The 2023 College Football season is nine weeks old, and the Coastal Athletic Conference has seen its fair share of nail-biters, blowouts and even upsets. The top teams are beginning to gear up for the playoffs and the bottom organizations are starting to look forward to 2024. The Good Five Cent Cigar sports staff will…
The University of Rhode Island is not home to your typical college club lacrosse team. The Rams have held the Continental Lacrosse Conference title for the last three years. Boasting a record of 15 wins and two losses last season, URI entered the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association Division II national championship tournament as the #1-seeded…
The University of Rhode Island men’s golf team traveled to Glen Cove, New York for the Nassau Intercollegiate this week, their final tournament of the fall season. Their top performer, fifth-year Bryson Richards, was coming off an individual win a week ago and was able to carry that momentum into this week. Richards won for…
A turbulent 2023 season ultimately ended in disappointment for the University of Rhode Island men’s soccer team on Saturday, who were eliminated from postseason contention for the second straight year in a scoreless draw with Loyola Chicago. Although the Rams still have one more match left to play in the 2023 season, two wins in…
The University of Rhode Island football team fell 35-10 in New York’s state capital on Saturday, as they battled the University of Albany Great Danes in a conference matchup with playoff implications. The Rams entered the matchup with a record of 4-3, following a loss to Richmond on homecoming weekend. A Football Championship Subdivision team…
URI Women’s Volleyball Gets First Atlantic 10 Conference Victory Against Duquesne Over the weekend, the University of Rhode Island women’s volleyball team split a two-match series against Atlantic 10 opponent Duquesne. Following a 3-1 set loss to Duquesne on Friday, Saturday’s sweep against the Dukes not only broke the Ram’s 10-match losing streak, but it…
For some collegiate athletes, it takes an entire career to win one singular event. For first-year swimmer at the University of Rhode Island, Julianna Tyler, it took one day. Tyler, the newcomer from Cheshire, Connecticut, won her first solo event back on Oct. 10 when she won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:08:23….
A Profile: Ben Fleischer Ben Fleischer, a fifth-year student at the University of Rhode Island, has had a decorated collegiate career that includes six consecutive conference championships and three consecutive New England Championships between track and field and cross country. Fleischer is from Scotch Plains, New Jersey and started attending URI in fall 2019. Fleischer…
For University of Rhode Island women’s rowing head coach Shelagh Donohoe, community service is one of her team’s “main pillars” alongside “academic excellence and athletic excellence.” As part of an annual effort to give back to the Narragansett community that is home to their boathouse and practices, the team spent Saturday, Oct. 7 slowly but…
Football: FINAL (10/21): UAlbany 35-10 URI URI took on conference rival University of Albany in New York’s capital region on Saturday. For more on the matchup, visit Zack Petrick’s recap (page 10, rhodycigar.com). Men’s Soccer: FINAL (10/21): URI 0 – 0 Loyola Chicago The Rams took on Atlantic 10 rival Loyola Chicago on Saturday and…