More than 100,000 of the state’s residents served in the war, and 10,000 were killed, injured or lost. There’s no question World War II had an enormous impact on Rhode Island. Ed DiPrete tried to transform it into Governor’s Bay Day, and in 1995 there was a bid to start to calling it “Peace and Remembrance Day” – but protests from veterans and traditionalists have always put the kibosh on them. There have been attempts to rename the holiday here in Rhode Island, too – Gov. That’s been the case since 1975, when Arkansas dropped the commemoration, which it had already rechristened “World War II Memorial Day” by that point. The Ocean State is the only one that still observers an official holiday marking Japan’s surrender at the end of World War II. It is celebrated the second Monday in August, even though Japan didn’t actually formally surrender until September 2, 1945. except in my formerly home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. See for those tickets as well as a special Love Your Melon package available for two games.Victory Day, formerly known as VJ Day, formerly known as Victory Over Japan Day, no longer is celebrated anywhere in the U.S. Pick-your-pack and single-game tickets, including group tickets, are available for all games.
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Admission to all Gopher women's basketball games is free to U of M students with a U Card. The first 500 U of M students will receive free maroon and gold t-shirts with a design featuring Goldy, Ski-U-Mah and the Minnesota M. The Gophers return home to face Stollings' former team, VCU, on Thursday, Nov. The guard averaged 19.1 points per game as a junior last year. €¢ Charise Wilson, URI's returning leading scorer who was named to the Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference Second Team, did not play in the opener. €¢ Four Rams players scored in double figures against UMass Lowell: Elemy Colome (19), Abby Streeter (17), Nicole Jorgenson (15) and Marta Vargas (12). In her first three seasons, she has coached the Rams to more Atlantic 10 wins than they had in the previous seven years. €¢ Coach Daynia La-Force is in her fourth season at Rhode Island. €¢ Rhode Island beat UMass Lowell 81-64 to open the 2017-18 campaign. and Banham went on to make Minnesota the only team besides UConn to have top-five picks in both their years' WNBA Drafts. 2015, Rachel Banham 2016), three First Team selections, two consensus Second Team selections, one All-Freshman award and one Honorable Mention. Since Marlene Stollings' arrival, the Gophers have had two Big Ten Players of the Year ( Amanda Zahui B. Bell (2017 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention) is on the Nancy Lieberman Award (nation's top point guard) watch list. Kenisha Bell, who led the team with 4.9 per game last year, had eight assists and no turnovers.ĥ Wagner, a two-time All-Big Ten Second Team honoree, was on the All-Big Ten Preseason Team. While tallying their second fewest turnovers in a game under Stollings, the Gophers assisted on 22 of 41 field goals. The Gophers have made at least 200 triples in each of the last three seasons, their best three totals in program history.Ĥ Another Big Ten-leading number for Minnesota among conference teams' openers was its low turnover total of seven. Gadiva Hubbard shot 6-of-7 from behind the arc, a career best. This will be Stollings' second meeting with the Rams on the road.ģ Minnesota made the most 3-pointers of any Big Ten team in its opener, sinking 13 of 25 attempts (52 percent).
As the head coach at VCU (2012-14) she faced Rhode Island twice and won both matchups. It was Gonzalez and Pitts' collegiate debut.Ģ Stollings returns to her former conference, the Atlantic 10, in the trip to Kingston. In Saturday's effort, seven Gophers scored in double figures: Gadiva Hubbard (22), Carlie Wagner (22), Kenisha Bell (12), Paloma Gonzalez (12), Destiny Pitts (12), Bryanna Fernstrom (11) and Destiny Pitts (10). Minnesota has scored 100-plus points in 10 games during head coach Marlene Stollings' tenure. The Gophers have won nine straight openers and have reached triple digits in three of their past four lid-lifters, scoring 98 points in the other one. Their 107 points were the most by a Big Ten team in a season opener on the weekend. Here are five things to know before Minnesota's first road contest of the season:ġ The Gophers won their season opener against Lehigh 107-73 on Saturday. The Gopher Radio Network will carry a broadcast of the game on 93.3 ALT FM and the iHeartRadio app. 93.3 ALT FM | Listen Online | iHeartRadio AppĪfter opening their season with a win against Lehigh, the Golden Gophers are on the road to face Rhode Island.
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