University of Rhode Island second-year midfielder on the women’s lacrosse team, Brinley Myers, has worked her way up to becoming the Rams’ top goal scorer in their inaugural season. Myers, who knew she wanted to play lacrosse at the collegiate level since eighth grade, began playing with Tenacity Project out of California, a women-led lacrosse…
Heading into its last month of the regular season, the University of Rhode Island women’s lacrosse team split its games, as the Rams fell to Saint Joseph’s University on Friday before taking down La Salle University on Wednesday to stay in the conversation for the postseason. Hosting the Hawks on Friday morning earlier than scheduled…
The University of Rhode Island Athletic Director of 18 years, Thorr Bjorn, is being honored by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics as one of the 28 Athletic Directors of the Year on June 10. Bjorn is one of four recipients in the Football Championship Subdivision, following URI football’s best season in the…
The University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team took down Atlantic 10 Conference opponent Davidson College 4-1 over the weekend before falling to Bryant University in a tight-knit 4-3 contest on Tuesday. Windy conditions with a high of 45 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday afternoon at the URI Tennis Complex did not deter the Rams, who…
The University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team extended its winning streak to five games with a pair of wins during its first weekend of action against Atlantic 10 Conference opponents. After earning three consecutive wins on their Louisiana trip from March 12-14, the Rams stayed on the road to face off against George Washington…
The University of Rhode Island softball team competed in its first home series of the season against the University of Dayton this weekend, dropping two of the three games, before splitting a doubleheader against Providence College to make its record 7-16. The three-game set with Dayton was the second against an Atlantic 10 Conference opponent…
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team finished just above .500, with an overall record of 17-16, and earned the fifth spot in the Atlantic 10 Conference standings. After shaky non-conference play, which included a five-game losing streak, the Rams turned things around in the second half of the season, finishing with an 11-7…
The University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team traveled to Louisiana for three matches before starting conference play, sweeping its opponents Northwestern State University, the University of New Orleans and Nicholls State University in the latter half of spring break. Rhody was coming off of their second loss of the season against Brown University on…
The following film review contains spoilers: In his follow-up to 2019’s four-time Academy Award winning film “Parasite,” director Bong Joon Ho had audiences anticipating his science-fiction thriller based on the 2022 novel “Mickey7” by Ashton Edward. Despite multiple delays, including an indefinite hold due to the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation…
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:…