With the University of Rhode Island spring football practices wrapping up, here are some of the things I saw: First Down: Â The quarterback competition seems to be down to sophomore Wesley McKoy and redshirt freshman Jordan Vazzano, as they took all of the reps while I was present. Of those reps about 60 percent…
Positives: The University of Rhode Island baseball team had a fantastic showing this past week. After losing a tough 2-1 game to Quinnipiac on Thursday, the Rams responded and took all three in a series sweep of conference foe St. Bonaventure. Rhody now has a three-game winning streak after losing four in a row…
Positives: The University of Rhode Island football team had a solid first scrimmage of the spring and seems to be more improved heading into coach Jim Fleming’s third year. The offensive line, which was a problem at times last year, looked very mobile and moved people to facilitate an average yard per carry mark…
A great weekend by the men’s and women’s track teams was highlighted by the men’s team having 10 individual winners in their respective events, while the women’s team had senior Janel Conley place third out of 16 competitors in the Jim Click Heptathlon in Arizona. Going more in-depth on the men’s team’s performance while…
Positives: The Rhode Island men’s baseball team rebounded strong with a series victory over Virginia Commonwealth University by winning the first two games at home, before succumbing to the Rams in extra innings 7-3. Tyler Wilson once again was fantastic, giving up just one run in seven innings while striking out six. Wilson has…
Positives: The Rhode Island women’s track team had a really great meet at Bryant University this weekend and look like they have a team that could be just as strong as, if not stronger than, the one that came in second place in the Atlantic 10 Championships during the indoor season. One event where the…
Coming off impressive indoor seasons where the URI men’s team grabbed a championship and the women’s team earned second place, both teams picked up where they left off. Most notably, junior Ondrej Honka setting a personal best at the Florida Relays in the pole vault that earned him Atlantic 10 Performer of the Week honors…
Positives: The Rhode Island men’s baseball team winning its Atlantic 10 opening series against George Mason was a great effort and builds off their last series win against Towson. Rhody now has won two consecutive series with a loss at Penn State sandwiched in the middle of the two series wins. The best part of…
The University of Rhode Island’s spring football practice is now underway, so here are some notable takeaways that I came away with: First Down:  The opening stages of practice began with conditioning drills and working on getting the ball off at the snap count. Penalties are something that plagued URI in the early going…
Thursday night saw the emotional rollercoaster for the Rhode Island men’s basketball team come to a crashing halt as the reality of a short bench, banged-up team and inconsistent play finally caught up with them for good, dropping their opening-round game against UMass 67-62. The game started off about as poorly as one could have…