MEN’S BASKETBALL
The Rams started slow but finished
strong Thursday night in a 60-47
victory over Virginia State in an exhibition
game on Thursday. Jamal Shuler
(Jacksonville, N.C./Jacksonville) scored
a team-high 17 points in the win.
Point guard Eric Maynor (Raeford,
N.C./Westover) scored 11 points and
added four assists, while freshman Larry
Sanders (Fort Pierce, Fla./Port St. Lucie)
added nine points and four blocks. The
Rams are back in action Monday night
in the Ukrop’s City Challenge against
Virginia Union. The game tips off at
7:30 p.m. The regular season kicks off
when Maryland-Eastern Shore comes
to the Siegel Center on Friday.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
The Rams dominated in their
lone exhibition game, knocking off
Virginia Union 83-43 at the Siegel
Center on Thursday. Krystal Vaughn
(Baltimore/Lake Clifton-Eastern)
scored a game-high 27 points, while
Quanitra Hollingsworth (Chesapeake/
Great Bridge) added 17 points
and 14 rebounds. The regular season
begins Friday when Central Connecticut
State comes to the Siegel
Center. The game starts at 1:30 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY
Junior defender Megan Sauder
(Lititz, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite) was
named second-team All-CAA while
freshman midfielder Flore van Dessel
(Oisterwijk, Netherlands/Odulphus Lyceum)
was named to the all-rookie team
Friday at the annual league banquet.
Sauder anchored a defense that allowed
2.22 goals per game, while van Dessel
recorded five assists this season.
MEN’S SOCCER
The Rams picked up two critical
wins, 6-0, on Friday against UNC
Wilmington and 2-0 Sunday over
Georgia State. Six different players
scored in the win over UNC Wilmington.
Damien Friday (Richmond/Atlee)
and Gerson Dos Santos (Sao Paulo,
Brazil/E.E. Ruth Cabral Troncarelli)
scored in the first half, while Owusu
Sekyere (Suame-Kumasi, Ghana/
Opoku Ware), Otavio De Luca (Sao
Paulo, Brazil/Joao Paulo), C.J. Gehin-
Scott (Chesapeake/Hickory) and Peer
Jaekel (Bremen, Germany) scored in
the second. Against GSU, Jaekel scored
late in the first half on a penalty kick
and Sven Meusch (Cologne, Germany)
scored in the second half. The wins
put the Rams in sixth place in the
CAA – an important spot in terms of
advancement to the CAA tournament.
VCU finishes the season Thursday at
James Madison.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
VCU ended the regular season
Thursday with a 3-0 win over James
Madison at home. Megan Flanagan
(Franktown, Colo./Ponderosa) scored
in the first half, while June Hartman
(Virginia Beach/Tallwood) and Laurel
Pastor (Springfield/West Springfield)
netted goals in the second. Goalie
Emily Niman (Pittsburgh/Fox Chapel
Area) pitched the shutout and made
two saves. The Rams play at home on
Tuesday against UNC Wilmington in a
CAA tournament quarterfinals match.
The game starts at 2 p.m.