The women's golf team and coach Calle Barlow celebrate their A-10 championship win

Women’s Golf

Inaugural champions

In April, the Spiders staged a comeback to win the A-10’s first-ever championship in women’s golf. The conference added the sport for the 2024–25 season.

The team did it with a spate of late birdies after entering the final round trailing leader Loyola Chicago by five strokes. By the time they hit the back nine, the Spiders were tied with Dayton for the lead. That’s when they put together a combined eight birdies on holes 12–18 that propelled them to victory. Prior to that stretch, UR had managed just 11 birdies total over the event’s first 47 holes.

“I don’t even know how to describe the feeling of it,” Calle Barlow, women’s golf coach, said. “This means a lot for Richmond golf.” 

It was her team’s second conference title in the last three seasons. The team won the title in its previous conference, the Patriot League, in the 2023–24 season.

A Spider also topped the individual leaderboard. Junior Hannah Lydic became the tournament’s top finisher after birdies in three of her final seven holes. She has now won three tournament titles at Richmond, the most in program history.

“I’m so proud of this team,” she said. “We’ve come a long way. We’ve worked together as a team.”

At the NCAA Regionals in Charlottesville, Virginia, the team placed 11th, the best finish in program history. The field included eight teams ranked in the nation’s top 50.