Category: Friar Sports

Coach Ray Treacy Wins His Own Award

By Eileen Flynn ’20 Sports Staff Ray Treacy is a respected and well-known name around Providence College’s campus and in the Cross Country and Track and Field communities. The school was recently reminded of the coach’s talents because Treacy was awarded the Northeast Region Women’s Coach of the Year award for the second consecutive year. […]

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Former Hockey Player Dies of Ewing’s Sarcoma

By Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-Editor Andrew “Drew” Brown ’16 may not have physically been in Schneider Arena this past weekend, but his presence was surely known and felt as the Friars went on to beat University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Seven goals were scored for number seven on that emotional Saturday night of Nov. 11. It […]

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Fall Sports Wrap-Up

By Joe Myko ’19 Sports Staff   As the year creeps further into November, fall sports at Providence College are beginning to wrap-up. With the exception of volleyball, all the fall sports have ended. Now, before we fully turn our attention to hockey, basketball, and other winter sports, let’s take a look back on an […]

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Men’s Basketball Splits First Weekend of Play

By Chris McCormack ’18 Sports Staff   The Providence College Men’s Basketball Team kicked off their  season last weekend with a 84-55 win over the Houston Baptist Huskies in Alumni Hall. With comic-con being held at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center on Nov. 10, the Friars were able to play the first men’s basketball game on […]

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Women’s Hockey Comes Out Strong

By: Jeremy Perrigo ’18   Sports Staff     The Providence College Women’s Ice Hockey Team, after finishing the 2016-17 campaign 17-17-3, is off to a strong start this season with a record of 6-3-2.      The Friars swept the Northeastern Universty Huskies in a home-and-home over the weekend of Oct. 28 with 2-1 […]

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Swim Team Gears Up for Big Meet

By Meaghan Cahill Sports Co-Editor    The second biggest meet of the season is on the horizon for the Providence College Men’s and Women’s Swim and Dive Teams. The Harold Anderson Invitational, which takes place this year at the University of Rhode Island, is “treated as the Big East Championsips,” according to Madeline Snow ’19. […]

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Cross Country’s Big East Standouts

By Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-Editor Despite the cold and the wind on Oct. 28, both the Providence College Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Teams competed at the Big East Cross Country Championships. It was a successful day with the women’s team clinching the second place spot and the men’s team coming in fourth place. […]

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Weekend Sweep for Men’s Hockey

By Sam Scanlon ’19 Sports Staff   After a weekend in Upstate New York where the Friars grabbed one win and were handed a loss against St. Lawrence University and Clarkson University respectively, the Providence College Men’s Hockey Team returned home to Schneider Arena to face two nationally ranked Hockey East powerhouses.   Friday night […]

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Women’s Basketball Preview

Team Looks to Previous Season Highlights as Guides for Upcoming Season By Ethan Ticehurst ’18 Sports Staff    Basketball season is right around the corner in Friartown. Crowds will be pouring into the Dunkin Donuts Center to see the Providence College Men’s Basketball Team play this season, but fans will also head to Mullaney Gymnasium […]

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Women’s Soccer: Tourney Bound

By Eileen Flynn ’20 Sports Staff The Providence College Women’s Soccer Team has o cially concluded their regular season play. The team nished with a solid record of 10-7-1, and 5-3-1 in the Big East. Throughout the season, the Friars clinched several big wins causing the team to stand out around campus and throughout the […]

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