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Women's soccer placed 11th in the Horizon League preseason poll. Photo Credit: David Auth

Women’s soccer places eleventh in pre-season poll

Alexis Davis
February 4, 2021

Earlier this week, the Robert Morris women's soccer team was ranked 11th out of 12 teams in the Horizon League preseason poll. The Colonials were given a total of 35 points in the poll. The rankings are voted on by 12 of the league's head women’s soccer coaches.Milwaukee...

Kaoru Hayashi will be joining women's soccer for the upcoming season. Photo Credit: Snow College Athletics

Women’s soccer adds Hayashi to 2021 squad

Alexis Davis
January 17, 2021

The Robert Morris women’s soccer team announced Thursday afternoon that redshirt junior forward Kaoru Hayashi will be joining the team for the upcoming 2021 season.A native of Ama, Japan, Hayashi spent two seasons playing at Snow College, a junior college in Ephraim, Utah.In...

Photo Credit: Erik Schmidt

Bechtold’s Breakdowns: What does moving fall sports to spring mean for RMU?

Austin Bechtold
August 31, 2020

As the first day of classes officially kicks off the start of a new year for Robert Morris and a new era in the athletics, the Colonials were supposed to be preparing for their first-ever action in the Horizon League. Nonetheless, a global pandemic found a way to completely derail...

NCAA approves extra year of eligibility for fall sport DI athletes

NCAA approves extra year of eligibility for fall sport DI athletes

Austin Bechtold, Assistant Sports Editor
August 25, 2020

The NCAA Division I Board of Directors voted on August 21 to approve a waiver to grant an extra year of eligibility for fall sport athletes. The extra year will go into effect regardless of whether fall sports are able to resume competition in the spring. Athletes will have...

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RMU officially joins Horizon League

Austin Bechtold, Assistant Sports Editor
June 15, 2020

Big things on the Horizon, a new Horizon, expanding your Horizon. No matter the journey, or wording, the destination is clear. After 39 years in the Northeast Conference, Robert Morris University is joining the Horizon League for the upcoming 2020-21 academic and athletic school...

Chris Shaw brought on as new women's soccer coach

Chris Shaw brought on as new women’s soccer coach

Nick Hedderick, Sports Editor
December 18, 2019

MOON TOWNSHIP-- In early November, it was announced that long-time women's soccer coach, John Kowalski, would not have his contract renewed after it expired later this year. It was also reported that RMU would begin looking for Kowalski's replacement right away in a national...

Carney's Corner: It's about time RMU moved on from Kowalski

Carney’s Corner: It’s about time RMU moved on from Kowalski

Logan Carney
November 14, 2019

Editor’s Note: All opinions on RMU Sentry Media are the writer’s own.MOON TOWNSHIP -- In not even a year on the job, new Director of Athletics, Chris King, Ph.D. has already done more for the women's soccer program than former Director of Athletics Craig Coleman,...

Kowalski to no longer be at the helm of women’s soccer

Nick Hedderick
November 7, 2019

MOON TOWNSHIP-- As announced in a press release earlier this week, John Kowalski will not be returning as the women's soccer coach next season. Director of Athletics, Chris King, announced that Kowalski, who has spent 19 years as the head coach of the Colonials, will not have...

Women’s soccer closes out 2019 season in style

Zachary Somma
November 1, 2019

MOON TOWNSHIP-- The RMU women’s soccer team (5-10-2, 4-5-1 NEC) played the last game of their season on Friday, as they rolled to a 4-0 victory over St. Francis Brooklyn (0-16-0, 0-9-0 NEC). Though the afternoon was quite windy and cold, both sides seemed not too bothered...

Women’s soccer closes the door on 2019 against winless St. Francis Brooklyn

Zachary Somma
November 1, 2019

MOON TOWNSHIP-- The Robert Morris women's soccer team (5-10-2, 3-5-1 NEC) hopes to finish strong on Friday when they take on the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers (0-15-0, 0-8-0 NEC) at the North Athletic Complex in their last game of the season. Recapping RMUThe Colonials will play...