University of Rhode Island Men's Volleyball

04/18/2019

Practice is over and it’s game time for the URI men’s volleyball team as they start their first day of the national championships!!!

04/08/2019

Both URI squads entered this weekend undefeated in D1 and D2 and both teams fell short of their goals unfortunately...

The D1 Rams A squad opened up with their rival UConn and despite a few moments of greatness the Huskies were super inflated to knock off the team that had bested them earlier in the season. Only a few minutes into the match, captain Joe Honig went down with a sprained ankle. Prognosis is not great but theres an outside shot he'll be able to play in 10 days in Denver. The Huskies took advantage and shut down the A Rams 2-0. Next up, URI redeemed itself with a 2-1 win over Tufts, then took another loss to eventual finalist Northeastern. Last match of Saturday ended on a high note with a 2-1 win over UMASS Amherst. URI finished day one at 2-2 and a 4th seed headed into Sundays double elim round.

The B Rams had a great Saturday - cruising through pool play with 2-0 wins over UCONN B, Williams and Bentley. They remained unblemished headed into Sunday....with the other bracket also being dominated by Marist (NY) who the Rams were on a collision course with.

Sunday's elimination day paired the A Rams against Boston College. BC was the north stud team who, like the A Rams, had gone undefeated all season. The two had never met up...and the A Rams, after licking their wounds from Saturdays below par performance, came out firing on all cylinders. First set went to URI in dominating fashion! The Rams were on absolute fire and BC was on its heels. Set two started out solid with both teams going point for point in an absolute slugfest. Once again bad luck reared its head as starting right side hitter and captain Nik Thommes also went down with a badly rolled ankle. Two captains and two starters out of the mix was a huge blow to momentum and BC took full advantage. The A Rams battled but eventually fell to BC and were knocked into the contenders bracket. Short staffed and banged up, the powerful upperclassmen exited quietly to Boston University in a consolation match and finished the weekend 2-4 and 17-4 on the season.

On the other side...

The B Rams met head to head with a gigantic Marist team made up of mostly seniors and juniors while the "Baby" Rams sported only one upperclassmen and a full lineup of freshmen. The Baby Rams had a good lead in game one but Marist's size overwhelmed the scrappy youngsters by only several points in each set. The championship final was definitely a great game to watch with two undefeated teams pounding at each other for an hour. The Baby Rams finished their season at 18 wins and only one loss. This feeder program was a great idea and helped develop many more players to move up for next season and helped shore up the program for years to come.

Although the weekend results were short of expectations, regular season was very successful and the A Rams will be reloading and resting up for practice this week with building excitement to play at the National Championships next Wednesday in Denver!

04/08/2019

04/08/2019

A great season for the first year team of our B Rams. This squad competed in division two, consisting of mostly underclassmen. Affectionately known as the “Baby Rams” they finished up the season today with 18 wins and only 1 loss. Unfortunately that loss was in the regional finals today versus a very tough squad from Marist College in New York. The coaching staff is extremely proud of these young men and their solid inaugural season. The future is looking great!

Edit: Further congrats to Brett #2 and Dan #25 Gould as well as Matt DaSilva #9 on being selected to the Division 2 NECVL All Tournament Team

03/05/2019

03/05/2019

2019 REGULAR SEASON
A RAMS
2/2 at BRYANT UNIVERSITY (Divisional)
2-1 W v CCSU 25-16, 23-25, 15-11
2-0 W v Columbia 25-18, 25-14
2-0 W v UCONN A 25-21, 25-19
2-0 W v Bryant 25-20, 25-15
2-0 v Providence College 25-19, 25-20

2/3 at RWU (Divisional)
2-0 W v Yale 25-10, 25-22
2-0 W v Fairfield 25-17, 25-18
2-0 W v RWU 25-9, 25-15
2-0 W v WPI 25-0, 25-0

B RAMS at UNE 2/16 (Divisional)
2-0 W v Brandeis 25-18, 25-16
2-1 W v U Maine 25-11, 21-25, 15-11
2-0 W v CCRI 25-15, 25-14
2-0 W v UNE 25-12, 25-17

B RAMS at UNE 2/23 (Divisional)
2-0 W v Colby 25-12, 25-15
2-0 W v U Southern Maine 25-15, 25-19
2-1 W v Bentley 21-25, 25-22, 19-17
2-0 W v Bodouin 25-0, 25-0

A RAMS at UNH 3/3 (Interdivisionals)
2-0 W v RWU 25-19, 25-18
2-0 W v UVM 25-12, 25-12
2-0 W v UMASS Amherst 25-18, 25-21
2-0 W v Brown 25-0, 25-0
2-0 W v Bryant 25-15, 25-15 SEMINFINAL
1-0 W v UMASS Amherst 25-16 FINAL

02/02/2019

First team in the gym, first tournament of the season. URI men’s volleyball takes on Bryant University today!

11/29/2018

The University of Rhode Island Men's Volleyball Team is asking during this season of holiday giving for any possible donations to help further the advancement of the program and allow for our current and future players the opportunity to win the title! Donate with the link.
www.urifoundation.org/giveonline

11/19/2018

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