VCU edges out George Washington with late game heroics 56-53
Arrick Wilson, Sports Editor The VCU women’s basketball program defeated the George Washington Colonials 56–53 during a Sunday afternoon game, at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. VCU head coach Beth O’Boyle praised the team for battling through “adversity” and getting their third consecutive win. “A really tough game today. We knew, especially having played our […]
Without Williams, VCU falls big to Dayton 82-52
Arrick Wilson, Sports Editor The VCU men’s basketball program lost to the University of Dayton Flyers 82-52 during the Wednesday night game, at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. Dayton head coach Anthony Grant praised his team for being “locked in,” to win the late-night contest, in an interview with the Dayton Daily, David Jablonski. “I […]
Women’s volleyball ends season on winning streak
Arrick Wilson, Interim Sports Editor Last season, the VCU women’s volleyball squad ended their season with a record of 13 wins and only five losses. The Rams also garnered an Atlantic-10 record of seven wins and two losses, reaching the Atlantic-10 championship. This season, the Rams have repeated the success from last year. On Saturday, […]
Rebounding improves in VCU men’s basketball’s loss to Dayton
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor When George Mason knocked off men’s basketball on Feb. 12, the Patriots out-rebounded the Rams by 21 — a season-high deficit. Then the Rams traveled to Richmond a few days later on Feb. 15 and were out-rebounded by 10 in the first 20 minutes. The Rams struggled on the glass over […]
Dayton’s second half run proves enough to beat VCU men’s basketball
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Just as the game looked promising for men’s basketball on the road at Dayton, it took a 180-degree turn. The Rams jumped out in front to start the second half on a 6-0 run to pull ahead by 1 point, but that didn’t last long. No. 13 Dayton answered with a […]
Opinion: The victims of the Dayton and El Paso shootings need our sympathy
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Another day, another shooting. Another day in the land of the free, the home of the brave — another heart-wrenching amount of lives lost to unnecessary gun violence: to preventable, avoidable gun violence. Within a span of less than 24 hours, 31 innocent people were maliciously taken from this world. Over the […]
Malashka completes the Rams comeback, downs Dayton
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Tied at 62 with 4.8 seconds on the clock, freshman guard Kseniya Malashka threw the ball off the glass to break the tie and propel the Rams over Dayton 64-62 Thursday night. The win extended the Rams’ win streak to six games. “I think all week long we knew that this was […]
Women’s soccer suffers first A-10 loss
Zach Joachim, Contributing Writer Conference Contests The women’s soccer team split a pair of home conference matches this past week, defeating the University of Dayton 3-2 on Oct. 11, and falling to George Washington University 2-0 on Oct. 15. With 12 combined wins consecutively between the Rams and GW, the Thursday night match created a […]
Playing for Bri: Road to A-10 title, NCAA
An improbable run to an Atlantic 10 championship and a NCAA tournament berth by the men’s basketball team was sparked by an unforeseen injury to it’s best defensive player.
Rams one win away from A-10 glory
Head coach Shaka Smart and the men’s basketball team have said all year they focus on going ‘1-0’ every game. One win against the University of Dayton Flyers on Sunday, in the Atlantic 10 title game, will make the Rams conference champions.