With now eight losses on the season and conference play on the horizon, the Spiders proved yet again that they have yet to show the consistency needed for the conference portion of their schedule.
“Definitely want to be the floor general, but as I said before the season started, I’m really big on just doing whatever it takes to win,” Hunt said.
“It’s one game,” Walz said in the postgame interview with the Spider Sports Network. “We gotta play tomorrow as well. We can’t let this translate, can’t let this feeling translate into a bad start tomorrow.”
“We’re really grinding,” Mooney said. “I mean that in working hard, but also we’re just, we feel stuck a lot and just have to continue to practice and fight our way through it, and fortunate to have another game tomorrow.”
The Spiders punctuated this win streak with a 73-61 victory away against Appalachian State University on Nov. 24, moving their record to 6-0 on the young season.
It’s a simple mentality, but it has more than worked for the University of Richmond football team, as the Spiders will now play in their third consecutive Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
“It’s a great feeling, no question about that,” UR Head Coach Russ Huesman said.
“Season's not done yet, we got a lot more to work for,” Stocklinski said.
It was never a runaway on UR’s part by any means, as the Spiders trailed at halftime and had to fight their way past the Black Bears in the second half.
“It obviously means so much,” Camden said. “I think on Monday versus Temple, I just had an overwhelming amount of gratitude throughout the day. The last year of my life has changed me for the better and taught me so much and I’m just so thankful.”
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“Stove is hot,” Hunt said. “New guys, young guys may not understand how you may look at the name and the conference and you think ‘okay, it’s just a easy night,’ but it’s not that case. Even with Mount Olive, you gotta respect the game of basketball and that starts with respecting your opponent.”
“I thought a fantastic outing for our entire program, entire team today,” UR Head Coach Aaron Roussell said during the postgame press conference. “I think what you saw today was the depth that this group has.”
“I think the next few years are going to be really exciting for the team,” junior midfielder Jess McMeeking said before the tournament.
Given the staggering amount of new faces on this year’s roster, there were question marks coming into the 2024-25 season about how the team would fare.
