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 the option to receive a ...
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 year. RMU President D...
Weekend Preview: Nov. 15-17
Evan Basista, Contributor
November 15, 2019
MOON TOWNSHIP-- Another busy weekend is in store for the Colonials as we start to make the transition from fall sports to winter. Women's cross country Women’s cross country will be participating in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals Friday afternoon. The Colonials look to make their mark on a larg...
Preview: Women’s cross country team seeks success at NEC Championships
Nathan Breisinger, Contributor
November 2, 2019
New Britain, CT-- Heading into the Northeast Conference Championships, the Robert Morris women’s cross country team looks to make some noise. The team will compete against the ten other NEC opponents when they head to New Britain, Connecticut. Throughout the season, the Colonials did not get the ...
Preview: Cross country sprints to Canisius Alumni Classic
Logan Carney, Digital Content Director
October 19, 2019
BUFFALO -- The Robert Morris women's cross country team heads to Buffalo, N.Y. to participate in the Canisius Alumni Classic. A total of 12 teams will participate, with the women's 5k starting at noon on Saturday. The Colonials come into this event having finished in the bottom two of the leader board ...
Preview: Colonials XC gets ready to run at CMU Invitational
Josh Selzer, Contributor
October 12, 2019
MOON TOWNSHIP-- After a rough outing at the Tommy Evans Invitational back in September, RMU gears themselves up as they take part in the Carnegie Mellon Invitational on Saturday. In last month’s invitational, RMU came out finishing ninth out of ten teams. Junior Martha Gardner finished the race with a ...
Cross country seeks better results at Tommy Evans Invitational
Jon Hanna, Assistant Sports Editor
September 7, 2019
NORTON, Oh.-- After a disappointing last-place finish at last week's Blast Furnace Invitational, the Robert Morris women's cross country team heads to Akron, Ohio, for the Tommy Evans Invitational, looking for a block to build on for the upcoming season. At the Blast Furnace Invitational, the Colonials we...
Preview: Colonials XC ready for season opener at Pitt Panther Open
Thomas Ognibene, Contributor
August 30, 2019
PITTSBURGH-- The Robert Morris women's cross country team is setting its eyes on the upcoming season opener this Friday night at 5:30 p.m. at the Pitt Panther Open. The Pittsburgh Panthers are the host of this meet, it is the first meet they are hosting in 42 years. It is an exciting time for runners...
Weekend Round-up: 10/26/18 – 10/28/18
Ryan Giacobbi, Contributor
October 29, 2018
In case you didn't follow what happened with road games for RMU sports, here is what happened for all the teams that were away this past weekend. 10/26/18: Men’s Soccer: RMU - 2, Mount St. Mary’s - 1 The RMU men’s soccer team (5-10-1, 3-4 NEC) finished up the road half of their regular seas...
Preview: Colonials set to compete in 6th annual Canisius College Alumni Classic
Owen Krepps, Contributor
October 13, 2018
This weekend the Robert Morris University cross-country team is competing in the sixth annual Canisius College Alumni Classic. The meet will be held in Delaware Park at Canisius College Saturday at noon. This is the third meet that the Colonials' nine runners will participate in this season. They previously...
