Richmond students spend hundreds, fly to San Antonio
By Julia Pepe | April 7, 2011Last week, university community members cheered for the Spider basketball players and wished them luck as they loaded the bus and headed to the airport for Texas.
Last week, university community members cheered for the Spider basketball players and wished them luck as they loaded the bus and headed to the airport for Texas.
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.
Year: Sophomore Sport: Women's Lacrosse Position: Attack Height: 5'5" What she did: Had 11 points in two games last weekend, including a career-high seven goals and two assists against St.
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.
Live life with no regrets. It's a saying I try to live by, even though I've never fully understood it.
At 10:26 p.m. on Monday, March 21, Steve Bisese offered all undergraduates the opportunity to take a university-subsidized bus to San Antonio for the Sweet 16 basketball game.
The University of Richmond's synchronized swimming team placed eighth at the U.S. Collegiate Championships and became the second best club team in the nation this season, head coach Asha Bandal said. The U.S.
Up one run in the bottom of the eighth with two outs and runners on first and third, St. Bonaventure University decided to intentionally walk University of Richmond rightfielder Mike Mergenthaler.
The University of Richmond baseball team scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat St.
The University of Richmond women's lacrosse team defeated Duquesne University 10-9 on Friday night at Robins Stadium.
Question: You led for most of the 3,000m last weekend. Do you think it is mentally challenging to maintain a lead? Answer: It's definitely harder to maintain a lead.
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.