Robert Morris category, Page 19
Robert Morris hockey players withholding transfer announcements to show solidarity with Colonials programs, ex-teammates
With every passing day, it’s getting harder and harder to resuscitate the Robert Morris hockey programs. It’s been almost two weeks since the university abruptly eliminated the successful men’s and women’s teams. While supporters and alumni are scurrying to come up with funds to keep them alive — or plans...
Tim Benz: Robert Morris hockey coaches must help players to transfer while maintaining hope programs can return
As supporters of Robert Morris ice hockey hold out hope that some sort of 11th-hour development may save the recently eliminated men’s and women’s programs, the coaches are taking on a gut-wrenching job. Men’s head coach Derek Schooley and women’s head coach Paul Colontino are tasked with dismantling their rosters,...
First Call: Can the Maulers return in the new USFL?; a snag in Robert Morris hockey talks already; Jordan Staal comes up big
Friday’s “First Call” wonders if a return of the Pittsburgh Maulers could be coming. Brandon Saad and Jordan Staal are keeping Pittsburgh hockey fans interested in the NHL playoffs. Gerrit Cole gets burned by an ex-Pirates teammate. And things may already be going backward in the Robert Morris hockey negotiations....
First Call: Steelers’ Highsmith praised; RMU hockey players unload; Pitt, Penn State Hall of Fame nominees
Thursday’s “First Call” has an odd honor for Steelers linebacker Alex Highsmith, Hall of Fame nominations for Pitt and Penn State greats and Marc-Andre Fleury back in the crease for the Vegas Golden Knights. Plus, the Robert Morris hockey teams get to air their grievances against the university president who...
Tim Benz: Penguins’ efforts to salvage Robert Morris hockey may get some help. Will the university accept it?
Like testing a newly frozen pond, we may be ready for our first skate toward progress when it comes to saving the Robert Morris University men’s and women’s hockey teams. Now it’s time to find out how thin the ice is. A day after Penguins President and CEO David Morehouse...
Trustee chair: Steelers GM Kevin Colbert tried to save Robert Morris hockey, and Penguins are willing to help
Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert was among those who “emotionally” appealed to keep the Robert Morris University hockey teams alive, but his pitch ultimately fell on deaf ears. Now the Pittsburgh Penguins are willing to help resuscitate the programs. If that’s at all still possible. Those are just two...
Robert Morris president leaves little hope for salvaging hockey programs
If men’s and women’s ice hockey players at Robert Morris were hoping to hear a change of heart from university president Dr. Chris Howard, they didn’t get one Tuesday. During his first public question and answer session with media members since the school’s decision to eliminate those programs last week,...
First Call: Steelers GM Kevin Colbert resigns from RMU board as backlash continues over hockey cuts; NFL’s new European plan
In Tuesday’s “First Call,” the decision to cut Robert Morris’ hockey teams may have soured a relationship with the Steelers general manager. We celebrate a Penguins anniversary. A superb ending in the NCAA men’s lacrosse final. And how the Steelers may expand their brand in Europe. Checking out On Monday,...
Robert Morris hockey players mourn loss of men’s and women’s teams, lash out at administration
Terry Shafer and Dyllan Lubbesmeyer had one thing in common. They were both goalies at Robert Morris University. They missed each other on campus by a year. Shafer graduated in 2016. Lubbesmeyer arrived in 2017. But they still have that bond. Or at least they did. Now they have something...
Robert Morris cuts men’s, women’s ice hockey teams
When Derek Schooley was called into a meeting Wednesday with Robert Morris athletic director Chris King, the last thing he expected was what he heard: The Colonials’ men’s and women’s Division I ice hockey programs were being eliminated. “I was in shock. I don’t know any other way to put...
Robert Morris announces partnership with Pittsburgh Marathon organizer P3R
Resurfacing the track, the potential to serve as host for national events and a new name are part of Robert Morris’ partnership with race organizer P3R. As a result, the Neville Island facility will be renamed the P3R Track & Field Complex. Robert Morris made the announcement Wednesday at a...
Robert Morris women’s lacrosse team looks for huge upset at Notre Dame in NCAA Tournament debut
According to Robert Morris women’s lacrosse coach Katrina Silva, you can’t see Notre Dame’s “Touchdown Jesus” from Arlotta Family Lacrosse Stadium. And she’s glad. “I don’t think they need any more luck,” Silva insisted during Friday’s “Breakfast With Benz” podcast. Based on how the Fighting Irish handled Silva’s Robert Morris...
Robert Morris men’s lacrosse embraced ‘gift’ of challenging independent season; relishes new conference in 2022
If there is one thing every D-1 college coach wants right now, it’s a return to normalcy. Perhaps none more than Robert Morris men’s lacrosse coach Drew McMinn. The last time his Colonials finished a season in a pre-pandemic world, they were taking on Virginia in the 2019 NCAA tournament...
Robert Morris’ Andy Toole doesn’t fret over transfers
Holding tight to reality, Andy Toole isn’t afraid to share what he believes to be the truth about college basketball. “Some fan bases might not want to get overly attached to a roster every year,” Robert Morris’ 11-year coach said. No one knows better than Toole — and his colleagues...
Robert Morris announces 2021 Big South fall football schedule
Robert Morris announced its full Big South Conference schedule for its 2021 fall football season Wednesday. Robert Morris’ first full season as an associate member in the Big South will kick off with a matchup against North Carolina A&T on Oct. 2, in Greensboro, N.C. They also will travel to...
Big South postpones final Robert Morris football game, ends Colonials’ spring season
Robert Morris’ spring football season ended when the Big South Conference canceled the Colonials’ home game Saturday against Monmouth. The conference made the announcement Monday, citing “limited student-athlete availability within the RMU program.” Robert Morris’ game with Monmouth originally was postponed March 13. The Colonials played three games this year...
Chambers boosts Charleston Southern past Robert MorrisVideo
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Jack Chambers threw for 255 yards and a touchdown, and Terrence Wilson ran for two touchdowns and Charleston Southern beat Robert Morris, 27-14, on Saturday. It was the Buccaneers’ (1-2, 1-2 Big South) first game at home since a 41-31 win over Campbell on Nov. 23, 2019....
Robert Morris announces 2021 nonconference football schedule
Robert Morris is still finishing up its 2021 spring football season, but its fall schedule is one step closer to being complete after the Colonials announced three nonconference opponents Friday. Before playing eight Big South opponents between Oct. 2 and Nov. 20, the Colonials will kick off their 2021 fall...
Robert Morris football blanked by Kennesaw State in Big South debutVideo
KENNESAW, Ga. — Robert Morris fell flat in it Big South football debut. Xavier Shepherd passed for a touchdown and ran for another, and Kennesaw State won its first four games of the season for the first time in program history with a 35-0 victory over the Colonials on Saturday....
Deer Lakes defender Colton Spence commits to Robert Morris
For the past two seasons, Deer Lakes senior defender Colton Spence has been the backbone of the Lancers defense on the soccer field and now he’s taking his talents to Robert Morris. Earlier this week, Spence announced he was signing with the Colonials to continue his soccer career after helping...
RMU’s Williams selected for national 3-point competition
Jon Williams can light it up from long range. The Robert Morris guard led the Horizon League in 3-point field goal percentage (.440) for the 2020-21 season. Now, Williams will get a chance to show what he can do on a national stage as he will take part in the...
How did your March Madness bracket get busted? One coach explains the path to all those upsets
Is your March Madness bracket busted? Yeah. Mine, too. Whose isn’t? If ever there was a year to “expect the unexpected” in the NCAA tournament, this is it. After all, with the odd circumstances affecting almost every conference — and nearly every team that qualified for the tournament — it...
Robert Morris reschedules Big South conference games
The Big South Conference is already making changes to its spring football schedule, and Robert Morris has rescheduled two of its conference games to later this spring, and another game will be moved. The Colonials were originally supposed to play Monmouth this past weekend at Joe Walton Stadium and were...
First Call: T.J. Watt on Bud Dupree’s departure; JuJu Smith-Schuster tells Steelers players he’s gone; Philly for Mike Hilton?
Steelers free-agency headlines dominate Tuesday’s “First Call.” It sounds like JuJu Smith-Schuster is halfway out the door. T.J. Watt bids adieu to Bud Dupree. Teams are eyeing up Mike Hilton. And there’s plenty of news surrounding the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals, too. See ya’ around Where wide receiver JuJu...
Tim Benz: Andy Toole looks at this year’s brackets, reflects on RMU’s unfulfilled 2020 NCAA Tournament bid
It was a year ago, but you can tell the wounds are still open for Robert Morris head basketball coach Andy Toole. Like anyone in the college hoops game, Toole is thrilled that the NCAA college basketball tournament is actually getting played this year. But that doesn’t bring back the...
