Robert Morris category, Page 5
Anthony Chiccitt and Shawn Charles connect for an 82-yard TD, and Robert Morris beats Merrimack 6-0
MOON TOWNSHIP — Anthony Chiccitt threw for 236 yards, including an 82-yard touchdown, to help Robert Morris beat Merrimack, 6-0, on Saturday in the first meeting between the programs. Chiccitt threw a deep pass down the left sideline, and Shawn Charles outran the defense for an 82-yard touchdown to cap...
Robert Morris loses exhibition to Villanova ahead of season opener
Robert Morris fell to Villanova on Sunday in a charity exhibition tune-up for the Colonials’ regular-season men’s basketball opener next week at West Virginia. Despite three RMU players scoring in double figures, led by Josh Omojafo’s 15 points, the Colonials came away an 87-73 loser to the Wildcats at Finneran...
Robert Morris blanks St. Francis for 2nd shutout in 3 games
Tyvon Edmonds Jr. and Ethan Shine scored on short touchdown runs, Robert Morris allowed just 130 yards, and the Colonials picked up their second shutout of the season, 17-0, over St. Francis (Pa.) on Saturday. Robert Morris (5-3, 4-0 Northeast Conference) remained a half-game ahead of Duquesne in the NEC...
Chiccitt, Moyer power Robert Morris in 45-31 victory over Long Island
MOON TOWNSHIP — Anthony Chiccitt threw for 351 yards and three touchdowns, DJ Moyer scored a go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter and Robert Morris outlasted Long Island University, 45-31, on Saturday. The Colonials, who have not won the Northeast Conference since 2010, improved to 3-0 in league, 4-3 overall....
First Call: Steelers 1 of 3 teams in mix for WR Mike Williams; Terry Bradshaw thinks Steelers should stick with Justin Fields
The Pittsburgh Steelers could be finally closing in on wide receiver help. A Steelers legend is weighing in on the quarterback debate. West Virginia is in the spotlight for local college football fans. And the Robert Morris hockey team has to be pleased with its first outing of the year....
Robert Morris women, under 1st-year coach McCabe, picked last in Horizon League
Chandler McCabe faces a major challenge at Robert Morris in her first head coaching job in women’s basketball after the Colonials were picked to finish last in the 11-team Horizon League preseason poll, announced Wednesday. Under McCabe, RMU, which finished last in the regular season a year ago, will look...
Quest to replace goalies is key to RMU hockey in Year 2 of relaunch
For the Robert Morris men’s hockey team, very little was known going into the program’s relaunch of a season last year. One thing the players and coaches did know is that they had Chad Veltri in the net. The Niagara transfer goalie from Fox Chapel came back to Pittsburgh to...
Robert Morris picked 9th in Horizon League men’s basketball preseason poll
Two days after sharing the court as a speaker with Arkansas’ John Calipari, Gonzaga’s Mark Few and others at a regional clinic, Robert Morris men’s basketball coach Andy Toole learned Tuesday where his team would land in the latest Horizon League preseason poll. Coming off a disappointing 6-14 league record...
Anthony Chiccitt’s 3 total TDs power Robert Morris to win
Anthony Chiccitt threw two scores and ran for a third, and Robert Morris celebrated homecoming with a 23-0 victory over Delaware State on Saturday. The Colonials (3-3) led 3-0 at halftime on a 37-yard field goal by Jayon Jenkins. Chiccitt then dominated the second half with touchdown passes of 42...
Morrissey, Carter lead with 2 TDs apiece to get Eastern Kentucky past Robert Morris 31-7
RICHMOND, Ky. — Matt Morrissey threw two touchdown passes, Joshua Carter ran for two scores and Eastern Kentucky beat Robert Morris, 31-7, on Saturday. Morrissey was 17 of 29 passing for 265 yards and added 53 yards on the ground. His 57-yard touchdown pass to Dequan Stanley stretched the Colonels’...
Edmonds runs for 99 yards and 2 TDs, leads Robert Morris over Wagner
NEW YORK — Tyvon Edmonds Jr. ran for 99 yards and two touchdowns to lead Robert Morris to a 21-14 victory over Wagner on Saturday. The victory is the Colonials’ first in the Northeast Conference since 2019. Wagner’s Jake Cady threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Teree McDonald that ended...
Robert Morris beats Wagner in return to Northeast Conference
Tyvon Edmonds Jr. scored a pair of touchdowns to lead Robert Morris to a 21-14 victory over Wagner on Saturday in the Colonials’ return to Northeast Conference competition. Robert Morris (2-2, 2-0), which played in the NEC from 1996-2019, played the last three seasons in the Big South Conference. Wagner...
Anthony Chiccitt torches Mercyhurst in Robert Morris win
MOON TOWNSHIP — Anthony Chiccitt threw for 307 yards and five touchdowns, Noah Robinson had 116 yards receiving and two scores and Robert Morris beat Mercyhurst, 55-28, on Saturday. Robert Morris scored the opening 21 points of the game and then closed the first half with two scoring drives in...
Robert Morris AD, Edinboro football coach share hometown bond as teams square off
Jake Nulph has had Saturday circled on his calendar from the moment he took over as football coach at Edinboro in 2020. Chris King isn’t surprised one bit. After all, Robert Morris’ athletic director figures that when you get a chance to return to your alma mater, you’re bound to...
Robert Morris men’s basketball will open Horizon schedule Dec. 4 against Youngstown State
Robert Morris men’s basketball will begin its fifth season in the Horizon League with a home game Dec. 4 against Youngstown State at the UPMC Events Center. Overall, the Colonials will play 20 conference games, meeting each of their 10 opponents once at home and on the road, according to...
Robert Morris hockey looks to move from back on the ice to back in contention
Robert Morris hockey players took the ice last week to begin practices for the second season of the rebooted program. The sense of being a newly constructed team has faded a bit after 2023-24’s return to the ice. And that’s exactly how the players want it. “Expectations will be a...
Robert Morris’ Rob Carter Jr. lands No. 1 highlight on SportsCenter’s Top Plays
Robert Morris defensive back Rob Carter Jr. might have made the best play of the college football season, just as the season got under way. Carter’s acrobatic acrobatic, one-handed interception just before halftime Saturday night in a 36-14 loss at Utah State was No. 1 on SportsCenter’s Top Plays after...
Utah State pulls away from Robert Morris in 2nd half
LOGAN, Utah — Backup quarterback Bryson Barnes passed for two touchdowns and ran for another Saturday night, Kyrese White caught three balls for 131 yards, including touchdowns of 57 and 53 yards, and Utah State beat Robert Morris, 36-14, in the season opener for both teams. Nate Dreiling, who was...
Bolstered by veterans, transfers, Robert Morris excited for return to NEC
Robert Morris finished its last football season in the Big South with a 2-4 record and a 4-7 mark overall. The Colonials will look for better results this season as they return to the NEC, a conference they helped start in 1996. The Colonials finished 6-1 in the NEC in...
Urban-Bennett Memorial Classic highlights Robert Morris’ nonconference schedule
Robert Morris men’s basketball will embark on its 49th season at the Division I level in Morgantown to take on West Virginia on Nov. 4, marking its first clash with the Mountaineers since 2010. It will be the first of 11 nonconference games for the Colonials. On Nov. 10, just...
Duquesne pegged to repeat as NEC champion in preseason coaches poll
Football coaches of the Northeast Conference voted Duquesne to defend its conference title in their preseason poll Wednesday during NEC media day at MetLife Stadium. This is the Dukes’ 14th consecutive season ranked in the top three in the preseason coaches’ poll, which includes earning at least one first place...
Entering Year 2 of their return, Robert Morris happy to ‘just get back to being Colonial hockey’
For Robert Morris men’s hockey, the second season of the program’s reboot doesn’t begin on the ice until October. It’s feeling real now, though. The schedule was released Tuesday. The roster is set. After a return to play from a two-year hiatus last fall, the rhythm is back. The cycle...
New Castle native Anthony Richards joins Andy Toole’s coaching staff at Robert Morris
New Castle native Anthony Richards has joined the Robert Morris men’s basketball program as an assistant coach, the university announced Monday. “I have known Anthony since he was in junior high school. He has always impacted winning at every level as a player and now as a coach,” head coach...
Robert Morris rower dies in Washington County crash
An 18-year-old woman was killed in a crash Sunday morning in Washington County. The crash happened just after 3 a.m. along Interstate 70 near the West Virginia state line. The Washington County coroner said Kaylee Ogea of Shawboro, N.C., lost control of her vehicle, which then rolled over. She was...
Penn-Trafford soccer goalie Rease Solomon commits to Robert Morris
Rease Solomon will be stopping shots in the Horizon League. The rising senior soccer goalkeeper at Penn-Trafford announced a verbal commitment to Robert Morris. Solomon, a Pittsburgh Riverhounds Academy player, was an all-section performer last season. She allowed 16 goals, made 113 saves and posted six shutouts for the Warriors...
