Jump to content

Richmond Spiders women's basketball

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Joeykai (talk | contribs) at 05:02, 26 December 2020 (Added {{Virginia-basketball-team-stub}} using a tool). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Richmond Spiders
2018–19 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team
UniversityUniversity of Richmond
Head coachAaron Roussell (1st season)
ConferenceAtlantic 10
LocationRichmond, Virginia
ArenaRobins Center
(capacity: 7,201)
NicknameSpiders
ColorsBlue and red[1]
   
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Alternate jersey
Team colours
Alternate
NCAA tournament appearances
1990, 1991, 2005
Conference tournament champions
CAA
1990, 1991
Conference regular season champions
CAA
1984, 1990

The Richmond Spiders women's basketball team represents the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia and currently competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team plays its home games at the Robins Center.[2]

History

Richmond began play in 1919. They were a member of the ECAC South from 1983 to 1985. They joined the Colonial Athletic Association in 1985. During their time in the CAA, they won two tournament titles, beating James Madison 47-46 in 1990 and East Carolina 88-70, while finishing as runner up in 1984 (losing 54-39 to East Carolina) and 1989 (losing 55-45 to James Madison). They also won the regular season title in 1984 and 1990. They joined the Atlantic-10 Conference in 2001. The Spiders have made the NCAA Tournament three times (1990, 1991, 2005) and the Women's National Invitation Tournament nine times (1989, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015). As of the end of the 2015-16 season, the Spiders have an all-time record of 914-653-5.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Palettes – University of Richmond". Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "University of Richmond". www.richmondspiders.com.
  3. ^ http://www.richmondspiders.com/fls/26800/womens_basketball/pdf/wbbrecordbook.pdf