Sports Desk

Northfield’s Norwich U. escapes close call with Newport’s Salve Regina U.

Vice-grip defense fuels Westerly’s win over Providence’s Lincoln

With the likelihood of inclement weather over the weekend, the City of Newport has announced that Newport Recreation has decided to postpone its annual Men’s and Women’s Singles Open until Saturday, Sept. 14th. Both contests, which are part of the City’s annual lineup of adult fall tennis tournaments, had been scheduled to kick off on […]

via Salve Regina University Athletics SEAHAWK WOMEN’S SOCCER RESULTSSalve Regina 5, Worcester State 4Reynolds Field – Newport, R.I.Thursday, September 5, 2019 SummaryNEWPORT, R.I. – Freshman keeper Jenna Park (Barrington, R.I.) made 16 saves for the Salve Regina University women’s soccer team in a 5-4 victory over visiting Worcester State University in non-conference action Thursday afternoon. Final12TWORCESTER ST. (0-2-1)134SALVE REGINA (2-0-0)415 Series and […]

East Providence deals goose eggs to Wood River Junction’s Chariho in verdict

Frustrating but better than a loss, Wood River Junction’s Chariho and Westerly tie

Newport Rugby will kickoff their 2019 Fall season on Saturday, September 7th when Hartford, Connecticut comes to town. As a member of the New England Rugby Football Union, Newport Rugby plays in the Senior Men’s Division II league.  All home games are played on the Joseph “Jay” Kirwin Memorial Rugby Pitch at Fort Adams State […]

Four tennis legends have been named as candidates on the ballot for the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020. The candidates are:Sweden’s Jonas Björkman, winner of nine major doubles titles & former doubles world No. 1Back-to-back Roland-Garros champion Sergi Bruguera of Spain 2001 Wimbledon Champion and former world No. 2 Goran Ivanišević of Croatia 1994 Wimbledon Champion Conchita Martínez of Spain, a […]

By Stephen Hough – Team Publicist The Gulls saw their season come to an end Tuesday night as they fell to the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks in game three of the Southern Division Championship. With the 3-2 victory, the Sharks will represent the South in the NECBL Championship. It was a scoreless game heading into the […]

By Nick Bello– Media Operations Assistant, Newport Gulls NEWPORT, R.I. – Newport defeated the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks on Monday night 3-2 to knot up the best of three series at one. For the Gulls, Justin Cherry picks up the win as Daniel Hegarty picks up the loss for the Sharks. The Gulls struck first in the bottom […]

By Stephen Hough – Team Publicist MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Mass. – Newport dropped the first game of the Southern Division Championship Series to the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks by a score of 2-1. Brian Ketchie picked up the win for the Vineyard as Garrett Schmeltz was tagged with the loss for Newport. Scott Holzwasser opened the scoring for both sides […]

By Nick Bello– Media Operations Assistant NEWPORT, R.I. – Newport defeated the Mystic Schooners in the Southern Division Wild Card game Saturday night to advance in the NECBL Playoffs. For the Gulls, Sam Jacobsak picks up the win as Trey McLoughlin picks up the loss for the Schooners. Mystic jumped out to an early lead in the first […]

By Stephen Hough – Team Publicist LACONIA, NH – Newport (27-17) picked up a win on the final game of the regular season over the Winnipesaukee Muskrats (13-29). The offense was hot again for the Gulls as Scott Holzwasser took the first pitch of the game deep for his fifth home run of the year. That set […]