For the University of Rhode Island football team, Saturday’s 46-44 double overtime win over Hampton University displayed both resilience and concern. “It was an outstanding finish, an outstanding test of character and perseverance by our kids,” URI Head Coach Jim Fleming said. “Obviously on the flip side of that, let’s not get into those situations…
The University of Rhode Island men’s soccer split their conference matches on the road this week, stealing a 1-0 win from Loyola University Chicago before dropping a 3-0 defeat to Duquesne University. Rhode Island traveled to play Loyola Chicago on Saturday afternoon, coming off their 0-0 draw against Bryant University on Oct. 1. The Rams…
On Oct. 3, the University of Rhode Island women’s soccer team had a night so historically dominant that the program hasn’t seen anything like it in nearly two decades. The University of Richmond Spiders traveled to Kingston, Rhode Island and left with a 6-0 loss at the hands of the Rams. Rhode Island scored four…
The University of Rhode Island women’s volleyball team continued their Atlantic 10 conference play this past weekend, taking on Loyola University Chicago, the team with the second best record in the conference. Rhode Island lost both matches, the first in five sets and the second in a 3, dropping to 0-4 in the conference. This…
The University of Rhode Island women’s lacrosse team held their first intersquad scrimmage at Meade Stadium on Saturday, with the team preparing for their inaugural season this upcoming spring. The lacrosse team’s recruiting process began last year, made up of an inaugural class of 15 players, with 14 new players coming to Kingston this fall…
The University of Rhode Island’s women’s rowing team took first place out of 33 at the Head of the Riverfront in Hartford, Connecticut on Sunday. In the team’s first event of the fall season, they won the race with a time of 16:44.9, beating out second-place Williams College by a full 20 seconds in the…
Football: FINAL (10/5): URI 46-44 Hampton University The University of Rhode Island football team flew down to Armstrong Stadium in Hampton, Virginia to take on the Hampton University Pirates in a Coastal Athletic Association barnburner on Saturday. The Rams orchestrated a double-overtime comeback after being down 14 points twice in the second half. The 46-44…
On Saturday, the University of Rhode Island club tennis team traveled to the University of New Hampshire to compete in the annual Wicked Six tournament and finished Third overall. The Wicked Six is a tournament that consists of six New England-based teams, hosted by UNH. The tournament is a round-robin style with consolation matches. Although…
With four teams sitting inside the national top-25 rankings, others receiving votes and upsets over Football Bowl Subdivision opponents scattered throughout, the Coastal Athletic Association has proved itself as one of the best Football Championship Subdivision conferences in the country. Every week, the staff at The Good Five Cent Cigar will rank the 16 teams…
The University of Rhode Island women’s club ice hockey team began their regular season over the weekend, hosting the University of Colorado and splitting the series 1-1. Following a 3-0 slate of exhibition games against Sacred Heart University, Assumption University and Providence College, URI went into Saturday’s matchup with a goal differential of 14. URI…