Men’s Basketball Final (3/1): University of Massachusetts 91-88 University of Rhode Island Final (3/5): Saint Joseph’s University 91-74 URI Rhody lost both games of a two-game road trip and are left with one game remaining on the schedule before the Atlantic 10 Tournament in Washington, D.C. next week. Fourth-year David Green’s 28 points and eight…
Postseason position was solidified for women’s basketball in the Atlantic 10 Conference, as the teams competed in the final week of the regular season. Every week, The Good Five Cent Cigar sports staff ranks the 15 teams in the conference. For the final time, here is how the rankings turned out as of March 3:…
It’s the final week of the regular season for men’s basketball in the Atlantic 10 Conference, but the fun has just begun. The A-10 Tournament tips off on Wednesday, and some teams can still gain crucial ground. For the last time this season, The Good Five Cent Cigar sports staff ranked the 15 teams in…
Less than a half hour from the University of Rhode Island, URI women’s lacrosse fourth-year midfielder Emma Hughes captained her lacrosse team at Chariho Regional High School in Richmond, where she set school records for assists in a game, season and career. This proximity to home is what motivated Hughes to transfer to URI in…
In the midst of a 0-0 10th inning tie against a nationally-ranked opponent with two outs, a full count and the winning run looming just 90 feet away, the only thing on the mind of University of Rhode Island fifth-year pitcher Trystan Levesque was executing his next, and final, pitch. “I can only focus on…
The University of Rhode Island’s men’s club hockey team competed in the Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League Playoffs this weekend, beating the University of Pittsburgh before being knocked out by the University of Delaware. Early on in the first period of game one against Pitt, URI crashed the net, and first-year forward Cam Cyr put…
The University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team had a pair of in-state matchups this weekend against Providence College and Brown University, and split the matches by defeating Providence, but losing to Brown. The Ocean State rivalry goes beyond the 94 feet of hardwood at the Ryan Center and Amica Mutual Pavilion, and was on…
The University of Rhode Island women’s track and field team competed at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championship this weekend in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where it set conference records and personal bests. The Rams finished in fifth place overall at the meet, and several athletes achieved personal bests in several categories. “You prepare all year long…
The University of Rhode Island men’s track and field team scored 178.5 points en route to its fifth-straight Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championship. Rhode Island started strong, scoring 18 points in the long jump, after being projected 11 based on seeding. Fourth-years Matt Santy and John Santos claimed first and second place; it…
The University of Rhode Island women’s lacrosse team won its first road games in program history this week, with convincing victories over Fairleigh Dickinson University and Stonehill College. The University of Rhode Island traveled to Teaneck, New Jersey to take on Fairleigh Dickinson University on Saturday afternoon, winning 14-7. The game featured two of the…