Robert Morris Colonials
| Robert Morris Colonials | |
|---|---|
Colonials Arena | |
| Softball stadium | North Athletic Complex |
| Soccer stadium | North Athletic Complex |
| Lacrosse stadium | Joe Walton Stadium |
| Mascot | RoMo |
| Nickname | Colonials |
| Fight song | Go Colonials |
| Colors | Blue, white, and red[1] |
| Website | www |
The Robert Morris Colonials are the athletic teams for
In December 2013, Robert Morris announced the school was cutting seven sports programs after the 2013–14 season: men's indoor and outdoor track, tennis and cross country and women's golf, tennis and field hockey.[2]
Teams
| Men's sports | Women's sports |
|---|---|
| Basketball | Basketball |
| Football | Cross country |
| Golf | Ice hockey |
| Ice hockey | Lacrosse |
| Lacrosse | Rowing |
| Soccer | Soccer |
| Softball | |
| Track and field† | |
| Volleyball | |
| † – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor | |
Men's and women's basketball
The men's team, which achieved NCAA Division I status starting with the 1976–77 season, has played in eight
- 1982Lost to Indiana (first round)
- 1983Lost to Purdue (first round)
- 1989Lost to Arizona (first round)
- 1990Lost to Kansas (first round)
- 1992Lost to UCLA (first round)
- 2009Lost to Michigan State (first round)
- 2010Lost to Villanova (first round)
- 2015Lost to Duke (second round)
In 1983, they won their first NCAA Tournament game, a "play-in" game against Georgia Southern, which earned them the right to play Purdue in the first round.
The men's team played in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in 2008, 2013, and 2014. They defeated defending national champion Kentucky in the first round of the 2013 NIT, a game that was played on the Robert Morris campus because Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY, was not available.
In recent years, both the men's and women's teams have had success in their
The men's team won the 2009 NEC Championship, beating Mount St. Mary's 48–46. With the win, the school qualified for the
The 2015 men's team followed their NEC Championship with the second NCAA Tournament game victory in school history, an 81–77 "play-in" game triumph over the University of North Florida. The victory earned the team a first-round match-up with the eventual national champion, Duke Blue Devils.
The 2019-20 season was a special one for the Colonials, as they played their inaugural season at the UPMC Events Center. The first game in the new building marked the first time the RMU men would play host to their intra-county rivals, the Pitt Panthers. Although they would go on to lose that game, the men's team capped off the season with their record ninth—and final—NEC tournament title as they defeated Saint Francis University. That championship would have earned them an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament, but it was canceled due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ice hockey
The men's ice hockey team competes in
Since 2006, the ice hockey team has hosted the
On May 26, 2021, Robert Morris University terminated both the men's and women's varsity hockey programs.[5] On December 17, 2021, the school announced that, after successful fundraising efforts, the two teams would return for the 2023–24 season.[6] RMU was soon reinstated to its former conference homes of Atlantic Hockey and CHA.[7][8]
Other athletic teams
The football and lacrosse teams play in
The school's soccer teams both play on the North Athletic Complex, and the hockey teams played their games at the
On February 14, 2009, the men's lacrosse team defeated Penn State 12–11 in double overtime in the program's biggest victory at Joe Walton Stadium.
References
- ^ "RMU Brand Style Guide" (PDF). March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ Robert Morris to cut 7 programs
- ^ "History Made: Colonials Stun College Hockey World - RMUColonials.com—Official Web site of Robert Morris University Athletics". www.rmucolonials.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
- ^ Sanserino, Michael (January 9, 2010). "Pittsburgh Hockey Showcase: Colonials upset Miami, 3-1". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ "RMU Charts Strategic Course Headed into its Centennial Year | Robert Morris University". www.rmu.edu. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "RMU Reinstates Hockey Programs For 2023-24" (Press release). Robert Morris Colonials. December 17, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ "Atlantic Hockey Reinstates Robert Morris" (Press release). Atlantic Hockey Association. April 15, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "College Hockey America Reinstates RMU" (Press release). Robert Morris Colonials. March 3, 2022. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
- ^ RMU Colonials Head Coach Joe Walton bio at RMU Colonials Athletics website
