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Football returns veteran team to defend FCS title
By Barrett Neale | August 27, 2009Spider fans may still be reminiscing about Dec. 19, 2008, but the football team is looking ahead to Sept.
Spider fans may still be reminiscing about Dec. 19, 2008, but the football team is looking ahead to Sept.
University of Richmond rising senior Andrew Benford raced to a spot on the U.S.
The search for a new head coach for the University of Richmond women's lacrosse team has ended. Stephy Samaras, a former University of Virginia defender and two-time All-American, will take over the program, which has now filled the opening left after the unexpected resignation in March of former women's lacrosse coach Sue Murphy. Samaras played for Virginia from 1997-2000 and reached the NCAA Championship game with the Cavaliers in 1998 and 1999.
Former University of Richmond defensive end Lawrence Sidbury Jr. has signed his first professional football contract with the Atlanta Falcons. Sidbury's deal, announced on Friday, is for four years, but financial terms were not disclosed.
The University of Richmond athletic department has granted football coach Mike London a contract extension through the 2014 season, an agreement athletics director Jim Miller said recognized London's success with athletes on the field and in the classroom. The extension tacks another two years onto London's original five-year deal.
Editor's Note: The Collegian is posting updates from University of Richmond women's track and field coach Lori Taylor, who is in Fayetteville, Ark., with sophomore Nicol Traynor for the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Sophomore Nicol Traynor has earned a bid to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 5,000-meter run, the fifth Spider all-time and the first distance runner in six years to represent Richmond at the meet. Andrew Benford, who was in contention for a spot in the 3,000 steeplechase, fell less than two seconds short of an invitation based on his season-best time.
The NCAA selection committee naming at-large bids for the outdoor track and field national championships won't release results until 3 p.m.
Nicol Traynor will not automatically qualify for the NCAA national meet after a 12th place in the East Regional 5,000-meter run, but her school-record performance earlier this season could be enough to secure an at-large bid. Traynor, a sophomore distance runner, finished in 16 minutes, 36 seconds at the regional meet at North Carolina A&T in Greensboro on Friday night, battling a heavy rain during the race that began just moments before the start. Posting to his Twitter account during the meet, Steve Taylor, men's track and field coach, said Traynor would find out on Monday whether her 16:17.64 school record -- set in Walnut, Calif., on April 17 -- would be enough for an at-large selection. Runners finishing first through fifth at each of four regional meets receive automatic slots at nationals, and seven additional invitations are offered to runners with the fastest times this season.
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Correction Appended A U.S. District judge has sentenced former University of Richmond men's tennis coach Steven Gerstenfeld to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to attempted receipt of child pornography. The sentence handed down Wednesday by Judge Henry E.
The honors for the University of Richmond football team continue as the Black Coaches & Administrators have named Mike London Male Coach of the Year. London, whose team won the 2008 Football Championship Subdivision title, said he had been pleasantly surprised when Floyd Keith, the executive director of BCA, notified him.
One of the most important phone calls in Lawrence Sidbury's life took longer than expected, but it finally came during the late afternoon on April 26. Sidbury, a former University of Richmond defensive end, got a call from Thomas Dimitroff, the Atlanta Falcons general manager, saying that they had selected him in the fourth round of the NFL Draft with pick No.
For the second consecutive year, the University of Richmond is sending a running back to the National Football League. Josh Vaughan signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and will attend their mini-camp next weekend in Florida. "I'm getting a chance to play in the NFL," Vaughan said.
The Atlanta Falcons have selected defensive end Lawrence Sidbury Jr. in the fourth round of Sunday's NFL Draft. Sidbury -- the No.
-The NFL Draft will be held this weekend in New York City. Lawrence Sidbury Jr., a defensive end for Richmond last season, has been projected to be drafted as early as the second round, which could make him the first Football Championship Subdivision player taken.
The school year is quickly coming to an end, but there is just enough time left to look back on the year that was and what it could mean for the year that will be. First, let's look back at the year for University of Richmond athletics. Upon returning to school in August, the first two big sports stories of the year were hardly encouraging.
Major League Baseball's 2009 season has officially begun, and for fans across the country that usually means it is time to grab some hot dogs, a cold beer and head out to the ballpark.
The University of Richmond's women's lacrosse team won its fourth-straight conference game last weekend, clinching the No.
The University of Richmond women's tennis team parlayed a No. 1 seed into an Atlantic 10 Championship Sunday, dethroning reigning conference champion Temple University 4-0 and ensuring the team a spot in the NCAA Championships next month. The Spiders won their sixth A - 10 Championship behind strong play from the entire team.
Richmond junior catcher Evan Stehle entered the game in a 1-7 slump, but came out of it in a big way to help lift the University of Richmond baseball team to a 5-4 victory over Duquesne University. With runners on first and second and two outs during the eighth inning, Stehle drove a 1-1 fastball to right field plating both runners.