CAA Power Rankings – Week 10

With five 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…

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This Week in Sports 11/7

Football Final (11/2): University of Rhode Island 37-28 Monmouth University URI took on Monmouth in a tight game on Saturday afternoon. The two teams went back and forth for the entirety of the game until fifth-year Malik Grant’s 16-yard run and second-year Marquis Buchanan’s touchdown gave URI the lead in the last few minutes of…

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Women’s Cross Country on the rise, cracks top ten at A-10 Championship

The University of Rhode Island women’s track and field team finished a weekend of debuts and personal bests as it traveled to Mechanicsville, Virginia to compete in the Atlantic 10 Championship. Highlighting URI’s success was fourth-year captain Sofia Piccone, who placed 25th and had her career-best 6,000-meter time, clocking in at 21:29.1. “I’m really happy…

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Hartline shatters personal best, leads Rams to ninth-place finish at A-10 Championship

On Saturday the University of Rhode Island men’s cross country team traveled to Mechanicsville, Virginia to compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference Championship where the Rams faced some unforeseen challenges. Led by second-year Garrett Hartline, the Rams placed ninth out of the 15 schools competing, scoring 253 points, this score tied the Rams’ second-best mark…

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“Disappointing’ end cancels hot start as men’s soccer misses postseason berth for third-straight season

The University of Rhode Island men’s soccer team were eliminated from the Atlantic 10 Championship before falling to Davidson College 2-1 on Saturday at the URI soccer complex. In the first half, Davidson kept Rhode Island in its defensive third, as the Wildcats had 11 shots with four of them on goal. Fourth-year forward Denis…

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