Final Score: University of Richmond- 41, Gardner-Webb University- 8 What Happened: The losing streak is over, snapped at nine games for Richmond's football program.
4th Quarter, 0:00- GW kneel-down ends it. Final score: UR-41, GW-8. 4th Quarter, 0:26- Snap goes awry again for Richmond, with the ball going way over punter Nick Hicks's head.
Storylines:1) Got to stop the streak- It was a storyline last week, and it will continue to be one until this team can earn a victory.
A year ago, the odds were against the University of Richmond field hockey team. Challenges were evident for the 2011 season, including a pre-season practice schedule drastically altered because of renovations at the Spiders' Crenshaw field and a schedule with six former NCAA tournament teams. That did not keep the Spiders from an A-10 title and NCAA tournament berth. This year, adversity of a different form exists for the defending champs.
New York Giants 2011 season result: Super Bowl champions The defending Super Bowl champions New York Giants, have to be considered the favorite to win the division.
After a loss to William and Mary in Williamsburg on Wednesday, the University of Richmond's women's soccer team won its first game of the season during its home opener against Villanova University. The Spiders scored three first-half goals, defeating Villanova 3-1 Friday night in Robins Stadium. Villanova gained an early lead when sophomore midfielder Caitlin Forte netted a goal within the first minute of play.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.-- The 2012 season opener wasn't the start Richmond's new head football coach Danny Rocco wanted, not by a long shot, but it wasn't his worst nightmare either. "I told the guys after the game that there's nothing to feel good about," Rocco said.
Final Score: University of Richmond- 19, University of Virginia- 43 What Happened: The Cavaliers did what they were expected to do, winning in convincing fashion over Richmond, the over-matched FCS opponent.
4th Quarter, 0:00- Cavs let the clock run out. Final score: Richmond- 19, UVA- 43. Thanks for joining me. 4th Quarter, 0:35- Strauss leads his team down the field for a touchdown drive of his own, punched in from one yard out by freshman tailback Jacobi Green. 4th Quarter, 5:12- Strauss comes into the game at quarterback for the Spiders, replacing Laub. 4th Quarter, 5:23- Sims shows why he was so highly recruited coming out of high school, leading the Cavalier offense easily down the field for another UVA touchdown drive, finished off by a short run by tailback Khalek Shepherd.
Storylines:1) Rocco's first game at the helm- New head coach Danny Rocco is coming into what seems to be a revolving door position.
Three-time Ladies Professional Golf Association tour winner Maggie Will joined the University of Richmond women's golf team as the head coach this summer. Will won the 1990 Desert Inn International, the 1992 Sara Lee Classic and the 1994 Children's Medical Center Classic.
Two decades ago, Leigh Cowlishaw accepted a scholarship to play soccer at the University of Richmond.
The 2012 Richmond Spiders football team is faced with yet another change. With the team's fourth head coach in four years, the Spiders look to rebound from their disappointing 2011 campaign with eight consecutive losses. Following last year's season, Danny Rocco was hired to replace interim head coach Wayne Lineburg, who remains on staff this season as associate head coach.
The men's head soccer coach Clint Peay sent an email to the team yesterday announcing his resignation, just weeks before the start of the its preseason training. Peay was offered a coaching position with the Under-17 National team, senior captain Houston Oldham said. "We were all pretty shocked.
Richmond football player Jimmy Speros pleaded guilty to misdemeanor hit-and-run and reckless driving charges.
The Atlantic 10, the University of Richmond's athletic conference for all sports except football, has added Virginia Commonwealth University and Butler University for the 2012-13 seasons.
The University of Richmond had cut the University of Massachusetts' lead from seven to four, and was in good position to get closer late in the game, but failed to do so in its 14-9 loss in Sunday's Atlantic 10 Conference tournament title game. With about three minutes left in the game, senior Mary Flowers had the ball on a restart a few yards away from UMass goalie Katie Florence, but Flowers moved too early and the ball went back to the Minutewomen.
Q: What led to your success at the Coca-Cola Invitational? A: I was very patient and putted very well.
Though its regular season ended with the Coca-Cola Wofford Intercollegiate tournament last week, the University of Richmond men's golf team competed in and won the first ever Black and Blue Cup this weekend over Virginia Commonwealth University. A variation of the Spiders-Rams basketball rivalry, nicknamed the "Black and Blue Classic," the idea of holding a golf match between the two rivals began as an informal conversation between the teams' two coaches at a tournament earlier in the season. Typically, collegiate golf is played in a stroke-play format over 54 holes and includes more than 12 teams.
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