Not all bad in Spiders' 43-19 loss to UVA
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.-- The 2012 season opener wasn't the start Richmond's new head football coach Danny Rocco wanted, not by a long shot, but it wasn't his worst nightmare either.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.-- The 2012 season opener wasn't the start Richmond's new head football coach Danny Rocco wanted, not by a long shot, but it wasn't his worst nightmare either.
The 2012 Richmond Spiders football team is faced with yet another change.
Though its regular season ended with the Coca-Cola Wofford Intercollegiate tournament last week, the University of Richmond men's golf team competed in and won the first ever Black and Blue Cup this weekend over Virginia Commonwealth University.
Junior Meg Schroeder is the only woman in a pool of shirtless men every Tuesday and Thursday night ... at University of Richmond club water polo practices.
JR Riddick was lifting weights in the Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness when a man approached him and asked why he didn't play football for the Spiders, Riddick said.
Despite losing 68-55 to the University of Virginia Cavaliers in the second round of the postseason WNIT tournament, Richmond's women's basketball team exceeded expectations this season. The team went 23-9, falling three games short of the school's 26-game win record.
The University of Richmond football team will play its annual spring game on April 14, when the team will put new strategies, brought on by a new coaching staff, into action. The game represents the end of winter training and the beginning of "a new era of Richmond football," junior fullback Kendall Gaskins said.
Before Wednesday night's men's basketball game against Dayton University, five Richmond seniors were honored in a pre-game ceremony for senior night. The seniors combined to score two points in Richmond's 82-71 victory, both coming from an emphatic dunk from Francis-Cedrick Martel. Junior Darien Brothers scored a game-high 30 points and freshman Kendall Anthony added 20 points off the bench. The team now heads into Atlantic 10 Conference tournament play, with its first opponent yet to be determined.
Coming off a string of postponements and cancellations, the University of Richmond baseball team continued its first home games Saturday in a double-header against Niagara University.
The Richmond Spiders (0-2) women's lacrosse team fell to third-ranked University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 17-6, on Sunday at Robins Stadium. Snow fell throughout the game as the Tar Heels (3-0) jumped ahead, 3-0, before Richmond scored its first goal from freshman Jesse Miller.
Martin Parker won two football championships in high school, one at Richmond in 2008 and will now add another championship ring to his collection. Parker was a member of the New York Giants Super Bowl XLVI Championship team.
It's 10 p.m. on Tuesday night in the Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness, and the undefeated Sigma Phi Epsilon brothers, clad in bright red jerseys, are seconds away from beating a team of Heilman Dining Center staff members in intramural basketball.
On Sunday, Jan. 29, complete with brooms, handmade hoops, slightly deflated volleyballs and some extra layers of clothing, the fictional sport in the Harry Potter world was brought to life by the Acromantulas, the quidditch team on campus.
With the impending transition of the Men's Club Lacrosse team to the varsity level, some players have begun to wonder if the change is right for them.
Headed into the 2009 College Basketball Invitational, Richmond's postseason reward for an 18-15 season, then freshman forward Darrius Garrett was used but sparingly. After playing nine games in the regular season, Garrett had amassed four points and zero blocks.
"What's up dudes!" Pat clamors in the door, with a Yankees cap and McNabb jersey on. My godfather has always had that New York Sinatra-esque moxy, to come in a room and light up the mood. "Scott!" I hear from behind him. I know that cheery voice is my godmother Beth's. She's one of the most caring people I know. The only time I've seen her mad is when I used to call her "Mrs. Ginefra." Ironic since I now see her as my second mom. It's the first time my brother and I have seen them since the early fall, and we all embrace. Behind their parents, Marco and Jesse sift through the mix, smiling ear to ear. We smile right back. It's been so long since we've seen our family. My two god-brothers are sporting midnight green and look ready. "Let's go, Eagles," we all say.
If you see a guy sprinting across campus wearing tight gold gym shorts in the afternoon, don't be alarmed, it's quidditch.
On Senior Day, senior forward Katelin Peterson notched a hat trick and added an assist, accounting for all of University of Richmond's goals in its victory over La Salle University, 4-1.
A few days before the MLB Amateur Draft, University of Richmond right fielder Mike Mergenthaler made a prophetic purchase at a Richmond Flying Squirrels game.
Peter Albright, the head women's soccer coach, sits in his spacious office in the Robins Center waiting for the call to go pick up a recruit from the airport.