Category: Friar Sports

Ray Treacy Track Sees First Meet of the Season

By Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor Providence College held its only home track and field meet of the year as the Ray Treacy Track hosted the first day of the Ocean State Invitational. Fourteen teams came to Providence for the invitational. The first day included events such as the 800-meter, the mile, the 3,000-meter steeplechase, […]

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Gaiters Determined “Beast of the East”

By Joe Myko ’19 Sports Staff The world’s biggest college rugby tournament, The Beast of the East, was held last weekend, on April 14-15 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Sherbrooke, Quebec’s Bishop University Gaiters triumphed as the eventual winners in the men’s Division 1 section of the competition, finishing with an impressive 16 points and a […]

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PC’s Jessica Looney’20 Looks to Compete in the Boston Marathon

By Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-Editor After a mere 26.2 miles, Jessica Looney ’20 will become the youngest member of the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team to complete the world famous Boston Marathon. Running for both of her grandfathers, who each passed away from cancer, Looney decided to apply for the Dana-Farber team because it was […]

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Softball Plays Tough Against the Pirates

Two Friars Make Big East Honor Roll By Thomas Zinzarella ’21 Sports Staff This past week, while most of the student body was focused on the Masters Tournament, the Friars were taking the field for their series matchup with the Seton Hall University Pirates. The Friars started their weekend series with a doubleheader on Friday, […]

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PC’s Erik Foley Goes Pro

By Sam Scalon ’19 Sports Staff Twenty-seven seconds is all that stood in the way of the Providence College Men’s Ice Hockey Team getting a chance to top the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the NCAA Tournament East Region Finals on March 24. Unfortunately, the end of another successful Friars Hockey season came to a […]

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Men’s Basketball Fights Hard in Big East Championship

PC Falls to ‘Nova in the Big East Final by Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff It is only two weeks into March and needless to say it has been a crazy few weeks for the Providence College Friars Men’s Basketball Team and for Friar fanatics. The month began for the Friars with a trip to […]

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Garden Bound!

PC Beats UMaine and Rolls into the Semis by Jeremy Perrigo ’18 Sports Staff The first two rounds of the Hockey East Tournament have come and gone in exciting fashion. Four teams remain heading into the final weekend of the competition at TD Garden on March 16 and 17. Despite the fact that 12 of […]

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The Cowl Makes Its Pick

by Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor Members of the Sports staff put their brains together to come up with the official 2018 March Madness Bracket for The Cowl. Thanks to Sam Scanlon ’19, Sullivan Burgess ’20, Thomas Zinzarella ’21 for helping contribute. Here is breakdown of each region, semifinals, and the championship. South Region: The […]

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Scores from Spring Break

Lacrosse: 03/03/18 vs. Sacred Heart University: L, 10-9 (OT) 03/06/18 vs. University of Massachusetts-Lowell: L, 12-11 03/10/18 vs. Harvard University: L, 11-8 Softball: 03/04/18 vs. San Jose State University: L, 4-2 vs. Pacific University: L, 11-5 03/06/18 vs. California State University- Northridge: L, 5-0 vs. CSUN: L, 10-0 03/08/18 vs. Loyola Marymount University: L, 4-1 […]

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Doris Burke Wins 2018 Curt Gowdy Award

PC Grad Continues to Make Headlines by Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports staff On Feb. 17,  the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced that former Friar and ESPN NBA analyst Doris Burke ’87 would receive the 2018 Curt Gowdy Media Award.     The award is named after American sportscaster Curt Gowdy, who served as […]

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