The University of Massachusetts scored 21 points during the first quarter en route to a 28-7 victory Saturday afternoon.
There are many types of losses. There are losses like the ones suffered against Towson and New Hampshire, where Richmond lost in a shoot-out.
After only giving up only seven first-quarter points through its first seven games, University of Richmond allowed 21 to University of Massachusetts, resulting in the Spiders' fifth consecutive loss, 28-7. The loss is just Richmond's second by greater than three points (the other being to James Madison University, 31-7), but all five have come to opponents in the Colonial Athletic Association.
4th Quarter, 0:00- The game comes to a close on a three-yard loss by Turner. UMass hands the Spiders their fifth straight loss, 28-7. 4th Quarter, 0:20- Gray returns the UMass punt to near midfield as the game approaches its end. 4th Quarter, 2:49- Laub gets sacked twice in three plays, forcing a Spiders punt which is fair caught at the UMass 29. 4th Quarter, 3:58- Impressive one-handed catch by Finney on a lob pass from Laub.
January 7, 2010: Corp announces he is transferring from USC to the University of Richmond. September 4, 2010: Corp starts his first game as a Spider against the University of Virginia.
With Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder making his first start this past Sunday, it appears all the rookie quarterbacks expected to take over as his team's starter is in place (I'm banking on the Tennessee Titans sticking with Matt Hasselbeck over Jake Locker) for the season. Before you start to think this column is just another in a long line of recent nationwide columns about how the times are changing in the NFL as far as quarterbacks are concerned, how success is expected much earlier than the "old days" and blah, blah, blah...let me stop you.
Years ago, when my now 15-year-old sister was still in elementary school, she dressed as Johnny Damon for Halloween.
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.
