Dayton takes opener from UR
Dayton rallied from a 6-1 deficit in the sixth inning, and capitalized on five errors to beat Richmond 10-6 Friday in the opener of an Atlantic 10 series at Time Warner Cable Stadium in Dayton. Bryan Conway homered and drove in three for the Spiders.
Richmond, which entered the series as the A-10′s third-best fielding team, tied a season-high with five miscues, including two in the decisive eighth inning, which opened the floodgates five unearned runs in the game. Read more
Defense prevails in 2011 Richmond Spring Game
The Richmond Football team brought its 2011 spring season to a close Saturday afternoon, hosting the annual Spring Game for the first time at Robins Stadium. The Defense prevailed, 54-26, using a modified scoring system.
Rising junior QB John Laub finished the afternoon 21-of-30 passing for 172 yards and a touchdown, while rising sophomore James McKinney carried 22 times for 59 yards. Rising sophomore WR Ben Edwards reeled in seven catches for 81 yards. Read more
UR completes sweep of Bonnies
Junior Bryan Conway came through with the go-ahead two-run single in the eighth inning as Richmond stormed back from a four-run deficit late in the game to beat St. Bonaventure, 8-7, Sunday at Pitt Field and sweep the three-game series.
The Spiders, who won Saturday’s contest on a walk-off single from senior Billy Barber, scored three times in the seventh inning and took the lead for good with three more in the eighth after falling behind 6-2. Read more
Richmond nips Bonnies
Billy Barber ripped a two-out walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth as Richmond rallied from a run down and beat St. Bonaventure, 4-3, Saturday at Pitt Field. Barber’s single capped a wild afternoon that saw the Spiders take a no-hitter into the eighth inning and finish with a combined one-hitter.
Richmond entered the ninth trailing 3-2 and after Bona reliever Brad Steinbach retired the first two Spiders in the ninth, Matt Zink triggered the rally by drawing a walk. He moved to third on a wild pitch and scored the tying thanks to Mike Mergenthaler’s single up the middle. Read more
Richmond splits doubleheader with Northeastern
Mike Mergenthaler homered and drove in two runs, while Daniel Clark fired four scoreless innings of relief, helping lift Richmond to a 6-4 win over Northeastern in the finale of a three-game series at Pitt Field Saturday. The Huskies won the first game of the twinbill, 3-1.
Although having their seven-game winning streak snapped in Saturday’s first game, the Spiders (12-11-2) rebounded in the nightcap and won their second-consecutive weekend series. Read more
Richmond falls to #1 seed Kansas in Sweet 16
Richmond fell to top-seeded Kansas, 77-57, in the NCAA Sweet 16 Friday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Senior Justin Harper led Richmond with 22 points.
The hot-shooting Kansas took the wind out of Richmond’s sails early, with a 14-2 run to take a 31-9 lead with 6:35 remaining in first frame. Richmond would get to within 37-22 after a Harper three but trailed at the break 41-22. Read more
Richmond beats ODU, 8-3
Sophomore lefty Bret Williams gave Richmond eight strong innings and the offense pounded out 15 hits in his support as the Spiders won their sixth-straight game by beating Old Dominion, 8-3, Tuesday night in Norfolk.
Freshman SS Mike Small and junior LF Phil Ruzbarksy each had three hits and Ruzbarsky drove in a pair for Richmond, which improved to 10-10-2 overall, spilt the season series with ODU and is now 3-1-2 this season versus teams from the Commonwealth. Read more
