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The Rams Win Opener, lose to Valpo

  The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team opened up their season with a convincing win over American University, 65-42, on Friday night and a heartbreaking loss against Valparaiso University, , 58-55, on Tuesday morning. On Friday, both teams traded buckets in the first few fast fast-paced minutes of the game, and then each…

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Albiani’s take

Positives: The Rhode Island basketball team’s win over American was exactly how we predicted it with a decent offensive performance, but fantastic defensive performance. Transfer Four McGlynn’s four 3-pointers really stood out. The URI women’s volleyball team’s victory over VCU capped off a successful regular season as they  finished as the third seed in the…

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URI basketball preseason accolades

Women’s basketball Head coach Daynia La-Force led the largest turnaround in the program’s history during her first season as head coach, taking the Rams from 7-23 to 17-13. Rhode Island was predicted to finish eighth in the Atlantic-10 preseason poll, receiving 113 points compared to George Washington University who is the favorite receiving 194 points….

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Albiani’s Take

Positives: The Rhode Island basketball team’s exhibition win over the St. Thomas Aquinas was simply a tune-up for the team, but Rhode Island showed a more potent offensive arsenal, with newcomers Four McGlynn and Christion Thompson each hitting a pair of threes. The outside shot was a major weakness for Rhody last season. However, as…

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Men’s soccer loses season finale

Rhode Island men’s soccer was defeated by George Mason University, 2-1, in Fairfax, Virginia, this past Saturday ending the Rams’ regular season with a record of 9-7-2. The loss placed the team in fourth place going into the Atlantic 10 Conference Championship. In the 33rd minute of the first half, junior forward Nick Ferguson headed…

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