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Spiders give up 7 in the 9th inning, fall to Colonials

By Avery Shackelford | April 14, 2012

The University of Richmond baseball team dropped its first of three games Friday against Atlantic-10 opponent, George Washington, 9-4. After holding the lead during the first eight innings, the Spiders gave up seven runs in the ninth. Starting pitcher Jacob Mayers threw for eight innings, striking out a career-high 12 batters, and allowed just two runs. "[Mayers] was outstanding," Richmond coach Mark McQueen said.

Sports

Women's water polo player practicing with the men

By David Weissman | April 12, 2012

Junior Meg Schroeder is the only woman in a pool of shirtless men every Tuesday and Thursday night ... at University of Richmond club water polo practices. The women's club water polo team has been practicing with the men's team all year, but Schroeder, the team's co-captain, said she had been the only woman attending these joint practices since the first week in February, when her team had been forced to drop out of the league because it had only four players. The other three players, senior co-captain Caitlin Manak, sophomore Catherine Romberger and freshman Amy Reader, have their reasons for not showing up, Schroeder said. Manak, who has been playing polo since she was a freshman in high school, said she had wanted to compete her senior year but numbers have been a problem for the team all four years Manak has been at Richmond, she said. "It's always frustrating trying to recruit at a school of 3,000 that has a very heavy focus on academics," she said.

Sports

Richmond frisbee teams to host tournaments this weekend

By James Riddick | April 11, 2012

The University of Richmond will host two ultimate frisbee tournaments on the intramural fields Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15, including the women's Atlantic Coast regional tournament. The Richmond Redhots, the women's ultimate frisbee club team, will play in what could be its last tournament of the season, with a chance at one of two bids to the national tournament in Wisconsin on May 19, said senior Alex Purdy, a women's frisbee team co-captain. "This tournament represents the culmination of everything that we have worked hard for this year," Purdy said. The Atlantic Coast region is made up of eight schools: Richmond, Catholic University, Davidson College, Elon University, Goucher College, University of Mary Washington, Roanoke College and St.

Sports

Richmond holds off George Washington for 18-17 victory

By Brennen Lutz | April 7, 2012

Despite expectations that the Spiders would beat their opponents handily, Richmond women's lacrosse team faced a close game Friday afternoon. The score remained tight for the duration of the match and ended with a Spider victory, 18-17, over George Washington University.

Football

Former coach Latrell Scott hired as JMU's tight ends coach

By David Weissman | April 6, 2012

Latrell Scott, who resigned as University of Richmond's head football coach before the start of last season, was hired as James Madison University's tight ends coach Friday, according to a release on JMUSports.com. Scott, who led the Spiders to a 6-5 season in 2010, resigned just 10 days before the start of the 2011 season after being arrested for a DWI.

Sports

March Madness: Beyond the Bracket

By Matt Dunn | April 5, 2012

Friends often tell me that the regular college basketball season doesn't matter, and that it's all about the tournament.To them I ask, are you kidding? What if Duke hadn't lost to Florida State in the regular season?

Sports

Football team picks up new receiver straight out of gym

By Avery Shackelford | April 3, 2012

JR Riddick was lifting weights in the Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness when a man approached him and asked why he didn't play football for the Spiders, Riddick said. Riddick was unsure of whom the man was until he introduced himself as Danny Rocco, the new head football coach for the University of Richmond. Rocco had seen Riddick working out and playing basketball during several trips to the gym this winter and, noticing his athletic ability, invited him to come to the open tryouts he was holding before Spring Break, Rocco said. Riddick, a sophomore from Yorktown, Va., made the team as a wide receiver, after having played just two years of high school football. He played his freshman year of high school and then didn't play for two years because his family moved to the Netherlands, he said.

Sports

Spider of the Week: Joanna Matuszczyk

By Brennen Lutz | March 29, 2012

Q: How long have you been playing tennis? A: I have been playing tennis since I was seven years old. Q: What factors contributed to your latest win? A: When it comes to tennis, I am a very competitive person, and during my last match, I was set against another very competitive person.

Club Sports

Training room for club athletes replacing gym's game room

By Avery Shackelford | March 27, 2012

A new training room for sport-club athletes at the University of Richmond is under construction in the Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness and will be completed in April. Formerly a game room that housed pool tables and Dance Dance Revolution, the new training area will include a few offices, training tables, an ice machine, mailboxes and storage units and space to display sport-club memorabilia and photos, Tom Roberts, assistant vice president of recreation and wellness, said. Roberts said one of the main draws of the training room was having the necessary resources and a full-time athletic trainer available to sport-club athletes as a way to build the sport-club program. "When prospective students and families find out that we're giving more money to sport clubs, and when they walk back into that training room, that will seal the deal if they're on the fence," he said.

Sports

Speros back at football practice

By David Weissman | March 23, 2012

Just three days after his preliminary hearing for getting arrested on felony hit-and-run charges, University of Richmond football player Jimmy Speros was back at practice. A redshirt sophomore offensive lineman, Speros had been absent from team activities since his arrest nearly a month ago.

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Spider basketball comes to support "Ballin' for Books"

By James Riddick | March 22, 2012

Only 10 days after their senior season came to an end, Josh Duinker and Francis-Cedric Martel returned to the courts to participate in the Pi Beta Phi sorority's annual spring philanthropy event, "Ballin for Books." Martel, Duinker and their team, "JD, Fran and the Managers," left the gym Friday night as champions of the 3-on-3 basketball tournament, a different environment than their typical night at the Robins Center. "Playing college basketball is very stressful," Martel said.

Sports

Spider of the Week: Genevieve Okoro

By Brennen Lutz | March 22, 2012

Q: How long have you been playing basketball? A: I have been playing basketball since I was in 5th grade. Q: What has been the most challenging part of playing basketball with the Spiders? A: The most challenging part was the adjustment from high school to college basketball play.

Sports

Rocco settling in as Richmond's new football coach

By Charlotte Brackett | March 22, 2012

Danny Rocco, who is preparing for his first season as head coach of the Richmond Spiders football team, said that there have been a lot of changes since he arrived at Richmond. "There are a number of things that we have adjusted, and the first changes were with the personnel," he said.

Sports

Baseball winning streak ends, team still positive

By Matt Dunn | March 22, 2012

The University of Richmond baseball team's 11-game winning streak ended last week after losing to the George Mason Patriots. Although the Patriots were able to walk off of Pitt Field victorious, that didn't change the mindset of the Spiders heading into this weekend's series against Princeton. "We went into the Princeton series with a ton of confidence coming off the winning streak," redshirt junior Adam McConnell said.

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