SPORTS BRIEFS

MEN’S BASKETBALL
The Rams got back on track Saturday with a 79-61 home victory over Elon.
VCU shot a red hot 59.2 percent from the field. Senior shooting guard Jamal
Shuler (Jacksonville, N.C./Jacksonville) led all scorers with 17 points and
also added five rebounds. Forward Wil Fameni (Douala, Cameroon/Amelia
Academy) notched 12 points, while point guard Eric Maynor (Raeford,
N.C./Westover) added 10 points and seven assists. The Rams’ record is now
3-2.

In other news .
Coach Anthony Grant signed two players during the NCAA early signing
period. Bradford Burgess (Midlothian/Benedictine) is a 6’5 guard who helped
lead Benedictine to a 29-3 record and a state championship last year. The
second signee, Terrance Saintil (Opa Locka, Fla./Monsignor Pace) is a 6’7,
225-pound forward who helped his team to the state championship last year
and to the state semifinals the two previous years.

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

Senior Danielle Williams (Virginia Beach/Salem) closed out her career with
a 39th-place finish at the NCAA Regionals meet in Louisville, Ky. Williams
finished with a time of 21:35:80. Also competing for the Rams was Melissa
Douglas (Spotsylvania/Spotsylvania) and Libby Little (Spotsylvania/Courtland),
who stopped the clock at 23:11.75 and 24:21.85 respectively.

VOLLEYBALL

The Rams closed out the season with a 1-2 showing at the VCU Thanksgiving
Tournament held at the Stuart C. Siegel Center last weekend. VCU dropped
Friday’s match against Albany 3-1. The Rams fought hard in the fourth and
final game, but suffered a 33-31 defeat. The black and gold bounced back
on Saturday to defeat Georgetown 3-2 behind the play of Ariel Newman
(Greensboro, N.C./Southern Guilford), who had 21 digs and 18 kills. However,
the Rams would go on to lose the final match of the season, 3-2, to Long
Island. Libero Laryssa Goncalves (Curitiba, Brazil/Colegio Dom Bosco) had
26 digs in the loss. Goncalves is now second in school history with 673
career digs. VCU finishes the season with a record of 12-21.