In the fall semester of 2014, a former University of Rhode Island student-athlete and graduate student Keith Labelle (2000-03) started a student organization to increase awareness of relationship violence. The organization, URi-STANDers, is part of the Office of Community, Equity & Diversity on campus. Students are trained and chosen to serve as interns under Labelle…
The University of Rhode Island women’s soccer team lost their third straight match on Sunday, falling 3-2 at home to Vermont. The Rams came out of the gate aggressive. In the seventh minute, senior Ari Stanton took a pass from redshirt sophomore Megan Tracewell on the right side of the field and netted her fourth…
The University of Rhode Island men’s soccer team were held scoreless this week, losing both games and dropping them to 4-4 on the season They lost 1-0 on Saturday at the University of Connecticut and on Wednesday, they fell 2-0 when St. Francis Brooklyn came to Kingston. Â Â On Saturday, Rhode Island was unable to…
The University of Rhode Island women’s soccer team lost their third straight match on Sunday, falling 3-2 at home to Vermont. The Rams came out of the gate aggressive. In the seventh minute, senior Ari Stanton took a pass from redshirt sophomore Megan Tracewell on the right side of the field and netted her fourth…
Despite losing the opening three games of the year, the University of Rhode Island football team’s sophomore running back Harold Cooper has been a spark for the Rams. This season he has totaled 160 rushing yards on 46 carries in the Rams’ first three games. On Saturday, the offense recorded 327 yards, the most of the…
The University of Rhode Island football team lost their home opener on Saturday, 41-10, against No. 25 Harvard University to give them their third consecutive loss to start the season. Harvard set the pace early, going end-to-end in less than four minutes. The drive culminated in a 45-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Scott Hosch…
For the last two seasons University of Rhode Island senior Franki Darnold has been at the top of her game as an outside-hitter for the women’s volleyball team and this season has set up to be no different. Earlier this month, she reached her 1000th career kill. “She is a go-to-player for us,†Rhode Island…
I have been to countless sporting events in my four years at the University of Rhode Island, and each season the teams have (mostly) gotten better and more competitive. The results have shown, too. Both basketball teams went from single-digit wins in my freshman year to making splashes in their conference tournaments with the…
The University of Rhode Island’s women’s soccer team lost 2-0 in a competitive game against Northeastern University on Sunday, dropping them to a 3-3-1 record for the 2015 soccer season. Rhode Island gave up a PK kick to the Huskies in the 25th minute. URI head coach Michael Needham said he was surprised junior goalkeeper Katie Nickles, who is leading the…
After being announced captain of the golf team earlier this month, senior Joe Leavitt showed his leadership by earning a first-place finish at the Ryan T. Lee Collegiate Memorial this past weekend. Being a leader isn’t necessarily a new responsibility of Leavitt’s. “I feel I’ve always been a leader on every team I’ve ever been…