One corner kick. One header. One explosion. In the twelfth minute of this past Saturday’s Atlantic 10 men’s soccer quarterfinals matchup against George Washington, a corner kick by sophomore Stavros Zarakostas was headed in by senior defensemen Tyler Dickson, propelling the Rams forward in the A-10 post-season tournament. The Rams would…
With the men’s basketball season starting up, Murray’s Weekly Roundup has switched gears to Sam Murray’s preview of the Rams non-conference schedule. It feels like the dust is still settling on what was the crown jewel for the University of Rhode Island athletics last year. With a roster that was molded by master recruiter Dan…
What looked like the makings of the biggest upset in college football soon turned into the game that everyone thought it would be. The game didn’t start off on the greatest note for the University of Rhode Island. The Rams’s starting quarterback JaJuan Lawson was sacked three times in the first quarter for a total…
From freshman to redshirts to transfers, the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team has a total of 10 new faces looking to make their mark in a Rams jersey. Head coach Daynia La-Force, in her fourth season after coming to Rhode Island from Northeastern University, said that the quantity of new players assists the…
Dion Cocoros, a University of Rhode Island alumnus and senior vice president of production for the National Basketball Association, was welcomed back to Kingston on Monday night to speak to students from the Harrington School of Communication and Media Studies. Cocoros has served as a producer for five sports documentaries including, “The Dream Team,” “the…
Senior guard Charise Wilson is looking forward to her fourth and final year on the Rhody women’s basketball team. With 1,420 career points scored she is only 523 points away from Michele Washington’s school record of 1,943. Always being the leader on offense during games, it is expected that freshman point guard Marta Vargas will…
The University of Rhode Island football team put an end to their four game losing streak this past Saturday when they traveled up to upstate New York and beat the Albany Great Danes, 31-14. URI came into the contest with a 1-6 overall record and 0-4 in CAA play. Albany entered 3-4 overall and 1-3…
The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team defeated Buffalo 80-72 in overtime on Saturday at the Ryan Center in a charity exhibition game held for the American Red Cross’ Disaster Relief Fund. The game drew 1,363 fans to the Ryan Center, with all proceeds benefitting victims of the recent natural disasters in the United…
It was a busy weekend for the University of Rhode Island athletic teams. Contributing sports writer Sam Murray has all the updates for you about this week. Contributing Sports Reporter Ian Weiner has you covered on how the Rams cross country teams finished at the Atlantic 10 Championships. Football The football team got out of…
The University of Rhode Island women’s ice hockey team remained undefeated after a 10-0 thrashing over the visiting Hartford Wolfpack at the Boss Ice Arena this past Saturday. The Wolfpack are a 19 and under girls club team out of Connecticut who came to URI on Saturday to visit the campus as well as to…