March Madness: the time of year when college basketball fans everywhere trade sleep for brackets, cheer for upsets and pray their parlay hits. It’s chaos, it’s excitement and it’s downright unpredictable—just ask any 16th seed who knocks out a one seed. Sure, I could break down every team’s chances of winning the tournament (Go Blue…
Women’s Swim and Dive Atlantic 10 Championship (2/20-2/22) The University of Rhode Island fourth-years Hannah Benavides and Ella Hacker posted the team’s best finishes at the Atlantic 10 Swim and Dive Championship on Saturday. Benavides tied for sixth in the 200-yard breaststroke, while Hacker also placed sixth in the 200-yard butterfly. Their performances contributed to…
The University of Rhode Island women’s lacrosse team lost its first games of the season this week against Rider University and Bryant University. The Rams battled with Rider on Saturday afternoon, but a five-goal fourth quarter by the Broncs ultimately led to a 13-12 loss for the Rams. Rhode Island struck first in the opening…
Men’s Track and Field Harvard Crimson Elite (2/7) URI Coaches Invitational (2/8) On Friday, the Rams made the trip to Boston to compete in the Harvard Crimson Elite. Fourth-year Matthew Santy placed fifth in the high jump with a jump of 2.05 meters. In the shot put, second-year Theo Puterbaugh placed sixth, throwing 16.09 meters….
The University of Rhode Island women’s lacrosse team made its Division I debut on Saturday afternoon in a home scrimmage against the College of the Holy Cross. The Crusaders led from start to finish in a 18-7 victory, but the focus for Rhode Island immediately turned to the start of its inaugural Division I regular…
Football Final (11/2): University of Rhode Island 37-28 Monmouth University URI took on Monmouth in a tight game on Saturday afternoon. The two teams went back and forth for the entirety of the game until fifth-year Malik Grant’s 16-yard run and second-year Marquis Buchanan’s touchdown gave URI the lead in the last few minutes of…
The University of Rhode Island men’s hockey team faced off against University of Delaware in their second two-game series of conference play over the weekend, sweeping them 2-0. In Friday night’s game, UD started out the first period slightly stronger, outshooting URI 9-7. The level playing field resulted in some hostilities as there were a…