The Collegian
Tuesday, November 04, 2025

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Sports

Skipper Spotlights: Peter Albright, women's soccer

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.


Football

Damaged: concussions affecting former football player

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.


Sports

Spiders tie Musketeers, 0-0

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.


Sports

Richmond gets 2OT goal to defeat St. Joe's, 3-2

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.


Football

Last-second field goal gives Towson 31-28 win

TOWSON, Md. ? With the game tied, DJ Stoven kicked a game-winning 27-yard field goal for Towson University as time expired to hand the University of Richmond its third-consecutive loss, 31-28. While the field goal directly ended the game, the play likely haunting the Spiders defense came four plays earlier.


Football

In-Game Blog: Richmond at Towson

4th Quarter, 0:00- The kick is up and good. Towson players and coaches rush onto the field to congratulate their kicker, as Richmond falls, 31-28. 4th Quarter, 0:04- Richmond now calls a timeout of its own, attempting to ice the kicker. 4th Quarter, 0:04- Towson calls a timeout with the ball at the 11-yard line.


Sports

Spiders topple Billikens, 6-1

The University of Richmond field hockey team tallied its highest goal total Friday, defeating Saint Louis University, 6-1, in its Atlantic-10 Conference opener. Five different Spiders scored on the game, with only senior forward Katelin Peterson scoring twice.


Sports

The fallacy of fall break

Suddenly it's North Face jacket-wearing weather and midterms are upon us. I hit the snooze button on my alarm at least three times this morning, in an attempt to avoid the prospect of class and the 60-degree temperature outside. But wait -- it's almost fall break: a five-day weekend I plan to spend lazing about my house and eating homemade desserts.


Sports

Title Town turned travesty

When the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup last May, it did many great things. First of all, it sent the city of Vancouver into a state of emergency.


Club Sports

First regatta is a success for team

Five boats from the University of Richmond club crew team competed in its first regatta of the season last Saturday at the College of William and Mary's inaugural 5-kilometer "Chick Chase" and one Richmond boat placed first. William and Mary hosted the race on the Chickahominy River which featured Richmond, James Madison University, Old Dominion University and Liberty University. Low temperatures and high winds made for a difficult day on the water, said Catesby Sanders, club president.