The New England Intensity was an

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team in the

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based in

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. Home games were played at Joseph P. Hanlon Field on the campus of Medway High School in

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. For its first season, in 2003, the Intensity was known as the Rhode Island Riptide. Games were played at Pierce Field in East Providence, Rhode Island. The following two seasons the team was known as the Rhode Island Intensity. The team moved to Medway, going by the "New England" locale name, the Intensity played in the

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before going back to the IWFL the following year. The team appears to have folded after the 2013 season.

Season-by-season

, - , colspan="6" align="center" , Rhode Island Intensity (IWFL) , - , 2004 , , 3 , , 4 , , 0 , , X-Team , , -- , - , 2005 , , 1 , , 9 , , 0 , , 5th East Mid-Atlantic , , -- , - , colspan="6" align="center" , New England Intensity (WPFL) , - , 2006 , , 7 , , 1 , , 0 , , 1st American East , , Lost American Conference Qualifier ( So Cal) , - , colspan="6" align="center" , New England Intensity (IWFL) , - , 2007 , , 3 , , 5 , , 0 , , 3rd East North Atlantic , , -- , - , 2008 , , 5 , , 3 , , 0 , , 2nd Tier II North Atlantic , , Lost Tier II Semifinal ( Clarksville) , - , 2009 , , 6 , , 2 , , 0 , , 5th Tier II , , Lost Tier II Quarterfinal (

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) , - , 2010 , , 8 , , 1 , , 0 , , 3rd II East Northeast , , -- , - , 2011 , , 7 , , 4 , , 0 , , 2nd East North Atlantic , , Won Tier II Quarterfinal (

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) , , , - !Totals , , 40 , , 29 , , 0 , colspan="2", (including playoffs)

Season schedules

2009

2010

References

External links

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