The University of Rhode Island men’s track and field team honored 11 seniors on Saturday before dominating the competition at its final meet at Mackal Field House this season. The Rams won five of the 17 events, including a sweep of the 500-meter, and had a total of 10 athletes reach the podium. It was…
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team earned another crucial 57-36 conference win over the University of Dayton on Saturday, before falling to George Mason University on Wednesday. “We knew what this team was capable of,” Rhode Island Head Coach Tammi Reiss said after Saturday’s win. “We’re coming together at the right time.” Defense…
The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team split games with George Mason University and St. Bonaventure University, putting itself at 5-7 in Atlantic 10 Conference play with six games remaining before the postseason. URI had its work cut out to try and take down the A-10’s first-place team on their court. A dry second…
The “art of war” is something that the modern American citizen requires a proxy to understand. For many of us, sports give us a taste of battle. The 2024-2025 Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs understood this art. Both teams overcame the attrition of an National Football League regular season to go on crazy…
Men’s Basketball FInal (2/5): Fordham University 80-79 University of Rhode Island On Wednesday, Rhode Island faced off against Fordham University. Despite being down 15 points in the first half, Rhode Island was able to fight back to take a lead in the second half. Unfortunately for Rhode Island they were unable to hold that lead….
Less than four weeks away from the coveted month of March in college basketball, it’ll be a fight ‘til the end for the women in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Every week, The Good Five Cent Cigar sports staff will vote on all 15 teams in the conference to see where they’re standing. For the first…
The men’s college basketball landscape approaches crucial weeks as teams have found their footing and can start to imagine what March might look like. Conference play is a harsh reality check that some teams rise past while others are exposed, and the Atlantic 10 Conference is no different. Each week, the Good Five Cent Cigar…
Setting records is considered the highlight of many athletes’ careers, but for breakout star of the women’s swim and dive team, Anna Petke, this is just the beginning. With a score of 319.5 in the three-meter dive and 303.68 in the one-meter, one would expect this record-breaking swimmer to be an upperclassman, but it is…
The University of Rhode Island women’s club ice hockey team won a pair of games last weekend over the University of New Hampshire on Saturday and over Providence College on Sunday. In Saturday’s game, Rhode Island raced out to a 4-0 lead on New Hampshire and never looked back. Third-year forward Rylee Tanner led the…
The University of Rhode Island women’s lacrosse team made its Division I debut on Saturday afternoon in a home scrimmage against the College of the Holy Cross. The Crusaders led from start to finish in a 18-7 victory, but the focus for Rhode Island immediately turned to the start of its inaugural Division I regular…