For the second-straight week, 11 of the 14 Atlantic 10 Conference teams have shifted in our power rankings. Each week, the Good Five Cent Cigar Sports Staff ranks every team in the A-10. This is how our ranking shaped up as of Feb. 16: T-13th Place: Virginia Commonwealth University Rams (8-18, 4-10) (-1) Since VCU…
The University of Rhode Island softball team opened its season with a 3-2 win over Marist University on Friday in walk-off fashion, thanks to an RBI-single from third-year Riley Frickleton. While Frickleton was the hero this past weekend for the Rams, she missed all of last season due to an injury. She didn’t waste any…
The transition from high school to college basketball isn’t always easy for a lot of athletes, but first-year Vanessa Harris has scratched that narrative in her first season with the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team. For Harris, the journey to ending up in Kingston came down to the Rams’ recruiting process. “Rhode Island…
The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team fell 70-66 in overtime on Saturday to Fordham University, marking the third loss in the last four games. URI faced off in a battle of the Rams against Fordham on Saturday to begin their homestand. Rhody looked to bounce back from their 75-70 road loss against George…
A court storm struck the Ryan Center after the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team upset No. 18 Saint Louis University, 81-76, on Tuesday night. “I thought we don’t win the game without our crowd,” URI Head Coach Archie Miller said. “It was a college basketball environment in there tonight, and our students, no…
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team saw its program-record 17-game winning streak snapped, being taken down by La Salle University on Wednesday after extending it over George Mason University on Saturday. Traveling to Fairfax, Va., for a matinee game with the Patriots, the Rams came in with only one win separating them in…
As the indoor season starts to wrap up, the University of Rhode Island men’s track and field team competed at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston on Friday and celebrated its senior day this past Saturday at the URI Coaches Invitational. Third-year Nick Martin was able to make URI history for the second time…
The University of Rhode Island women’s track and field team sent seven athletes to the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston, while the rest didn’t have to travel far for the URI Coaches Invitational meet at Mackal Field House on Saturday. Eleven fourth-year athletes were honored before the meet for senior day, including sprinters, long-distance…
The University of Rhode Island’s women’s tennis team fell short on Sunday in a one-match weekend against the New Jersey Institute of Technology at the International Tennis Hall of Fame, bringing the team’s overall record to 4-2 on the season. The Rams lost 5-2 on Sunday to a tough opponent. The Rams had trouble against…
Third-year Caralie Basuel piloted the University of Rhode Island women’s lacrosse team to its first victory of the season with seven goals against Rider University on Saturday, before dropping its second game of the week on Wednesday against Stonehill College. Rhode Island kicked off the match with two goals from second-year Kate Cumins in the…