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The Providence Friars is the name of the athletic teams of Providence College. They compete in the Big East Conference (NCAA Division I) for every sport except for ice hockey, where they compete in Hockey East and in volleyball, where they are independent. The school's men's and women's sports teams are called the Friars, after the Dominican Order that runs the school. They are the only collegiate team to use the name. Overall, the program consists of 17 varsity sports, seven for men and ten for women: men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, field hockey, men's and women's ice hockey, men's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming/diving, women's tennis, men's and women's track and field, and women's volleyball. The lacrosse team competed in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference through the 2009 season before joining the new Big East lacrosse league for 2010. Former sports include football, which was offered from 1921 until World War II in 1941, and baseball, which was dropped due to Title IX in 1999. Other dropped sports include men's tennis and men's golf. The school's biggest rivalries are with Boston University and Boston College as major hockey rivals while UConn and URI are major rivals for the school's other sports, especially in soccer, swimming and diving, and basketball.
[edit] Athletic facilitiesAll home games are played on-campus, with the exception of men's basketball:
The mid-2000s saw the beginning of the improvement of many of the on- and off-campus facilities. In December 2005, the Rhode Island Convention Center Authority purchased the Dunkin' Donuts Center from the city of Providence and spent $80 million on an extensive renovation to transform the facility into a state-of-the-art arena. Major elements of the construction include a significantly expanded lobby and concourse, an enclosed pedestrian bridge from the Convention Center, a new LCD video scoreboard, new restaurant, 20 luxury suites, 4 new bathrooms, and all new seats with cupholders in the arena bowl. In 2006, Schneider Arena underwent a refurbishment that included new seats and renovated training rooms, locker rooms, and offices. In 2007, the Concannon Fitness Center was built between Alumni Hall and the Peterson Recreation Center,[1] and included the Jimmy Walker Strength and Conditioning Center[2] for student-athletes. At the same time, improvements were made to Alumni Hall, including the opening of the Canavan Sports Medicine Center,[3] the Helen-Bert Student Athlete Lounge,[4] and the Joe Calabria Hallway of Legends.[5] Mullaney Gymnasium, inside Alumni Hall, was also refinished during this time, including a new floor, scoreboard, locker rooms, and offices for the basketball programs.[6] [edit] Men's basketballMain article: Providence Friars men's basketball [edit] Women's ice hockey[edit] References
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