Category: Sports

Final Four Highlights

Men’s Final Four By Leo Hainline ’22 Sports Staff The 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament featured one of the best Final Four games to ever be played when Gonzaga University defeated the University of California, Los Angeles. It then culminated with a worthy champion in Baylor University. UCLA, an 11-seed that barely made the field […]

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Sports Shorts

Sports Shorts Week of 4/8-4/15 By Liam Tormey ’22 Sports Assistant Editor Men’s Lacrosse: Over the weekend, the Providence College Men’s Lacrosse Team hosted St. John’s University at Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium in a Big East matchup. The Friars dominated the contest, winning by a score of 19-9. Matt Grillo ’22 and John Hoffman […]

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Friar Freshman Off To Hot Start

Diarbian Right at Home in Friartown By Thomas Zinzarella ’21 Sports Staff Coming into the fall season, Providence College Men’s Soccer player Gevork Diarbian ’24 did not know what to expect. Colleges around the country were still attempting to figure out a safe way for fall sports to occur. As a conference with member schools […]

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The Cowl Sports Staff Picks Its Winner

Gonzaga Bulldogs Will Take Home Their First Championship By Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor Members of the sports staff put their heads together to come up with the third official The Cowl March Madness bracket. Thanks to Luke Sweeney ’24 for his analysis of the South region, Leo Hainline ’22 for the West, Ben Bilotti […]

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Four Big East Teams Battle for NCAA Glory

Big Teams Hope to Correct the Course After Big East Tournament By Luke Sweeney ’24 Sports Staff The 2020-2021 NCAA basketball season has been one to remember, for all the wrong reasons. Having to adapt to the many new rules and regulations in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic, teams of every conference had a […]

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PCI: Who Will Win The Final Four Most Outstanding Player Award?

Providence College Investigates: College Basketball Ayo Dosunmu By Margaret Maloney ’23 Sports Staff The Illinois Fighting Illini Men’s Basketball Team abruptly appeared on everyone’s radar during the 2020-2021 Men’s Division I basketball season. This is largely because of one player who has emerged from his shell in his third year as a force to be […]

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March Sport Shorts

Week of 3/11-3/17 By Ben Bilotti ’23 Sports Staff Women’s Volleyball The Providence College Women’s Volleyball Team played a two-game series against the University of Connecticut Women’s Volleyball Team on March 12 and March 13. PC won both games three sets to one and improved their record to 5-1. In game one, Emma Nelson ’23 […]

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Above and Beyond: Friars Make Playoff Run

Coach Kelly, Friars Always Competing By Scott Jarosz ’21 Sports Staff The 2020-2021 season has been one to remember for head coach Matt Kelly and the Providence College Women’s Ice Hockey Team. After the team’s 2019-2020 campaign came to a close with a loss to the University of New Hampshire in the Hockey East Quarterfinals, […]

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Adapt or Lose: PC Softball Returns

Friars Return to Field After Shortened Season By Leo Hainline ’22 Sports Staff Few programs in Friartown have experienced a turnaround these past few years like the Providence College Softball Team. Coach Jill Karwoski took over in 2018 and led the Friars to their best record since 2005 in her first season as head coach. […]

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Lake Tahoe: Hockey in the Great Outdoors

NHL Heads West For Outdoor Games By Ryan Carius ’21 Sports Staff On Feb. 20, the NHL returned to its roots: hockey on an outdoor stage. That stage was Lake Tahoe, the United States’ largest alpine lake, in close proximity to the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The event was a two-day matchup featuring two top […]

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