EDITORIAL: Why All of RI Should Love This RIC Women’s Basketball Team
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
If you have not been following the Rhode Island College (RIC) women’s basketball team, then you are missing the best sports story in Rhode Island right now.
Coach Jenna Cosgrove’s team is playing this weekend in the Final Four for NCAA Division III college basketball. A pep really at RIC is scheduled for Wednesday.
Cosgrove has built a powerhouse team with players who are predominately from New England.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTFour of the team members are from Rhode Island.
Senior forward Izabelle Booth of Newport was named First Team All-Region 2 by D3hoops.com. She has piled up a stack of awards.
Cosgrove, too, is finally getting her due. In the last three years, her team has finished:
2022-23: 28-3 (Now playing in Final Four)
2021-22: 23-6
2020-21: 11-0 (Season shortened due to COVID)
A combined record of 62-9.
This year, Cosgrove has been named the Region 2 Coach of the Year for her performances this season.
This weekend, RIC travels to Hartford to play Christopher Newport located in Virginia. The semi-final game will be played at 5:00 PM at Trinity College on Saturday.
Cosgrove and her players not only represent great basketball, they are capable of winning a national championship.
They are local athletes and they deserve everyone’s support.
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