Photo Gallery: Richmond vs. Montana Pregame
By Bob Quaintance | December 22, 2008CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Hundreds of University of Richmond fans lined the entrance to Finley Stadium to welcome the Spiders during the final Spider Walk Friday night.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Hundreds of University of Richmond fans lined the entrance to Finley Stadium to welcome the Spiders during the final Spider Walk Friday night.
BALTIMORE -- Forgive me readers, for I have lost my mind. It has been 31 days since my last column.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- The Spider football team decisively beat the University of Montana Grizzlies 24-7 Friday night at Finley Stadium to give the University of Richmond its first national title in any sport in the school's 178-year history. [slideshow=19,650,433] All photos by Dan Petty and Bob Quaintance.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- John Crone, the University of Richmond's senior fullback, had an announcement to make. "I just want y'all to know we just won the national championship," Crone said when he entered Richmond's post-game press conference.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- The University of Richmond football team hadn't been No. 1 in almost three months. The Spiders' second loss of the season, to Villanova University on Sept.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- The Spiders arrived for their first national FCS championship game on Tuesday and have since been preparing for Friday's match-up against the University of Montana. [slideshow=18,650,433] All photos by Dan Petty/The Collegian.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- The University of Richmond football team arrived Tuesday night here to begin preparing for Friday night's national championship.
The University of Richmond football team has set a number of program records this season, but on Friday it could win something no team in school history has -- a national championship. "We weren't very successful when I got here and to have this happening," senior defensive end Lawrence Sidbury Jr.
The men's basketball team lost 77-76 to Virginia Commonwealth University in the final seconds at the Robins Center Saturday.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- When junior quarterback Eric Ward was practicing passing plays this week, senior tight end Joe Stewart was usually his third option. Stewart said he had told Ward: "Don't forget about me over there.
The Towson University Tigers handed the Spiders their first loss of the season at the Robins Center Saturday night, beating the team 56-48. Brittani Shells opened the game with a jump-shot two-pointer.
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The women's basketball team goes into Saturday's game against Towson University (6-1) at the Robins Center undefeated.
The University of Richmond football team is set to play the University of Northern Iowa at 4 p.m.
University of Richmond men's soccer coach Jeff Gettler has resigned after the Spiders finished this season 3-12-3, ending a 14-year career with the program. Gettler, who was the winningest coach in school history, finished with a 123-115-40 record.
BOONE, N.C. -- Dozens of students traveled five hours to The Rock here in Boone to cheer on the Spider football team, which won 33-13, upsetting the three-time defending national FCS champions.
BOONE, N.C. -- All week long, the question for the football team's defense was whether the addition of senior defensive ends Sherman Logan and Lawrence Sidbury Jr.
Men's basketball defeated Delaware State University 76-66 on Saturday night at the Robins Center, completing a winning day for University of Richmond sports. The day held victories for Spider women's basketball and an upset playoff win for the Spider football team. Kevin Anderson led the Spiders in basketball, scoring 7 of his 19 points during the last three minutes of the game, holding off a late Delaware State comeback for the win. The Spiders shot .500 from the field and went 7-20 from three-point range.
Brittani Shells led the women's basketball team to defeat the College of William & Mary 63-47 at the Robins Center Saturday afternoon, bringing the team to 8-0 for the season. Shells scored 20 points and had eight steals during the game.
Facing its toughest opponent to date, the University of Richmond women's basketball team prevailed in a hard-fought 56-48 contest versus cross-town rival Virginia Commonwealth University. The win propelled the Spiders to a record of 7-0, while the Rams fell to 4-2.