With five teams sitting inside the national top-25 rankings, another 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 Cross Country NCAA Regional Championship (11/15) – 23rd of 39 The Rams ran at the Hopkinton State Fairgrounds in Contoocook, New Hampshire on Friday morning. This was their first time competing at the event since 2022. Third-year Lily Saul was the top finisher for Rhody, taking 114th place in the race with a time…
Whether it’s serving as the coxswain in the boat or providing support to her teammates out of the boat, fourth-year Ellie McGee always remains a vocal leader for the University of Rhode Island women’s rowing team. Throughout her tenure in Kingston, McGee has been part of two teams who have won the Atlantic 10 Championship…
The average American male can run a mile in nine minutes and 53 seconds, according to healthline.com , but University of Rhode Island second-year student Garett Hartline can run over two miles in that time. Hartline grew up in Lake Forest, California, approximately 2,950 miles from URI. Hartline grew up with two older brothers who…
The University of Rhode Island women’s volleyball team finished its season over the weekend against Davidson College, picking up set wins in both matches but ultimately getting swept by the Wildcats. Playoffs were a possibility for URI entering its final matches of the season, but it would have required a sweep against Davidson, among other…
The University of Rhode Island women’s cross country team traveled to the Hopkinton State Fairgrounds in Hopkinton, New Hampshire to compete in the NCAA Regional Championships on Friday where they placed 23rd out of 29 teams. This was the first time sending runners to the event since 2022, when they finished 29th out of 37…
The University of Rhode Island men’s cross country team concluded their season on Saturday at the NCAA Northeast Regionals, where the Rams finished 27th place out of 38 schools. The event took place in Contoocook, New Hampshire and was a 10-kilometer race, marking the first and only 10k race of the Rams’ season. Rhode Island…
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team remained at .500 this week by splitting their matchups with St. John’s University and the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Before the game against St. John’s began, the Rams got the news that head coach Tammi Reiss had to miss the game due to illness. Due to this,…
Through a strong start and shades of woes from the past, the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team battled through a contest with Lafayette College on Wednesday, taking the win over the Leopards 86-72. In a start that gave the Ryan Center something to cheer about, the Rams stampeded out of the gates to…
In a season of dramatic comebacks, the University of Rhode Island football team pulled off one of its most improbable yet on Saturday, storming back from a 17-point halftime deficit for a 20-17 victory over the University at Albany. By moving to 9-2 on the season, the magnitude of the win can’t be overstated for…