Fifth-year Tyler Rubush was URI’s top finisher in the 800 meters, finishing third overall in 1:54.62 minutes. Photo Courtesy of: gorhody.com This past Saturday, both of the University of Rhode Island track and field teams traveled to Worcester, Massachusetts and won the Holy Cross Invitational. On April 22, the women’s track and field team won…
First-year Nikki Fernando paired with first-year Priyanka Shanker for URI’s only win of the afternoon – a 6-4 doubles victory. Photo Courtesy of: gorhody.com This past Saturday The University of Rhode Island’s women’s tennis team fought to defend their home court in a regular season finale matchup vs. the University of Massachusetts. Umass would go…
Men’s Basketball: Ishmael Leggett Leggett’s third season wearing Keaney Blue also served as his most impactful one. The Rams’ leading scorer, Leggett’s 16.1 points per game ranked 7th in the entirety of the Atlantic 10. Leggett’s three double-doubles went along with two 30-point performances, one of which came at the Cayman Island Classic in November,…
Villucci began coaching at URI in 1993. Photo Courtesy of: gorhody.com In 1975, before the introduction of Title IX, Cranston High School East did not have a girls tennis team. Determined to continue playing the sport she had grown to love from an early age, a young Val Villucci decided this would not stop her….
The Rams boarded the plane to Kansas City, Missouri to compete in their first-ever NCVF National Championships last week. PHOTO CREDIT: @uriwomensclubvb on Instagram From forming a loose team of six women in 2018 to competing in a national championship last week, the University of Rhode Island’s women’s club volleyball team has experienced rapid growth…
Baseball improved their A-10 conference record to 6-3 after a dominant series sweep over St. Bonaventure. PHOTO CREDIT: Connor Zisk | Staff Photographer Baseball FINAL (4/14): URI 9-5 St. Bonaventure FINAL (4/15): URI 5-4 St. Bonaventure (10 inn.) FINAL (4/16): URI 8-1 St. Bonaventure FINAL (4/19): URI 6-12 UMass Lowell Baseball won their second Atlantic-10…
Kindopp was awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship alongside two other URI students on April 10. The University of Rhode Island’s men’s track and field student athlete Aidan Kindopp was awarded the Goldwater Scholarship on April 10th. His work on Nanobiotechonology Engineering research in the Roxbury Lab at the University led him to this scholarship. Kindopp…
Fourth-year Bryson Richards was URI’s only medalist on Sunday, shooting a 3-under 68 in the final round to finish top of the 75-player field. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com After spending the beginning of the week at Villanova’s Wildcat Spring Invitational, the University of Rhode Island golf team traveled back to the Keystone State to compete in…
Fifth-year running back Ja’Den McKenzie scored a one-yard touchdown in the last minute of Saturday’s scrimmage, winning the game for the offense. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com The Rhode Island Rams football team had their annual blue versus white scrimmage, better known as the spring game, this past Saturday. In the spring game, the offense and defense…
Fifth-year Jonathan Buchanan was URI’s top finisher in the hammer throw, finishing fifth overall with a 59.52 meter throw. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com The University of Rhode Island track and field team rewrote the record book this past weekend in Storrs, Connecticut at the UConn Northeast Challenge. One week after the URI men’s track and field…