The Collegian
Tuesday, July 08, 2025

Sports


Sports

Spider of the Week: Elizabeth Sims

Q: Did you do anything different to prepare for the A-10 Tournament? What was your mindset going into the matches? A: For me personally, I had to focus on staying relaxed in order to play my best tennis.


Sports

The 2010-11 All-Rodman Team

We all probably know of Dennis Rodman for different reasons. Some know him for being that other guy on the '90s Chicago Bulls team alongside Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen.


Golf

Winning: green is the new pink

Charl Schwartzel looked pretty fashionable at the Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday when he wore a bright green blazer. If Schwartzel had browsed Glamour.com, he would have realized that one of Spring 2011's most wearable trends is bold-colored, '60s inspired coats. Though it's doubtful the South African had time to peruse the latest runway looks in between time on the green, in addition to winning the 75th Annual Masters Tournament, Schwartzel won some major style points with his blazer. The green jacket, awarded to the Masters Tournament Champion each year, has to be one of the most unique trophies in the sports world-- it's much cooler than a hunk of metal. Last year, during the Shackelford household's annual spring cleaning, my mother decided it was time to throw out some of the dusty, plastic trophies my sisters and I had accumulated over the years. Sorting through the "hardware," we discovered basketball players with broken arms, plaques embroidered with "Schackelford" instead of "Shackelford," seventh place ribbons from summer swim team, participation trophies from youth soccer, and even a pair of bobble head tigers on pedestals, whose origin was unknown. Needless to say we scrapped all of these items with little hesitation.


Sports

Men's golf prepares for tournaments, end of the year

While the rest of campus activities wind down and the end of the school year approaches, the University of Richmond men's golf team is working hard to prepare for its conference championship tournament. The team's head coach, Adam Decker, said the men had been playing well at home this season. "At any time, any one of them can step up and play really well for us," he said. The Spiders play in the Wofford Intercollegiate tournament in Spartanburg, S.C.


Sports

New methods prepare women's tennis for A-10s

The University of Richmond women's tennis team is taking advantage of an innovative fitness strategy and team unity to try and claim its third consecutive Atlantic 10 Conference title in Charlottesville, Va., this weekend. As the top-seeded team, the Spiders are going into the tournament expecting to win.


Football

NFL Draft nears for former Spiders

University of Richmond graduates and former football players Justin Rogers and Martin Parker, have been preparing for the NFL draft, which will take place April 28 to April 30 in New York City. Parker, a defensive lineman, said the best outcome would be to hear his name called on TV. "It really doesn't really matter what I wear," he said.


Sports

True Hollywood Story: Brittani Shells

There were many moments in Brittani Shells' career that felt like a Hollywood film. The University of Richmond women's basketball senior guard scored 2,029 points in her career, more than any other player in program history, but the most important part of her game is not in the stat book.


Sports

Men's lacrosse suffers growing pains

As the Richmond men's club lacrosse team moves closer to varsity status, several team members said they were becoming a stronger team, despite players recently quitting after realizing they could not commit to a varsity schedule. The team, started in 2010 with 37 members, and has lost six players during the last two weeks.


Baseball

Thanks for the memories, baseball

This weekend as I watched the Richmond baseball team take on St. Bonaventure University, I was reminded of my childhood. There was something about the red and blue uniforms that took me back to Turner Field, "Home of the Braves." My dad took my two younger sisters and me to an Atlanta Braves game when I was about eight.