports

Men’s Hockey Still Dancing

Team Heads to the Frozen Four for the Fifth Time in Program History By Scott Jarosz ’21 Sports Staff The Providence College Men’s Hockey Team entered the NCAA Hockey Tournament as the fourth and lowest seed in the East Regional. The Friars were quite fortunate to be selected into the East Regional, which was hosted […]

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Men’s Basketball Roster Features a New Face

Friars Welcome UMass Player Luwane Pipkins After Two PC Players Decide to Transfer By Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff After a season of ups and downs for the Providence College Men’s Basketball program, it is time to recruit and make big decisions for the program. Ed Cooley knows first hand that the team needs to […]

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Men’s Lacrosse Enters the Second Half of Their Season

Team Already Matches Win Total from 2018 By Liza Sisk ’19 Sports Staff The Providence College Men’s Lacrosse Team is heading into the second half of the 2019 season with a 5-5 record. The second half of the season ushers in a focus on conference play. Four of the next five games for the Friars […]

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Friars Come Up Short at Madison Square Garden

Providence College Misses NCAA Tournament for First Time in Six Years By Sullivan Burgess Sports Staff The last week has been quite eventful for the Providence College Men’s Basketball Team. From the Big East Tournament in Madison Square Garden to the National Invitational Tournament at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center, the team experienced ups and downs […]

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Women’s Basketball Falls in Big East Semifinals

Friars Finish Season with Winning Record; Secure Spot in WNIT By Thomas Zinzarella ’21 After an impressive regular season, the Providence College Women’s Basketball Team headed to Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois to test their fate in the Big East Tournament. The official seeding was not set until the final weekend of Big East play. […]

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Women’s Hockey Falls to Northeastern

Matt Kelly’s First Season as Head Coach Ends in Semifinals By Sam Scanlon ’19 Sports Staff As the final buzzer sounded and the Northeastern University Huskies flooded the ice in celebration, the Providence College Women’s Ice Hockey Team’s incredibly successful season came to a disheartening end in the Women’s Hockey East Semifinals. The #3 Huskies […]

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Women’s Hockey Heads to Semifinals

Friars Advance Beyond the Quarterfinals for the First Time Since 2013 By Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-Editor Last weekend, the Providence College Women’s Hockey Team hosted the Merrimack College Warriors in a best two-out-of-three games series at Schneider Arena for the Women’s Hockey East Quarterfinals. On Friday, March 1 the Friars skated to a 2-0 […]

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Women’s Basketball Gears Up for Big East

Friars Prepare for Tournament with Senior Game By Thomas Zinzarella ’21 Sports Staff The Providence College Women’s Basketball Team ended the Big East regular season the way that they began it—with a pair of home matchups against two of the best teams in the Big East, #24 DePaul University and #13 Marquette University. Last Friday […]

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Track Team Finds Success at Big East Championship

By Christian Rada ’22 Sports Staff This past week, the Big East Conference announced the All-Big East Conference squad; which is comprised of competitors who finished in the top three of any individual or relay event in the championships. Fifty-nine women and 61 men complete the list. A total of 31 student-athletes—17 women, 18 men—earned […]

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Women’s Hockey Playoff Bound

Ice Hockey Set to Face Merrimack in Quarterfinals By Eileen Flynn ’20 Sports Staff The Providence College Women’s Ice Hockey Team wrapped up their regular season on Feb. 23 when they defeated the #8 Boston University Terriers on the road. The team finished with an impressive 22-10-2 overall record and as the no. 4 seed […]

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