David Fischer enjoyed his first season coaching college level players. Photo contributed by David Fischer. Dave Fischer didn’t think he was going to be coaching this summer. The Newport Collegiate Baseball League was initially started due to other summer collegiate baseball leagues’ seasons being cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. At first, Fischer wasn’t completely…
For new head coach of women’s volleyball Nicki Holmes, it was a strange offseason. Holmes was hired in the middle of January, about a-month-and-a-half before campus was unable to reopen due to the pandemic. The first-year coach was a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, where he spent five years as an officer…
The high school sports season took on a different appearance as students returned to school on Sept. 14. The following sports are allowed to participate: cross country, field hockey, girls tennis, sideline cheer, and soccer. In a press release from the Rhode Island Interscholastic League, the league stated that while they worked hard to adhere…
The fall 2020 baseball season will look a lot different for the Rhode Island Rams as COVID-19 continues to rear its unfortunate head across collegiate athletics. The Atlantic 10 had canceled all intercollegiate competitions but will still allow teams to practice during that time frame. For Rhody’s baseball team, there is a 24-day segment as…
Redshirt-sophomore Josh Brodeur was named the Atlantic 10 Player of The Week as announced by the conference office on Monday. He shared the honor with Fordham University utility player Jason Coules. Brodeur had a .474 batting average and a .500 on-base percentage against No. 25 Arizona and No. 27 Central Michigan. “It was a great…
Was the proverbial bubble burst Sunday in Kingston? That’s for the members of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Selection Committee to decide. However, Rhode Island didn’t help their chances as they fell to the Saint Louis Billikens 72-62 in Kingston. The Billikens opened up the Sunday matinee on a 7-0 run which forced Rhode Island head…
Photo from gorhody.com It was a successful weekend in the Grand Canyon State for the Rams as they won three out of four games, taking two from No. 27 Central Michigan and one out of two against No. 25 Arizona. “Overall it was a pretty successful weekend,” Cerrato said. “We came in and beat two…
The Rhode Island women’s softball team squared off with East Tennessee State University, Kennesaw State and Marshall University over the weekend in the Bailey Memorial Softball Tournament in Kennesaw, Georgia. Rhode Island came away with only one victory on the weekend, a 2-0 win over the lowly ETSU Buccaneers. Senior Sarah Gunderson was virtually flawless…
The Rhode Island Rams and Maryland Terrapins squared off over the weekend for a three-game set in College Park. Maryland would go on to take two out of three from the Rams. “Overall it was a disappointing weekend,” Rams head coach Raphel Cerrato said. “ We were in all three games and we had chances…
Photos by Siobhan Richards. Davida Dale Eyes the Defense Rhode Island women’s basketball picked up their second straight Atlantic 10 win and their sixth win overall this past Sunday after defeating St. Bonaventure 69-67. Six conference wins is the most by a Rhode Island women’s team since 2014-2015, when they won eight conference contests enroute…