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Robert Morris officially joins Horizon League for most sports; football to become Big South member
The Robert Morris men’s basketball team won the Northeast Conference’s championship game with a 77-67 victory over St. Francis at UPMC Events Center on March 10. The Colonials celebrated with a trophy and began to cut down the net. But they never got to enjoy the ultimate reward of that...
Tim Benz: Jake Guentzel, RMU announcement provide ‘pure sports’ jolt
Guess what I’m doing today. I’m going to a press conference! Woo-hoo! What do I wear? A coat and tie? A tux?! Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Tim, what’s the big deal? You do this for a living. How many thousands of press conferences have you gone to over...
Source: Robert Morris likely moving to Horizon League
Robert Morris, which has been a member of the Northeast Conference since upgrading to Division I in 1981, is likely moving into the Horizon League in time for the 2020-21 academic year, a source told the Tribune-Review. The move is not official, but the university may make an announcement next...
Taking over a college hockey program during a pandemic … and other fun hobbies
It’s your first college head coaching job. It’s a small school. It’s Division III men’s hockey. You aren’t the biggest program in your own state, or your own city. The team is 14-58-6 in its first three seasons. And you’ve signed on during a pandemic. So, you’ve been on the...
Robert Morris reportedly mulling move out of Northeast Conference
A potential move out of the Northeast Conference for Robert Morris — a possibility that has been whispered about more than once in recent years — is once again a topic of conversation. On Wednesday night, Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports reported the Colonials have emerged as a potential candidate...
Norwin grad Steve Petrick to play final year of college football at Maine
Steve Petrick thinks he still has something to give college football, and he plans to make his final season count. “One hundred percent,” he said. But Petrick will have to put that punctuation mark on his meandering career at another new school — his fourth in as many years. A...
Robert Morris’ Natalie Marcuzzi signs with Toronto’s NWHL team
Former Robert Morris forward Natalie Marcuzzi has signed with the Toronto franchise in the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL). Terms of the contract were not announced. A native of Thornhill, Ont., Marcuzzi was a fourth-round selection of the expansion franchise which has not yet announced its nickname. As a senior...
Former Bucknell shot blocker Kahliel Spear transfers to Robert Morris
Kahliel Spear, who led Bucknell in blocked shots last season mainly in a reserve role, has transferred to Robert Morris with two years of eligibility remaining. He won’t be eligible until the 2021-22 season, according to NCAA transfer rules. Spear (6-foot-7, 207 pounds) played the past two seasons at Bucknell,...
Robert Morris athletics cancels summer camps, clinics
Robert Morris University has canceled all camps and clinics scheduled for this summer because of concerns over the covid-19 pandemic. That includes day and residential camps. Meanwhile, school officials will continue to monitor guidelines regarding events and gatherings implemented by Robert Morris University, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Center for Disease...
Pitt, Duquesne, Robert Morris coaches band together in attempt to bounce covid-19
Keith Dambrot is serious when he says people need to practice social distancing as one of the best ways to fight covid-19. “Our daughter (Alysse) works in a physical therapy facility,” Duquesne’s men’s basketball coach said, “and we told her, ‘Don’t come (to visit).’ “We love our daughter, but we...
Robert Morris’ Jaycee Gebhard selected in 1st round of NWHL draft
Robert Morris forward Jaycee Gebhard was selected in the first round (No. 6 overall) by the expansion Toronto franchise of the National Women’s Hockey League on Tuesday. Gebhard, 22, recently completed her senior season at Robert Morris and finished as the program’s all-time leading scorer with 198 points (74 goals,...
Robert Morris gets 6-9 forward Tyson Brown’s signature on letter of intent
Robert Morris, the defending Northeast Conference champion, signed 6-foot-9 forward Tyson Brown to a national letter of intent Friday, giving the Colonials four committed members for its class of 2021. Brown, who played last season at Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock, Va., averaged 13.7 points and 8.8 rebounds while shooting...
RMU’s Chris King on challenges athletic directors face because of covid-19
First-year Robert Morris athletic director Chris King had just gone through a full week of overseeing his teams barrel through playoff performances. The men’s basketball team had just won the NEC Tournament at the brand-new UPMC Events Center. His women’s team finished 17-1 in conference play. The men’s hockey team...
Robert Morris gets verbal commitment from 6-foot-9 forward Tyson Brown
Robert Morris received its first bit of good news since the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament when Tyson Brown, a 6-foot-9 forward from Virginia Beach, Va., pledged to enroll this year. Brown played at Kempsville High School before transferring to Massanutten Military Academy for his post-graduate year. 2020 Massanutten (VA)...
Robert Morris creates support system for current and former athletes
In an attempt to help student-athletes remain in touch with their university community and, eventually, find and get jobs, Robert Morris’ Department of Athletics announced Tuesday the formation of the Robert Morris Athlete Network. In partnership with Athlete Network, a means of engagement for student-athletes past and present, the university...
Penn State’s Lamar Stevens, WVU’s Oscar Tshiebwe honored by NABC
Four players — one each from Penn State, West Virginia, Duquesne and Robert Morris — were named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division I all-district teams. Penn State’s Lamar Stevens and West Virginia’s Oscar Tshiebwe were named first team District 7 and 8, respectively. Duquesne’s Marcus Weathers and...
RMU coach Andy Toole reflects on his team’s NCAA games that never got to tip off
Usually the idea of missing out on a mid-week, mid-March night in Dayton, Ohio doesn’t sound like something that could plunge you into depression. Right now, Robert Morris basketball players may disagree. That’s where they should have been this week. Playing in an NCAA First Four game to kick off...
Official at Robert Morris’ NEC championship game tests positive for coronavirus
One of three officials who worked the Northeast Conference men’s basketball championship game March 10 at Robert Morris University has tested positive for the covid-19 virus, the school announced Tuesday night in a statement. Donnie Eppley, Earl Walton and Mike Palau officiated the game that was played between teams from...
Kevin Gorman: Canceling NCAA tourney crushing to Robert Morris’ Cinderella storyVideo
Josh Williams knew, but he didn’t want it to be true. On Tuesday, the redshirt senior guard led Robert Morris to win the Northeast Conference tournament championship and earn an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. When the NBA shut down its season Wednesday night, Williams realized he wouldn’t get...
Robert Morris coaches, athletes deal with lost seasons
After leaving a meeting Friday, Charlie Buscaglia walked outside to get in his car. The only important moment left in his day was to go home. What he encountered in the Friday sunlight wasn’t the Robert Morris campus he has known for the past 17 years. “Campus is really barren,”...
NCAA cancels men’s, women’s basketball tournaments
March Madness came to a screeching halt before a bracket could even be filled out. The NCAA canceled its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments Thursday because of the spread of coronavirus, putting an abrupt end to the season less than a month before champions were to be crowned. The unprecedented...
Robert Morris men, women deal with disappointment
In a span of less than 48 hours, Robert Morris’ men’s basketball team went from elation to devastation when the NCAA canceled this year’s tournament. After beating St. Francis (Pa.), 77-67, on Tuesday night in the championship game of the Northeast Conference Tournament, the ultimate prize was taken away when...
March Madness: Conferences scrap tourneys; NCAAs in doubt
The most powerful conferences in college sports canceled their men’s basketball tournaments Thursday because of the coronavirus, putting in doubt this month’s NCAA Tournament — one of the biggest events on the American sports calendar. Within minutes of each other, the Atlantic Coast, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern...
Here’s how Robert Morris women’s coach Charlie Buscaglia dominates NECVideo
If the telephone rings in Charlie Buscaglia’s office, chances are he won’t answer it. He’ll get to it, just maybe not immediately. Actually, he might be at his desk counseling one of his Robert Morris basketball players, telling her, “Let it ring. I’ll get it later. Now, about your problem...
Duquesne’s Keith Dambrot congratulates NCAA-bound Robert Morris
Before he embarked on his own tournament journey, Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot congratulated Robert Morris for winning the Northeast Conference and earning a berth in the upcoming NCAA Tournament. “They did a terrific job,” Dambrot said Wednesday before leaving with his team for the Atlantic 10 Tournament in Brooklyn, N.Y....
