Every morning when Sherman Logan wakes and struggles to get out of bed he reflects on his football career.
Derrick Gordon, a University of Massachusetts starter, became the first openly gay men's Division I basketball player last week - another positive step for gay student-athletes in what hasn't always been a welcoming environment. "I just didn't want to hide anymore, in any way," Gordon told ESPN. "I didn't want to have to lie or sneak.
The University of Richmond's women's lacrosse team made it 18 days since their last loss, beating the George Washington University Colonials 13-6 at the E.
In a matchup of left-handed starting pitchers, the baseball team was able to salvage the last game of the three-game series against the VCU Rams by a final score of 9-6. The Spiders began the game on an ominous note, allowing VCU's leadoff hitter to extend a single into a double following an error by Jansen Fraser, sophomore left fielder.
Despite a strong outing by starting pitcher Zak Sterling, the baseball team's errors and its sputtering offense cost it a loss to VCU for the second time in two days, conceding the series to its Atlantic 10 rival. Sterling, a junior, pitched well for six and two-thirds innings of the 1-5 loss, giving up only two earned runs on eight hits and no walks with three strikeouts. After allowing a run in the second inning on a triple and a single, Sterling settled in and retired 11 straight batters through the fifth inning. The Rams took advantage of mistakes made in the sixth inning to break open what had previously been an uneventful pitchers' duel.
The first game of the University of Richmond's baseball team's three-game series against Atlantic 10 rival VCU did not go as hoped, to say the least. The Spiders were shut down in a 19-4 loss that saw the Rams assert their dominance on the game right from its start. VCU peppered Richmond's pitching for 22 hits with two home runs, and struck out only three times.
Richmond football suffered yet another blow, as record-setting placekicker Brandon Jordi left the team. Jordi's departure comes just over a week after starting quarterback Michael Strauss suffered an injury on his throwing shoulder.
The NCAA's self-serving stranglehold on college sports and its so-called "student-athletes" have been seriously threatened.
March 29, four former University of Richmond men's track and field athletes placed in the top ten in Collegiate Running Association's first 10-kilometer Road Race National Championship. CRA is a non-profit organization that hosts championship races in which any runner enrolled in at least one college course in the United States can compete for prize money.
The University of Richmond Quidditch team will compete in the seventh annual International Quidditch Association World Cup this weekend in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Two members of the University of Richmond Equestrian Team will compete in the zone finals competition Sunday, April 6. Kristen Bailey, a senior and co-president of URET, will be competing along with Barbie Savani, a freshman. Bailey said she was happy to be prolonging her time with the team and the regional competition would not be the last time she competed during her time on the team.
University of Richmond starting quarterback Michael Strauss suffered an injury on his throwing shoulder during practice Tuesday, per Richmond Athletics.
The University of Richmond men's basketball team saw its highest attendance numbers this year since the 1997-1998 season. The increase was due in large part to the $17 million in renovations to the Robins Center.
Despite being the smallest team in attendance at the national championships at Miami University of Ohio, the University of Richmond synchronized swimming team achieved a 10th place finish. Over the weekend of March 21, two of the three Richmond swimmers swept the awards for which each collegiate coach votes, including senior Katy Alexander who won the Mary Jo Ruggieri $500 scholarship, and senior Dana McLachlin who won the 2014 Collegiate Athlete of the Year award. Sophomore Sophia Diamond, the youngest member of the Richmond synchro trio, won a national title in the solo routine event in her skill category. Head coach Asha Bandal said the national competition included every synchro team in the country, from club teams with little university backing to powerhouse programs at the varsity level. "We're kind of in the middle," Bandal said.
In the early morning hours of Oct. 21, 2013, Officer Sgt. Scott Seitz stopped a 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix on Route 1 in South Plainsboro, N.J., for speeding at 71 mph in a 55 mph zone.
University of Richmond guards Wayne Sparrow and Tim Singleton will transfer schools, according to Richmond Athletics.
The wait for a home victory is finally over: University of Richmond men's lacrosse beat Wagner College 14-7. The Spiders (2-7) beat Vermont 12-11 in Durham, N.C., but were 0-3 at Robins Stadium going into Friday night's game. Richmond head coach Dan Chemotti said getting a win at home wass something the team had been talking about. "To be able to get that win and put that behind us and focus on getting better as a team was important," he said. Despite committing an early penalty, Richmond opened the scoring when Brad Burnam found a wide-open Dan Ginestro on the crease for the easy finish. Unlike Wagner (2-5), Richmond capitalized on its initial man-up opportunity, and Mitch Goldberg added to his team-leading goals as the Spiders opened up a 3-0 lead fewer than six minutes in. Wagner cut the Spiders' lead to two, but Goldberg capped off Richmond's first-quarter scoring when he juked a defender and finished his shot in close. "Being able to have some success early certainly will allow our guys to play with confidence," Chemotti said.
The Atlantic 10 earned a league-record six bids to the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament on Sunday. The six bids, along with the league's overall success this season, surprised a great number of coaches, announcers and fans given the league's losses of Temple University, Xavier University and Butler University.
The third time was not the charm for the Spiders. The Virginia Commonwealth University Rams completed the three-game season sweep over University of Richmond to move on to the Atlantic 10 Tournament semifinals. The Barclays Center in Brooklyn housed VCU's most complete effort of the series this season, as the Rams led the entire game, usually by double digits, in pulling out the easy win, 71-53, Friday night. "We came out planning for a 40-minute battle," Melvin Johnson, VCU guard, said.
Final Score: University of Richmond 53 - Virginia Commonwealth University 71 What Happened: "The Blue & Black Classic: Brooklyn Edition" was all about VCU tonight.
