Gilyard, who led the NCAA in steals per game last season, is already UR’s career steals leader with 275.
“The fact that we have been able to get this far into the year as a school and program has been amazing,” Chemotti said.
On Sept. 30, the Colonial Athletic Association released a proposed schedule for a spring 2021 football season.
The first years on the team are Carly Cohen, Annika Juergens, Sara Salemyr and Polina Shitikova. These players have a variety of skills to bring to the team.
Spider Stories is a sports series that is designed as a platform to give student-athletes a voice through the sharing of first-person stories.
“You want to make sure the coach is going to be there all four years,” Gilyard said. “It’s something you definitely want as a player.”
With club sports at the University of Richmond now able to practice within certain limitations, a ray of hope for athletes has emerged.
Despite the postponement of the football season, the Spiders find themselves looking to make a comeback against their biggest rival yet: COVID-19.
To be eligible for the award, athletes must be a sophomore, junior or senior with an average shooting score of 76.0 and maintain a GPA of at least 3.20.
The NCAA Woman of the Year program recognizes women collegiate athletics' excellence in their sport, academics and community.
Despite the upsetting news, UR coaches are still working hard to navigate their teams through these unprecedented times.
According to the Spider Club Office, athletics received five times more donations this year than UR Giving Day 2019.
March is a beautiful, agonizing, stress-inducing, heart-pounding rollercoaster ride of a month.
“It’s so weird that our lives are all shaken up,” Forte said. “We’re just trying to find ways to move forward.”
Going into the season, Tierney said that her main goal was to do whatever the team needed to advance to the NCAA tournament.
Some athletes have in-home gyms, others have only weights and some have neither.
The University of Richmond women’s lacrosse team mourned the loss of its season as it gathered on campus for a team meeting on Thursday, March 12.
Two-sport athletes have hectic schedules and unique ways of staying organized to balance their commitments to two sports teams.
The University of Richmond women’s swimming and diving team concluded its winter season on Feb. 22, finishing fourth in the A10 championships.
The University of Richmond men’s cross country team wrapped up its indoor track season and is hoping for future racing possibilities.
