Providence Friars baseball

Providence Friars
University	Providence College
Conference	Big East / Hockey East
NCAA	Division I
Athletic director	Robert Driscoll
Location	Providence, Rhode Island
Varsity teams	19
Basketball arena	Dunkin' Donuts Center
Other arenas	Alumni Hall Schneider Arena
Mascot	Friar Dom
Nickname	Friars
Fight song	When the Saints Go Marching In (since the 1950s); "Friar Away" (original)
Colors	Black, White, and Silver
Website	www.friars.com

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. The Big East Conference was founded in 1979 by former athletic director and men's basketball coach Dave Gavitt. On December 15, 2012, Providence and the other seven Catholic, non-FBS schools announced that they were departing the Big East for a new conference; on March 7, 2013, it was officially confirmed that Providence's new conference would operate under the Big East name. The women's volleyball team, which had been an associate member of the America East Conference before the Big East split, remained in that conference for one more season before joining the Big East for the 2014 season.

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 19 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 and 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 newly created Big East lacrosse league for 2010.

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