Category: Sports

Former Friar Named to Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

Ernie D Becomes the Third Friar Inducted Into Hall of Fame By Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor Last week, the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2019 who will be inducted into the elite group on Nov. 24 in Kansas City, Missouri. Among the inductees this year will be former Providence […]

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Sports Business Organization’s First Semester Shows Promise

By Christian Rada ’22 Sports Staff At the start of this semester, the Sports Business Organization Club was formed for students interested in entering the sports industry. The club has already brought in five key sports leaders as guests to talk to students about their stories and how they entered the industry. When asking Graham […]

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Softball Player Sets New School Record for All-Time Hits

Emma Lee ’19 solidified her name in Providence College history this past weekend in an away series against Big East rivals Villanova University. The right fielder for the PC Softball Team broke the program’s all-time hit record with her 215th career hit. During the first of two games that would take place on April 6, […]

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Who Will Win The NHL Stanley Cup?

Boston Bruins By Scott Jarosz ’21 Sports Staff With March Madness now over, it is the National Hockey League’s turn to take center stage with the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Featuring eight teams each from the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference for a total of 16 teams, this year’s playoffs are sure to provide excitement […]

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Who Will Win The NHL Stanley Cup?

Tampa Bay Lightning By Gavin Woods ’22 Sports Staff The 2018-2019 Tampa Bay Lightning are going to win this year’s Stanley Cup. While this is by no means a “hot take,” as the Lightning currently lead the Eastern Conference, the numbers speak for themselves. The Lightning put up a historic regular season tying the all-time […]

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Men’s Hockey Still Dancing

Team Heads to the Frozen Four for the Fifth Time in Program History By Scott Jarosz ’21 Sports Staff The Providence College Men’s Hockey Team entered the NCAA Hockey Tournament as the fourth and lowest seed in the East Regional. The Friars were quite fortunate to be selected into the East Regional, which was hosted […]

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Men’s Basketball Roster Features a New Face

Friars Welcome UMass Player Luwane Pipkins After Two PC Players Decide to Transfer By Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff After a season of ups and downs for the Providence College Men’s Basketball program, it is time to recruit and make big decisions for the program. Ed Cooley knows first hand that the team needs to […]

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Men’s Lacrosse Enters the Second Half of Their Season

Team Already Matches Win Total from 2018 By Liza Sisk ’19 Sports Staff The Providence College Men’s Lacrosse Team is heading into the second half of the 2019 season with a 5-5 record. The second half of the season ushers in a focus on conference play. Four of the next five games for the Friars […]

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Editor’s Corner

Gronk Gone in a Flash, but Not the Patriots By Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor We all knew it was going to happen eventually; there was no way anyone could expect Rob Gronkowski to play into his 40s like his quarterback. With the number of injuries he was enduring, continuing to play is not worth […]

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PCI: Who Will Win The NCAA Frozen Four?

Providence College By Sam Scanlon ’19 Sports Staff After patiently waiting to see if they had squeaked into the NCAA Tournament field, the Providence College Friars are headed back to the Frozen Four. The adversity that they have had to overcome this season, especially throughout the playoffs, is a large reason why no one is […]

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