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Saturday, July 27, 2024

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Sports

Mid-major madness

As college basketball fans around the nation watched the 11 seed VCU Rams knock off Kansas in the Elite Eight last Sunday, I can only assume there was a mixed bag of emotions.


Sports

Women's lacrosse confident for A-10 play

If you had been looking for the women's lacrosse team practicing for the Atlantic-10 conference Monday, March 22 you would have been out of luck. The coaches surprised the team with a spur of the moment bowling trip instead of practice to relax the players going into conference play starting on the first, junior Caitlin Fifield said. The team played an intense preseason schedule with several top-20 opponents in preparation for A-10s and a shot at a top-20 ranking, Fifield said.


Football

Spring: A season of changes for Richmond football

The University of Richmond's football team is rebounding from a season that ended earlier than the team planned. "We make it a goal with the team not to spend Thanksgiving with our families," head coach Latrell Scott said, referring to the team's post-season expectations to make it into the playoffs.


Sports

Photo Gallery: NCAA Sweet 16 vs. Kansas

SAN ANTONIO ? The University of Kansas connected on nearly half of its three-pointers as it got by the University of Richmond, 77-57, Friday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio in the Sweet 16 of the 2011 NCAA tournament.


Sports

Richmond's run ended by Kansas in Sweet 16, 77-57

SAN ANTONIO ?The faces of the University of Richmond players said it all as they walked off the court: dazed and confused as they were beaten by an unquestionably more talented team Friday night in the Sweet 16 here at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Coming into this game, much of Richmond's focus was on Kansas' Morris twins and their presence down low.


Sports

Video: Spider Send Off

Richmond Spiders gathered outside the Robins Center Wednesday to cheer on the men's basketball team as it left for San Antonio, Texas, to play the University of Kansas in their NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 matchup. Contact videographer Kait Walsh at kaitlyn.walsh@richmond.edu and videographer Kylie McKenna at kylie.mckenna@richmond.edu


Sports

Photo Gallery: City of Richmond Pep Rally

The city of Richmond hosted a pep rally for the University of Richmond Spiders and Virginia Commonwealth University Rams men's basketball teams, which have both qualified for the "Sweet 16" round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament.


Tennis

Unity fuels the play of tennis teams

The Richmond men's and women's tennis players head into the next part of their seasons, and team dynamics are at a high point. Mark Wesselink, who has been the women's coach for 20 years, said that so far, the team's strength had been the closeness between the players. "They're getting along very well and it shows on and off the court," Wesselink said. Ben Johnson, who started coaching the men this year, said unity was also a strength. "They do a great job of supporting each other," he said. The women's season began with a tough start, as it usually does, Wesselink said.