Junior Haley Oliver (Coventry) finished third in the 5,000m (18:00.95) as the Rhode Island College women’s track and field team competed at Bryant’s Ocean State Cup on Thursday and Friday afternoon.

The event featured seven Rhode Island teams from across Div. I, II and III. Rhode Island College, Roger Williams and Johnson and Wales were the lone Div. III squads.

The team score was comprised of both the men’s and women’s results. RIC finished fifth with a team score of 115.5. URI won the meet with a team score of 406.0.

Junior Milana Melvin (Johnston) finished 14th in the discus (29.59m) and 15th in the hammer (37.89m). Fifth-year Trinity Hayes (Providence) finished third in the 400m (57.88) and fourth in both the 4x100m relay (49.42) and the 200m (25.04).

Freshman Quiana Pezza (Cranston) finished fourth in both the triple jump (10.46m) and the 4x100m relay (49.42) and 14th in the 200m (26.50). Junior Tayshia Cary (Wakefield) finished fourth in the 4x100m relay (49.42), ninth in the 100m (13.38) and 16th in the 200m (26.61).

Freshman Bendu Kamara (Pawtucket) finished fourth in the 4x100m relay (49.42) and 17th in the 400m (1:02.45).

Senior Samantha Sainristil (Cranston) finished fifth in the shot (12.25m), seventh in the hammer (45.62m) and 12th in the discus (32.04m).

Junior Bethanie Jean-Philippe (Cranston) finished seventh in the javelin (35.04m). Sophomore Lexie Zakrzewski (Taunton, Mass.) finished 18th in the 400m (1:03.37).

Freshman Grace Lane (North Smithfield) finished 18th in the 800m (2:34.45).

Freshman Mariangely Rodriguez (Providence) finished 18th in the discus (23.97m) and 25th in the hammer (31.41m). Freshman Taryn Reed (Pascoag) finished 19th in the hammer (36.24m) and 22nd in the discus (22.14m).

Sophomore Shirley Portillo (North Providence) finished 20th in the 800m (2:46.97).

RIC baseball swept

Junior center fielder Lucas McElroy (Westport, Mass.) went a combined 3-for-6 with three singles as Rhode Island College dropped a Little East twinbill vs. Eastern Connecticut (17-1; 3-1) at Pontarelli Field on Friday afternoon.

 GAME ONE

Both squads put in a defensive battle, led by the pitching, as the first three innings were scoreless.

The Anchormen were able to put themselves on the board first on a solo home run from senior designated hitter Lucas Pierce (Chepachet) in the fourth frame.

Fifth-year pitcher Terry Murray (Norfolk, Mass.) was brilliant through six innings until the Warriors rattled off a five-run seventh frame.

The visitors were not done there, as a four-run eighth and an eight-run put the game out of reach. Pierce went 2-for-4 with a double and a homer. Murray picked up the loss (1-2), striking out four in 6 2/3 innings of work.

GAME TWO

Fifth-year shortstop Izaiah Rivera (Pawtucket) registered the first hit of the game with a double to center field in the second inning.

However, he was left on base to end the inning and the Warriors put a run across in the top of the third with a single to pick up the early, 1-0 ,lead.

The Anchormen remained scoreless until the bottom of the sixth as fifth-year third baseman Cal Parrillo (Greenville) grounded out, which plated Pierce to knot the game.

Eastern Connecticut capitalized on a two-out error by the Anchormen in the seventh to take their first lead and held on to complete the sweep.

Sophomore reliever Stephen Sullivan (Acton, Mass.) hurled a solid three innings out of the bullpen, allowing two unearned runs to go along with three strikeouts, in the loss (1-2).