Providence Friars

Providence has won 3 NCAA team national championships.[5]

• Women's (2)
  • Cross Country (2):1995, 2013
• Men's (1)
  • Ice Hockey (1): 2015
• see also:
  • Big East Conference NCAA team championships
  • List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships

Friar Dom on skates

The Dominicans' use of black and white as the colors of their habits were passed on from the earliest days at Providence College as the school colors. Through the years, various highlight colors have come and gone, including yellow, red and gold; the current highlight color of silver dates to the introduction of the current logo in 2002. The current logo shows a cowled Friar in profile. It is used by all teams except the hockey teams, who have used the "Skating Friar" logo since 1973.[6]

The nickname "Friars" dates back to 1929, when a Providence Journal article used the nickname in reference to the baseball team. Previously, the teams were variously known as "The Black and White" or "Dominicans." The Friars nickname comes from the short-form nickname of the Dominican Order, the "Blackfriars." There have been several versions of the Friar Dom mascot throughout the years, with the most recent dating to the 2000s. In 2017 the Friars reintroduced a costumed dalmatian mascot as a companion to Friar Dom; a prior version had existed in the late 1990s. Both are based on the traditional dalmatian mascot of both the college and the Dominican Order in general; dalmatians have been called "the watchdogs of the Lord." The most recent live dalmatian mascot on campus was Friar Boy V, who died in 2004.

The original Friars fight song was "Friar Away." However, in the 1950s, WPRO, the radio station that still carries Friar basketball games to this day, began using "When The Saints Go Marching In" as the theme music to their coverage of PC basketball games. The fans took to it so well that it has become the fight song of the college, with Friar Away slipping into obscurity, other than a brief attempted revival in the 1990s.

All teams compete on campus except for the men's basketball team who play at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Downtown Providence, Rhode Island (however on rare occasions, the women's basketball team has also played "home" games at the Amica Mutual Pavilion, most notably for games against the University of Rhode Island (URI) in the Ocean State Rivalry or the University of Connecticut (UConn), where demand for tickets would be enough to warrant an arena larger than the 1,854-seat on-campus Alumni Hall.) along with the men’s and women’s cross country teams whose home course is the Mark Coogan Cross Country Course at Highland Park in Attleboro, Massachusetts.[7][8]

Providence Friars on-campus athletic facilities locations

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Locations of the sports at the on-campus athletics facilities used by the Providence Friars athletic teams, 2021-2022 Alumni Hall, Schneider Arena, Tennis Courts, Glay Field , Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium, Lennon Family Field , Ray Treacy Track at Hendricken Field , and Taylor Natatorium . M = Men's W = Women's

Providence Frairs off-campus athletic facilities locations

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Locations of the sports at the off-campus athletics facilities used by the Providence Frairs athletic teams, 2021-2022 Slavin Center (Campus Center), Amica Mutual Pavilion, and Mark Coogan Cross Country Course at Highland Park. M = Men's W = Women's

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