Category: Sports

Athlete of the Week: Cassidy Carels ’17

by Lauren Altmeyer ’17 Cassidy Carels ’17 has been an asset to the Providence College Women’s Ice Hockey Team ever since she arrived in 2013. Captaining the team this year, the Bruxelles, Manitoba, Canada native lead the Friars to 17 wins, the most wins since the 2010-2011 season. Carels also collected a career-high 37 points, […]

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Lacrosse Bests Vermont in Close Contest

by Jake Scearbo ’17 The Providence College Men’s Lacrosse Team secured a huge victory over University of Vermont with an 8-6 win on their home field.  Brendan Kearns ’19 and Nick Hatzipetrakos ’19 both recorded hat tricks and paced the Friars offensively in their win. The defense was stout, only allowing six goals to a […]

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Athlete of the Week: Kyron Cartwright

by Jeff Williams ’17 After a tough overtime loss to Seton Hall on Feb. 8, the Providence College Men’s Basketball Team had lost four of their last five games and were 4-9 after a great 10-2 start to the season. At 14-11 overall and 4-8 in the Big East, the future looked bleak for the […]

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Friars Track Competes for Big East Championship

by Eileen Flynn ’20 In Staten Island, New York, the Friars laced up their sneakers in the midst of other Big East rivals: Marquette, St. John’s, Villanova, Georgetown, Butler, and DePaul. The Providence College Men’s and Women’s Track Teams participated in the two-day Big East Championship on Feb. 24-25. The Friars have shown promise in […]

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Hockey Program Bids Farewell to Seniors

By Sam Scanlon ’19 As both the Providence College Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey teams wrapped up their regular season play, we said goodbye to the five women and six men graduating who have donned the black and white for the past four years. Arianna Buxman ’17, Ariana Reid ’17, Kendra Goodrich ’17, Lauren Klein […]

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Softball Plays in First Tournament

by Meaghan Cahill ’20 The Providence College Softball Team started their season off with a 2-3 record in the D9 Orange Blossom Tournament held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports in Kissimmee, Florida. PC won their first game 9-3 against George Washington University and ended their last appearance in the tournament with a 3-0 […]

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PCI: What’s More Fun to Watch

NBA by Ethan Ticehurst ’18 The only time I have ever fallen asleep in the middle of watching sports involved the New York Islanders and the Montreal Canadiens. I had originally sat down in front of the TV figuring that my love of Providence College hockey would translate to the NHL. This was the worst […]

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Honoring Friar Athletic Legends

by Sam Hardwick ’17 Providence College is a school of greats. During each Friar Legends Forever Jersey Retirement Event numbers get retired, legacies are revisited and the student body is reminded that there are all-time Friar legacies whose names are not Kris Dunn ’16. With the the Class of 2017 inductions over the weekend of […]

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PCI: Who Will Win the Stanley Cup?

by Max Anderson ’19 The Minnesota Wild are currently sitting at the top of the Western Conference standings with a record of 37-13-6 (7-2-1 in their last 10 games), hoping to continue their momentum and capture the franchise’s first Stanley Cup. The Wild possess excellent veteran leadership, a plethora of scoring talent, and a hot […]

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Men’s Basketball Defeats No. 22 Butler

By Jeff Williams ’17 After a heartbreaking loss to the Villanova Wildcats at a jam-packed Dunkin’ Donuts Center on Feb. 1, the Providence College Men’s Basketball Team fell to 14-10 overall and 4-7 in the Big East, a very disappointing drop from their 10-3 mark in nonconference play. After three straight seasons of  making the […]

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