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RMU slides past Sacred Heart, 3-0

RMU slides past Sacred Heart, 3-0

Nick Milliron and Nick Milliron
October 10, 2015

The rain held off on Friday afternoon in Moon Township, and as the skies cleared up the Robert Morris University men's soccer team began their Northeast Conference play. Their opponent – the Sacred Heart Pioneers. Sacred Heart kept up the pressure throughout the game, but...

Despite sustaining multiple injuries, Derick Abbott believes he is a better quarterback as a result.

Zoning in

Nick Buzzelli and Nick Buzzelli
May 26, 2015

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...

OPINION: If you build it, they still won’t come

OPINION: If you build it, they still won’t come

Nick Buzzelli and Nick Buzzelli
April 22, 2015

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...

RMU athletic director and softball head coach Dr. Craig Coleman is leaving RMU Athletics on Dec. 7th.

BREAKING: Coleman suspended two games by NCAA for ‘refusal to play’

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...

Sophomore Rebeca Navarros career-high point total led RMU to an NEC Semifinal berth.

Rebecca Navarro leads RMU past FDU and onto semifinals

Vince Russo and Vince Russo
March 8, 2015

Fueled by sophomore Rebecca Navarro’s season and career high 23 points, the Robert Morris Colonials (16-14) defeated the Farleigh Dickenson Knights (10-20), 89-61, in the quarterfinals of the Northeast Conference Tournament Sunday afternoon at the Charles L. Sewell Center. The...

Megan Smiths 17 points helped her team take down the Golden Flashes on the road at Kent State.

Second half implosion costs Robert Morris second place

Vince Russo and Vince Russo
March 3, 2015

Led by the nation's scoring leader Jasmine Nwajei’s 28 points, the Wagner Seahawks (7-22, 5-13) stormed back from a 13 point halftime deficit to shock the heavily favored Robert Morris Colonials (15-14, 13-5), 66-60. What made the victory that much more impressive was that...

Pryor’s sharpshooting leads RMU past Wagner

Pryor’s sharpshooting leads RMU past Wagner

Nick Buzzelli and Nick Buzzelli
February 27, 2015

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 on the floor. And...

RMU survives LIU in game of runs

RMU survives LIU in game of runs

Vince Russo and Vince Russo
February 16, 2015

In a game that was closer than the score indicated, the Robert Morris Colonials (14-11, 12-2) outlasted a gritty effort by the Long Island Blackbirds (7-18, 4-10), 67-46, Monday night. The host Colonials again used stifling defense to garner a victory, forcing 22 turnovers...

Despite scoring 11 points in a two minute span late in the second half, Marcquise Reed and the Colonials were unable to take care of Bryant, falling by three.

Reed’s late-game heroics not enough to overcome Bryant

Nick Buzzelli and Nick Buzzelli
January 31, 2015

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 sharpshooter would, Reed...

Conrad Stephens (right) received his first playing time in an RMU uniform during the Colonials 22 point win over FDU.

That kind of Knight

Nick Buzzelli and Nick Buzzelli
January 30, 2015

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, an anxious Stephens...