Men’s and Women’s basketball hit the road this week for their respective postseason tournaments, while the spring season continued for baseball and softball. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com
Men’s Basketball
URI 54 – 68 Davidson
URI 56 – 73 La Salle
The Rams dropped their final two matchups of their 2022-23 campaign this weekend, with the final game being a loss in the Atlantic 10 Tournament’s first round. For more on both games, visit Aidan Garvey’s recap. (page 7)
Women’s basketball:
URI 68 – 56 George Washington
URI 56 – 58 Saint Louis
URI earned their first postseason win since 2016 on Friday with a win over the George Washington Colonials in the quarterfinals, but on Saturday they fell to the Saint Louis Billikens in the semifinal round. Nathan Robillard and Zack Petrick have the story. (page 8)
Baseball:
URI 6 -12 Virginia
URI 0 -13 Virginia
URI 6 – 16 Virginia
URI was swept in all three matchups against the University of Virginia this weekend. The Rams struggled with their pitching as they let up a combined 41 runs over three games in Charlottesville. Rams fifth-year outfielder Mark Coley went three for four with two home runs and a double in the final game of the series on Sunday. Fourth-year Utility player Addison Kopack had two hits and an RBI (run batted in) as well.
Softball:
URI 0 – 12 Northern Illinois
URI 0 – 8 University of South Florida
URI 1 – 6 Kansas
URI 8 – 7 Army
URI 3 – 4 USC-Upstate
URI traveled to the USF Classic last weekend and lost four of five of their matchups. They defeated Army in a walk off on Sunday morning in their lone win when first-year Hannah Hernandez hit a grounder to second base, and third-year Vicki Viaclovsky who was on third base raced home and beat the throw.
Women’s Tennis:
URI 3 – 4 Stony Brook
Women’s tennis hosted the Stony Brook Seawolves this past weekend at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport. The Rams fell in a close match to Stony Brook as their record fell to 4-5. For more on the match, visit Alexandra Shaw’s story. (rhodycigar.com)
Men’s Track
IC4A Championships: 2nd of 41
Men’s track traveled to the IC4A championship in Boston on Friday, placing second out of 41 teams. The Rams placed only behind in state rival Providence College. For more on the event, check out Sam Chozick’s story. (page 7)
Women’s Track
ECAC Championships: 9th of 43
Women’s track traveled to Boston last weekend to take part in the ECAC championship, a weekend-long event. The Rams placed in ninth out of 43 schools. Paul Vozella has more on the event in his recap of the weekend. (page 7)