Oh, how a new season can change everything. At the end of the 2014 campaign, the Robert Morris Colonials were a defeated football team. Beaten down. Exhausted. Frustrated. Fast forward to now--it is simply a different team. Sure, personnel has pretty much remained constant,...

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’ Nov. 8 home matchup...

Disclaimer: This is less about my personal views and what would be mutually beneficial for athletics and Robert Morris University as a whole and more about reality. There will be some tough decisions ahead on the direction of the university and the athletic department in regards...

A life can follow many different paths. Former Robert Morris University head football coach Joe Walton, 79, is an example of a man whose life could be very different from what it is right now. Had he not made the choices that he did, RMU wouldn't be the same. While attending...

    Softball: April 22 Kent State 11 (31-11), RMU 3, (22-18, NEC 10-0): Wednesday afternoon in Kent, Ohio, the Colonials took on the Kent State Golden Flashes in a non-conference contest. However, RMU did not receive the outcome they were looking for which...

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, how much revenue...

It's something they’ve been doing together their entire lives, in the backyard, during high school and in college. They have it down to a science. It begins with Jess Karwacki trotting out to take a draw for her team at the beginning of each game or after a goal is scored. The...

      Men’s Lacrosse: April 18 Air Force 10 (8-5), RMU 9 (2-11, NEC 1-3): At Falcon Stadium in USAFA, Colorado, the Colonials lost in heart break fashion as Air Force broke a 9-9 tie with a goal with only seconds left in regulation play. RMU was...

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 the home plate umpire...

  Men’s Lacrosse April 11 Bryant 10 (5-7, NEC 3-2), RMU 8 (2-10, NEC 1-3): Saturday afternoon in Smithfield, Rhode Island at Bryant Turf Complex, the Colonials lost a conference contest to the Bulldogs. Offensively for RMU, junior Eric Rankel had a big day as...