In the Spring of 2022, Val Villucci announced that she would be retiring as head coach of the University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team after 25 years at the helm across three different stints. This created something that URI had not seen from the tennis program in many years: a vacancy. Fast forward to…
Fourth-year Brady Roark promotes a “Be The Match” event organized by the football, volleyball and women’s soccer teams on Wednesday, April 19. Photo Courtesy of: Alexa Potamianos The University of Rhode Island football, women’s volleyball and women’s soccer teams are coming together to raise awareness and save lives. The football team has been actively working…
Fifth-year Elena Gonzalez had four hits and one RBI in six at-bats over the weekend. Photo Courtesy of: gorhody.com The University of Rhode Island Softball team traveled to Chicago over the weekend to take on Atlantic 10 (A-10) conference foe Loyola Chicago University, dropping all three games in the series. The Rams entered the series…
Photo contributed by: Gorhody.com Baseball: FINAL (4/21): URI 2 – 7 Davidson FINAL (4/22 – Game 1 ): URI 8 – 6 Davidson FINAL (4/22 – Game 2): URI 9 – 15 Davidson FINAL (4/25): URI 0 – 9 UConn FINAL (4/26): URI 4 – 5 Hartford The Rams dropped two of three games versus…
The club field hockey team traveled to the United States Field Hockey National Training Center in Virginia Beach earlier this month. Photo Courtesy of: @uri_fieldhockey on Instagram The University of Rhode Island’s Club Field Hockey team is used to traveling long distances for games. The club has not played at home this season, but they…
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…