Rhode Island native Abraham Salako competes in weight throw during the URI coaches tribute. Photo by Joseph Lachance. The University of Rhode Island men’s and women’s track and field teams were in action this past weekend for meets at Mackal Field House and Boston University. Athletes from both teams competed in the URI Coaches Tribute…
Redshirt Senior Cam LeFleur is one of the many seniors on the team’s veteran heavy pitching staff. Photo by Autumn Walter. When the sun is shining and it’s above 45 degrees outside, everyone on campus is happier. Nobody likes the warm weather more than head baseball coach, Raphael Cerrato. That gives his team the opportunity…
Junior Guard Jeff Dowtin looks in on defense as the Rams lost to Dayton this past Saturday. Photo by Momolu Akoiwala A benchmark of Rhode Island men’s basketball has been astute and unrelenting defensive play. It’s simply put, the culture. However, with the Rams now losing four of their last five, and currently licking their…
Redshirt Junior Guard Elemy Colome leads the team with 14.8 points per game. Photo by Autumn Walter. The Women’s Basketball team lost a tough game on the road against University of Massachusetts on Sunday by a score of 56-34. URI, having lost their last six looked to get off to a fast start on the…
No matter the age, gender, sport or any other defining characteristics of an athlete, one thing is always there – the competitiveness. That flame deep in their soul that is relentless. That flame never dies out, it rages on. Try as you might, it will always be there. This is the case for Ray Boudiette,…
For everything we do in life, there is always a “why” to it. Some things are easier to find that “why” than others. What makes us all unique is that we have different “whys” to the same questions. Senior superstar Nicole Petta, is no different. The dominant senior, along with classmates Eliza Anderson, Caitlyn Blake,…
Coming off the heels of what was arguably their most impressive weekend of the season, a series split with No. 9 Liberty University, the University of Rhode Island Men’s ice hockey team looked poised to head into the home stretch of divisional play riding a tidal wave of confidence. Instead, they split another series, except…
Greg Clark | Freshman Tyrese Martin fights through content for a lay-up. This year’s Rhode Island men’s basketball team was always going to be an unknown. Losing five seniors and a majority of your scoring production will hurt any program not among the blue bloods of college basketball. However, I am personally sick and tired…
Greg Clark | Guard Maia Moffitt drives to the hoop. “It’s just a matter of increasing their basketball IQ.” This was Rhode Island women’s basketball coach Daynia La-Force’s sentiments following a 12 point home loss to Dayton this past Sunday. It was a frustrating afternoon for the Rams, as they hung around with a Flyers…
Anna Meassick | URI’s Patrick Creamer pushes the puck down the ice in a game last semester. Dan Hurley, David Cox, Raphael Cerrato, Daynia La-Force, Gareth Elliott. These head coaches are all well known in and around the University of Rhode Island community. From those five coaches, if you add up their total games coached…