This Friday marks the opening night of the 2013-14 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's college basketball season.
The University of Richmond field hockey team quickly recovered after a slow start and scored four second-half goals en route to a 7-2 win over the La Salle University Explorers Friday. Richmond scored twice early in the game, though La Salle scored its first goal in the 24th minute of the game.
The University of Richmond men's and women's cross country teams finished eighth and second, respectively, in the Atlantic 10 conference championship meet at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville, Va., Saturday. Senior Jill Prentice led the women's team, coming in second place with a time of 17:02.7 over the 5-kilometer (3.1 miles) race.
A strong running game and four field goals from Brandon Jordi, which tied a school record for field goals in a single game, helped University of Richmond (3-6, 1-4 CAA) end a four-game losing streak and win its first conference game Saturday against University at Albany (1-8, 0-5), 27-10. "I said in the locker room after the game, 'Hats off to two guys: Brandon Jordi...and Seth Fisher,'" Richmond coach Danny Rocco said. The Spiders rushed for 192 yards in the game, which is the most they have rushed for in a single game since a win over Liberty University Sep.
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Final Score: Richmond 27 - Albany 10 What Happened: Good games from both the offense and the defense propelled Richmond over Albany, 27-10, giving the Spiders its first conference win of the season.
4th Quarter 2:20- Green breaks a 23 yard run. 4th Quarter 2:28- Albany misses a field goal and Richmond will take over at the 23. 4th Quarter 3:28- Albany is moving the ball quickly against the Spiders.
Storylines: 1) The Losing Streak - This storyline is getting repetitive, but it will continue to be a storyline until the Spiders win a game.
The University of Richmond athletic department annually budgets an undisclosed amount so the football team can sleep in hotels the night before home games, a practice common among almost every team in Division I football. It is not the athletic department's policy to give exact budget figures, but athletic department officials said this undisclosed amount came from private donations specified by the donor. Danny Rocco, Richmond's head coach, said the tradition was necessary for game-day performance.
The University of Richmond women's soccer team went head-to-head with University of Massachusetts on Sunday in a defense-oriented game that resulted in a 0-0 draw. Richmond successfully prevented the Massachusetts attack from doing damage, with goalie Emily Kelly making seven saves.
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Terrance West led No. 6 Towson (8-1, 4-1 CAA) to a 48-32 victory over Richmond (2-6, 0-4) Saturday in Robins Stadium. West, who is the Football Championship Subdivision leader in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns, had a career-high 272 rushing yards, four rushing touchdowns and a receiving touchdown to give the Tigers their ninth-straight road win. Richmond head coach Danny Rocco said a lot of West's runs had been schematically defended well, but West's physicality made it difficult to tackle him. "He is explosive and he really refuses to go down," Rocco said. After Richmond failed to score on its opening series, West took his second carry 79 yards, which set up his six-yard touchdown reception. His long run was important because it got both him and the team going, West said. Despite West's dominating performance, Richmond hung in the game for a while thanks to Richmond's passing offense.
Spider soccer (5-8-2) fell to Duquesne (5-8-2), 2-0, on Richmond's senior night despite outshooting the Dukes 16-11.
Final Score: Richmond 48 - Towson 32 What Happened: Terrance West led Towson to a 48-32 victory over the Spiders.
4th Quarter 4:00- Richmond holds the Tigers and will take over at its 31. 4th Quarter 4:35- Richmond holds Towson on a 3rd and 2, but Towson will go for this 4th and 3. 4th Quarter 5:52- Towson recovers a Richmond fuble and will take over at Richmond's 38. 4th Quarter 7:11- Richmond will take over at the 10.
Storylines: 1) Response to Rhode Island - Richmond's 12-10 loss at Rhode Island, which was one of the worst losses in Richmond's disappointing season, all but guaranteed the Spiders won't win the CAA or make the playoffs.
The University of Richmond field hockey team went ahead of Saint Francis University 4-0 in the first 15 minutes and never let the Red Flash back in to the game.
Although a 2-5 record is the last thing the University of Richmond football team expected to have at this point in the season, the team said it would have a chance to turn it around this weekend when Towson, ranked sixth nationally in the Football Championship Subdivision, visits Robins Stadium. In a postgame interview following last week's loss to the University of Rhode Island, head coach Danny Rocco was candid about Richmond's winless record in the Colonial Athletic Association.
Junior Drika Bianchin, midfielder for the University of Richmond women's soccer team, suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament for the second time in less than two years.
The chips are on the table; starting Wednesday, the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox, two teams that faced each other in the 2004 World Series, will square off again for a shot at the 2013 title.
