Q: What does this 100 point milestone mean to you? A: I try not to focus on individual stats as much as team success.
Senior forward Katelin Peterson scored a goal and assisted on another as the University of Richmond field hockey team shut out Lock Haven University, 2-0, Sunday afternoon at Crenshaw Field. Peterson scored her eighth goal of the season late during the first half off of a corner.
Freshman Rebecca Barry and sophomore Chelsea Davies each tallied a hat trick Saturday, and the University of Richmond field hockey team shut out Pacific University, 6-0. The win was the team's second of the weekend and third in a row overall.
After shutting out the top-ranked team in the nation through the first half, the University of Richmond field hockey team gave up a pair of goals during the second.
Pick up any newspaper this time of year, and I'll bet 80 percent of the articles in the sports section are football-related, covering every aspect of the sport from the NFL to high school.
Live life with no regrets. It's a saying I try to live by, even though I've never fully understood it.
In a game about as evenly matched as possible, the University of Richmond field hockey team fell to division foe UMass 2-1 in overtime on Sunday. With 5:24 left during the first overtime period, Minutewomen defender Thando Zono took a pass from senior midfielder Makaela Potts and drove home the game-winning.
Typically performing the "dirty work" while their forward counterparts get the glory, defenders are rarely noteworthy as far as the box score is concerned.
As the sun beats down on the turf field on a late September afternoon, the University of Richmond field hockey team hustles to follow head coach Gina Lucido's instructions.
Princeton University's mascot may be a tiger, but it was a shark attack that led Princeton to a 7-1 victory over the University of Richmond's field hockey team Friday afternoon at Crenshaw Field. Junior Kathleen Sharkey, who was called 'Shark Attack' by her teammates, scored six goals for the Tigers, including three-straight to open the game.
Down to seven versus seven from the normal 11 each, overtime was needed Wednesday to decide the outcome of these in-state rivals in field hockey for the second year in a row.
After two weeks of preseason, the Richmond field hockey team, defending Atlantic 10 champion, is positioned to transfer their practice into gameday tenacity. "We've worked really hard this preseason, so we're looking to show other teams how hard we've worked," senior captain Michelle Weaver said. During the last practice before the season opener against American University, head coach Gina Lucido stood in the middle of Crenshaw Field shouting players' names to get them excited for the game. "Coach has been firing us up with nicknames to light the fire we've got from preseason," junior center back Emily Straniero said. Despite a 5-1 loss to No.
Q: What's your fifth year like? A: It's a totally different dynamic mixing with older people in my grad classes, people who have kids, from like age 24, 25 ... to like 40. Q: Last year the team finished the season ranked 19th in the country.
The No. 19 University of Richmond field hockey team lost to the No. 2 University of Virginia for the second time this year as the Spiders were eliminated by a 3-0 score from the first round of the NCAA Tournament this afternoon. The Spiders had trouble generating offense and only took three shots.
The field hockey team won 2-1 at Ohio University in today's play-in game for the 2009 NCAA Championship tournament. The Bobcats got an early lead, scoring during the first minute of the game, but would not score again as senior goalkeeper Jacki Raithel had five saves.
The University of Richmond field hockey team defeated Temple University today to win its sixth Atlantic 10 tournament title in the last eight years. The Spiders defeated third-seeded Temple 3-0 at the tournament, held in Amherst, Mass., and will now play Mid-American champion Ohio University at 1 p.m.
Gina Lucido has been waiting for one major accomplishment during her 19-year career as a field hockey coach: a conference championship. Lucido won three conference titles as a player at Ball State University, but hasn't won one as a coach.
The University of Richmond field hockey team remained undefeated in conference play by defeating West Chester University 2-0 Sunday afternoon during its final home game of the season. Behind goals from redshirt junior Dani Pycroft and sophomore Katelin Peterson, the Spiders improved to 3-0 in Atlantic-10 conference play and shut out an opponent for the sixth time this season.
The University of Richmond field hockey team defeated La Salle University 4-0 behind a pair of goals by senior Sarah Blythe-Wood. Blythe-Wood's two goals raised her season total to 16, which is tops in the Atlantic-10 Conference. Sophomore Katelin Peterson and junior Dani Pycroft added the other two goals for the Spiders.
James Madison University was able to convert three out of its four penalty corners to defeat the University of Richmond field hockey team 3-0. JMU junior Dolores de Rooij scored all three of her team's goals off of the penalty corner.
