An injury-stricken backcourt resulted in a pair of losses for the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team this week. First, Rhode Island took a trip down to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where they fell to Duquesne University before returning home to Kingston where they suffered their second loss to the University of Richmond. On Saturday, the…
Over the weekend, the University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team hosted Boston University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. This marked Rhode Island’s second and third consecutive home matches to start the season at the International Tennis Hall of Fame, in Newport, Rhode Island. The result – back to back losses for URI….
After competing in the Harvard Elite this past weekend, the University of Rhode Island’s men’s track and field team reflected on their performance and work to improve themselves as the championships draw near. The field team sent three throwers, second-year Alexander Baez, third-year Christopher Tavarone and first-year Theo Puterbaugh, to Harvard over this past weekend…
Don’t let all of the narratives fool you; the Chiefs are the true underdogs next Sunday. Says who? Says the Vegas odds which has the 49ers at a 2.00 spread. Not only are the Chiefs statistical underdogs for the Super Bowl but in many ways, they have been underdogs nearly the entire season. They started…
Records were broken this weekend as the University of Rhode Island women’s track and field team traveled to Boston to compete in the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational. One of the five URI athletes featured in the invitational was Hanna O’Connor, a fifth-year student, who smashed her personal best mile time by six seconds….
The University of Rhode Island’s men’s club ice hockey team swept Stony Brook University in a weekend series, winning 4-1 on Friday night and 4-3 in overtime on Saturday. Rhody improved to a record of 17-11 with the pair of wins, moving them up to first place in the Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League. In…
Men’s Basketball: FINAL (2/3): Duquesne 85-71 URI FINAL (2/6): URI 88-65 George Washington University It was a tough weekend for the University of Rhode Island as they suffered a loss against Duquesne University. During the Atlantic 10 matchup on Saturday, fourth-year Dae Dae Grant led Duquesne to victory, dropping 31 points to take the win…
The Atlantic 10: a conference filled to the brim with buzzer beater finishes, high intensity play and paradoxical upsets. Every week, The Good Five Cent Cigar sports staff will vote on these teams to generate a power ranking of the conference’s basketball programs. Here are the men’s basketball rankings as of Feb. 5: 15th Place:…
With just about a month left in the 2023-24 women’s college basketball regular season, teams are starting to gear up for potential runs in March. Every week, the Good Five Cent Cigar sports staff will vote and rank the 15 teams in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Here’s where the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball…
Conference play is now well underway in the 2023-24 Men’s College Basketball season and things are ramping up. As we head into the month of February, teams are seeking to put themselves in a spot to make a run in March. With the landscape of where each team stands becoming clearer, the Good Five Cent…