Baseball drop two of three at St. Bonnies, no longer unbeaten in A-10 The University of Rhode Island baseball team (15-12) lost their first conference games of the season (6-2, A-10) at St. Bonaventure University this past weekend, losing the first 5-2, and the rubber game 7-5, while winning the second 8-4. In the series…
University of Rhode Island sophomore Gregory McManus broke the URI javelin school record on April 2 on his first career throw in a Rhode Island uniform. McManus, a redshirt freshman athletically and academic sophomore, broke the record at the Black & Gold Invitational at Bryant College in Smithfield, Rhode Island. Jacob Keeling held the…
Baseball The University of Rhode Island baseball team (11-14) won two of its three game home series at Bill Beck Field against Virginia Commonwealth University (21-12) last weekend, winning on Friday, 5-1 and 7-3 on Saturday before losing 7-3 on Sunday. In Rhode Island’s first game of the series last Friday, it dominated early…
With nonconference play in the books, University of Rhode Island starting pitcher Becca Rogers has proven to be one of the most dynamic pitchers in the Atlantic 10. And she’s just a freshman. Rogers leads the team with a 7-4 record. Her seven wins is the third most in the conference. Even more impressively, her…
University of Rhode Island women’s soccer player and Mapleville, Rhode Island, native, Taylor Ross, is the name behind a non-profit organization called Cleats Count, which she founded last winter to do her part to help underprivileged youths. Following the winter of her freshman season at URI, Ross, now a sophomore, came to the sad…
Positives: The Rhode Island women’s swimming and diving team meet on senior day was a fantastic performance. In addition to beating Bryant 180-119, they also had winners in 12 of the 16 events that were scored. They will look to build on that momentum as they train for the Atlantic 10 championships that start Feb….
Positives: The Rhode Island men’s basketball team’s win over Rider University was a great way to come back from an all-around ugly performance against the University of Maryland. Clearly Maryland is a superior team, but the alleged postgame remarks from head coach Dan Hurley don’t put the Rams in a positive light. This performance helps…
The University of Rhode Island volleyball team will leave its final homestand of the season battle-tested, after falling to first-place University of Dayton in five sets on Friday, and then besting second-place Saint Louis University in a hard-fought victory on senior night. The Rams were undeterred by the presence of a great Dayton team that…
Positives: URI women’s volleyball bouncing back with back-to-back wins, first at Brown, followed by a home game against Fordham. The two games were clear domination for the Rams as they won a combined 6-1 in the two matches. Although both opponents were clearly not on par with Rhode Island, they needed to bounce back after…
The University of Rhode Island women’s soccer team (3-9-1) had their losing streak extended to eight games this week with a 2-0 loss at Saint Joseph’s University on Thursday, and a 3-2 heartbreaker against the University of Richmond on Sunday. Thursday’s match was scoreless until the second half when Saint Joseph’s Hannah Racis put…