Growing up, every child dreams of making the winning play in front of a big crowd and having their teammates swarm them in celebration. That dream became a reality for fifth-year running back Ja’Den McKenzie on Oct. 28. After New Hampshire blocked Rhode Island’s field goal attempt for the win in the dying seconds of…
The 2023 College Football season is 10 weeks old, and the Coastal Athletic Conference has seen its fair share of nail-biters, blowouts and even upsets. The top teams are beginning to gear up for the playoffs and the bottom organizations are starting to look forward to 2024. The Good Five Cent Cigar sports staff will…
On Saturday, the University of Rhode Island men’s cross country team had their best performance at the Atlantic 10 conference championship this century. The Rams traveled to Cedarville, Ohio to compete in the A-10 conference championship, an event the team has historically struggled in. Their seventh place finish on Saturday was their best since the…
Following their first podium finish at the England Championships since 2001, the University of Rhode Island women’s cross country team rounded out their season with a 12th place finish at the Atlantic 10 Championships on Saturday. Led by frontrunner fourth-year Molly Sabia, who was the top finisher for the Rams, seven runners held scoring finishes…
Coming off of their first Atlantic 10 win of the year, the University of Rhode Island women’s volleyball team could not keep up the momentum against the St. Louis University Billikens over the weekend. Rhode Island took only one set between a pair of matches at St. Louis’ Chaifetz Pavilion, as Saturday’s match saw the…
Last season, the University of Rhode Island men’s soccer team lost their final match to Davidson College which knocked them out of playoff contention. This season, the roles were reversed, with Rhode Island looking to play spoiler as Davidson seeked to clinch the regular season Atlantic 10 title. Rhode Island traveled to Alumni Stadium in…
The University of Rhode Island women’s soccer team fell 2-0 to the La Salle University Explorers in an Atlantic 10 playoff matchup on Friday. The seventh-seeded Rams traveled to Philadelphia looking to upset the Explorers, but came up short after a late push from the hosts. The match was Rhody’s second A-10 tournament appearance in…
The University of Rhode Island football team returned home after losing two straight games to host the University of New Hampshire in a Coastal Athletic Association Conference Matchup on Saturday afternoon. The teams last met in 2022, when a called touchdown for New Hampshire that was in fact a drop, kept the Rams out of…
The University of Rhode Island Women’s swim and dive team swept Springfield College and Coast Guard on Saturday afternoon, improving their record to 3-0 on the season. In a strong effort to beat Springfield College 196-99 and Coast Guard 183-108, URI won 12 out of 14 scoring events. Third-year Maddie Tetreault, second-year Rylee Kelly and…
Formed just last year by a group of students who loved the game of pickleball, the now fully-fledged University of Rhode Island club is competing against fellow New England teams and having fun doing so. The president of the club, second-year Ryan Estus, was the one to officially found it last year. What started off…