Heading into October, every team in the Coastal Athletic Association now has at least one win and one loss after a week filled with conference matchups. Every week, The Good Five Cent Cigar Sports Staff comes up with a cumulative ranking of the conference. Here is how each team fared after the fifth week: 14th…
The University of Rhode Island men’s soccer team hosted Stony Brook University on Tuesday night in a match that resulted in a 2-2 tie, making the team’s record 1-6-2 on the season. Rhody snapped their three-game losing streak, as first-year forward/midfielder Kyler Vojvodic contributed two game-tying goals in the second half. This was the second…
*The following film review contains spoilers.* Stephen King’s movie adaptation “The Long Walk” is a soul-crushing, heart-racing horror rollercoaster, but it is also a genuine study of relationships and way of life, and for that, it left an everlasting mark on me. This story, published under King’s pseudonym Richard Bachman, was published in 1979 and…
The University of Rhode Island men’s soccer team extended its winless streak to four this week, falling to Loyola University Chicago in a 2-1 score on Saturday before being taken down by the College of the Holy Cross on Tuesday, 3-2. Rhody hosted the Ramblers on Saturday afternoon, facing off against their second Atlantic 10…
The University of Rhode Island men’s football team took down Long Island University by a score of 28-7 on Saturday night in its Homecoming contest, marking the first time since 2021 that the Rams have started 4-0 and the fifth time in program history. URI, heading into the game ranked as high as sixth nationally…
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 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…