The University of Rhode Island softball team (7-10) visited Lynchburg, Virginia, this past weekend to compete in the Liberty Softball Classic and went 2-3 in a slate of games against Sacred Heart University, Norfolk State University and Liberty University. Rhode Island won its first game 3-0 against Sacred Heart on the strength of its…
University of Rhode Island basketball fans can breathe a sigh of relief, as head coach Dan Hurley has taken his name out of consideration for the head coaching job at Rutgers University, according to multiple reports. Hurley, who has been the coach at URI since 2012, has revived the once-floundering Rams. Since he took over,…
Chase Livingston, the starting catcher on the University of Rhode Island’s baseball team, was named to the 2016 Johnny Bench Award Watch List last Tuesday. A total of 74 student-athletes were named for the award’s watch list, which is given to the nation’s top Division I collegiate catcher. This is the latest addition to Livingston’s…
Positives: The Rhode Island men’s baseball team winning two of three this past weekend was a solid turnaround after getting beaten down in their Friday game against Indiana State. The two games they won came against Davidson and at Campbell. The impressive feat, though, was that they doubled up their opponents with a 20-10 advantage….
For the second time in as many weekends, Rhode Island came within striking distance of a series victory, but just like the Rams trip to Maryland, a series win against Winthrop was not to be. Rhode Island (2-7) dropped their Friday and Sunday contests to Winthrop (7-5), while salvaging the middle game on the…
This past weekend saw the University of Rhode Island’s men’s and women’s track teams compete in the IC4A’s and the ECAC’s respectively, and was their last meet in the indoor season. These events gave the select athletes that competed a chance to focus on individual goals, rather than focusing on a team track meet….
The University of Rhode Island (17-14, 9-9) was in high spirits on senior night after trouncing the University of Massachusetts, 68-50, but failed to ride their recent momentum when they visited Fordham, losing 64-61 on Saturday in the regular season finale. The Rams returned to the Ryan Center confident after upending the Atlantic 10’s…
The University of Rhode Island’s softball team (5-7) split a four-game series at Norfolk State University this past weekend losing the opening two games 4-3 and 8-4, before winning the final two 3-2 and 9-6. Rhode Island began their weekend series on a sour note. They started the opener well, after a Kylie Shivery…
Under Armour recognized the University of Rhode Island’s Thorr Bjorn as the 2015-16 Athletic Director of the Year in an announcement on March 2 by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). Bjorn’s continued efforts and determination since coming to URI in July of 2007 has paid off for the university’s athletics,…
Colin Howarth-Tune in today to catch Rhode Island I play the University of Massachusetts Amherst at 6:30 p.m. Or don’t. It will be a pretty boring game. UMass is bad. This is a team that went on a seven-game losing streak and lost to Fordham twice in the same season. TWICE. If you lose to…