Category: Friar Sports

Why Women’s Volleyball will finish their season with the best record of all PC sports

by Eileen Flynn ’20 Sports Staff      The Providence College Women’s Volleyball Team hit the ground running this season and the whole campus is talking about their success. Head coach Margot Roya-Johnson must have run one tough pre-season because the Friars opened up with an impressive 10 game winning streak. Their first tournament took […]

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Women’s Rugby Hits the Field

  by Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Reporter While they may only be a club team on campus,  the Providence College Women’s Rugby Team is definitely a team to keep your eyes on. The team is a part of the Rugby Northeast Conference. The team is run by Providence College students with an executive board consisting […]

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Women’s Soccer Kicks Off a New Season

By Eileen Flynn ’20 Sports Staff For the first time in Providence College Women’s Soccer history, the Lady Friars were scheduled to face the Razorbacks of the University of Arkansas on Sunday, September 10, 2017. Both teams stormed the field ready to meet their unfamiliar opponents. The Razorbacks made their way cross country to Providence, […]

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Men’s Hockey Looks to Light the Lamp this Season

  By Sam Scanlon ’19 Sports Staff One month until the puck drops in Ohio for the Friars’ 2017-2018 season opener against the Miami (OH) Redhawks. Two seasons removed from a National Championship, the once gritty, tough, and rugged Providence Friars have now evolved into a squad full of skillful offensive weapons and elusive skaters. […]

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Freshmen Incoming!

by Sam Scanlon ’19 Sports Staff With the 2017-2018 season just around the corner, Men’s Basketball Head Coach Ed Cooley has reeled in a new wave of talented recruits looking to make a splash here in Friartown. Four new faces have been added to the roster to complement the skillful group of upperclassmen. The Friars […]

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Men’s Soccer Prepped for Another Run

  By Eileen Flynn ’20 Sports Staff All eyes will be on the Providence College Men’s Soccer Team as they begin their 2017 season. Last year, the Friars fell to Creighton, 2-1, in a tight semifinal match on their home turf in the Big East Tournament. The team regrouped and made an exciting run in […]

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Volleyball Team Looking to be a Hit this Season

By Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Staff The start of a new school year also means the start of a new athletic season in Friartown. One team in particular, the Providence College Women’s Volleyball Team, kicked off the start of the year with three wins out of three games at a tournament hosted by Boston College […]

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Friars Say Goodbye to Seniors

By: Eileen Flynn ’20 As classes are coming to an end, so is the season for spring sports. Providence College hosted both lacrosse and softball’s senior games this past weekend. The softball team kicked the weekend off Saturday afternoon, welcoming the Creighton Blue Jays to their turf. In the third inning, Julianne Rurka ’18 drew […]

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Friar Sports Moment of the Year: Men’s Soccer Defeats No. 1 Maryland

by Jeff Williams ’17 The Providence College Men’s Soccer Team had a remarkable conclusion to the 2016 regular season, running the gauntlet with eight straight victories (including an undefeated October) and the Big East regular season. PC suffered a tough 2-1 loss in the first round of the Big East tournament to the Creighton Blue […]

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Providence to Host 2021 March Madness

by Jeff Williams ’17 The Providence College Men’s Basketball Team comes off yet another successful season for head coach Ed Cooley and his Friars. After losing Kris Dunn ’16 and Ben Bentil ’18 to the National Basketball Association, the Friar men entered the season with very low expectations, being picked to finish ninth in the […]

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