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For the love of the battle
By Avery Shackelford | March 31, 2011Failure: every athlete's greatest fear. In fact, it's every student at this school's greatest fear.
Failure: every athlete's greatest fear. In fact, it's every student at this school's greatest fear.
As college basketball fans around the nation watched the 11 seed VCU Rams knock off Kansas in the Elite Eight last Sunday, I can only assume there was a mixed bag of emotions.
If you had been looking for the women's lacrosse team practicing for the Atlantic-10 conference Monday, March 22 you would have been out of luck. The coaches surprised the team with a spur of the moment bowling trip instead of practice to relax the players going into conference play starting on the first, junior Caitlin Fifield said. The team played an intense preseason schedule with several top-20 opponents in preparation for A-10s and a shot at a top-20 ranking, Fifield said.
The Fred Hardy Invitational kicked off Richmond's outdoor track and field season on March 25 and 26 at home in the E.
The University of Richmond's football team is rebounding from a season that ended earlier than the team planned. "We make it a goal with the team not to spend Thanksgiving with our families," head coach Latrell Scott said, referring to the team's post-season expectations to make it into the playoffs.
Richmond coach Chris Mooney has signed a 10-year extension to stay with the school through the 2020-21 season, the athletic department announced today. Mooney told his team of his intention to stay with the Spiders at a 6 p.m.
SAN ANTONIO ? The University of Kansas connected on nearly half of its three-pointers as it got by the University of Richmond, 77-57, Friday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio in the Sweet 16 of the 2011 NCAA tournament.
The University of Richmond played host to the Fred Hardy Invitational this weekend after a two-year hiatus.
The University of Richmond women's tennis team defeated West Virginia University 7-0 Friday. It's Richmond's first shutout of the season. Junior Alexandra Smyth and freshman Elizabeth Sims helped secure the doubles point with an 8-1 win over their opponents. "We both played really well," Smyth said.
SAN ANTONIO ?The faces of the University of Richmond players said it all as they walked off the court: dazed and confused as they were beaten by an unquestionably more talented team Friday night in the Sweet 16 here at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Coming into this game, much of Richmond's focus was on Kansas' Morris twins and their presence down low.
Richmond Spiders gathered outside the Robins Center Wednesday to cheer on the men's basketball team as it left for San Antonio, Texas, to play the University of Kansas in their NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 matchup. Contact videographer Kait Walsh at kaitlyn.walsh@richmond.edu and videographer Kylie McKenna at kylie.mckenna@richmond.edu
SAN ANTONIO ? The challenge of handling one big man? Richmond has accomplished that so far in the 2011 NCAA tournament.
The city of Richmond hosted a pep rally for the University of Richmond Spiders and Virginia Commonwealth University Rams men's basketball teams, which have both qualified for the "Sweet 16" round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament.
The Richmond men's and women's tennis players head into the next part of their seasons, and team dynamics are at a high point. Mark Wesselink, who has been the women's coach for 20 years, said that so far, the team's strength had been the closeness between the players. "They're getting along very well and it shows on and off the court," Wesselink said. Ben Johnson, who started coaching the men this year, said unity was also a strength. "They do a great job of supporting each other," he said. The women's season began with a tough start, as it usually does, Wesselink said.
The University of Richmond women's basketball team ended its season with a 63-54 loss against University of North Carolina, Wilmington in the Women's National Invitation Tournament last Thursday. "Overall, I think we had a pretty good year," said head coach Michael Shafer.
After the University of Richmond men's basketball team finishes its run in the NCAA Tournament, the team should sit down for dinner and discuss its record-breaking season.
It's the fourth quarter for my fellow Collegian seniors and me. I'm sure Papa Spear and the rest of the journalism department had a collective cringe with my lede, which began with probably the most cliche saying in sports, but it's true.
Richmond Spider fans in Richmond, New York City and across the country gathered together Saturday to watch No.
DENVER ? After receiving a 12 seed despite winning the Atlantic 10 Conference title and automatic berth, there were questions about whether the Spiders would have made the tournament had they lost the A-10 title game.
DENVER ? The selection committee may not have wanted them in the tournament, but the University of Richmond Spiders are headed to the Sweet 16. After receiving a 12 seed despite winning the Atlantic 10 Conference title and automatic berth, there were questions about whether the Spiders would have made the tournament had it lost the A-10 title game.