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Kevin Plowcha breaks down teams 7-9 in his Horizon League womens basketball rankings.

Plowcha’s Poll: Horizon League Women’s Basketball teams 7-9

Kevin Plowcha
November 2, 2021

College basketball is getting closer and closer, which means another edition of Plowcha’s Poll. This time, I will be breaking down teams 9-7 of my Horizon League women’s basketball projected preseason predictions. Last week, I broke down the bottom three (12-10). These rankings...

Kevin Plowcha ranks his bottom three womens basketball squads for the upcoming Horizon League season, UIC (left), Purdue Fort Wayne (right), and Detroit Mercy (not pictured).

Plowcha’s Poll: Horizon League Women’s Basketball Preseason Rankings 10-12

Kevin Plowcha
October 28, 2021

With the college basketball season less than two weeks away, and with more and more preseason polls coming out across the country, it’s time to take a look at the Horizon League women’s basketball scene. Today, I will be breaking down my choices for the “bottom three”...

Womens basketballs Horizon League schedule has been announced.

Women’s basketball schedule announced

Michael Deemer
September 16, 2021

*UPDATE SEPTEMBER 17, 2021, 2:30 P.M.: Women's basketball dropped their full schedule today. They will have games at home versus Akron (Nov. 13), Morehead State (Nov. 24) and Waynesburg (Dec. 20) while having road non-conference games at Canisius (Nov. 27) and Miami (FL) (Dec....

Mackenzie Amalia and the Colonials will have a home-and-home with St. Bonaventure this season. Photo Credit: Tyler Gallo/Colonial Sports Network

Colonials and Bonnies to play a home-and-home series this season

Ethan Morrison
August 16, 2021

OLEAN, N.Y.-- This morning, St. Bonaventure women's basketball announced that they will play Robert Morris in a home-and-home series this season. Robert Morris will travel to the Reilly Center on November 9, which will likely be the team's opening game of the 2021-22 season....

Asami Morita was named assistant coach for womens basketball at Nevada. Photo Credit: RMU Athletics

Asami Morita hired as assistant coach for Nevada women’s basketball

Ethan Morrison
August 10, 2021

On Monday, it was announced that former Robert Morris women's basketball assistant coach Asami Morita was named as an assistant coach for the Nevada women's basketball team, per Chris Murray of Nevada Sports Net.   Over her seven seasons at Robert Morris, Morita helped...

Nina Augustin is set to return for her graduate season in addition to eight new recruits and four other returning players for the upcoming season. Photo Credit: Tyler Gallo/Colonial Sports Network

Eight new faces headline 2021-22 women’s basketball roster

Ethan Morrison
July 22, 2021

In "the year of the portal", college athletes have been flooding the transfer portal in hopes for greener pastures on the other side. This is the same case for the Robert Morris women's basketball team, as 10 players decided to hit the transfer portal this past season. Coach...

Womens basketball will host Pitt-Johnstown for an exhibition game on November 23. Photo Credit: Tyler Gallo/Colonial Sports Network

Women’s basketball to host Pitt-Johnstown

Ethan Morrison
July 19, 2021

After a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Robert Morris women's basketball team will host the Pitt-Johnstown Mountain-Cats this season at the UPMC Events Center. Last season, the Colonials' first season in the Horizon League, they had a rough go of things both...

Holly Forbes

Holly Forbes looks back on her time at Robert Morris

Tyler Gallo
July 10, 2021

As the final buzzer sounded after a tough 68-54 loss in Highland Heights at the hands of Northern Kentucky in the opening round of the Horizon League Tournament, it spelled the end of Robert Morris' season and also the end of several players' time at Robert Morris. Three Colonials...

Honoka Ikematsu has signed a contract with the Yamanashi Queenbees of the WJBL. Photo Credit: Thomas Ognibene

#FormerColonialWatch: Honoka Ikematsu signs with the Yamanashi Queenbees in Japan

Colby Sherwin
June 29, 2021

YAMANASHI, JAPAN-- After a short 2020, former Robert Morris guard Honoka Ikematsu has signed with the Yamanashi Queenbees of the WJBL (Women's Japan Basketball League), one of the premier women basketball leagues in Japan. In her four years as a Colonial, Ikematsu, the first...

Sol Castro will represent Argentina at the FIBA Americup. Photo Credit: RMU Athletics

Sol Castro to represent Argentina at FIBA Women’s Americup

Tyler Gallo
June 8, 2021

With summer workouts underway, women's basketball sophomore forward Sol Castro will look to further burnish her already solid credentials at the FIBA Women's Americup, representing the Argentina Senior National team in the tournament. https://twitter.com/RMUWBasketball/status/1402265144495951887?s=20 The...