The University of Rhode Island softball team traveled to Statesboro, Ga., for the Georgia Southern GATA Challenge, winning a couple of pitchers’ duels before falling short in a weather-shortened five-inning contest and heading home early due to inclement weather. Friday featured two close contests for the Rams, needing eight innings to defeat Tennessee Tech University…
The University of Rhode Island baseball team was swept in a three-game series against the University of Alabama over the weekend and remains winless, at 0-7. URI traveled to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to take on the Crimson Tide in the second series of the season. After getting swept in a four-game series against Jacksonville University, Rhody…
The University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team was swept 7-0 by in-state rival Brown University on Saturday afternoon, its second consecutive loss. Following their 5-2 loss to New Jersey Institute of Technology on Feb. 21, Rhody played in Providence against the 8-3 Bears. The Rams were the fifth team the Brown Bears have swept…
The University of Rhode Island women’s track and field team fielded 16 athletes across five events at the Brown Invitational on Saturday, hosted at Brown University’s Olney-Margolies Athletic Center in Providence. While the rest continue to prepare for the A-10 Championship next week, this meet was the team’s final opportunity to post qualifying marks for…
The University of Rhode Island men’s track and field team traveled to Brown University to participate in the Brown Invitational on Saturday, in the team’s final competition before the Atlantic 10 Championship. URI had athletes competing in six events, highlighted by second-year Cam Miller in the high jump, where he cleared a personal best of…
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team bounced back from its loss against La Salle with a 69-39 victory over Fordham University on Saturday, but took its second loss in three games with a 72-46 defeat to the University of Richmond. The battle of the Rams was preceded by a pre-game ceremony honoring URI’s…
The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team followed up its first win over a ranked opponent since 2017 with a 59-46 loss to La Salle University on Saturday. Rhody handed Saint Louis University its first loss in conference play last Wednesday at the Ryan Center, but that momentum did not carry over for the…
The University of Rhode Island baseball team suffered a four-game series sweep to start its season on the road against Jacksonville University over the weekend. “We need to be better,” Rhode Island Head Coach Raphael Cerrato said. “I haven’t lost any faith in this team, that this team can’t be a good team.” Friday’s scheduled…
There are only a couple of weeks left before March Madness begins. But for some teams, it’s been over before it even starts. Each week, the Cigar Sports Staff votes on the rankings of teams in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Here’s how the rankings turned out as of Feb. 16: 14th Place: La Salle University…
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…