Sports

Students, staff train for Saturday's Monument 10K race

Members of the University of Richmond's Monument Avenue 10K Training Program will be competing in the 10th anniversary of the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K race this Saturday, March 28. Twenty-five faculty, staff and students have been training for the race for the past 10 weeks with nationally recognized athlete and coach, Andrea Randle. Randle works as a multisports trainer for the Department of Recreation and Wellness to help promote physical activity among the campus community. Seth Hickerson, assistant director of Fitness and Wellness, said that he and Randle had hoped to expand the training program further, with the goal of attracting an annual representation of more than 150 participants. "We want to represent the University of Richmond on the start line every year," he said. The program is in its first year, and 21 of the 25 who participated in the training will compete with about 35,000 other runners, joggers and walkers. The training program was open to people with little to no running experience as well as to advanced runners, Hickerson said.

A tribute to the Unknowns

During spring break I did something I probably haven't done since I was 6 years old - I voluntarily missed part of men's basketball's Championship Week. Why, you ask, would I abandon my favorite sport during March Madness?

Lacrosse coach resigns mid-season

Women's lacrosse head coach Sue Murphy unexpectedly resigned last Wednesday during the middle of the season for undisclosed reasons. Women's soccer head coach Peter Albright has assumed the role of interim head coach while a national search is underway for a new coach.

Richmond falls to UTEP in semifinal of CBI

University of Richmond men's basketball coach Chris Mooney was not around to see the end of his team's season as the Spiders fell 81-69 to the University of Texas at El-Paso in the semifinal of the College Basketball Invitational. Mooney was ejected with 4:44 left in the game after he received his second technical foul. "I apologized to the team because that shouldn't happen," Mooney said.

Spiders advance to CBI semifinal, secure 20-win season

The University of Richmond men's basketball team did not allow the struggles that plagued it earlier this year to prevent it from continuing its season. Richmond got a shot with nine seconds left from sophomore Kevin Anderson to give the Spiders a 74-70 lead as Richmond hung on to beat the College of Charleston 74-72 at the Robins Center on Monday night.

Last-second shot by Shells advances Spiders in WNIT

With the score tied at 57 points and 15 seconds left in the game, Richmond sophomore Brittani Shells turned to her trademark move: a pull-up jump shot. "Every time I practice by myself, it's always a pull-up," Shells said.

Richmond ready for JMU in second round of WNIT

After going through three losing seasons, the University of Richmond women's basketball team is back in the postseason. Richmond used a run in the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament to get into the Women's National Invitation Tournament.

Blog: 2009 NCAA Swimming Championships

Editor's Note: The Collegian is posting updates from University of Richmond swimming coach Matt Barany, who is in College Station, Texas, with senior Lauren Beaudreau for the 2009 NCAA Swimming Championships.

Photo Gallery: Men's Basketball vs. St. John's

The men's basketball team defeated St. John's University 75-69 in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational on Wednesday night at the Robins Center.

Photo Gallery: NFL Pro Day

Several University of Richmond football players participated in field drills and worked out before of NFL scouts and position coaches Thursday at First Market Stadium.

Richmond advances to the second round of the CBI

When the University of Richmond men's basketball team needed a big shot, it was senior Jarhon Giddings who delivered. It was Giddings' three-pointer from the corner that broke a 61-61 tie and gave Richmond the lead for good as the Spiders defeated St.

Richmond to host St. John's in first round of CBI Tournament

Sophomore guard Kevin Anderson knows the perils of going up against a basketball team in the Big East -- the first conference to get three No.

Club and Intramural

Richmond falls short of A-10 title and automatic NCAA bid

The run for the Atlantic 10 Conference title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for the University of Richmond women's basketball team fell just short after the team lost to the University of Charlotte 59-54 in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday. Richmond was looking for its first ever A-10 title.

Richmond falls to Seton Hall for season's first loss

The University of Richmond baseball team lost its first game of the season to Seton Hall University 14-12 on Saturday at Pitt Field, after a week of canceled games due to an early March snowstorm. Richmond's pitchers began faltering in the second inning.

Spiders stun No. 17 Xavier in final regular season game

The University of Richmond men's basketball team upset No. 17 Xavier University 80-75 on Saturday night at the Robins Center, expelling the memory of painful late-game losses from earlier during the season. Sophomore Kevin Anderson, at 6 feet stood anywhere from six to nine inches shorter than his defenders.

Mooney, Shafer granted contract extensions

University of Richmond athletic director Jim Miller announced today that men's basketball coach Chris Mooney and women's basketball coach Michael Shafer have agreed to contract extensions. "Goals for our men's and women's basketball programs remain the same," Miller said at a press conference.

Women's basketball prepares for A-10 tourney

After earning a first-round bye, the University of Richmond women's basketball team will begin the Atlantic 10 tournament in the quarterfinals at 2:30 p.m.

10 Reasons 'We Like Sportz'

Sometimes you'll listen to a song and hear lyrics that describe your exact thoughts, even better than you could have yourself. This often happens to me, and the same applies to what I read in books and watch in movies.

Friend leading lacrosse team during her last season

Senior lacrosse captain Mandy Friend enters her final season at the University of Richmond having already broken and re-broken program records during all of her previous three seasons. Friend, a native of Canandaigua, N.Y., joined the Spiders during the 2005-06 season, teaming up with older sister Ashley to help lead the Spiders to their second-straight Atlantic 10 Championship and NCAA appearance. Fifty-three goals, 23 assists and 76 points later, Friend had made sure the team had achieved its objective during her first year on the team. After setting a program record for the most points scored during a single season and earning five A-10 Rookie of the week honors, individual awards followed. Friend was named a Third-Team All-American, Rookie All-American and All-Regional first team honoree as well as being selected to the Virginia Sports Information Directors' first team. She was also named to the A-10 Championship team, the A-10 All-Conference team and was named A-10 Rookie of the year for 2006. Friend attributed her success to the lack of an overwhelming expectation to perform well on an established team. "I had stand-out upperclassmen who could take over a game," Friend said, "and I felt like I was just helping them out, and if I played well, I played well and that was that." With that type of mindset, Friend said she had the ability to play her best lacrosse. After such a remarkable year, Friend said she had begun to pressure herself to "do this or do that." But she repeated her success, and then some. As a sophomore in 2007, Friend set new program records for the most goals, 62, and points in a season, 77.