The image is still fresh in Derik Abbott’s mind. Effortlessly, he is able to recall the exact play it happened, the exact moment his season prematurely came to an end. Perhaps because it was a scramble. During the opening series of Robert Morris’...

Dear Robert Morris, For some strange reason, no matter where I go on this 230 acre campus, I keep hearing that this school needs a new on-campus arena to be considered a premier institution. I constantly hear how great this will be for the university,...

Robert Morris softball head coach Dr. Craig Coleman will serve a mandatory two-game suspension from the NCAA for refusing to finish the second game of a doubleheader against Youngstown State on April 15. Trailing 16-3 after four innings, Coleman approached...

On the same day that head coach Andy Toole signed a contract extension, freshman forward Elijah Minnie became the second player to request his release from Robert Morris. Less than 24 hours after guard Marcquise Reed announced he was leaving, Minnie...

After impressing a lot of people during his freshman season by averaging 15.1 points per game, Marcquise Reed's request to be released from the Robert Morris men's basketball program has been approved, according to Marcus Helton, the editor-in-chief...

Six days after finishing his career as the most prolific scorer in the history of the Robert Morris hockey program, Cody Wydo is headed to the minors. Though, he only had to travel 60 miles to his new home. Wydo, the first Colonial to be a Hobey...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A lot of what Rodney Pryor knows about shooting a basketball came from Jon Scheyer. When the Duke assistant coach was a high school junior leading Chicago’s Glenbrook North to an Illinois Class AA state championship, a young Pryor...

It all started with a simple step-back jumper from the foul line with 7:37 remaining. Once Lucky Jones sank his fifth bucket of the game, things got a little easier. The shots began falling for a Robert Morris team that was 41 percent from the floor...

On March 15, 1983, the Robert Morris men’s basketball team claimed its first and only NCAA Tournament victory, knocking off Georgia Southern by 10 points in a preliminary round matchup in Dayton, Ohio. Exactly 32 years later, the Colonials received...

Rodney Pryor is the first to admit that he started the trend. Lucky Jones believes it’s the reason he’s been shooting so well of late. And undoubtedly, Kavon Stewart has the most pairs. But after a dramatic 66-63 victory over St. Francis Brooklyn...

Following last season’s Northeast Conference championship team, Robert Morris women’s basketball coach Sal Buscaglia contemplated handing over the reins to the program to his son, Charlie. However according to a statement released by the Robert...

Kavon Stewart admits it was the best game he’s ever played. Andy Toole believes it was the most important performance of his career. Lucky Jones agrees with both statements. In a game in which Robert Morris’ three offensive juggernauts – Rodney...

Lucky Jones remembers it vividly. With his team’s nine point lead slowly evaporating and the remainder of his college career hanging in the balance, he locked eyes with Andy Toole while quietly seated on the Robert Morris bench. But this look...

When Greg Brown received the basketball at the three point line with six seconds remaining in overtime, Lucky Jones knew the exact play the six-foot-two guard was going to run. Since Brown isn’t known for his pull-up jump shot, Jones deduced that...

The shoot around period prior to every Robert Morris basketball game is a critical time for Rodney Pryor. During this 15 minute stretch, Pryor assesses his confidence level for the game at hand through the amount of shots he sinks from different spots...

At first, it looked as if Saturday’s game was going to be a mirrored image of the one that took place two days prior. The situation was uncannily similar. There wasn’t much time left on the clock and the ball was in the hands of Marcquise Reed. Trailing...

After the final buzzer sounded Thursday night, signifying the end of Robert Morris’ 63-62 loss to Long Island Brooklyn, Andy Toole quickly trotted into the locker room, forgoing his usual radio appearance with Chris Shovlin and Jim Elias. Despite...

Immediately after hurdling the Charles L. Sewall Center’s courtside seats in the final seconds of Robert Morris’ three point loss to Bryant on Jan. 31, Lucky Jones was examined by physicians for an injury sustained as a result of a head first dive...

As Mikey Dugan trotted up to the media table to sign his National Letter of Intent – signifying his membership into the Robert Morris men’s lacrosse family – applause echoed throughout the second floor classroom in Joe Walton Stadium. When...

The first Wednesday in February has become somewhat of a holiday for the sports world over the past three decades. National Signing Day, as it is affectionately known as, is the first official day a high school senior can sign a letter of intent to...

With 3:26 remaining, his team trailing by six and a share of first place in the Northeast Conference on the line, Marcquise Reed knew he had to do something if his squad wanted to take down Bryant for its fifth consecutive win. So like any natural...

With 50 seconds remaining Thursday evening against Fairleigh Dickinson, Robert Morris head coach Andy Toole decided to remove leading scorer Rodney Pryor from the floor in favor of Conrad Stephens, a former team manager turned walk-on. Taking the court,...

Amanda Pantaleo couldn’t have picked a better time to net the first goal of her collegiate career. With 21 seconds remaining in overtime and the score knotted at one, it seemed as if Robert Morris was going to settle for a draw against College Hockey...

When College Hockey America instituted its Skate for the Cure fundraising weekend during the 2006-07 campaign, the Robert Morris women’s hockey team - along with other clubs in the league - was tasked with raising money to help find a remedy for cancer. Though...

Prior to each Robert Morris home game, Andy Toole assumes his usual pre-game position next to the RMU Pep Band section of the bleachers at the Charles L. Sewall Center. Instead of joining his assistants at center court, the Robert Morris head coach...

It seems like every time Lucky Jones reaches a benchmark in his storied Robert Morris basketball career, the Colonials fall in a close contest. There was the Central Connecticut State game last February when RMU lost by one despite No. 22 becoming...

After making its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance last season, Mount St. Mary’s produced a video in the offseason. But this wasn’t a film about the program’s Northeast Conference championship run or a profile on the team. Rather MSM uploaded...

Derek Schooley and Guy Gadowsky have a lot in common. Both individuals are the first and only head coaches their respective programs have ever known and they acknowledge the fact that the Robert Morris Penn State rivalry is helping to grow the game...

Andy Toole is starting to see a similarity between his team and the protagonist of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella, the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Much like a novella – which is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel...

As the final seconds were winding off the clock in Robert Morris’ 75-59 victory over Duquesne, Jim Ferry had a few words for Andy Toole while congratulating him on the his team’s fifth consecutive win against its cross-town rival. Ferry had to...

After hearing about National Football League star Ray Rice and his domestic abuse scandal, Heather DeShantz, Larissa Houk, Kyra Mayo, Emily Mycoff and Bre Stephens wanted to lend a helping hand to aid battered women in the area. And since they had...

After criticizing his team’s lack of effort following an eight point loss to Youngstown State Tuesday night, Andy Toole had to figure out a way to get his players to exert energy for a full 40 minute span. Though for the second straight contest,...

Andy Toole was puzzled following Robert Morris’ eight point loss to Youngstown State. After watching his team exert effort in small doses for short periods of time, the 34 year old had one question for the 12 players donning an RMU uniform Tuesday...

After competing against the likes of high-major programs North Carolina and Georgetown in its first two games of the Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament, it appeared as if the Robert Morris men’s basketball team would have an easier test against the University...

Washington, D.C. - Standing 6-foot-9, Lionel Gomis and Stephan Bennett – Robert Morris’ two tallest players – are built for a mid-major program, both in size and strength. But weighing in at 230 and 215 pounds, respectively, has made it difficult...

Chapel Hill, N.C. - Before the beginning of Sunday’s game against North Carolina, Marcquise Reed trotted out of the visiting locker-room and emerged onto the court from underneath a portion of bleachers, only to view a two tiered sea of baby blue. Upon...

In his five years at the helm of the Robert Morris men's basketball program, Andy Toole is undefeated when opening a season inside the friendly confines of the Charles L. Sewall Center. Until now. Toole was unable to go 4-0 when beginning a campaign...

John McCarthy has a connection with the game of basketball. The Robert Morris University Associate Professor of History played in high school, was a part of Bethany College’s program for two years in the mid-1990s and taught NBA All-Star Dwayne Wade...

The previous two seasons for the Robert Morris men’s basketball program have been a mirror image of each other. The Colonials battled high-major teams early in the year, cruised through league play and secured the NEC regular season  crown before...

Throughout its history, Russia has been a deeply religious society composed primarily of individuals of the Eastern Orthodox faith. However when the Communist Party of the Soviet Union seized power in 1917, the distinct freedoms of religion granted to...

When Danny Bonaventura returned to Robert Morris for the annual Sport Management Student Conference, the 2013 graduate was able to reconnect with his peers. Though, he not only caught up with former classmates, but also shared career insights with...

Despite winning the regular season Northeast Conference title with a 14-2 record last year, the Robert Morris men’s basketball team was slated to finish third in the league in the NEC preseason coaches poll, announced Tuesday afternoon at NEC media...

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="2" gal_title="Meet the Colonials"] Every sport has an occurrence that represents the beginning of a new season. Two months of Spring Training indicates that Major League Baseball is right around the corner and the National...

On the surface, Tom Wolf is an average Pennsylvania resident from York County. The 65-year-old currently resides in his childhood home, drives a 2006 Jeep Wrangler, works for his family’s cabinetry business and like every other native of the Keystone...

The Robert Morris women's soccer team could not get back on track against Northeast Conference opponent Wagner on Sunday, falling 1-0 on a rainy afternoon at the North Athletic Complex. Robert Morris did have a few golden chances, but Wagner (5-6-1,...

Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field, the home facility of the Duquesne men’s soccer program, is situated on the center of campus high above the Monongahela River. Over the course of the previous season, visiting opponents have had difficulty escaping...

In previous years, Robert Morris has held essay contests and debates in order to commemorate Constitution Day. However this year, Dr. Phillip Harold wanted to do things differently by bringing a guest speaker to campus. After discussing this possibility...

When CaraLee Russell first took over the position of President of Robert Morris University’s Panhellenic Council in November, her main objective was to fortify the bond between the Greek community and those not associated with a sorority. During...

After surrendering a late goal that ultimately proved to be the game-winner Friday at Bucknell, Becky Schoenecker vowed not to do the same in Robert Morris’ following match against St. Bonaventure. With four minutes remaining in double overtime,...

Ever since the Robert Morris men’s basketball team won its first National Invitation Tournament game in 2013, the Colonials were able to secure big name non-conference matchups with some of college basketball’s most elite programs. During the 2013-14...

After Artemis Spanou exited Saturday afternoon’s NCAA first-round Tournament contest against Notre Dame with 52 seconds left, Sal Buscaglia took a moment to embrace the forward before she took a seat on the bench. While Spanou, Robert Morris basketball’s...

As the final seconds were winding down on Robert Morris’ 2013-14 season, seniors Karvel Anderson and Anthony Myers-Pate took a second to embrace at half court of Belmont’s Curb Athletic Center. It wasn’t the picturesque ending to their careers...

After Karvel Anderson drained his first shot from beyond the arc in the opening minute of RMU’s first round National Invitation Tournament matchup against St. John’s, a gaping grin flashed across the face of the 6-foot-2 guard. Perhaps Anderson...

New York - After finding success at the mid-major level, which included back-to-back second place finishes in the 2010 and 2011 NCAA Tournaments, Butler University bounced between the Horizon League and A-10 before settling on the Big East Conference...

If Robert Morris had things its way, the Colonials would have defeated rival Mount St. Mary’s in front of a packed Charles L. Sewall Center exactly five years to the day when Dallas Green’s mid-range jumper lifted RMU over the Mountaineers for the...

The Robert Morris men’s basketball team had its worst offensive first half of the 2013-14 season on Saturday in the Northeast Conference semifinals, mustering 15 points on a 7-28 performance from the field. But while RMU struggled to put the ball...

If there’s one word that describes Karvel Anderson, it’s dependable. The Colonials have depended on the Northeast Conference Player of the Year’s offensive abilities throughout the 2013-14 season and on every occasion, he’s delivered. But...

Rivalries are a given in collegiate athletics, but more often than not, they’re based solely off of geographic location and not competitiveness. Then again, when Robert Morris and Wagner, two schools separated by 396 miles, meet on the hardwood,...

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 score knotted at 62 with two seconds remaining in regulation of Saturday afternoon’s game against St. Francis Brooklyn, Karvel Anderson had the chance to win the game for the Colonials. But his jumper from the top of the key hit the back of...

Karvel Anderson looked lethargic on the court in the first half of Thursday night’s contest against Long Island. But at halftime, teammate David Appolon threw a Gatorade bottle in Anderson’s direction and apparently it was the spark needed to propel...

During halftime of Robert Morris' Northeast Conference contest against Mount St. Mary's,Chipper Harris, a member of the 1981-82 ECAC championship team, was the first player to be enshrined into RMU’s Ring of Honor with the unveiling of a banner bearing...

In any sport, athletes typically strive to acquire personal accolades and team success, but often times, they’re only able to attain one or the other. However throughout her stint with the Robert Morris women’s hockey team, Thea Imbrogno has been...

Nearly one hour before Robert Morris’ matchup against Wagner on January 25, Jeremiah Worthem and Britton Lee were among the first fans seated in the student section of the Charles L. Sewall Center. Despite being suspended indefinitely at the time,...

While most teams have instances in which they utilize runs to chalk up the score of a basketball game, Robert Morris was putting together a pretty impressive run of its own involving victories. But like all other runs, the Colonials’ unbeaten sprint...

There wasn’t too much that was conventional about Robert Morris’ matchup against Bryant University Thursday night. It was a nationally televised game in front of an enthusiastic Charles L. Sewall Center crowd, something that doesn’t occur that...

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Just ask the Robert Morris men’s basketball team. Losing over 42% of their program in a matter of two weeks, the Colonials, who are unbeaten in Northeast Conference play, have had to take on new roles...

In a matter of days, due to absences and suspensions, Andy Toole’s roster shrunk from 14 players down to eight able-bodied student athletes. So, in an effort to unify the remainder of his team, the 33-year old head coach is adopting the title of a...

Kavon Stewart celebrated his 20th birthday on Saturday at the Charles L. Sewall Center and his team delivered the best gift of all. A victory. Stewart, who was 10 of 12 from the charity stripe, helped ice the contest for Robert Morris by draining...

Anthony Myers-Pate and the rest of his teammates didn’t find out that they would be without four players until moments before Thursday night’s game against Sacred Heart. But that didn’t affect the squad’s performance on the court. Despite...

When Jeremiah Worthem stepped to the free throw line with five seconds remaining in Robert Morris’s contest against Saint Francis (PA) on January 16th, the Charles L. Sewall Center was silent. The fans weren’t inaudible because they didn’t think...

Karvel Anderson’s twitter handle is @ThaBestKeptScrt, but because of the way he’s been playing of late, the Northeast Conference is taking notice. Which means he isn’t a secret anymore. “He [Anderson] is making tough shots, but he’s working...

The Robert Morris men’s basketball team has won 12 straight games over in-state conference foe Saint Francis (Pa). Even though the Red Flash nearly scored an upset over RMU, leading by as much as 11 with 4:40 remaining, the Colonials had other plans. Karvel...

Over the course of the previous five seasons, the Robert Morris men’s basketball team has prided itself for its stringent defense, holding opponents to an average of 65.2 points per game during that time. But because of six players who are new to...

The Robert Morris men’s basketball team wasn’t expected to knock off the No. 6 ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys in its final game of 2013. But despite the fact that they didn’t leave Stillwater with a victory, RMU was able to play some of its best...

It was a typical Tuesday afternoon near the end of her third semester at Robert Morris when Emma Singer heard the news that would shatter her world. The sophomore was sitting in class when her cell phone received a text from an unknown number asking...

After graduating from West Allegheny Senior High School in 2012, Garrett Browning had the opportunity to golf at various collegiate programs, but ultimately chose Robert Morris for its academics over athletics. “It [RMU] is a good business school,...

The last time the Robert Morris men’s basketball program implemented a zone defense into its game plan for the majority of a contest, Andy Toole was an assistant at Lafayette and Mark Schmidt was at the helm of the Colonials. Fast forward six years. Amid...

It was a tale of two halves for the Robert Morris men’s basketball team. Attempting to snap a four game losing streak, the Colonials fired on all cylinders in the first half, shooting 73.9% from the floor. However during the final 20 minutes of play,...

For a relatively small institution, Robert Morris University sponsored more Division I athletic programs (23), than Pitt and West Virginia, who are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and Big 12 respectively. However, RMU Athletic Director Craig...

For the second straight game, the Robert Morris men's basketball program began a contest firing on all offensive cylinders. But unlike its matchup against Texas Arlington on November 21 in which the Colonials netted the first 14 points, RMU, who began...

After dropping its first two games in the Keightley Classic, a five point loss to Eastern Michigan, followed by an 87-49 trouncing to the Kentucky Wildcats, the Robert Morris men's basketball team thought that they could cruise past the University of...

Seeing the outdated photographs depicting student engagement in the Edward A. Nicholson Student Center rotunda encouraged Jenna Hidinger and members of Julianne Michalenko’s business and professional communication course to try to replace the pictures...

Lexington, KY - The Robert Morris men’s basketball team should have never played at Kentucky in the Keightley Classic. Rather, they should have been in Lexington eight months ago, for the first round of the National Invitation Tournament, but Rupp...

Andy Toole and the Robert Morris men’s basketball program love hosting season openers in the Charles L. Sewall Center. Literally. For the third time in Toole’s four seasons at the helm of the Colonials, RMU began the season inside the friendly...

In nine years as a member of the Northeast Conference, the Robert Morris field hockey program was never able to claim a playoff berth. But in their first season in their new league, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, RMU was able to do just that. The...

The last time the Robert Morris men's basketball squad took the Charles L. Sewall Center court for a contest, they pulled off an improbable victory over Kentucky in the National Invitation Tournament. Monday night, in the Colonials’ first game on...

From the French Quarter to Bourbon Street, New Orleans is crawling with history and culture and its no wonder that the College Media Association decided to hold its 92nd annual Fall Convention in the Crescent City from October 23-27. During my three...

Although field hockey was never the Northeast Conference’s most popular sport for female athletes, with only half of the member institutions sponsoring a team, the league managed to subsist with a solid core of six programs during its 14 year existence. That...

When Dave Synowka and Robert Morris University's Sport Management Advisory Board decided to assemble a sports business symposium, they were optimistic about the program’s growth, but never thought that it would be such a substantial component of the...

While working in sport development with the local government in Australia, Robert Morris field hockey assistant, Lindsay Burrows, knew he wanted to stay with the sport that had enabled him to travel the world as both a player and coach. But he was...

Just nine contests into the 2013 campaign, the Robert Morris field hockey program accomplished something that last season’s squad could not achieve in a full 18-game schedule. Led by freshman Chloe Mcllwaine’s two goal performance against the Towson...

It’s not uncommon for members of the Robert Morris field hockey program to become acclimated with each other during the rigorous training camp held before classes start each summer in late August. But this year, things have been taken to a whole...

Robert Morris University and Clear Channel Communications have reached an agreement to broadcast all football, men's hockey, and men's basketball games on 970 AM ESPN beginning this fall, and lasting through the 2015-16 academic year, the athletic...

During his tenure with the Robert Morris University football team, former NFL head coach Joe Walton has guided the Colonials to six Northeast Conference championships, one NCAA playoff berth, and has been named the NEC coach of the year four times. Despite...

After eliminating the Kentucky Wildcats from the National Invitation Tournament on March 19, Robert Morris men’s basketball coach Andy Toole’s stock soared, and it seemed like only a matter of time until he moved on to bigger and better endeavors. But...

During his three full seasons with the Robert Morris basketball program, Coron Williams was an accurate three point shooter, draining nearly 43% of his shots taken from beyond the arc, but next season, the redshirt junior won’t be taking the court for...

Mike Rice was known for his intense coaching style during his three year tenure at Robert Morris, but no one recalls the former Rutgers head coach displaying abusive behavior toward his players during his time at RMU. Rice, who led the Colonials to...