Redshirt senior Natale Zanellato goes for the spike against George Washington. Photo by James McIntosh. The University of Rhode Island Volleyball team split its set of games last week as it continues their anything-but-normal spring season. The team was coming off a dominant 3-0 victory against Merrimack where the Rams dominated from start to finish….
Redshirt senior Natale Zanellato goes for the spike against George Washington. Photo by James McIntosh. The University of Rhode Island Volleyball team split its set of games last week as it continues their anything-but-normal spring season. The team was coming off a dominant 3-0 victory against Merrimack where the Rams dominated from start to finish….
Facing George Mason on both Saturday and Sunday, URI Women’s Volleyball came away 1-1. Photo by James McIntosh. After 455 days with no matches, the University of Rhode Island Women’s Volleyball Team was eager to get on the court with two matches against George Mason on Valentine’s Day weekend to open up their season. “It’s…
Volleyball player Gabi Shilling spikes the ball against the opposing team. Photo from GoRhody.com. On or off the court, Gabi Shilling is always active. Shilling is a junior member of the University of Rhode Island Women’s Volleyball Team and has been a key player for them, appearing in nearly every match since she arrived on…
For new head coach of women’s volleyball Nicki Holmes, it was a strange offseason. Holmes was hired in the middle of January, about a-month-and-a-half before campus was unable to reopen due to the pandemic. The first-year coach was a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, where he spent five years as an officer…
University of Rhode Island Athletic Director Thorr Bjorn had a decision to make regarding former URI Volleyball Coach Steve Santonastaso following the 2019 campaign. Ultimately, Rhode Island Athletics decided to not sign the former head coach for the upcoming 2020 season, leading to a brand new search to fill the position. Formally, the search ended…
Former URI volleyball coach Steve Santonastaso. Photo by Autumn Walter. The University of Rhode Island Athletic Department announced on Monday that they have decided not to renew the contract of head volleyball coach Steve Santonastaso. In March of 2017, Santonastaso was promoted to the head coach after serving 12 years as an assistant to long-time…
Volleyball wrapped up their season this past weekend with matches against the George Mason Patriots and the George Washington Colonials, securing a victory in one and dropping the other. The Rams were striving to earn a spot in the Atlantic 10 Championships, which will be hosted in Kingston. They did not make it, although they…
Hazel Brown spikes the ball. Photo by Grace DeSanti. This past weekend the University of Rhode women’s volleyball team took two steps forward and one step backward, beating Davidson College and then losing to VCU. After a long five-week stretch, URI collected their first win since early October, beating the Davidson Wildcats. On Friday night,…
Claire Wagner keeps the ball alive. Photo by Autumn Walter. The University of Rhode Island women’s volleyball team dropped their two matches this past weekend to both La Salle and Duquesne, marking nine straight losses for the rams. Going into the weekend the Rams had lost their previous seven matches dating back to the very…