Women’s Soccer: FINAL (9/26): Duquesne University 1-0 URI FINAL (9/29): University of Massachusetts Amherst 2-1 URI The University of Rhode Island women’s soccer team went on the road this past week after winning both of the games during their two-game homestand the week prior. They dropped the first game 1-0 against Duquesne in Pittsburgh before…
Second-year forward Lauren McDonald has become the University of Rhode Island’s leading scorer for the women’s soccer team this season with four goals all coming within a four-game stretch. Her journey to the Ocean State and developing into the player she is today started on the opposite side of the country along the Pacific Coast….
More times than not, it is the veterans of a sports team that serve as the leaders, the playmakers and the stars of the squad. However, inside the Keaney Gymnasium for the University of Rhode Island volleyball team, that’s not quite the case. There is a Ram leading the team in kills with 128, kills…
The University of Rhode Island volleyball team began Atlantic 10 conference play over the weekend, taking on 24th-ranked and reigning conference champion University of Dayton. The A-10’s preseason poll placed the teams on opposite ends of the conference. The Flyers led unanimously with 100 points and 10 first-place votes, while the Rams placed last with…
This past weekend, the University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team competed at the Minutewomen Invitational, hosted by the University of Massachusetts, winning a total of 11 matches and losing 12. The Rams faced Harvard University, St. John’s University and the host team, UMass. URI women’s tennis Head Coach Jonas Brobeck reflected on this weekend’s…
For the second consecutive tournament, the University of Rhode Island men’s golf team made a final round comeback to secure a victory at the University of Connecticut Invitational this week. Coming off a runner-up finish at the Ryan T. Lee Memorial Collegiate last week, first-year Tyler Burneau again led the way for the Rams in…
Five years, 3,310 rushing yards and an All-Northeast Conference team appearance is a solid career for most collegiate running backs. But for sixth-year Malik Grant, the University of Rhode Island was still in his future. Grant played at Sacred Heart University for five seasons before entering the transfer portal in the offseason. “I wanted an…
The University of Rhode Island’s women’s soccer team lost both of their road games last week facing the Duquesne University Dukes on Thursday and the University of Massachusetts Minutewomen on Sunday as they fell to 1-2-0 in Atlantic 10 play. The Rams traveled to Pittsburgh to take on the Dukes for the first game of…
The University of Rhode Island men’s soccer team took home their first Atlantic 10 Conference win of the season on Saturday night, defeating St. Bonaventure University 4-3. In a match where URI initially led 3-1, third-year Joan Sanchis scored the game winner in the 87th minute. “It’s really disappointing to concede three goals in one…
British stage and screen actress Dame Maggie Smith, commonly recognized as the fierce but charming Professor McGonagall in the “Harry Potter” films, died Friday morning at the age of 89. Smith was surrounded by close family when she died at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, her sons Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin told…