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NCAA Division I Council announces extra year of eligibility for winter sport athletes

October 15, 2020

INDIANAPOLIS-- This afternoon, the NCAA Division I council voted in favor of extending eligibility for winter sport student-athletes, according to an official statement on Twitter.All winter sport student-athletes who compete during the 2020-21 season will receive an additional season of competition. This extension of eligibility is also...

NCAA Announces FCS Spring Season and Playoff Structure

The Colonials football team will resume on-field activities on September 21st.

By Ethan Morrison, Contributor

September 18, 2020

Yesterday, the NCAA released information about the 2021 FCS Spring football season after a meeting with the Divison I council. The Colonials can begin on-field practice on September 21st. Schools are allowed to participate in 12 hours of practice per week for a maximum of four hours a day. Two weeks...

NCAA Announces Start Date of the 2020-2021 College Basketball Season

Robert Morris basketball last played in March's NEC championship game and will finally return to play nearly eight months later in November.
Photo credit- Thomas Ognibene

By Ethan Morrison, Contributor

September 17, 2020

The state of college basketball for months has been a blurry picture, but yesterday the picture became more clear as the NCAA announced November 25 as the official start date of the 2020-2021 season after a meeting with the Divison 1 Council. https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1306343846972923904?s=20 Robert...

NCAA approves extra year of eligibility for fall sport DI athletes

By 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 ...

Stack the Pads: The current state of women’s hockey

By Owen Krepps and Jonathan Hanna

February 19, 2020

This week on Stack the Pads, the streak of guests has ended as we are back to boring old Owen Krepps and Jon Hanna. Women's hockey has gone through a lot in the past year with the #forthegame protest. The guys look over the status of both the CWHL and NWHL and analyze what a stable women's league would look l...

Stack the Pads: Jaycee Gebhard

By Owen Krepps and Jonathan Hanna

January 29, 2020

This week on Stack the Pads Owen Krepps and Jon Hanna welcome in a very special guest: RMU Women's Hockey all-time point leader Jaycee Gebhard. From Plenty Saskatchewan to Robert Morris University we take a look at the legacy of Jaycee Gebhard and what these 183 points mean to the program....

Stack the Pads: Michaela Boyle

By Owen Krepps and Jonathan Hanna

January 22, 2020

On this week's installment of Stack the Pads, Owen Krepps, Jon Hanna, and guest Michaela Boyle recap the weekend series against Syracuse, and look at what RMU Hockey has to do to take the next step as a legitimate NCAA contender. RMU takes on Lindenwood this weekend at home (Friday 3:05 pm, Saturday ...

Off the Pipe: Colonials in the Pros

By Jonathan Hanna and Nathan Breisinger

December 4, 2019

In this episode of Off the Pipes, Jon Hanna and Nathan Breisinger recap both of Robert Morris' past series against Air Force and Mercyhurst (despite the lighting issue); preview next weekend's big Atlantic Hockey matchup against Sacred Heart, and they take a look at some of the Colonials that are still ma...

Football wins big against Duquesne, now one win away from NEC championship

By Logan Carney, RMU Sentry Media Digital Content Director

November 9, 2019

MOON TOWNSHIP -- The Robert Morris Colonials football team (6-4, 5-0 NEC) defeated the Duquesne Dukes (6-3, 4-1 NEC) in a battle for conference supremacy. It was a strong showing for RMU's defense, partly due to Duquesne being without their starting quarterback Daniel Parr, who left last week with an i...

Stack the Pads: Toughest part of the schedule

By Owen Krepps and Jonathan Hanna

October 24, 2019

This week on the RMU D1 Women's Hockey Podcast, Jon Hanna and Owen Krepps review yet another tough weekend against a top-5 team. Emily Curlett is a CHA player of the week yet again, and RMU moves up in the rankings to no.8. Also, the guys preview the first road trip of the season coming up against the C...

Stack the Pads: Women’s hockey is ranked!

By Owen Krepps and Jonathan Hanna

October 17, 2019

On this installment of Stack the Pads, Owen Krepps and John Hanna discuss the hard-fought series fought against no. 2 Minnesota as well as a preview of the upcoming matchup against no. 4 Clarkson. The guys also review how RMU is now ranked no. 10, and how important Emily Curlett is to the team....

RMU men’s hockey releases schedule, no Three Rivers Classic in 2019-2020

The Robert Morris men's hockey team discusses a play during a game against Niagara Nov. 2, 2018. (David Auth/RMU Sentry Media) Photo credit: David Auth

By Logan Carney, RMU Sentry Media Digital Content Director

July 2, 2019

PITTSBURGH -- On Tuesday, the Robert Morris men’s hockey team released their 2019-2020 schedule and for the first time since the 2011-2012 season, there will be no midseason hockey tournament in Pittsburgh. “With the decline in attendance at the Three Rivers Classic in recent years, all of the...