After two seasons at URI, the Mitchell twins will look to continue their season elsewhere. PHOTO CREDIT: Greg Clark Just when it seemed like the number of University of Rhode Island Men’s Basketball players leaving the program had come to a halt, two more joined the list. Sophomore forward duo Mahkel and Mahki Mitchell announced…
Riding off a historic season, head coach Tammi Reiss agreed to a record contract extension that will keep her in Kingston until at least 2032. PHOTO CREDIT: yahoo.com Here for the long haul. University of Rhode Island Director of Athletics Thorr Bjorn announced Tuesday morning that Women’s Basketball Head Coach Tammi Reiss signed a ten-year…
The Rams struck out in their first A-10 road trip of the season at Fordham. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com The University of Rhode Island Softball team fell short in their first Atlantic 10 road trip of the year, dropping each of their three games against Fordham University this past weekend to move to 1-7 in conference…
Here are the Cigar’s picks for winter sports MVPs. PHOTO CREDIT: Greg Clark | Staff Photographer Men’s Basketball: Makhel Mitchell Though it was a balanced effort for the Rams this season and the award could have been given to a number of different contributors, it was sophomore Makhel Mitchell who stood tall for Rhody and…
Junior Domenic Picone put together a dominant performance, striking out a career-high 11 batters in Saturday’s win against nationally-ranked UConn. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com The University of Rhode Island Baseball team turned a corner this week, sort of. They shocked the collegiate baseball world Saturday when they took down No. 18 UConn in Kingston on Saturday,…
The University of Rhode Island Women’s Club Lacrosse team put together one of their best performances all season, battling to the final quarter with rival UConn before falling 13-11 at Meade Stadium last Saturday. The loss moves the Rams to a 3-5 record on the season with only three games remaining. The Rams battled an…
The University of Rhode Island Men’s Lacrosse team’s hot start to the season came to an end after falling to Northeastern 19-10 Sunday afternoon. Head Coach Larry Madeira had few words to describe how the team did. “We pretty much got beaten in all four phases of the game,” Madeira said. “Catching, throwing, clearing, everything…
The golf team poses for a photo after winning the Carpetbagger Classic. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com The University of Rhode Island Golf team picked up their second win of the season this past weekend at the Carpetbagger Classic, comfortably beating Robert Morris University by 13 strokes. Head coach Gregg Burke was very satisfied with how the…
The baseball team returned to the comforts of the Bill Beck Field this past week, but their struggles continued. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com The University of Rhode Island Baseball team started their season with a month of strikeouts and groundouts, tallying a record of 0-13 to start the year. However, since returning home to Bill Beck…