A few days before the MLB Amateur Draft, University of Richmond right fielder Mike Mergenthaler made a prophetic purchase at a Richmond Flying Squirrels game. "Him and [teammate Adam] McConnell went to a Squirrels [the AA farm team for the San Francisco Giants] game a couple days before the draft," Richmond coach Mark McQueen said.
Women's soccer head coach Peter Albright, junior goalie Allie Albright and freshman forward Timmy Albright are all competing under one roof at Richmond, even if they aren't living under the same one anymore. The Albrights are Richmond locals; Allie and Timmy attended Collegiate School where their mother Karen teaches and coaches track and field. Peter is starting his 16th season as head coach at Richmond and Allie is in her third season since joining the team in 2009.
The University of Richmond field hockey team continued its hot streak Sunday by beating Radford University, 1-0, for its seventh win in its last eight games. In a game filled with controversial calls, the Spiders' perseverance helped them get the win. "I think our team matured a lot today," Richmond coach Gina Lucido said.
The Maine Black Bears came back from a 16-0 deficit to score 23 fourth-quarter points and win, 23-22, Saturday afternoon.
The beginning to the denouement of Richmond's season started with a Spider touchdown. For a season that started with such promise, it was a fitting way to go down. After a touchdown run by Garrett Turner, which was set up by an interception by Cooper Taylor, kicker Wil Kamin's extra point was blocked - the second time that happened Saturday -- and returned for two points by Maine.
Leading 16-0 after three quarters, the University of Richmond was outscored 23-6 during the final quarter, losing to University of Maine, 23-22, on its Homecoming Game.
Final: Maine 23, UR 22. 4th Quarter, 0:16- A Black Bears defender knocks down the deep pass, giving his team the ball back.
It's getting harder and harder to watch SportsCenter these days. Watching them develop new ways to poke fun at my Philadelphia Eagles with cute headers like "Dream team becomes a nightmare" is bad enough.
A few weeks ago at a Michigan high school homecoming, the kicker for the football team, who scored the winning field goal, was also crowned homecoming queen.
Facing a difficult schedule is no rarity for the University of Richmond field hockey team. This year's early-season schedule was no different with two games against nationally ranked teams on the road. What was different, though, was how the Spiders were forced to prepare for those games. The turf at Crenshaw Field was replaced during the summer and the project was not completed until last month.
Q: What does this 100 point milestone mean to you? A: I try not to focus on individual stats as much as team success.
Peter Albright, the head women's soccer coach, sits in his spacious office in the Robins Center waiting for the call to go pick up a recruit from the airport. Albright came to the University of Richmond in 1996 after coaching men's soccer for 15 years at his alma mater, Johnson State College in Vermont. When he was 23 years old, Albright became the men's soccer coach at Johnson State and was one of the youngest collegiate coaches at the time.
Chris Hurlburt came to Richmond from Vienna, Va., to play football, but after suffering his seventh concussion during summer training camp in 2010, he was forced to quit. Hurlburt walked-on to the team as a fullback, a position based on running the ball and blocking for the quarterback and other running back. During training camp the summer of 2010, Hurlburt suffered his sixth concussion.
After a scoreless tie against Xavier University Friday night, the University of Richmond women's soccer team defeated No.
Senior forward Katelin Peterson scored a goal and assisted on another as the University of Richmond field hockey team shut out Lock Haven University, 2-0, Sunday afternoon at Crenshaw Field. Peterson scored her eighth goal of the season late during the first half off of a corner.
Coming off of a seven-game road trip in which the University of Richmond women's soccer team notched six wins, it had momentum coming home to play Xavier University.
TOWSON, Md. &mdash The University of Richmond football team lost, 31-28, to Towson University in Towson, Md., Saturday night off a game-winning field goal.
TOWSON, Md. ? Welcome to the world of coaching, Wayne Lineburg. If the past three weeks haven't made you crazy, you may be cut out for this job. Losing a shoot-out to New Hampshire?
The script was the same, just the roles reversed for the University of Richmond men's soccer team Sunday as it won in double-overtime, 3-2, against Saint Joseph's University at Robins Stadium. After suffering a pair of one-goal defeats at home this year -- with both deciding goals coming in the final two minutes of the game -- it was Richmond this time that scored in dramatic fashion to tie and then win the game. Freshman Sean Baker scored in the 108th minute on a series that left many players confused.
Freshman Rebecca Barry and sophomore Chelsea Davies each tallied a hat trick Saturday, and the University of Richmond field hockey team shut out Pacific University, 6-0. The win was the team's second of the weekend and third in a row overall.
