Softball defeats defending champions, rallies to first road series win since 2018

Fourth-year Jessica Hennelly recorded one double and drove in two runs in Sunday’s win. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com The University of Rhode Island softball team rallied this past weekend with a 2-1 series sweep over the defending Atlantic-10 regular season champions George Washington.The win marks the first time the Rams have won an opening conference series…

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Women’s basketball keeps rolling, Softball start conference play with a win – This Week in Sports

Softball opened up conference play this weekend with a series win over the defending champions. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com Women’s Basketball: FINAL: URI 46 – 40 Boston University  FINAL: URI 74 – 64 Richmond  The Rams won their first two matchups of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) this week, helping them advance to the Super…

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Aftermath of Ohio train derailments

Recent train derailments in Ohio released harmful chemicals into the environment raised discussion on railroad safety.PHOTO CREDIT: Socialistalternative.org Graphic by: Liz Fusco | News Editor No one was reported injured and no immediate environmental threats were detected when a Norfolk Southern train derailed on March 4 in Springfield, Ohio.  This comes just one month after…

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Female marine scientists discuss gender harassment, inequality in oceanography

From left to right Katy Croff Bell, founder and president of Ocean Discovery League, an organization which focuses on accessible deep-ocean exploration, Fenix Garcia Tigreros, a GSO assistant professor and Rebecca Robinson, a GSO professor. PHOTO CREDIT: Connor Zisk | Staff Photographer To honor Women’s History Month, the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of…

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