Category: Sports – Friar Sports

Big East Title Up For Grabs

By Thomas Zinzarella ’21 Sports Staff With Feast Week wrapping up this past week, we are just over a month away from Big East conference play. The Big East took a hit early on in non-conference play with its strongest team, Villanova University, getting blown out by University of Michigan at home in a rematch […]

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Men’s Swim Wins Harold Anderson Invitational

By Liza Sisk ’19 Sports Staff The Providence College Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Teams are making waves in competition this season. The teams are in the midst of their seasons, working towards the Big East Swimming & Diving Championships Feb. 20-23. On Nov. 16-18 the Friars traveled to Kingston, Rhode Island to participate […]

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PC Students Runs NYC Marathon

By Scott Jarosz ’21 Sports Staff Joe Rezuke ’21, from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, recently participated in the 2018 TCS New York City Marathon on Nov. 4. Rezuke says he earned the opportunity to run in the marathon with the Home Base Foundation, a charity that is partnered with the Red Sox Foundation and works to help […]

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Volleyball Celebrates Senior Night

By Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff On Sunday, November 11, Catherine Harding ’19, Allison Impellizeri ’19, Kara Mason ’19, and Megan Onyundo ’19 took the court in Mullaney Gymnasium one last time for their final home game for the Providence College Women’s Volleyball Team against Big East rival Georgetown University. Although the game was spoiled […]

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Men’s Basketball Plays in Veterans Classic

By Karlene Cudak ’19 Guest Staff Writer Within the last week, the Providence College Men’s Basketball Team has taken on Wichita State University and the College of the Holy Cross. Beginning last Friday, November 9, the team fell to the Wichita State Shockers in the Veterans Classic with a score of 80-83. The Veterans Classic […]

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Editor’s Corner

Remembering Rick Pitino at PC By Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor In the early 1980s, the Providence College men’s basketball program found itself in a much different state than what fans have witnessed this decade. Legendary head coach Dave Gavitt left his position at PC to help form the Big East Conference while becoming the […]

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Friars Down Siena in Home Opener

A.J. Reeves ’22 Scores 29 in Record-Setting Debut By Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff On Tuesday, November 6, the Providence College Men’s Basketball Team begin their journey for the NCAA Division I National Championship as they took on the Siena College Saints at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in a 77-67 victory. After winning both exhibition […]

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Putigna ’19 and Murphy ’21 Lead Upset Over BC

By Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-Editor When the final buzzer went off on Nov. 3, the Providence College’s Women’s Ice Hockey Team had more than just a 4-2 win to celebrate; they had defeated the no. 5 nationally-ranked Boston College team for the first time since their 2016-17 season. The team’s win last Saturday was […]

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Cross Country Women Secure Third at Big East; Men Finish Fifth

By Scott Jarosz ’21 Sports Staff The Providence College Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Teams recently traveled to Carmel, Indiana to compete in the 2018 Big East Championships. The event took place on Friday, October 26 and consisted of a women’s 6K race followed by a men’s 8K race. The Friars went up against strong […]

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Men’s Soccer Falls to Georgetown in Semis 0-4

By Cam Smith ’21 Sports Staff The wind was whipping as the Providence College Men’s Soccer Team took on St. John’s University in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament last Saturday November 3 on Chapey Field. Fans braved the unrelenting gusts to watch the Friars defeat the Red Storm by a score of 1-0. […]

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