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…
Positives: The Rhode Island women’s softball team’s sweep of Norfolk State was a big boost for the team after they had just been swept in a doubleheader versus Norfolk State the day before. In sweeping Norfolk State in the Sunday doubleheader, the team was able climb within two games of .500. They also won two…
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team (12-18) had their season end this past weekend in a quarter-final loss against Saint Louis University, 70-59 in the Atlantic-10 Championships, following an 81-76 second win versus Saint Joseph’s University the day before. Rhode Island won their first game in the Atlantic-10 Championship Tournament in the…
Over this past weekend the Rhode Island men’s and women’s track teams had athletes take part in the New England Championships, which were held at Boston University. The event saw the men’s team win the New England Championships, leading for both days while the women were able to take home second place.  In…
College basketball has long been synonymous with unpredictability and chaos, hence the name March Madness. It is then easy to overlook an upset as even the elite programs taste unforeseen defeat from time to time. The celebration is glorious, but often temporary as the feeling of triumph is soon displaced by the realization that…
In a 3-game set south of the Mason-Dixon Line, the Rhode Island Rams (1-5) baseball team picked up their first win of the season against the University of Maryland Terrapins (3-3). The Rams broke through in Game 2, taking their only game of the weekend by a score of 2-1 behind the efforts of a…
The University of Rhode Island softball team moved to 3-5 this season, following their performance at the Hampton Lady Pirates Classic in Hampton, Virginia, this past weekend. The team defeated Quinnipiac University 4-3 and Hampton University 9-3, while losing to the University at Buffalo 13-5. URI had already tied the program’s win total of…