Football
Richmond football beats Hampton
By Charlie Broaddus | September 14, 2014Richmond football defeated Hampton 42-17 Saturday night. Jacobi Green rushed 133 yards and made two touchdowns.
Richmond football defeated Hampton 42-17 Saturday night. Jacobi Green rushed 133 yards and made two touchdowns.
An emerging run game and a successful pass rush helped the Spiders defeat Hampton Saturday night.
The Spiders take on Hampton today 6 p.m. in Robins Stadium. Follow our live blog for updates and analysis throughout the game.
Richmond football will try to avoid back-to-back losses this Saturday when they host Hampton University.
Undeterred by the loss of the their track and field program in 2012, men’s cross-country has recruited four new members this season.
Kerry Wynn (far left), RC ‘14, is the latest Spider to join the NFL. With impressive stats this preseason, he earned a spot with the New York Giants.
The Spiders picked up their first loss of the season against UVA Saturday, falling 45-13. The offense suffered too many turnovers and the defense struggled.
The Richmond Spiders head to Charlottesville coming off of a 55-10 victory in the season opener against Morehead State. Richmond's offense will face a tough test against a Virginia defense that allowed just one offensive touchdown against 11th-ranked University of California Los Angeles.
Richmond will need to work hard to get the upset against Virginia. Cracking the defense might be the key to victory.
This year's team has maturity, confidence and talent. The Spiders will need to bring these strengths to Charlottesville for the game against UVA this weekend.
The Spiders have worked to improve on both their offensive and defensive performance this year. The team is not short on talent with players such as Michael Strauss and Reggie Diggs.
Ginny Doyle, a senior guard on the women's basketball team, stepped to the foul line at the Robins Center looking to complete a three-point play against Old Dominion Jan.
Two of the three passengers who were in a deadly hot air balloon crash in Caroline, Va., Friday night were University of Richmond women's basketball staff members, according to the Henrico Citizen and additional sources.
The Richmond men's lacrosse team will face Air Force in the the play-in round of the NCAA Tournament at Colorado Springs, Colo., Wednesday.
Timothy Brooks, a student who briefly attended University of Richmond as a freshman in fall 2013, was charged with hatching a nationwide drug-smuggling operation, according to the Washington Post. Brooks, 18, was admitted to Richmond to play lacrosse on scholarship during his senior year at the Haverford School in Haverford, Pa.
Timothy Brooks, a former Richmond lacrosse player, was arrested on charges of participating in the "Main Line Take Over Project" - a large operation in suburban Philadelphia that intended "to take over the marijuana drug trade in local high schools and colleges in Montgomery and surrounding counties of Pennsylvania," according to authorities. Brooks, who attended Richmond on an athletic scholarship but left after his first semester, was one of two lead suppliers in this 11-person drug-trafficking ring.
The Saturday afternoon contest between University of Richmond Spiders and the Massachusetts Minutewomen, the only two teams who remained undefeated in the Atlantic 10 and the two favorites to meet in the conference championship, both played strong defensive lacrosse and remained competitive until the last second of the game. At the end of the game it was the No.
The University of Richmond football team concluded its spring season when the offense outscored the defense 51-29 in the annual spring game at the E.
Pregame- Welcome Spider fans to our first look at 2014-15 Richmond Spiders football. We're about five minutes away from start time of the annual spring football game.
Every morning when Sherman Logan wakes and struggles to get out of bed he reflects on his football career.