The University of Richmond women's basketball team played an emotional and historical game as the team defeated St.
Sophomore Jake Mayers didn't want to leave the game. Bucknell University loaded the bases on the sophomore starting pitcher in the ninth inning, and with only one out it looked as if University of Richmond head coach Mark McQueen might call on his bullpen to finish off the Bisons.
? Minnesota Vikings tackle Bryant McKinnie doesn't seem to be worried about the possibility of an NFL strike next year.
The University of Richmond women's swimming and diving team focused on mental preparation in the weeks before the Atlantic 10 Tournament. Senior captain Nicole LePere said that in the two weeks before the tournament, which began Feb.
The University of Richmond's men's club lacrosse team continues to gain legitimacy as it begins its first season playing under the varsity club title. The team gained varsity club status last semester, which is a new term used nationally to describe a sport that resembles a varsity sport, but is not formally recognized as one, said Tom Roberts, the director of the Weinstein Center for Recreation and Wellness.
Senior Rudy Pett started playing rugby during fall 2009, when he studied abroad in Argentina. He joined the University of Richmond men's rugby club when he returned to school in the spring, already a second-semester junior. "Some friends of mine at UR had been asking me for a few years if I wanted to give rugby a try, but I had never been too interested," he said.
Senior Day, the ubiquitous rite of passage for athletes, evokes nostalgia and releases a flood of memories. Though my last Senior Day was in high school, a few weeks ago during intramural basketball playoffs, I had extreme deja vu.
My favorite moment of last year's Major League Baseball season was when Detroit Tigers fans gave umpire Jim Joyce a standing ovation a day after his blown call robbed Tigers' pitcher Armando Galarraga of a perfect game. Galarraga had retired 26 consecutive Cleveland Indians batters last June and needed one more to notch perfection, something only 20 pitchers in MLB history had accomplished. When Galarraga stepped on first base on the next play, a full step ahead of the runner, he and the almost 18,000 fans at Comerica Park thought he had become the 21st pitcher to record a perfect game, but Joyce called the runner safe. "It was probably the most important call of my career and I missed it," Joyce said after the game. Joyce and Tigers fans spent the time after the game lamenting the call, but the next day Detroit fans did what they do best -- they forgave him.
All the makings of a dramatic victory were there for the University of Richmond. Freshman Mike Small was at the plate with two outs in the bottom of the 10th with a runner on first and Richmond trailing by one.
Before tip-off against St. Bonaventure University, the five seniors on the men's basketball team ? Kevin Anderson, Justin Harper, Dan Geriot, Kevin Smith and Kevin Hovde ? received a framed picture.
Editor's Note: The Collegian is posting updates from University of Richmond swimming coach Matt Barany, who is in Buffalo, N.Y., for the 2011 Atlantic 10 Swimming & Diving Championships, which begin Feb.
The Collegian asks freshman Taylor Blazer about her first season on the women's lacrosse team. Contact videographer Rachael Bilney at rachael.bilney@richmond.edu
University of Richmond senior Kevin Anderson said he felt the game slipping away when Saint Bonaventure University had cut an 11-point Richmond lead to seven in less than a minute.
PHILADELPHIA ? Riding an eight-game road win streak, the Richmond Spiders were looking to avenge a loss to the Temple Owls during the 2010 Atlantic 10 Conference Final.
The University of Richmond women's basketball led by 17 points in the first half of Saturday afternoon's game against George Washington University, but saw its lead dwindle to a single point with 10 minutes remaining. "I think we got a little too comfortable with the lead we had," freshman Genevieve Okoro said. Richmond's fast-paced attack wore down the Colonials in the first half, who only had eight players available for the game because of injuries. "A big thing for us was running the floor," Okoro said.
PHILADELPHIA ? All senior point guard Kevin Anderson could do was watch. Temple junior guard Ramone Moore had stripped the ball from Anderson near midcourt and Anderson, slowly getting up from the floor after a failed attempt to regain the ball, got a clear view of Moore's one-handed dunk.
The following 17 men are the newest members of the University of Richmond football team. Each quote is from head coach Latrell Scott. Cormac Craigie QB Fr.
The Richmond men's and women's golf teams worked hard on their short games to prepare for the 2011 season, which starts this Sunday. Jill Hinton, women's head coach, said the team's ultimate goal was to win the conference championship.
It is no surprise to anyone who knows Will Daniel that his favorite sport is basketball. Will can be seen at almost every home basketball game, dancing under the basket or sitting in the front row of section 19, supporting the Spiders. Will has been going to basketball games since he was 3 years old, said his father.
The University of Richmond baseball team will begin its season this Friday at Duke University, and head coach Mark McQueen said the team had a good chance of getting back to the Atlantic-10 Conference tournament for the first time in three years. Unlike last year, when the team could not practice outdoors for the first three weeks because of a big snow storm, this year the weather has been favorable, allowing players to practice outside almost every day, McQueen said. "The main thing about pre-season baseball is that hitters need to see live pitching," he said.
