Three weeks into the 2011 season and the Colonial football team is 0-3 heading into their bye week; their last lost a 13-12 heartbreaker to Morgan State. Now, the remaining eight games on the schedule are all against Northeast Conference (NEC) foes. Before the Colonials take...

McKenzie earns Division I Rookie of the Week honors.   Field hockey freshman Erin McKenzie accomplished a rare feat when she earned the Synapse Sports/WomensFieldHockey.com Division I Rookie of the Week award.    She was previously named the Northeast Conference Rookie...

After tying the Duquesne Dukes 2-2 on September 16, the Colonials finished the first half of the 2011 season with six victories, which is the best non-conference record of any RMU women’s soccer team since the program’s inception in 1992. Senior midfielder Lauren Thomas...

    This past weekend former Colonial Brianne McLaughlin was honored at the Island Sports Center with a banner celebrating her achievements not only at Robert Morris, but in the Olympics as well.   McLaughlin, a four-year starter at the goaltender position, had a...

After a disheartening 13-12 loss to Morgan State and a week off, the Colonial football team will open Northeast Conference (NEC) play Saturday Oct. 1 against Monmouth (2-1). RMU is searching for their first win of the season after dropping all three of their non-conference...

The Robert Morris men’s soccer team dropped a 2-0 decision on Sunday afternoon to Niagara University in Lewiston, N.Y. Their overall record is now 1-2-1. The Colonials were originally supposed to participate in the Mayor’s Cup this past weekend in Oneonta, N.Y., but tournament...

After losing former captain Whitney Pappas and assistant captain Sara O’Malley to graduation, former coach Nate Handrahan had the task of naming a new set of captains for the upcoming season. The captain chosen to succeed Pappas is senior Paige Pietrangelo and the new assistant...

Moving away from home and adjusting to life as a college student can be tough.  Add in being a Division I student-athlete for the NCAA men’s hockey team and things can get hectic. Senior forward and team captain, Trevor Lewis, knows exactly how his new teammates are feeling. ...

In a rematch from a year ago, the Robert Morris Colonials traveled to Liberty for their second game of the 2011 season. Unlike last year’s 30-23 upset, the Flames got the best of RMU pummeling them, 38-7, in front of 15,805 rabid fans. Quarterback Mike Brown accounted for...

For any student athlete, the ability to balance both athletics and schoolwork is essential, especially when the players are constantly traveling. Take the Robert Morris women’s soccer team for example, who play nine of its first 11 regular season matches on the road. “It’s...