The April 16-17 weekend yielded 4 2nd place divisional performances, but no memorable team results. The premier event of the weekend was the 3 division Thompson Trophy at Coast Guard. Saturday was VERY windy early and the Rams arrived without enough drysuits to put the squad on the water when Coast Guard mandated drysuits. Very…
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Ram Team Racers Reach New Heights
April 12, 2016The top twelve teams in NEISA did battle on the Thames in New London last weekend for the Fowle Trophy, the New England Team Racing Championship, hosted by Coast Guard. The Ram Team Racers qualified for the New England Team Race Championships for the first time in many years with their win at the Staake…
Lady Rams Claim Dellenbaugh Interconference Regatta
April 3, 2016The streak continues! The Lady Rams made it three Interconference wins in a row with a convincing win at the Dellenbaugh sailed at Brown this weekend. Conditions were extreme both days in very different ways. Saturday began with complete calm and lots of rain until mid-afternoon when a nice breeze filled in. The Rams, represented…
Ram Team Racers Win Staake Qualify for New England Championship
March 28, 2016The URI Ram Team Racers celebrated Easter with a solid win at the Staake Trophy held at Conn College. The URI 3 boat team of Rachel Bryer/Hannah Scanlon, Matt Coughlin/Kate Nota, and Caleb Armstrong/Fiona Christie dropped the first race to Tufts, but went undefeated for the remainder of the event to finish with an…
Lady Rams Win St. Mary’s Interconference in Another Comeback
March 20, 2016The Lady Rams continued their impressive string of top finishes with another come from behind win at the St. Mary’s Women’s Interconference over the March 19-20 weekend. Rachel Bryer and Hannah Scanlon continued their string of A Division wins and Sarah Hermus and Marisa Decollibus were awesome in B, finishing 2nd. The regatta was sailed…
Ram Team Racers Tie for 1st at Wood Interconference
March 14, 2016The Ram Team Racers finished in a tie for first at the Wood Interconference Team Race at Harvard on the second weekend of their team racing season, but lost the tie breaker to BC on total points. This result was a dramatic improvement over their last place finish at the Sharpe at Brown the week…
Lady Rams Open Spring Season with a Win in Charleston
March 2, 2016After a bumpy, practice starved start the Lady Rams came back from 21pts down after day one to win the Charleston Women’s Interconference in the final set. Rachel Bryer and Hannah Scanlon won A division, finishing with 4 bullets in the final 5 races. Sarah Hermus, Marisa Decollibus and Courtney Bombardier were 4th in B…
Lady Rams Tie for 1st at Atlantic Coasts – #1 Ranking Reaffirmed
February 29, 2016The Atlantic Coast Championships were held at St. Mary’s November 14-15. Saturday featured big breeze and the Rams moved to the front early with Rachel and Marisa in A and Sarah and Courtney Bombardier in B. URI lead from start to almost the finish, but succumbed to a furious rally by Dartmouth to end in…
Kennedy Cup Report – URI 3rd
February 29, 2016The Rams returned to the Naval Academy for the Kennedy Cup November 6-8. Going into the final day they were in a tight battle with Navy and Cal Maritime. Racing was very close in the 10 boat fleet with big changes with each wind shift. Cal Maritime and Navy found the better side on the…
New England Fall Championships – Lady Rams Win!
February 29, 2016Following a less than stellar performance the week before at the Mrs. Hurst at Harvard, the Lady Rams were determined to beat the “curse of the Charles” at the Victorian Coffee Urn, also at Harvard. The “Urn” is the fall NEISA Women’s Championship. Rachel and Hannah were dominant from the start, winning A Division by…
