The University of Rhode Island women’s swim and dive team turned in its best finish at the Atlantic 10 Championship in a decade across the four-day meet, placing seventh overall. “No negatives really from the week,” Rhode Island Head Coach Lilli Falconer Deering said. “Overall, I was really, really proud of the team and how…
On Feb. 11, Rhode Island Women’s Basketball Head Coach Tammi Reiss made a public plea for student attendance; 10 days later, it was “the best student section we’ve ever had.” Following the team’s blowout of Virginia Commonwealth University by 43 points to extend their program-record winning streak to 16 games, Reiss was asked by Kevin…
Two of our top three teams in last week’s rankings were taken down in what was an entertaining week of Atlantic 10 Conference women’s basketball. Each week, the Good Five Cent Cigar Sports Staff votes on all 14 teams in the A-10. Here’s how every team fared as of Feb. 23: 14th Place: Virginia Commonwealth…
It seems as though the Atlantic 10 Conference doesn’t care what the weather outside is, as the madness of March has spread throughout the A-10 with less than five days left in February. Each week, the Good Five Cent Cigar Sports Staff votes on the rankings of teams in the A-10. Here’s how the rankings…
Women’s Basketball FINAL (2/18): URI 69-39 Fordham University FINAL (2/25): University of Richmond 72-46 URI The Rams fought through a slow start to take down Fordham on senior day at the Ryan Center on Saturday afternoon. Rhode Island went on an 11-0 run in the second quarter to take the lead from Fordham. First-year Aimée…
The University of Rhode Island men’s club hockey team celebrated its seniors while sweeping its final regular-season weekend series against the Naval Academy. In Friday’s matchup, the Midshipmen got the scoring started on a goal from forward Andrew Penca. Second-year defenseman Zach Gold got URI on the board with a game-tying goal, but Navy answered…
The University of Rhode Island softball team traveled to Statesboro, Ga., for the Georgia Southern GATA Challenge, winning a couple of pitchers’ duels before falling short in a weather-shortened five-inning contest and heading home early due to inclement weather. Friday featured two close contests for the Rams, needing eight innings to defeat Tennessee Tech University…
The University of Rhode Island baseball team was swept in a three-game series against the University of Alabama over the weekend and remains winless, at 0-7. URI traveled to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to take on the Crimson Tide in the second series of the season. After getting swept in a four-game series against Jacksonville University, Rhody…
The University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team was swept 7-0 by in-state rival Brown University on Saturday afternoon, its second consecutive loss. Following their 5-2 loss to New Jersey Institute of Technology on Feb. 21, Rhody played in Providence against the 8-3 Bears. The Rams were the fifth team the Brown Bears have swept…
The University of Rhode Island women’s track and field team fielded 16 athletes across five events at the Brown Invitational on Saturday, hosted at Brown University’s Olney-Margolies Athletic Center in Providence. While the rest continue to prepare for the A-10 Championship next week, this meet was the team’s final opportunity to post qualifying marks for…