Category: Sports

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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Shalane Flanagan Wins NYC Marathon

By Eileen Flynn ’20 Sports Staff    On Sunday, November 5, Shalane Flanagan made history by becoming the first American woman to win the New York City Marathon in 40 years.   Runners from all over the world gathered in New York City to compete against one another. Over 50,000 runners were set to race […]

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Why Soccer is the Hardest Sport to Officiate

By Ethan Ticehurst ’18 Sports Staff   The hardest sport to officiate is soccer and there are several reasons why this is true. Soccer is a fast-paced game where many fouls are left up to the referees’ judgement which inevitably leads to some disagreement.    In soccer, the game moves quickly.There are no stoppages of […]

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Why Hockey is the Hardest Sport to Officiate

By Jeremy Perrigo ’18 Sports Staff    Hockey has traditionally, and somewhat sarcastically, been called “the fastest game on ice.” While none of the other three major American sports (football, baseball, and basketball) take place on the same type of playing field, hockey still may be considered the fastest of the four, making it an […]

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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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Athlete of the Week: Catarina Rocha

Athlete of the Week: Catarina Rocha By: Joe Myko ’19 Sports Staff On Oct. 28, on a brisk day in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Providence College’s Men and Women’s Cross Country teams were involved in the Big East Cross Country Championships with the men’s team finishing in fourth as a collective, while the women’s team finished second. […]

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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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2018 Olympics Preview

By Sam Scanlon ’19 Sports Staff    Winter is coming. This winter will be a particularly exciting one, as all eyes will be on Pyeongchang, South Korea. The world’s best winter athletes will convene to represent their respective countries in the 2018 Winter Olympics with some big changes coming to the games this year.    […]

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