Greg Clark | Guard Tyrese Martin soars through are for a dunk. Many people predicted that the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team would be a talented team that would be prone to some missteps given their youth. This last week proved those pre-season sentiments to be correct come midseason, as the Rams went…
Coming off their first winning season in nearly 20 years, Head Coach Jim Fleming and Rhody Football continued to boost the program as they added 11 new recruits on National Signing Day. With National Signing Day yesterday, Rhode Island welcomed nine high school seniors and two junior college transfers for the 2019 season. The class…
Both the University of Rhode Island women’s and men’s track and field teams competed at the New England Championship this past Friday and Saturday. The men’s track team finished in fourth place, with a combined 70 team points, while the women’s track team finished fifth, with a combined 57 team points. It was a two…
Photo by Autumn Walter | The Women’s Basketball team won in the Ocean State Tip-off Tournament. The University of Rhode Island Women’s basketball team was crowned champions of the Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament this past Sunday, an event they hadn’t won a game in for the past two years. The tournament was held at the…
In a recent turn of events, nine women will join the URI women’s rowing team next year. All of these women will be entering as freshmen. Eight of these women are rowers and one is a coxswain. Jessica Lizzi, associate head coach and recruiting coordinator, has helped Head Coach Shelagh Donohoe recruit many new faces….
Photo by Autumn Walter | Tyrese Martin drives-in for a layup. “It’s a tough situation to walk into if you’re a first-year coach. You’re inheriting a team with the expectation and I’m just hoping all the fans in Kingston are patient with development.” Providence College coach Ed Cooley couldn’t have said it better. After six…
1. Davidson Kellan Grady and Jon Axel Gudmundsson are the metaphorical engines that keep the Wildcats going. They served as a two-headed monster against the University of North Carolina Wilmington this past Saturday, each scoring 25 points apiece. Gudmundsson played the entire forty minutes, with Grady playing 39 minutes. 2. Saint Louis The Billikens had…
Photo by Autumn Walter | The Women’s Basketball team won in the Ocean State Tip-off Tournament. I was in my weekly struggle of trying to find a topic to write about for this week’s paper. I could recap basketball or interview a player for a profile. I decided to put it off like most things…
Photo by Autumn Walter | Davida Dale makes a lay-up. For the first time since 2013, the Rhode Island women’s basketball team has an Atlantic 10 player of the week. For her performance against North Dakota, then Providence and Brown in the Ocean State Tip-Off, redshirt junior Davida Dale got the nod from the conference….
Photo by Autumn Walter | JaJuan Lawson scrambles out of pocket vs. UNH. By Nick Cardi and Tyler Krusz Offensive MVP: The quarterback position is one of the most demanding and unique in all of sports. In no other team sport does the success start and end with just one player; it either thrives or…