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Ex-Robert Morris player Yannis Mendy signs contract with team in his native France
Former Robert Morris forward Yannis Mendy, who concluded his career this year by helping the Colonials win the Northeast Conference Tournament, has signed with US Avignon-Le Pontet of the National 1 French League. Mendy is the fourth former Colonials player to sign an overseas contract, joining Jeremy Chappell (2005-09), Karvel...
Robert Morris, Mercyhurst aim to open men’s hockey seasons in mid-November
Atlantic Hockey, the conference which includes Robert Morris and Mercyhurst, announced it is targeting Nov. 13 to open its men’s 2020-21 season. Schedules have yet to be announced but according to a release from the conference, each school will play between 24 and 28 games. The season will conclude with...
Robert Morris Island Sports Center rink renamed Clearview Arena
There’s a new name on the marquee at the Robert Morris Island Sports Center complex. Colonials Arena will now be Clearview Arena as part of Clearview’s role as the official credit union of RMU athletics. The university and credit union announced the partnership Tuesday. There will be updated logos and...
First Call: Will Baker Mayfield play vs. Steelers? Aaron Donald dominates. Steelers opponent loses QB.
In Monday’s “First Call,” Baker Mayfield wants you to know how tough he is heading into Steelers week. Just ask his “momma.” Also, a future Steelers opponent just lost their quarterback. A division rival beats up on another one. Aaron Donald wrecks Alex Smith’s return. And Robert Morris’ hockey team...
First Call: Tight ends will be big in Steelers vs. Eagles. Cole vs. Glasnow in Game 5.
Friday’s “First Call” looks at a key matchup in Sunday’s Steelers-Eagles game. The Steelers defensive front gets some high first-quarter grades. Robert Morris hockey has found a special story and a special skater. And the Duquesne Dukes may be part of an Atlantic 10 renaissance. Tale of the tight ends...
NCAA sets Nov. 25 start date for men’s, women’s basketballVideo
The NCAA men’s and women’s basketball season will begin Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving. The Division I Council voted Wednesday to push the start date back from the originally scheduled Nov. 10 as one of several precautions against the spread of coronavirus. The later start date coincides with the...
College hockey conferences delay start of season, still plan to play
The college hockey season won’t start on time, but the possibility of pucks being dropped by Thanksgiving appears to be on the table. The Hockey Commissioners Association, an organization that includes all 11 conferences that play men’s and women’s NCAA hockey, announced Thursday that the start of the season will...
Former Yough, Robert Morris ace Nicole (Sleith) Schaffer to coach at Duke
One of the most dominant left-handed strikeout pitchers in recent WPIAL and Robert Morris softball history is going to teach her craft to college players at the Division I level. Former Yough and Robert Morris hurler Nicole (Sleith) Schaffer was hired as an assistant coach at Duke. Schaffer was the...
Former Quaker Valley star Jimmy Perkins back with RMU lacrosse for 7th year of eligibility
It’s not every day a college athlete receives a seventh year of athletic eligibility. In fact, there are only two men’s lacrosse players in NCAA Division I that have received that seventh year this season. The first is Rutgers’ Adam Charalambides and the second is Jimmy Perkins, a former WPIAL...
RMU’s Denniston retires after 23 years as men’s soccer coach
A coaching tenure that stretched to more than two decades came to an end Tuesday as Bill Denniston announced his retirement as coach of the Robert Morris men’s soccer team. Hired in the spring of 1997, Denniston served 23 years at the helm of the Colonials and is one of...
Robert Morris AD: Total shutdown of college sports? Not yet. But ‘there may be that discussion’
I’m getting to that point with college sports. That point when you think, “Shut it down until there is a coronavirus vaccine. Or a treatment. Or national infection rates are next to nothing.” I’m conflicted. Because I’m also at a point where I think, “Just play through it. We aren’t...
Robert Morris postpones football to spring after Big South delays fall sports
Robert Morris plans to move its football season to the spring after the Big South announced Wednesday it will delay fall sports until then. Robert Morris is an associate member of the Big South in football. The Big South will allow its members to play as many as four nonconference...
Robert Morris men’s basketball inks 6th member of recruiting class
Robert Morris men’s basketball announced Thursday the signing of forward Patrick Suemnick. Suemnick, who made a verbal commitment in June, averaged 19 points and 10.7 rebounds as a senior in helping Denmark High School near Green Bay reach the state semifinals. Suemnick (6-8, 225) attended Don Bosco Institute in Indiana...
Wheeling Nailers sign former Robert Morris captain Luke Lynch
The Wheeling Nailers have signed former Robert Morris captain and forward Luke Lynch to an ECHL contract. A native of Shaler, Lynch completed his NCAA career in 2019-20. As a senior, he appeared in 37 games and scored 17 points (five goals, 12 assists). In 155 career games with the...
Robert Morris extends basketball coach Andy Toole’s contract through 2025-26
As Robert Morris transitions to a new basketball conference, it will do so with men’s coach Andy Toole signed for six more seasons. The university extended Toole’s contract through the 2025-26 season, athletics spokesman Ethan Woy confirmed Friday. Toole, 39, finished his 10th season as coach this winter. His career...
Horizon League – Robert Morris’ new home – postpones sports until Oct. 1
The Horizon League will postpone the start of all of its fall sports until at least Oct. 1, the conference said in a statement, delaying the first competitive events for Robert Morris in its new conference home. “All fall sports competition (championship and non-championship) will be delayed with the understanding...
Robert Morris football schedules September road game at Hawaii
If a college football season is actually played this fall, Robert Morris will take a Hawaiian vacation in the middle of it. The University of Hawaii announced Monday that it will play host to the Colonials on Sept. 26. Hawaii is looking for opponents after Fordham canceled a scheduled Sept....
Robert Morris’ Nneka Ezeigbo signs pro basketball contract
Former Robert Morris women’s basketball player Nneka Ezeigbo signed a professional contract with Unicaja Malaga of Spain’s Liga Femenina 2. The 2020 graduate completed one of the best careers in school history. She is the only player in program history to be a part of four Northeast Conference regular-season championship...
Robert Morris coach Andy Toole studies new opponents, recruiting landscape in Horizon League
The past week has been a busier than normal for Robert Morris men’s basketball coach Andy Toole since the university made the announcement that the Colonials were leaving the Northeast Conference and upgrading to the Horizon League. The announcement left Toole and his staff scrambling to study the strength and...
Robert Morris women join Mid-American Conference for lacrosse
The Robert Morris women’s lacrosse team will compete in a new conference starting next spring. The Colonials will join the Mid-American Conference beginning in 2020-21 after the school left the Northeast Conference last week. RMU officials are still searching for a conference for men’s lacrosse team. The women will join...
Burrell grad Alaina York makes most of abbreviated 1st season
Alaina York began a summer job Monday as a nursing assistant at UPMC Presbyterian. The next couple of months will build on her experiences studying nursing at Robert Morris. While she makes strides towards her career field, the Burrell graduate also is focused on her opportunities for the Robert Morris...
Fox Chapel native Carol Schoenecker named rowing coach at RMU
Four years ago, Robert Morris rowing coaches Nelle Stahura and Carol Schoenecker sat down at a table for breakfast outside of a local restaurant and talked about what the sport meant to them. They talked about everything from the opportunities the sport has provided them over the course of their...
RMU’s Chris King delves into financial, logistical impact of conference moves
Thursday’s “Breakfast With Benz” podcast features Robert Morris athletic director Chris King. We talk at length about RMU’s move to the Horizon League from the NEC for basketball in 2020 and to the Big South from the NEC for football in 2021. Like many institutions these days, RMU is dealing...
Robert Morris hires track and field, cross country coach with championship resume
Robert Morris has itself a championship track and field and cross country coach. Bryan Delsite, hired to lead the women’s teams, has won conference titles as a coach, as well as college, national and international titles as an athlete. A former RMU assistant, Delsite has been an assistant for the...
RMU coach Andy Toole discusses jumping to Horizon League, recruiting challenges, travel
That Robert Morris Northeast Conference championship game back on March 10 was a send-off in a number of ways. The Colonials 77-67 victory over St. Francis (Pa.) not only was the final sporting event in Pittsburgh prior to the covid-19 shutdown. It also turned about the school’s last game in...
