The University of Rhode Island Rams and the University of Delaware faced off in basketball for the first time ever on Saturday. The two teams have been rivals on the football field for over 100 years but had never seen each other on the court. The Rams traveled to UBS Arena in Elmont, New York…
The University of Rhode Island club swim team held the inaugural Rhody College Club Swim and U.S. Masters Swim Meet on Nov. 12, an event the club described as monumental in showcasing what their program is all about. This meet, held at the Tootell Aquatic Center, brought together members from both college club swimming and…
You can’t talk about the University of Rhode Island women’s rowing team without talking about head coach Shelagh Donohoe. Donohoe is a decorated former rower, winning the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. During her 18-year coaching career, she has led the URI program to six National Collegiate Athletic Association championship appearances. Under her…
URI Women’s Club Hockey finished their three-game weekend with a Sunday morning victory against the University of Delaware at Boss Ice Arena. The Rams played a strong game on both sides of the ice, scoring in every period while also recording a shutout. Midway through the first period, Bella Bonfiglio started the scoring after a…
It was Fairfield before Richmond, and traveling northwest to Notre Dame and finally landing in Kingston that defined Jenna Slowey’s journey. The University of Rhode Island’s brand new women’s lacrosse team brought in Slowey to head the Rams team that will begin play in 2025. The team hired Slowey in July of 2022, three years…
Established in 1999, The University of Rhode Island’s women’s club hockey team boasts a relatively young presence on campus. Since its founding, the team has been able to capture nine Eastern Collegiate Women’s Hockey League conference championships, but in year 24, they are looking for new beginnings. This comes in the form of first-year head…
On Feb. 19, 2022, fifth-year Emma Squires led the University of Richmond Spiders with 27 points in a close 69-66 loss to the University of Rhode Island. Two months later, on April 25, Squires became a Ram herself, transferring to Kingston, Rhode Island for her graduate season. The 2021-22 Atlantic 10 Sixth Woman of the…
Former Atlantic 10 Sixth Woman of the Year at Dayton, fourth-year women’s basketball center Tenin Magassa is now taking advantage of her time with the University of Rhode Island. Magassa’s journey began in Morsang-Sur-Orge, France. She prioritized basketball from an early point in her life, dedicating herself to the game and putting in hard work….
The University of Rhode Island wasn’t Kyle Standing’s first choice, but it ended up being one of his best. A 2023 graduate and former sports editor at the Good Five Cent Cigar, Standing wrote more than 100 stories in seven semesters with the sports section, serving as a contributing reporter, staff reporter and eventually as…
Coming into college in 2020, I was deeply saddened to miss out on the absolute phenomenon that is college athletics. Upon resuming game days in my following three years, I found that what sets college games apart and makes them so special is the atmosphere. The electric energy, the fans, the music and, of course,…