Baseball, softball open conference play – This week in sports 4/6

Several top finishes saw the Rams take home their first outdoor win of the season at the Bryant Black and Gold Invitational over the weekend. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com

Baseball:

FINAL (3/31 – Game 1): URI 6 – 7 George Mason

FINAL (3/31 – Game 2): URI 8 – 4 George Mason

FINAL (4/2): URI 0 – 5 George Mason 

FINAL (4/4): URI 8 – 12 Bryant 

The Rams dropped two out of three games to GMU over the weekend to drop their first Atlantic 10 series of the year. The Rams then fell to instate rival Bryant on Tuesday. For more information on the series, visit Zack Petrick’s recap (page 11, rhodycigar.com)

Softball: 

FINAL (3/30 – Game 1): URI 3 – 2 Brown

FINAL (3/30 – Game 2): URI 3 – 0 Brown

FINAL (3/26): URI 0 – 5 Saint Josephs

FINAL (3/29): URI 2 – 0 Saint Josephs

FINAL (4/4): URI 7 – 3 Bryant

The Rams won all three games against their in-state rivals this week, with two wins over Brown and one over Bryant. Rhody also split their series against Saint Josephs here in Kingston last week for the first time in nine years. For more information, visit Sara Bernabucci’s recap (page 12, rhodycigar.com). 

Women’s Tennis:

FINAL (4/1): URI 2 – 4 George Washington 

FINAL (4/2): URI 2 – 4 Richmond

Women’s tennis fell 4-2 in both of their matches in Washington D.C. over the weekend. These losses move the Rams conference record to 1-2 and overall record to 5-12. For more information on the matches, visit Nathan Robillard’s recap (rhodycigar.com)

Track and Field: 

Black and Gold Invitational – Smithfield, RI 

Women’s Final: First of 16

Men’s Final: Seventh of 16

The men’s and women’s track team’s traveled to Smithfield over the weekend to participate in the Black and Gold Invitational held by Bryant University, featuring a season-first outdoor win for the women. For more on the weekend’s events, visit Justin Theriault’s recap (page 10, rhodycigar.com)

Men’s Golf: 

Cutter Creek Intercollegiate – Snow Hill, NC

FINAL: Eighth of 10

The golf team traveled to North Carolina over the weekend to compete in the Cutter Creek Intercollegiate event at Cutter Creek Golf club. For more information, visit Aidan Garvey’s recap (rhodycigar.com)

Rowing:

Vs. Massachusetts and Boston College – South Kingstown, RI (3/31)

The rowing team competed against the University of Massachusetts and Boston College on Saturday, where their top two boats (Varsity 8+ and second Varsity 8+) were victorious on Narrow River . The second event of the weekend, the Doc Hosea Invitational was canceled due to inclement weather.