Sports - University of Richmond Magazine

Coach Aaron Roussell sits across from a group of Spider Women's basketball players, talking to them during halftime.

Championship Chase

The team’s up-tempo style of play is making it one of the nation’s best shooting teams and one of the most entertaining in the country to watch.

Basketball coach Chris Mooney in a game-time huddle with Spider players

Perspective

Mooney’s moment

Newly minted Hall of Famer T.J. CLine, ’17, reflects on the impact of head coach Chris Mooney, who is starting his 20th season at Richmond.

Members of the 2024 Spiders athletics Hall of Fame class, T.J. Cline, ’17, Abby Oliver, ’12, Rodney Elam, R’76, and Meghan Ogilvie, ’05

Spider Excellence

2024 Hall of Famers

The university inducted four outstanding student-athletes and two teams of distinction into its Hall of Fame during Spider Day Homecoming celebrations.

A photograph of five members of the UR Womens' Basketball team holding the A-10 tournament and and A-10 regular season trophies.

Go Spiders

They are the champions, my friend

Spiders amassed an impressive collection of championship trophies and medals this academic year.

Spider swimmer competes in the backstroke in a meet

Academic Excellence

Top scholars, too

Take a look inside one of the nation’s most academically accomplished swimming and diving teams.

UR president Kevin Hallock with Craig Kocher in the broadcast booth for a Spiders baseball game at Pitt Field

Forum

Value of sports

President Kevin F. Hallock reflects on the power of athletics to bring Spiders together.

Players Addie Budnik and Grace Townsend depart from the team bus at they arrive at the arena in Columbus.

Women's Basketball

‘Moments of work for a lifetime of memories’

Before they left for the NCAA Tournament, Spider players and their head coach reflected on the journey they are on.

A crowd of students cheering during a watch party for Spider Basketball

Game Day

Six things to know as you watch the Spiders in today's NCAA game

Here are a few basics every Spider fan will want to know about this year's team and season.

Quentin Southall, a young man with curly black hair, sits a table painting a pair of high-top sneakers with an image of Tyler Haynes Commons and Westhampton Lake. His basketball jersey hangs in the background.

Lives Of Purpose

The shoe fits

The shoe fits, and it’s beautiful. The art of Quentin Southall, ’24.

Lacrosse

Home turf advantage

Spider men's and women's lacrosse are taking on multiple highly ranked ranked teams this season.

Catcher Kyle Schmidt, ’19, in action during a game while playing for the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels, a Minor League team in the Minnesota Twins organization

Portrait

Catching on

MLB teams and Spider baseball are adopting a training tool created by former Richmond catcher and Minnesota Twins minor leaguer Kyle Schmidt.

Women's basketball coach Aaron Roussell talks to players during a practice

Season Preview

Sights are elevated

Women’s basketball looks to continue its upswing as coach Aaron Roussell enters his fifth season. Last year, the team got its first postseason win in almost a decade.