URI Moves Start Time Back. Brown, Bryant, PC Alter Schedules
Friday, February 08, 2013
With a powerful winter storm bearing down on the state of Rhode Island, many local sports teams have had to change the dates and times of their scheduled games. However, not all have done so to this point. Here's a look at some of this weekend's schedule:
University of Rhode Island:
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe start time for tomorrow's Rhode Island/St. Bonaventure men's basketball game has been changed to 7 p.m. in order to allow for storm crews to clean up the roadways from the blizzard.
The Ryan Center box office will re-open tomorrow at 5:30 p.m.
Here is the the ticket exchange policy for tomorrow's game:
Tickets (un-stubbed/non scanned) can be exchanged for another men's basketball home game during the 2012-13 season.
The Ryan Center box office will begin processing the exchanges on Monday, Feb. 11.
If the game is played (as scheduled) fans should use discretion if they decide to travel to the Ryan Center.
Due to the campus-wide parking ban, students have been instructed to park in the Plains Road lots. Please factor that into your plans if you intend on coming to the game.
Per the 2012-13 A-10 Basketball Operations manual, if both teams and officials can get to the site, the game shall be played. St. Bonaventure arrived in R.I. on Thursday afternoon.
RI Athletics has been closely monitoring weather forecasts and has been in contact with officials from St. Bonaventure and the Atlantic 10 Conference. Arrangements - and weather-related contingencies - were made with game officials.
If there are any additional updates or changes, please stay tuned to GoRhody.com.
Providence College:
The Providence College women's basketball game scheduled for Saturday, February 9 at 2:00 p.m. vs. South Florida has been moved. The game will be played at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night, allowing for clean-up of the roadways from the impending storm. Any additional updates regarding the game, or potential changes, will be posted on Friars.com.
The Providence College men's hockey game scheduled for Friday, Feb. 8 versus No. 4/5 New Hampshire has been postponed due to the impending snow storm. The game is now scheduled to take place at Schneider Arena at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13.
Tickets for the game on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 will be honored for the rescheduled game on Wednesday, Feb. 13. Please contact the Ticket office at 401-865-4672 or through email: [email protected] with questions or concerns.
The Friars and Wildcats are still scheduled to meet at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10 in a game that will be televised live on CBS Sports Network from New Hampshire's Whittemore Center. The second-place Wildcats (16-7-2, 11-6-1 HEA) and fifth-place Friars (10-10-5, 8-6-4 HEA) enter Sunday's game with 23 and 20 points, respectively, in the Hockey East standings.
Brown University:
Due to the impending blizzard that is projected to hit the New England area over the next few days, several changes (outlined below) have been made to the Brown Athletics’ competition schedule for the upcoming weekend. Any additional schedule changes and cancellations will be released on brownbears.com as soon as information becomes available.
Update as of 11:45 a.m. Friday, February 8
Women’s Gymnastics: The Brown gymnastics’ team welcomes Rhode Island College, Bridgeport, and Springfield to the Pizzitola Sports Center on Sunday, February 10. The competition will no longer feature SUNY Cortland and the start time has been moved back to 1:00pm as originally scheduled.
Update as of 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 8
Women’s Ice Hockey: The Brown women’s ice hockey team will now face the Dartmouth Big Green in Hanover on Friday, February 8 at 5:00pm, two hours earlier than originally scheduled. The Bears’ game against the Harvard Crimson has been postponed to Tuesday, February 19 at 7:00pm in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Update as of 9:15 a.m. Friday, February 8
Women’s Basketball: The Brown women’s basketball team will now play on Saturday and Sunday night. The Bears will welcome the Princeton Tigers to the Pizzitola Sports Center at 7:00 pm on Saturday, February 9, before taking on the Penn Quakers at 7:00 pm on Sunday, February 10.
Women's Water Polo: The Brown women’s water polo team is hosting the Brown Classic at the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center on Saturday, February 9 and Sunday, February 10. The start times of the weekend’s games have been adjusted to accommodate the weather. The new schedule is as follows (further changes will be announced as needed):
Saturday February 9
4:00pm Claremont-Mudd-Scripps vs. Colorado State
7:30pm Claremont-Mudd-Scripps vs. Wagner
8:40pm Colorado State vs. Brown
Sunday February 10
8:00am Claremont-Mudd-Scripps vs. St. Francis
9:30am Colorado State vs. Wagner
11:15am Claremont-Mudd-Scripps vs. Brown
12:30pm Colorado State vs. St. Francis
1:45pm Wagner vs. Brown
4:30pm St. Francis vs. Brown
Update as of 10:40 p.m. Thursday, February 7
The Fencing Ivy League Championships, to be hosted by Harvard on Saturday, February 9 and Sunday, February 10, has been postponed. A makeup date will be announced at a later time.
Original Release as of 6:30 p.m. Thursday, February 7
Men’s and Women’s Squash: The Brown men's and women's squash matches against the Harvard Crimson have been moved to Thursday, February 7 at the Pizzitola Sports Center's Brodsky Squash Pavilion. The matches will start at 5pm.
Men’s Ice Hockey: Saturday’s men’s ice hockey game against the #9 Yale Bulldogs has been rescheduled for Sunday, February 10. The puck will drop at 5:00pm at Meehan Auditorium.
Men’s and Women’s Track & Field: Boston University has canceled the St. Valentine Invitational in which the Brown track & field teams were scheduled to compete, on Friday, February 8 and Saturday, February 9. Additionally, the Bears will no longer compete in the MIT Co-ed Invite II on Saturday, February 9. The team will return to action on Sunday, February 17 at the USATF New England competition in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving: The swimming & diving meet at Yale, scheduled for Saturday, February 9, has been moved to Sunday, February 10. The Bears will take on the Bulldogs in New Haven at 1:00pm.
Women’s Tennis: The women’s tennis ECAC Tournament, scheduled for Saturday, February 9 and Sunday, February 10, has been cancelled. The Bears will return to the courts on Sunday, February 17 when they host a double-header with Binghamton (11:00am) and Providence (4:00pm)
Skiing: The UConn Carnival, slated to be held at Wildcat Mountain in New Hampshire on Saturday, February 9 and Sunday, February 10, has been canceled due to the threat of snow. The ski team will return to the slopes on Saturday, February 23 and Sunday, February 24 when it travels to Sugarloaf, Maine to compete in the USCSA ECSC Regional Championships.
As of Thursday afternoon, the following sports will compete as scheduled: Men’s Basketball (2/8 at Princeton-7:00pm; 2/9 at Penn-7:00pm), Men’s Tennis (2/8 at Ball State-2:00pm; 2/9 at Indiana-3:00pm), Wrestling (2/9 at Princeton-10:00am; 2/9 at Penn-2:00pm; 2/10 at Lehigh-3:00pm), and Men’s and Women’s Squash (2/10 at Dartmouth-2:00pm).
Any additional schedule changes and cancellations will be released on brownbears.com as soon as information becomes available.
Bryant University:
The Bryant University men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader vs. Sacred Heart University, originally schedule for Saturday, has been officially moved to Sunday, Feb. 10 due to the impending winter storm.
The women’s basketball team will tip off at 1 p.m. on Sunday, while the men will follow up at 4 p.m.
The women's basketball game vs. St. Francis Brooklyn scheduled for Monday, Feb. 11 has also been moved to Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m.
Follow @BryantAthletics for further updates and visit BryantBulldogs.com for all the latest news on Bryant Athletics.
