The University of Rhode Island’s women’s soccer team lost both of their road games last week facing the Duquesne University Dukes on Thursday and the University of Massachusetts Minutewomen on Sunday as they fell to 1-2-0 in Atlantic 10 play. The Rams traveled to Pittsburgh to take on the Dukes for the first game of…
Five years, 3,310 rushing yards and an All-Northeast Conference team appearance is a solid career for most collegiate running backs. But for sixth-year Malik Grant, the University of Rhode Island was still in his future. Grant played at Sacred Heart University for five seasons before entering the transfer portal in the offseason. “I wanted an…
For the second consecutive tournament, the University of Rhode Island men’s golf team made a final round comeback to secure a victory at the University of Connecticut Invitational this week. Coming off a runner-up finish at the Ryan T. Lee Memorial Collegiate last week, first-year Tyler Burneau again led the way for the Rams in…
This past weekend, the University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team competed at the Minutewomen Invitational, hosted by the University of Massachusetts, winning a total of 11 matches and losing 12. The Rams faced Harvard University, St. John’s University and the host team, UMass. URI women’s tennis Head Coach Jonas Brobeck reflected on this weekend’s…
The University of Rhode Island volleyball team began Atlantic 10 conference play over the weekend, taking on 24th-ranked and reigning conference champion University of Dayton. The A-10’s preseason poll placed the teams on opposite ends of the conference. The Flyers led unanimously with 100 points and 10 first-place votes, while the Rams placed last with…
More times than not, it is the veterans of a sports team that serve as the leaders, the playmakers and the stars of the squad. However, inside the Keaney Gymnasium for the University of Rhode Island volleyball team, that’s not quite the case. There is a Ram leading the team in kills with 128, kills…
Second-year forward Lauren McDonald has become the University of Rhode Island’s leading scorer for the women’s soccer team this season with four goals all coming within a four-game stretch. Her journey to the Ocean State and developing into the player she is today started on the opposite side of the country along the Pacific Coast….
Women’s Soccer: FINAL (9/26): Duquesne University 1-0 URI FINAL (9/29): University of Massachusetts Amherst 2-1 URI The University of Rhode Island women’s soccer team went on the road this past week after winning both of the games during their two-game homestand the week prior. They dropped the first game 1-0 against Duquesne in Pittsburgh before…
With every team in the Coastal Athletic Association now playing at least one conference game, the landscape and expectations of each team in the conference is beginning to take shape. Every week, the Good Five Cent Cigar sports staff will evaluate and provide a ranking for all 16 teams in the CAA. Here is where…
The University of Rhode Island football team remained undefeated in Football Championship Subdivision play with a chaotic, back-and-forth 28-21 win on the road over Long Island University on Saturday. Coming in with momentum from their 21-9 win over Campbell University the week prior, URI got off to a dream start at Bethpage Federal Credit Union…