For the first time ever, the University of Rhode Island will celebrate Italian Heritage and Culture month with a series of events sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences. An event that got students directly involved took place last Friday, and was called “L’italiano e il libro: portiamo in scena il mondo fra le…
Racing against some of the best teams worldwide, the University of Rhode Island women’s rowing team battled top NCAA crews, national teams and Olympians at one of the world’s largest regattas over the weekend. The Head of the Charles, which was founded in 1965, regularly attracts thousands of crews, according to the event’s website ….
With four teams sitting inside the national top-25 rankings, others receiving votes and upsets over Football Bowl Subdivision opponents scattered throughout, the Coastal Athletic Association has proved itself as one of the best Football Championship Subdivision conferences in the country. Every week, the staff at The Good Five Cent Cigar will rank the 16 teams…
Women’s Soccer FINAL (10/17): St. Bonaventure University 2-1 University of Rhode Island FINAL (10/20): URI 1-1 Saint Joseph’s University Second-year forward Lauren MacDonald found the back of the net in just the third minute of Thursday night’s game, capitalizing on a Bonnies error. The tying goal by the Bonnies came in the 17th minute. Despite…
Journeys are not linear, but rather filled with twists and turns until the final destination. For some, their journey ends at the University of Rhode Island. For Rhody volleyball’s fifth-year defensive specialist Edie Lamoreaux, her journey did not begin in the northeast, but rather an environment quite different. One of the newest Rams lived her…
The University of Rhode Island men’s golf team couldn’t complete a third consecutive comeback victory as it finished fourth out of 13 teams in the Nassau Intercollegiate this week. The Rams went into Glen Cove, New York with two wins in as many tournaments during their fall season. However, after a three-week layoff, they fell…
The University of Rhode Island women’s swim and dive team suffered their first loss of the season on Saturday against Northeastern University, falling 169-124 to the Huskies. “Tough competition is always good,” Rhode Island head coach Lilli Falconer Deering said. “It helps us prepare even better for our championship meet at the end of the…
The University of Rhode Island women’s volleyball team traveled to Fairfax, Virginia to take on the George Mason University Patriots in a two-match series on Friday and Saturday, with both matches going the Patriots’ way. The first match in the series was a three-set sweep in favor of the Patriots, and in the second match…
Over the weekend, the University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team competed in the Bruno Classic at Brown University, competing in individually-scored matches against the University of Connecticut, Yale University, Boston College and Dartmouth College. On the first day of action on Friday, URI wasn’t able to get in the win column, dropping all three…
The University of Rhode Island women’s soccer team split a pair of home games last week, falling 2-1 to Saint Bonaventure University on Thursday night before tying its senior day matchup vs. Saint Joseph’s University Hawks, 1-1, on Sunday. In the second minute of the loss vs. St. Bonaventure, fourth-year forward Tierra Garniss intercepted the…