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…
The 2023 College Football season is eight weeks old, and the Coastal Athletic Conference has seen its fair share of nail-biters, blowouts and even upsets. The heavy favorites are beginning to be more apparent, and teams that are towards the bottom of the standings are running out of time to make a comeback. The Good…
The University of Rhode Island tennis team competed at the Brown Classic this past weekend, falling in all four matches. URI’s first match, the only one to be played at their home courts, ended in a 4-3 loss against the University of Connecticut. Fifth-year Nadia Rajan, fourth-year Valentina Cvackova and second-year Nikki Fernando picked up…
The University of Rhode Island men’s golf team had been missing their top player, fifth-year Bryson Richards, for the past two tournaments due to injury. This week, Richards made his return in a big way at the Sacred Heart Classic in Milford, Connecticut. Richards won the individual portion of the tournament, finishing at a score…
The University of Rhode Island men’s soccer team faced two opponents this past weekend, hosting both Virginia Commonwealth University and Brown University. The rain was pouring on the URI Soccer Complex on Saturday night, and cold weather added to the difficult playing conditions. Rhode Island started their pressure early in the first half, launching three…
Despite having been unbeaten since Sept. 21, the University of Rhode Island women’s soccer team fell 5-0 on Saturday when they hosted the number one team in the Atlantic 10, St. Louis University. This leaves Rhode Island sitting at 7th in the conference with an A-10 record of 3-2-3. It was also Rhode Island’s annual…
A homecoming date with the University of Richmond Spiders ultimately ended in a first home loss for the #22 University of Rhode Island football team on Saturday in a 27-14 upset at Meade Stadium. The loss was Rhode Island’s first since a 35-9 score in their top-25 matchup at Villanova on Sept. 23 and only…