Senior Dawson Jones follows through after driving the ball off the tee. |Photo courtesy of Julie Fletcher. In the Rhode Island Invitational early last week, Rhode Island Golf senior Dawson Jones won his first ever college golf tournament. “Honestly, it was awesome,” said Jones. “It was a long time coming. I played a lot of…
Junior Sprinter Anthony Delasanta competes at the A-10 championships. |Photo courtesy of Michaela Benford. The University of Rhode Island’s men’s and women’s track and field teams were in action this past weekend competing in the 2019 Holy Cross invitational and the 2019 Princeton Larry Ellis Invitational. Both teams competed in Worcester, Massachusetts as part of…
Sophomore pitcher Riley Kernan gets ready to deliver the pitch. | Photo by James McIntosh. The magic provided by the Easter Bunny did not find its way to St. Louis, Missouri this past weekend for the University of Rhode Island softball team. The Rams got swept by the Billikens in one of their final series…
University of Rhode Island redshirt freshman pitcher and infielder Justin Cherry earned Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week honors this past week. “That was really cool to see that for the first time,” said Cherry. “It just helps with confidence and playing in ongoing games.” The award was announced by the conference on April 15,…
Junior pitcher Vitaly Jangols looks down the batter as he finishes his release. | Photo by Anna Meassick. It was a busy stretch for Rhode Island baseball this past week, as they played three different opponents across four days. The Rams finished the week winning two games and dropping the final game to Sacred Heart….
In what was the final match of the regular season for the Rams, the UMass Minutewomen swept Rhode Island, 4-0 last Thursday at the Mullins Tennis Courts. It has been a tough last couple of months for the Rams, they fell in their fourth straight match against UMass, finishing their regular season with a record…
I can tell you two things about my freshman year of college. I wanted to transfer from the University of Rhode Island and Ben Bentil changed the course of my college experience. My weeks were all the same freshmen year. They started on Sunday nights watching Sunday Night Football in my dressing-room-sized Weldin Hall dorm…
Men’s club volleyball team gets ready for the national tournament later this month. | Photo courtesy of URI Men’s Volleyball Team. Club sports at the University of Rhode Island can slide under the radar sometimes due to the nature of a Division I school. Everybody hears about the thunderous slam dunks put down in the…
Junior Lefty Jake Walker winds up and gets ready to deliver the pitch. | Photo by Anna Meassick. This past weekend, baseball played a three game series in 20 hours against the Davidson Wildcats, walking away with just one win on the weekend. The third and final game turned out to be a tremendous 4-0…
Senior outfielder Rebecca Simms had a pair of singles during the double-header on Saturday vs SBU. | Photo by Anna Meassick The euphoria of a walk-off home run to end a game is a feeling that not many players get to feel during a season or even a career. For Ari Castillo, she won’t have…