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Women’s basketball’s NEC hopes fall short

Brooks Bratten and Brooks Bratten
March 23, 2012

The Robert Morris Women’s Basketball team has always been offensively talented. Whether from the starting five or reserves off the bench, the Colonials have always had the potential to put the ball in the net. That potential was on display in the first round of the NEC Tournament...

Softball spends spring break in Hawaii

Alyssa Benson and Alyssa Benson
March 23, 2012

Every year the Robert Morris University women’s softball team spends their spring break in a warm location playing games against teams they typically wouldn’t see on their regular season schedule. Previously, the team has traveled to Orlando and Clearwater, Florida but this...

Men’s hockey heads to Niagara to face the Purple Eagles

Brooke Smith and Brooke Smith
March 8, 2012

After winning their best-of-three series against American International College (AIC) the NCAA men’s hockey team will face the Niagara Purple Eagles in the second round of the Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA) playoffs. The Colonials have faced off against the Purple Eagles...

Blackbirds crush RMU’s NCAA tournament aspirations

Nick Buzzelli and Nick Buzzelli
March 8, 2012

The Robert Morris Colonials were just a single victory away from returning to the NCAA March Madness tournament for a conference record eighth time, but Long Island University had other plans, crushing RMU’s championship hopes with a 90-73 thrashing Wednesday night at the Wellness...

Men’s hockey wins in dramatic fashion

Brooke Smith and Brooke Smith
March 5, 2012

The Robert Morris University NCAA men’s hockey team defeated American International College (AIC) 4-3 in overtime on Sunday night to advance to the second round of the Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA) playoffs. “Well we definitely made it interesting for our fans and...

Colonials advance to NEC finals for fourth straight season

Nick Buzzelli and Nick Buzzelli
March 5, 2012

After his teams’ 87-68 win over Monmouth Thursday night, Robert Morris head coach Andy Toole stressed the importance of maintaining defensive energy if his team wanted to advance in the Northeast Conference tournament and because of RMU’s decisive seven point victory against...

Women’s hockey wins CHA championship

Alyssa Benson and Alyssa Benson
March 3, 2012

It is always an amazing feeling to win a championship for any sport. It is even more amazing when it’s the first championship win in program history. That is what the Robert Morris University women’s ice hockey team did Saturday afternoon when they defeated Mercyhurst...

Women’s hockey tops Niagara; heads to CHA title game.

Alyssa Benson and Alyssa Benson
March 3, 2012

For the fifth time this season the Robert Morris University women’s hockey team faced off against the Niagara Purple Eagles, and for the fourth time it was a close game. Niagara got the scoring started just three minutes into the game when freshman Katie Fergus took a hooking...

Colonials knock-off Monmouth 87-68, advance to NEC quarterfinals

Nick Buzzelli and Nick Buzzelli
March 2, 2012

It was only the first day of March, but for the Robert Morris men’s basketball team the madness has already begun. The Colonials improved to 32-20 all time in the Northeast Conference (NEC) playoffs and won its seventh consecutive game against Monmouth with a dominating...

Colonials set to face off against American International

Brooke Smith and Brooke Smith
March 1, 2012

The Robert Morris NCAA men’s hockey team will open their best of three Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA) playoff series against American International (AIC) this Friday at 7:35pm at the RMU Island Sports Center. Head coach Derek Schooley knows that his team is prepared for...