During the past month, attendance at University of Virginia home games has come with an increasing set of restrictions. First came the e-mail that fans would no longer be allowed to bring signs to games.
The University of Richmond men's soccer team has entered its season with a revamped lineup after preseason injuries forced the team to start a freshman goalkeeper and replace its defensive line. Grant Schonberg started during the season opener against Lehigh University after the original starting goalie, Brock Tomlinson, a transfer from Southern Methodist University, suffered a head injury, assistant coach Matt O'Toole said. The line-up changes meant players were in unfamiliar roles, and a lack of communication among them contributed to a 6-1 loss against Leigh, O'Toole said. "We're definitely a quiet team," Schonberg said.
One of the assistant basketball coaches who resigned after revelations about NCAA recruiting violations is working as an assistant coach at a Division I basketball program in Georgia. Dave Waples, the athletics director at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Ga., confirmed to The Collegian Wednesday night that Chris Carroll, who worked as an assistant coach with the Richmond women's team, admitted to text-messaging two recruits while at Richmond, a major violation of NCAA rules. The University of Richmond announced Monday on its athletics Web site that a school investigation had found that two former assistant coaches had knowingly sent recruits hundreds of text messages and had made more than the allowable number of phone calls to recruits.
The University of Richmond and the NCAA have concluded separate investigations into hundreds of text messages that basketball coaches knowingly sent while recruiting prospective student-athletes, a violation of NCAA rules. The announcement from athletics director Jim Miller -- posted Monday on the Spiders' Web site -- included information about the university's investigation and its sanctions against coaches and the programs, as well as a timeline of the violations. "The coaches were aware of the rule," Miller said.
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Win or lose, the Richmond field hockey team has been able to count on one thing this season: Katelin Peterson will score a goal. Peterson, a freshman forward from Escondido, Calif., has scored one goal in each of the Spiders' four games this season.
Sure, our red zone offense came up short. OK, the fourth quarter was ugly. But I don't think I'm the only one who was proud of the Spiders Saturday afternoon in Charlottesville. The Spiders played a Cavaliers team that was expected to walk all over them.
Junior Andrew Benford broke the Spider Alumni Meet record with a time of 15:03.2 in his Aug.
The women's field hockey team is now 1-1 after starting its season in Oxford, Ohio last weekend. The team started the weekend with an 8-3 victory Saturday in its first-ever game against Ball State University.
The University of Richmond women's golf program has never made the NCAA tournament, but this year that could change. This team is the most experienced coach Leighann Albaugh has had in her three years with the Spiders. That experience should translate into a more competitive team.
The NFL's opening weekend is just around the corner and two former Richmond Spiders have every reason to be excited.
Last week, a 9-year-old pitcher made national headlines. If you haven't heard the story, Jericho Scott of New Haven, Conn., was banned from the Liga Juvenil de Baseball de New Haven because many parents and league officials felt his 40-mph fastballs were too advanced for the beginners' league. Some have said Scott should have been allowed to stay in the league; others have argued that he should just move up to play with older kids who could hit his pitches.
In a game with 19 fouls, it was fitting that the only goal of the city championship Friday between Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University came on a penalty kick. Less than eight minutes into the second half, freshman forward Kat Russell was running after the ball but was stopped by VCU goalkeeper Lauren Hardison.
The Richmond City Council has unanimously voted to grant a permit required for the university to begin construction of a new on-campus football stadium. The council approved Richmond's request for a special-use permit at a July 28 public hearing, the final political barrier to expanding and renovating First Market Stadium. As part of the permit approval, the university will pay for road construction to connect Crenshaw Way and Spider Lane.
The loss of seven seniors, including a four-year starting goalkeeper, will challenge this year's University of Richmond men's soccer team, but it still looks to compete in the Atlantic 10 conference. Atlantic 10 coaches picked Richmond to finish 10th in the 14-team league in the preseason poll, but assistant coach Matt O'Toole thinks the team should be able to qualify for the conference tournament.
I was in middle school when I first heard his name. I was never much of a swimmer -- I actually stopped going to summer camp because I was the only one of my friends who couldn't pass swimming lessons.
After eight months of practice and anticipation of the 2008 season, the defending CAA football champion Spiders are looking forward to their first game, at 7 p.m.
The University of Richmond women's soccer team has played only one regular season game, but with 13 three-year teammates leading the way, it is expecting to have a successful year. "We have a very strong team," head coach Peter Albright said.
Women's head soccer coach Peter Albright, now in his 13th year, knows it's been a long time since his team won a season opening game. But before their largest home crowd ever -- about 700 people -- the Spiders defeated the James Madison University Dukes 2-1 Sunday night, avenging last year's 1-0 loss and kicking off a season the team hopes will be much better than last year's 8-12-2 record. "I was coming up the tunnel and I got major league goosebumps when I heard the crowd," Albright said. Senior midfielder Jessie Wolfe scored the opening goal with 21 minutes remaining in the first half.
The Richmond City Council has voted unanimously to grant a permit required for the university to begin construction of a new on-campus football stadium. The council approved Richmond's request for a special use permit at a July 28 public hearing, the final political barrier to expanding and renovating First Market Stadium. As part of the permit approval, the university will pay for road construction to connect Crenshaw Way and Spider Lane.
