Robert Morris category, Page 2
No ‘psychological warfare’ necessary in Duquesne-Robert Morris regular season finale
Robert Morris football coach Bernard Clark has no idea if the gameday staff plans to post or announce out-of-town NEC scores at Joe Walton Stadium during his team’s game versus cross-town rival Duquesne on Saturday. “We have a jumbotron. We have the ability to do it,” Clark said. “I’ve never...
Robert Morris men rally but come up short vs. St. Bonaventure
Robert Morris’ bid for a second signature road win in men’s basketball fell short Thursday night in Olean, N.Y., as St. Bonaventure held off the Colonials’ second-half challenge to pull away for a 75-61 victory at Reilly Center. Double-doubles by Frank Mitchell and Cayden Charles powered the unbeaten Bonnies (5-0),...
Brian Trobel runs for 150 yards, 2 TDs as Mercyhurst beats Robert Morris
ERIE — Brian Trobel ran for 150 yards and two touchdowns, Adam Urena threw for 206 yards and a touchdown and Mercyhurst beat Robert Morris, 27-13, on Saturday. Mercyhurst (5-6, 4-2) has a chance to share the regular season Northeast Conference title with Central Connecticut (7-4, 5-1) with a win...
Robert Morris men dispatch Division III Pitt-Greensburg, but coach Toole unhappy with Colonials’ effort
Robert Morris made it two one-sided victories in three days against visiting Division III opponents, thumping Pitt-Greensburg, 81-57, on Thursday night at UPMC Events Center. The win — however uninspired it seemed to RMU coach Andy Toole — comes on the heels of a 93-47 rout of Geneva on Monday...
Robert Morris works on chemistry in win over Division III Geneva in home opener
Andy Toole was watching. Apparently, his players sensed it, too. All Robert Morris’ veteran basketball coach wanted to see Monday night was a hint of maturity from his reconstructed team. “It’s all part of the process of becoming a good team,” Toole said following the new-look Colonials’ 93-47 dismantling of...
Robert Morris comes up just short in loss to Wagner
MOON TOWNSHIP — Andre Hines Jr. rushed for 135 yards and a touchdown, and Damien Mazil went 75 yards for Wagner’s final score to lead the Seahawks to a 24-20 win over Robert Morris on Saturday. Robert Morris’ final drive began at its 1 and reached the Wagner 19 before...
Robert Morris knocks off Drake in eye-catching early season win
Hit hard by trasfers, the Robert Morris basketball team lost its entire starting lineup after reaching the NCAA Tournament last season. Two games into this season, a new cast of Colonials already has a signature win. Nikolaos Chitikoudis had a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds and Darius Livingston...
Robert Morris takes lumps in opener at Iowa
The sequel to an unbelievable men’s basketball season at Robert Morris finally got underway Tuesday night for the Colonials with a tough Midwest assignment. As expected, the new-look Colonials, a year removed from their first Horizon League championship, failed Iowa’s challenging test, falling behind quickly and losing 101-69 at Carver-Hawkeye...
New-look Robert Morris begins quest to defend Horizon League championship
Can he do it again? Will ultra-persistent coach Andy Toole succeed in inducing another fresh roster of basketball players to bond at Robert Morris and make a run at back-to-back Horizon League championships? “We’ll see how it all plays out,” Toole said last week while putting the finishing touches on...
In coach Chandler McCabe’s 2nd season, Robert Morris women expected to contend for Horizon title
In one season, Robert Morris women’s basketball coach Chandler McCabe went from simply trying to get a once-proud program back on its feet to steering a league championship contender. A late-season surge boosted the Colonials from a 1-7 Horizon League record to 10-10. RMU even won its Horizon tournament opener....
Tanner throws 2 TD passes to help Robert Morris rally past Stonehill 20-17
EASTON, Mass. — Zach Tanner threw for a pair of touchdowns, and Ethan Stone ran for 122 yards as Robert Morris beat Stonehill, 20-17, on Saturday for its second straight win. Tanner, who completed just 9 of 22 pass attempts for 111 yards, threw the go-ahead score — an 18-yard...
Robert Morris picks up 1st NEC victory, keeps Saint Francis winless
LORETTO — Ethan Shine had 123 yards rushing, including a key touchdown in the fourth quarter, and Robert Morris defeated Saint Francis, 24-14, on Saturday. After a Saint Francis touchdown got the Red Flash within 17-14 in the fourth quarter, Owen McGraw returned the kickoff 49 yards to set up...
Robert Morris football slips to 1-6 after loss to Long Island
OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. — O’Shawn Ross Jr. ran for 110 yards with a touchdown, Luca Stanzani added a touchdown pass, and Long Island defeated Robert Morris, 17-7, on Saturday. Long Island (2-5, 1-2 NEC) led 14-0 at halftime after scoring twice in the second quarter. Ross scored on a 6-yard...
Robert Morris slips to 1-5 after home loss to Central Connecticut
Devon Anderson’s 55-yard interception return for a touchdown highlighted a dominant defensive effort as Central Connecticut defeated Robert Morris, 24-12, on Saturday. Brady Olson threw for 187 yards and a touchdown, and Elijah Howard rushed for 131 yards and a score for the Blue Devils (4-3, 2-0 NEC), who built...
Robert Morris women picked to finish 2nd in Horizon League
A year after the Robert Morris women’s basketball team reached the Horizon League Tournament semifinals, the Colonials were chosen Thursday to finish as runner-up in the league standings this season. The league’s coaches selected defending-champion Green Bay as the frontrunner to repeat. The Phoenix garnered eight of the 11 available...
Robert Morris picked 4th in Horizon League men’s basketball preseason poll
Defending champion Robert Morris is predicted to finish fourth in the Horizon League men’s basketball standings, according a preseason poll released Wednesday. The Colonials earned the conference’s regular-season and tournament championships last season, finishing with a 26-9 record (15-5 Horizon) and advancing to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 10...
Merrimack too much for Robert Morris
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — DeMarcus McElroy rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown, and Merrimack improved to 3-0 at home this season with a 24-7 victory over Robert Morris on Saturday. After RMU went 92 yards in five plays on its opening possession to take a 7-0 lead, Merrimack allowed...
For Robert Morris Hockey in 2025-26, the goal is ‘to be who we say we are’
Robert Morris hockey coach Derek Schooley has seen the predictions for his team in Year 3 of the relaunched program. The Colonials have been slotted anywhere from second to ninth in the 10-team Atlantic Hockey America conference. “We are somewhere between there on all of it. We’ll find out where...
Defending Horizon Tournament champion Robert Morris turns the page with new team
What will they do for an encore? Following a year in which both Robert Morris basketball programs finally captured the attention of Horizon League fanatics, the Colonials are tasked with — shall we say? — keeping the ball bouncing. “Every group is different,” Robert Morris coach Andy Toole said Wednesday...
Smart hits game-winning field goal, Dayton downs Robert Morris 17-14
Robby Smart kicked a 21-yard field goal with 3 minutes, 28 seconds left, and Bryce Schondelmyer tossed two touchdown passes as Dayton beat Robert Morris, 17-14, on Saturday. The Colonials (1-3) opened the scoring when Ethan Shine powered into the end zone from 2 yards in the first quarter. Dayton...
District college roundup: Roman Purcell, Bobbie Boyd Jr. lead Cal (Pa.) past West Chester
Roman Purcell threw for 82 yards and ran for 78 yards and a touchdown as No. 10 Cal (Pa.) scored a 26-24 victory over West Chester (1-1) in nonconference play Saturday afternoon. Bobbie Boyd Jr. led the Vulcans (2-0) in rushing with 79 yards and one touchdown. West Chester’s Jordan...
Ethan Shine and Zach Tanner lead Robert Morris to 28-14 win over Division II-foe West Liberty
Ethan Shine ran for 133 yards, Zach Tanner threw two short touchdown passes and Robert Morris defeated West Liberty, 28-14, on Saturday night. Tanner threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Thomas Lee, Donta Whack scored on a 2-yard run and Tanner connected with Jaqai Carter for a 4-yard score, giving...
Gateway grad Jayson Jenkins shines in 1st game adding punting duties for Robert Morris
Jayson Jenkins is getting the hang of college punting. The Gateway graduate and special teams standout as a graduate student on the Robert Morris football team earned Northeast Conference Co-Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts in the Colonials’ opener Aug. 30 at West Virginia. In his first...
Youngstown QB sets MVC record in rout of Robert Morris
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Beau Brungard ran for four touchdowns and set a Missouri Valley Conference record for quarterbacks with 264 yards and passed for another score as Youngstown State defeated Robert Morris, 56-17, on Saturday. Brungard, a junior, scored on runs of 72, 20 and 4 yards in the first...
WVU overcomes slow start to pull away from Robert Morris in season opener
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A “Tiger” was on the loose Saturday at West Virginia. When Robert Morris coach Bernard Clark met the media after the Colonials’ season-opening 45-3 loss to the Mountaineers, he wasn’t in the mood for moral victories. “It’s just not in my DNA,” said Clark, the former Orange...
