MOON TOWNSHIP -- Not often does a top notch college lacrosse program such as the University of Maryland make an appearance in Western PA. On Tuesday, Robert Morris welcomed the No. 3 ranked Terrapins to campus for a non-conference slate. Not surprisingly,...

Antwan Eddie remembered it like it was yesterday. Just over two years ago, the Robert Morris football program was coming off a 4-and-7 record from the 2012-13 season. The future looked bright, with a solid defensive unit returning the next year and...

What have you learned in your first season as head coach that you maybe weren't expecting coming into it? I think I’ve learned a lot. I’ve learned that you can’t win at any level playing freshman and sophomores no matter how good they are. We...

John Banaszak’s office in the Robert Morris football complex sits high above and overlooks the Joe Walton Stadium field. There may not be a better sight on campus than when the sun sets over the stadium and illuminates the skyline of the west hills...

The Robert Morris women’s basketball team will make its home debut tonight at the Charles L. Sewall Center against La Salle. They will be without forwards Cassie Oursler and Johnnah Johnson. Per the RMU Athletics sports information department, Oursler...

The Steel City Showdown at Duquesne’s Arthur J. Rooney Field featured the typical hard-hitting, Pittsburgh style football people of the region are so accustomed to. With both teams out of Northeast Conference contention, Saturday served nothing more...

True freshman running back Rameses Owens has had a rather impressive rookie campaign for Robert Morris this season. Despite the offensive woes, Owens' start to his career was a little more successful than the unit as a whole. There may be a few question...

A familiar face can be seen along the Robert Morris bench this season, with former guard Velton Jones joining head coach Andy Toole’s staff as Director of Player Development. Jones, a four-year starter at point guard, graduated in 2013 with a degree...

The dog days continued for Robert Morris Saturday afternoon,  falling to St. Francis 40-7 on Senior Day. The loss puts the Colonials at 1-9 on the year. Robert Morris could only amount 176 yards of total offense all game, the same scenario on just...

Robert Morris had its backs against the wall before Saturday’s Northeast Conference matchup with Wagner even began. With multiple starters out across the depth chart, chances of coming out out with a win were already looking rather slim. Just 132...

Rodney Pryor hadn’t played a basketball game in over two and a half years leading into Robert Morris’ exhibition debut against Division II Mansfield Tuesday night. Pryor had sat out the previous two seasons at Cloud County Community College with...

The upcoming gubernatorial election results will weigh large merit upon a pressing issue across the United States; the legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Democratic representative Tom Wolf and incumbent Gov. Tom Corbett both feel differently...

The stakes couldn’t be any higher for the Robert Morris women’s soccer team this weekend. Currently in fifth place in the Northeast Conference standings, the Colonials control their own destiny in their final two-game road trip of the season. The...

Robert Morris women's soccer goalkeeper Becky Schoenecker was named Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Monday for the second time this season. The senior netminder recorded her third shutout of the year while making five saves in...

The Northeast Conference announced Monday that three Robert Morris football players have earned weekly recognition for their impact in the Colonials' 27-24 comeback win over Central Connecticut State. Defensive end Forrest Mason was named NEC Defensive...

Before all of the thrill and excitement took place in the fourth quarter at Joe Walton Stadium on Saturday, Robert Morris’ matchup against CCSU was setting up to be the same old story. Down big midway through the second half and on the brink of an...

Who would’ve thought it’d take almost eight weeks for John Banaszak to be celebrating win number one as head coach of Robert Morris? After the Colonials erased an 18-point deficit to defeat Central Connecticut State (2-5, 0-2) 27-24 at home on...

There obviously weren’t a lot of positives to take out of Robert Morris’ 52-13 loss to Sacred Heart last weekend. The collective struggles continued in all three facets against the Pioneers, and now six games into the season, there’s been minimal...

The start of Northeast Conference play last weekend further proved that who will be crowned champion come the end of November is still really a toss-up at this point. We’re talking about the NEC, a conference where the last two champions were selected...

Robert Morris men's hockey sophomore goalie Dalton Izyk has been selected as Atlantic Hockey's Travel Team USA Goaltender of the Week. Izyk shutout Lake Superior State Saturday night and stopped 28 shots as the Colonials won 3-0. His career save percentage...

Robert Morris women's hockey senior goaltender Courtney Vinet has been named College Hockey America's Goaltender of the Week. The announcement came on Monday after Vinet was an intregal part of the Colonials 2-1 win over Colgate Saturday night, where...

Former Robert Morris All-American offensive lineman A.J. Dalton has been assigned to the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League, per an announcement on the team's official website. After spending NFL training camp with the Detroit Lions, news...

In the Northeast Conference football opening weekend, Robert Morris (0-6, 0-1) fell to defending champion Sacred Heart (5-1,1-0) 52-13 on the road. It was the same old story for the Colonials, outgained by over 300 yards in total offense. Robert Morris...

With last weekend’s 51-20 Homecoming loss to Monmouth behind them, the RMU football team was back at Joe Walton Stadium Monday.  In the rain. It was a typical Monday walk through, with the team in shorts and helmets getting ready for a tough week...

The weather in Moon Township on Saturday nearly depicted how the entire day would turn out for Robert Morris (0-5) against Monmouth (4-1). After a terrible hail shower pelted Joe Walton Stadium and tailgate alley just before kickoff, an even greyer...

With Monmouth approaching on Saturday, the quarterback spot isn’t the only position Robert Morris needs more production from in order to improve the offensive woes. The offensive line has been noticeably inconsistent this season. They’re a young...

Robert Morris offensive coordinator Darrin Hicks announced Monday that Derik Abbott will be getting the nod at quarterback this weekend in place of Luke Brumbaugh. The decision couldn’t have come at a more important time for the Colonials coming...

We’re now going on Week 5 of the Robert Morris 2014 campaign, and the new era has began with four non-conference games without a single win to show. No way did I think that’d be the case back in August at this point in the season. Yes, head...

In Tuesday’s non-conference match against Howard (1-7-1), Robert Morris looked like two completely different teams between the first and second half. RMU (2-7-1) fell to the visiting Bison 2-1 at the North Athletic Complex, unable to climb out of...

It’s no secret today that in order to be considered a good football team, consistent production is a must in all three facets of the game; offense, defense and special teams. Offense puts people in the seats. Defense wins championships. The clichés...

With Dayton approaching on Saturday, Robert Morris has been getting back to the basics in practice this week. A rough 0-3 start to 2014 has slightly dampened the excitement surrounding the new era of RMU football, but head coach John Banaszak is certainly...

The Robert Morris men's lacrosse program recently hired three new assistant coaches within the last month to join the staff. RMU Sentry Media caught up with one of the additions, Carlo Sunseri, to gain some quick thoughts on the recent moves and what...

Neco Brett and Corey McCurdy have been honored by the Northeast Conference for their play in the VMI Jay Scully Memorial Tournament over the weekend. Brett earned U-ADE NEC Player of the Week after posting seven points in two games. The junior forward...

At 0-and-2 on the year, it looked as if Robert Morris had nowhere to go but up heading into its road contest with Lafayette on Saturday. Growing pains were coming; everybody knew that with a young team and a new offensive system. However, no one...

It's safe to say that after two weeks of the 2014 season, the Robert Morris offense under new coordinator Darrin Hicks has been anything but predictable. In Week 1, Luke Brumbuagh dropped back 51 times in his first career start, creating the assumption...

Per a press release this morning, the Robert Morris football program announced the promotion of defensive coordinator Scott Farison to assistant head coach. The longest active member on the coaching staff in his 13th year with the program, Farison...

Mike Stojkovic is the image of any defensive coordinator’s ideal middle linebacker. He’s strong enough to knock a 300-pound guard four yards deep into the backfield, yet fast enough to pursue CCSU’s Rob Hollomon sideline to sideline. He’s...

Robert Morris women's soccer senior goalkeeper Becky Schoenecker was named Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Week Monday after two solid outings in net for the Colonials over the weekend. Schoenecker made 12 saves in two games and preserved...

Robert Morris freshman running back Rameses Owens is racking up the awards this week after his 237 all-purpose yard performance against North Dakota last Saturday. Via the Northeast Conference football twitter account @NECFootball, Owens was named...

Despite 237 all-purpose yards from freshman Rameses Owens, the Robert Morris football team was unable to earn its first win of the season, falling to North Dakota 16-13 inside the Alerus Center Saturday night. Owens’ big night broke multiple school...

NAME: Brenden Alfery POSITION: Goalkeeper Junior Grove City transfer goalie Brenden Alfery turned heads in RMU men's soccer’s two opening games of the 2014 season this past weekend. In his RMU debut, Alfery made nine saves, three of which were...

NAME: Arden Fisher POSITION: Outside Hitter Arden Fisher, a sophomore from Oakmont, Pa, recently earned conference recognition from her play in RMU volleyball’s first four game set to begin the 2014 campaign. The All-NEC second-teamer tallied four...

There was a different feeling in the air at Joe Walton Stadium as the Robert Morris football program took its first step of a new era under head coach John Banaszak. A new regime, brand new jerseys, a new head coach and a new offensive system highlighted...

Change is good, right? That's what it seems like from starting quarterback Luke Brumbaugh and the rest of the Colonial offense, working under the new spread scheme freshly installed by incoming offensive coordinator Darrin Hicks. This is the first...

On beginning his first preseason as head coach at RMU: “For me personally, its been exciting. The kids have responded and came into camp in great shape. As a staff, we’re very excited about that. Our coaching staff is ready for training camp. Things...

It’s an old adage in both life and sports that all good things must come to an end eventually. For the Robert Morris women’s basketball team, that ending came rather forcefully and abruptly Saturday afternoon as top-seeded Notre Dame flexed its muscles...

LOCATION: Toledo, Ohio TIME: 1:30 Tip-off OPPPONENT RECORD: 32-0, AP No. 2 TELEVISED: ESPN Congratulations to Robert Morris women’s basketball on winning the Northeast Conference Championship and earning a NCAA Tournament berth for the first...

What a difference a year makes. Last March, the Robert Morris women’s basketball team did not make the conference tournament after wrapping up a dreadful 2012-13 campaign in which they finished 10th overall in the NEC. Roughly 365 days later,...

“As I said before, one of the goals that I haven’t achieved yet is taking a ring and leaving Robert Morris as a champion,” said senior Artemis Spanou prior to the start of the 2013-14 season. Almost five months later, Robert Morris defeated...

For Robert Morris, the first half of Sunday’s NEC quarterfinal matchup against LIU Brooklyn resembled everything they were trying to avoid heading into the conference postseason. A slow start, first-half jitters, and a few unlucky breaks caused the...

The Northeast Conference came out with its seasonal awards today for women’s basketball and several Colonials took home hardware. For the second consecutive season, senior forward Artemis Spanou was voted NEC Player of the Year. The Greece native...

The stage was set for the Robert Morris women’s basketball team as they took on Mount St. Mary’s on senior night in the final game of the 2013-14 campaign. Win, and be named conference regular season champions, or lose and decrease momentum heading...

When the Robert Morris football program takes the field for the first time during the John Banaszak era next year, it will be without linebacker Kimani Smith and defensive back Brian Jones. Smith and Jones were charged with disorderly conduct stemming...

With the start of the NEC Women’s Basketball Tournament quickly approaching, here’s a bracket preview with tentative matchups for postseason play. All matchups are based off the current conference standings, presuming nothing dramatically shifts in...

For the Robert Morris women’s basketball team as of late, there’s no place like home. Literally. The Colonials spent Monday evening dominating LIU Brooklyn at the Charles L. Sewall Center, pounding the Blackbirds 79-43 to improve to 12-2 in...

In a Saturday afternoon affair at the Charles L. Sewall Center, the Robert Morris women’s basketball team grinded out another win, this time defeating Central Connecticut State 66-49 in the matinee of a RMU basketball double-header. The win improves...

The Robert Morris women’s basketball team, fresh off clinching a NEC tournament berth with their win over Sacred Heart last Monday, head into a weekend stretch in which they face CCSU and LIU Brooklyn at the Sewall Center. Here’s what you need to...

It doesn’t take bright lights and a big city to chase a dream. Just ask A.J. Dalton. A former All-American left tackle for Robert Morris, Dalton is on a quest to prove his worth amongst the NFL, a league where long-term, quality players are rarely...

Rebeca Navarro went into Robert Morris’ matchup with Sacred Heart averaging 4.5 points per game. Her game did the talking Monday evening however, as she posted a career-high 20 points on a 6-of-7 shooting effort from long range, second-best in...

Anna Niki Stamolamprou has been more than just an average freshman in her first year at Robert Morris. Through 21 games this season, the guard has played beyond her years, and her team is reaping the benefits. “She’s having a nice first year as...

Robert Morris (11-10, 6-0 NEC) vs. Bryant (13-8, 5-1 NEC) A battle for first place in the NEC will take place Thursday night as the Colonials face off with Bryant at the Sewall Center on an 8PM tip. Some quick thoughts and keys to the game Inside...

In an updated statement made to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this morning, RMU spokesperson Jonathan Potts clarified details over the suspensions of four men’s basketball players for a violation of university policy. Following last week's announcement...

Moon High school was leading 42-32 heading into the final quarter in its WPIAL Section 4-AAAA contest against Bethel Park Friday night. That was until Bethel Park’s Anthony Bomar caught fire. The Blackhawks quickly erased Moon’s lead within...

The Robert Morris women’s basketball team edged Fairleigh Dickinson Monday night 67-58 at Stratis Arena in Hackensack, NJ. The win improved their record to 11-8 and 7-1 in the Northeast Conference, securing their first place mark within the league. The...

Final: Robert Morris 74 Wagner 70 RMU Top Scorer: Karvel Anderson-21 points RMU Top Rebounder: Aaron Tate- 9 rebounds Lethal: Karvel Anderson continued to display his lethal stroke from all over the court. He finished 7 of 13 from the field,...

Artemis Spanou, Kelly Hartwell and Britta Emberg are the three current seniors of the Robert Morris University women’s basketball team set to graduate come May 2014. As their time at RMU begins to wind down, what won’t be forgotten is the imprint...

What’s been going on around the RMU Women’s Basketball team over the last week? They’re currently tied for first place in the NEC and on a four-game winning streak. Read here for a few quick thoughts.  Record: 9-8 (5-1 NEC)       Artemis...

It was just two games ago that Artemis Spanou grabbed down her twentieth rebound against Fairleigh Dickinson, cementing herself as the Northeast Conference all-time leading rebounder. A week later, she was back to writing her name in the record books,...

The matchup between Robert Morris and St. Francis displayed the qualities of a typical Northeast Conference rivalry game. The back and forth contest portrayed two emotion-led teams battling it out, but the Colonials ultimately ended up victorious,...

Northeast Conference Player of the Year, RMU rebounding record holder, and now, the NEC rebounding record holder, along with a FIBA gold medal are among the distinguished compliments of senior forward Artemis Spanou over her career at Robert Morris. What...

It was a tale of two halves for the Robert Morris women’s basketball team in their 66-51 victory over Northeast Conference foe Fairleigh Dickinson Monday night. Trailing 22-20 at half time, the Colonials surged out of the break, outscoring the Knights...

The RMU women’s basketball team had one of their worst seasons last year in head coach Sal Buscaglia’s eleven-year tenure in Moon Township.  Injuries killed the squad, forcing them to go with an eight player rotation as their roster for three quarters...

Joe Walton means everything to the Robert Morris football program, while the Robert Morris football program means everything to Joe Walton. The program’s founder, leader and only head coach for over twenty years is set to retire at the end of the 2013...

The Northeast Conference announced their yearly award winners and all-conference selections via the NEC twitter account on November 27. The distinguishable awards, produced by a coach’s vote, have brought much controversy and debate around the...

It was an emotional Saturday afternoon at Joe Walton Stadium as the Robert Morris football team took on Sacred Heart in a highly anticipated matchup with Northeast Conference championship implications on the line. In head coach Joe Walton’s final...

It took the Robert Morris women’s basketball team eleven games to earn their first victory last season, a 60-51 win at Kent State. A little under a year later, on Elementary Education Day at the Charles L. Sewall Center, the Colonials made it a point...

Coach Sal Buscaglia and the RMU women’s basketball team were excited to get things going after being chosen first overall in the NEC preseason poll earlier this month. A brand new season was at the brink with Hofstra traveling to the Charles L. Sewall...

The Robert Morris football program has not beaten Bryant since the series began six years ago. In the last five meetings, the Colonials had been on the losing end every time, due to inconsistency and a bit of bad luck.   However today, the outcome...

The NEC race is wide open at this point in the season, as each teams’ records explain so. All of the seven schools have at least one conference loss, making the 2013 champion unpredictable at this point. For Robert Morris, the answer is simple....

Head coach Joe Walton and the RMU football team head to Staten Island, New York for a date with Wagner College in their first NEC road game of the season on Saturday. Currently at 2-4 on the year (0-1 NEC), the Colonials are looking to find the...

A.J. Dalton has been a force up front for Robert Morris since he arrived in Moon Township in 2010. The Colonials’ big mammoth has 32 career starts since his freshman year, first among all active players. The tenured career of the All-NEC selection...

Antwan Eddie is more than just your average cornerback. He can return punts, too. In RMU’s thrilling double overtime win last weekend against Virginia Military Institute, the junior returned an 88-yard punt to the house, earning his second Northeastern...

Robert Morris heads into their weekend matchup against Virginia Military Institute coming off of a much-needed bye after a heartbreaking, 21-14, loss to Dayton two weeks ago. Currently sitting with a 1-2 record, it will be extremely important for the...

The most noticeable improvement on the RMU defense this season has been the play of middle linebacker Mike Cook. The redshirt senior is coming off of a 2012 campaign in which he led the team with 88 tackles, but he’s entered this season guns blazing. “I...

Robert Morris will have to wait at least one more year to snap their losing streak against the Dayton Flyers. Dayton defeated RMU, 21-14, Saturday afternoon at Joe Walton Stadium in a game that featured two tough, hard-nosed defensive units. The win...

History hasn't fared well for the Colonials when facing the Dayton Flyers, RMU's opponent Saturday. The Flyers have had RMU’s number over the past two decades, holding a 13-2 all-time record against Joe Walton’s teams, including a current 10-game...

  There were several headlines leading into the RMU football team’s 31-14 win over Morgan State Saturday afternoon at Joe Walton Stadium. The victory capped off head coach Joe Walton’s final home-opener in Moon Township with his retirement...

Alex DiMichele was one of the best defensive players to ever go through the RMU football program. The former Colonial linebacker left a legacy after his three-year career that is arguably unmatchable. He holds multiple records within the program and...

The defensive side of the ball looks to be the stronger of the two for the Colonials coming out of camp this year. Highlighted by a talented secondary consisting of last season’s Northeast Conference Rookie of the year, Marcelis Branch, the RMU defense...

With preseason nearing an end, head coach Joe Walton and the RMU staff are working relentlessly to improve an offense that ranked second to last in the Northeast Conference a year ago. In order to do so, the Colonials must be able to depend on a number...

A new season is upon the Robert Morris University football program, and with every new beginning comes a different set of circumstances the team must adapt to and overcome. The 2013 edition of RMU football is headlined by the 20th and final season...

In a back and forth Sunday afternoon affair, host Robert Morris held on to defeat Northeast Conference foe Mount St. Mary’s, 12-11, in a dramatic, fast-paced game. With the win, RMU improves to 6-5 on the year and knocked the Mount out of NEC playoff...

Robert Morris University has recently made modifications to their official logo, choosing to pair different sections of the school with two different graphics. Unlike the former strategy, the university will no longer be represented entirely by the “red...

RMU freshman point guard Randi Jackson has had anything but a leisured past seven months. First, there is always adapting taking place with a freshman’s ordinary transition into college life. Uniquely for her, the transition included travelling across...