Talk to Richmond women's basketball coach Michael Shafer about his team this year, and he'll use one word to describe it: young. Eleven freshmen and sophomores are on this year's team, leaving point guard Abby Oliver as the lone senior.
The banners in the Robins Center honoring Richmond's NCAA tournament appearances hang evenly, but there's one that carries more significance for the program.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Richmond men's basketball coach Chris Mooney decided to have fun answering a question on whether his team had moved on from last season's success. "We were joking at lunch today, we'd just like to hang on for a little bit longer and enjoy it," Mooney said, eliciting laughter in the room.
The University of Richmond field hockey team is headed to its first NCAA tournament since 2009 thanks to its victory over University of California at Berkeley, 2-0, on Tuesday in Berkeley, Calif. Richmond senior forward Katelin Peterson, an Escondido, Calif., native, scored both goals for the Spiders.
The University of Richmond men's soccer team played its final game of the season, winning its third straight game Sunday, a 1-0 victory in double overtime against St.
NORFOLK, Va. ? Richmond tied the game at 28 during the fourth quarter thanks to a one-handed touchdown catch by wide receiver Stephen Barnette, but then Old Dominion scored two straight touchdowns to win, 42-28.
The University of Richmond field hockey team won the 2011 Atlantic 10 Conference championship today with a 1-0 defeat of Temple University in Philadelphia. This year is the seventh time the team has won the A-10 field hockey championship. Senior defender Emily Straniero scored the game's only goal as Richmond outshot Temple, 18-2.
NORFOLK, Va. -- After coming back to tie the game at 28 early in the fourth quarter, University of Richmond was unable to score any more points, falling to Old Dominion University, 42-28, the Spiders' sixth straight defeat. Richmond trailed through most of the game, going down 8-0 two minutes into the game on a 14-yard pass from ODU quarterback Taylor Heinicke to receiver Larry Pinkard, but tied the game three minutes into the fourth quarter when redshirt freshman receiver Stephen Barnette caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Aaron Corp. On the touchdown grab, Barnette went high into the air and pulled the ball down with one hand with a defender on top of him.
4th Quarter, 0:00- The Monarchs elect to go for it, and DeMarco runs for it. They let the clock run out, and the final score is: ODU 42, UR 28. 4th Quarter, 0:35- ODU calls a timeout, facing a 4th and 1 from the UR 12. 4th Quarter, 1:55- The ODU crowd is on its feet as backup quarterback Thomas DeMarco enters the game.
At 8 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 5th at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the #1 Louisiana State University Tigers are facing the #2 University of Alabama Crimson Tide. Games like this are what make people realize that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
More than 300 students attended Spider Mayhem at the Weinstein Center Friday night to mark the beginning of the University of Richmond's basketball season. The pep rally featured men's dunk, 3-point and tuition half-court shot contests.
The University of Richmond women's soccer team is playing its first game in the Atlantic 10 semifinals at the University of Dayton on Friday, and is hoping to return home with a conference championship. This season has been the most positive one the team has had in the past four years, senior midfielder Liza Koch said.
So in a week that I was referring to as practically irrelevant, what with the LSU-Alabama showdown coming up this Saturday, much has changed in the landscape of college football.
Q: What were your expectations before the race? A: Our goal as a team was to defend our title as A-10 champions, but we also knew that there were about five other teams that could give us a good run for our money and that it was going to be an extremely competitive race.
Jonathan Benjamin, a junior point guard for the Spider basketball team, has spent his fall semester balancing schoolwork, a varsity sport and Official Visit ActiveWear, the clothing line he started during the summer of 2011. Benjamin said he had always wanted to start a creative clothing line for athletes since "generic gray sweatpants" usually characterized their wardrobes. "A lot of us like to get dressed up," he said.
On Senior Day, senior forward Katelin Peterson notched a hat trick and added an assist, accounting for all of University of Richmond's goals in its victory over La Salle University, 4-1. "Today, the team had an amazing victory," Peterson said.
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.
