by Max Anderson ’18 Sports Staff Saying this college basketball season has been unpredictable and chaotic would be an understatement; the University of Virginia Cavaliers, a team that was not even ranked going into the season, is the number one overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, while five teams that were ranked in the Preseason […]
by Chris McCormack ’18 Sports Staff The Conference Tournaments have officially ended, which means it is now time for the greatest sporting event of the year. NCAA March Madness holds a special place in my heart, especially when our own school is competing. The field has a lot of strong teams as well as many […]
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 […]
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 […]
PC Geared for Another Deep Run by Sam Scanlon ’19 Sports Staff It’s tourney time! The Hockey East is one of the most exciting and competitive conferences in the NCAA and is home to names like Adam Gaudette of Northeastern, 2018 Olympian Jordan Greenway of Boston University and, of course Providence College’s very own Erik […]
Huskies Look to Continue Strong Season by Jeremy Perrigo ’18 Sports Staff March is here at last, and with its arrival comes the beginning of the Hockey East Tournament. This year, the Hockey East Association announced it would be reverting back to a playoff structure which was last used in 2014. In this structure, […]
Despite Low Medal Total, Plenty of Highlights for the US. by Joe Myko ’19 Sports Staff The XXIII Winter Olympic Games was recently held in PyeongChang, South Korea, with the opening ceremony taking place on Feb. 9 followed by 16 jam-packed days full of various winter sports. The closing ceremonies wrapped the games up on […]
No Need to End Big Games in a Shootout by Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-editor On the anniversary of the 1980 Olympics’ “Miracle on Ice,” the United States Women’s Hockey Team made history of their own by winning their first Gold Medal in 20 years. The team achieved victory in a dramatic shootout on Feb. […]
Plenty of Highlights for PC Track and Field by Thomas Zinzarella ’21 Sports Staff Although the weather cooled down this past weekend, things were heating up at the Big East Indoor Track & Field Championship in Staten Island, New York. While neither the Providence College Men’s or Women’s Track and Field Teams came away with […]
Friars’ Win Creates Big Upset by Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff As the end of the season swiftly approaches, the Providence College Friars dominate the Big East Conference play, with a major win against the # 3 overall Villanova, with a final score of 76-71. After suffering a heavy loss to DePaul last Saturday, 80-63, […]