Just last year Nicole Sleith, freshman pitcher on the Robert Morris University softball team, was leading Yough to a WPIAL Class AAA championship and winning Player of the Year accolades. This year, she has fit like a glove in the Colonials lineup. Coming...

On the evening of April 16, 2012, Dr. Andrea Frantz’s Writing For Magazines/E-Zines class launched their E-Zine, Piquant, which is dedicated to food. This is the third semester Dr. Frantz has taught the class, and the first time the E-Zine was related...

After finishing the 2010-2011 season, the Robert Morris University women’s hockey team found themselves in last place in College Hockey America (CHA) while holding a 6-21-7 overall record and a 2-9-5 conference record. Following the season former...

Every year the Robert Morris University women’s softball team spends their spring break in a warm location playing games against teams they typically wouldn’t see on their regular season schedule. Previously, the team has traveled to Orlando and Clearwater,...

It is always an amazing feeling to win a championship for any sport. It is even more amazing when it’s the first championship win in program history. That is what the Robert Morris University women’s ice hockey team did Saturday afternoon when...

For the fifth time this season the Robert Morris University women’s hockey team faced off against the Niagara Purple Eagles, and for the fourth time it was a close game. Niagara got the scoring started just three minutes into the game when freshman...

After finishing the regular season in second place with a 6-3-3 record, the Robert Morris University women’s ice hockey team is prepared for the College Hockey America (CHA) tournament that they are hosting this weekend. The Colonials will be facing...

    Every year a pre-determined host holds the College Hockey America (CHA) post-season tournament at their rink. This year, the Robert Morris women’s hockey team will be hosting the tournament down at the RMU Island Sports Center.   This...

  When you look at rosters of different teams in various sports you are sure to come across two people with the same last name on occasion. Sometimes, it happens to be coincidental that the two players have the same last name, and sometimes it is because...

Following a disappointing finish last season at the Northeast Conference (NEC) tournament, the Robert Morris University softball team is ready to start fresh this season. The Colonials are a team with a lot of experience, a fresh crop of new faces, and...

Prior to Friday nights Robert Morris University women’s hockey game, head coach Paul Colontino predicted that this weekend’s series would feature two close games, just like last time they met. However, he couldn’t have been more off about game one...

Just two weeks ago the Robert Morris University women’s ice hockey team split a weekend series with Niagara, and will be back at it against the Purple Eagles this weekend for important College Hockey America (CHA) points. The last time these two...

One of the toughest positions in ice hockey is that of the backup goalie. Never being sure of when starts will come, and having to be ready to come off the bench at any moment is not always the easiest task for a player. If anyone knows the role...

After falling to the Niagara Purple Eagles the previous night, the Robert Morris University women’s hockey team scored a third period goal to give them the win Saturday night at the Island Sports Center. The first two periods of the match were all...

After falling to the Mercyhurst Lakers on Friday night, the Robert Morris University women’s hockey team made a stunning comeback to defeat the Lakers Saturday night. This win marks the first time in program history that the Colonials defeated the Lakers. Junior...

When the Robert Morris University women’s hockey team begins their 2012 home slate on Friday, January 20 they will be facing a familiar College Hockey America (CHA) foe in Mercyhurst, who is currently ranked 5th in the nation. The Colonials began...

  The Robert Morris University women’s hockey team was back in action Friday afternoon for the first time since December 10, as they took on the Bemidji State Beavers at the Consol Energy Center.   Sixteen minutes into the game Colonials defenseman,...

After a 20-day break between games, the Robert Morris University women’s hockey team will be back in action on December 30 for the annual College Hockey Showcase at Consol Energy Center against Bemidji State. Following the teams 1-1 draw against...

Following nine straight road games, the Robert Morris women's hockey team returned to the Island Sports Center for their first College Hockey America (CHA) matchup against Syracuse. The Orange got off to an early start when Nicole Ferrara beat junior...

A lot of positives came out of the nine game road trip the Colonials concluded this past weekend. Their win against Yale, in the Nutmeg Classic, on Friday, November 25, broke the school record for longest winning streak in a season. After defeating...

  Following a nine game road trip that saw the Colonials break the program record for longest winning streak of the season, the Robert Morris women’s hockey team will be back home beginning College Hockey America (CHA) play.   Thus far in the season,...

  On October 21, 2011 the Robert Morris University women’s hockey team set off to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to begin the first series of their nine game road trip.   Road trips can be particularly stressful to a team, which is why...

  Going into Friday night’s game against Renesselaer (RPI), senior forward, and assistant captain, Brianna Delaney had compiled 97 points throughout her career thus far as a Colonial and remained tied with Sara O’Malley for the all-time points record...

  When Paul Colontino started as head coach of the Robert Morris women’s hockey team he hoped the team would be able to get off to a good start, and carry the momentum throughout the season. The team started off just as he hoped this past weekend as...

    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...

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...

When former Robert Morris University women’s hockey coach Nate Handrahan took a new job as head coach of the Ohio State women’s hockey team there was a void left behind the Colonials bench. It didn’t take long for the announcement that there...