Causing global rackets: Junior transfer aims to make impact in new surroundings
Yanni Kouiroukidis, Contributing Writer Shivani Manjanna is the type of person to easily adjust to any situation. And as a tennis player, she says it’s all about the mental process. Manjanna is from Bangalore, India, which is more than 8,500 miles from Richmond. When she left home and moved to the United States, she looked […]
VCU women’s basketball wins first A-10 championship
Joe Dodson, Staff Writer Women’s basketball won its first-ever Atlantic 10 championship title, beating UMass 81-69 Sunday afternoon at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. “It’s just an incredible feeling to finally cut down those nets,” coach Beth O’Boyle said. Senior guard Taya Robinson was named Most Outstanding Player after averaging 20 points, seven rebounds and […]
VCU men’s basketball focuses ahead with NCAA tournament bid
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor For men’s basketball, moving on is a core value. After falling to St. Bonaventure in the Atlantic 10 championship game Saturday, the message from coach Mike Rhoades was to move on. “Move forward as coach Rhoades would say,” sophomore guard Bones Hyland said. “That’s one of our core values, just trying […]
PHOTOS: Richmond protest marks one year since Breonna Taylor’s death
Katharine DeRosa, News Editor Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was shot in her home in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 13, 2020. One year later, Richmonders marched in her honor. Taylor, an emergency room technician, was killed in her sleep as Louisville Metro Police raided her home through the use of a “no-knock” search warrant. […]
VCU men’s basketball drops A-10 championship to St. Bonaventure
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Men’s basketball led by one early in the first half of the Atlantic 10 championship and never led again, falling to St. Bonaventure 74-65 on Sunday afternoon at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio. The Rams fell behind, and the Bonnies slowly built a lead as large as 17 points in the […]
Rams advance to third consecutive conference championship
Joe Dodson, Staff Writer Women’s basketball is heading to its third-straight Atlantic 10 championship game after knocking top-seeded Dayton 56-50 Saturday afternoon at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. The Rams lost to the Flyers in the last two A-10 title games. This year is only the second time Dayton has not reached the finals since […]
VCU men’s basketball squares off with Bonnies for third time in A-10 championship
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Postseason basketball is known for the tradition of cutting down the nets after winning a title. That’s a feeling that sophomore guard Bones Hyland and junior forward Vince Williams haven’t felt in their careers. The two starters, along with the rest of the men’s basketball team, will have the opportunity to […]
VCU women’s basketball knocks off Rhode Island, advances to A-10 semifinals
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Freshman guard Sarah Te-Biasu made 13 free throws in a row at the first practice back from women’s basketball’s COVID-19 quarantine period. The extra work came in handy in VCU’s 64-57 overtime win on Friday against Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 quarterfinals at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. Te-Biasu made […]
VCU women’s basketball beats Davidson, advances to A-10 quarterfinals
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Heading into the Atlantic 10 tournament, coach Beth O’Boyle wanted her team to win the rebounding battle. On the first defensive possession, redshirt-sophomore forward Samantha Robinson caught an elbow to the face going for a rebound. The Bradford, Canada, native went to the locker room, received stitches and came back to […]
Hyland named A-10 Player of the Year
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Men’s basketball took home four awards the Atlantic 10 announced on Wednesday, including Player of the Year. Sophomore guard Bones Hyland won A-10 Player of the Year, becoming the first Ram to win the award. He’s the first Ram to win conference player of the year since Eric Maynor won CAA Player […]