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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — After weeks of controversy surrounding the future of the historic Richmond Community Hospital, Virginia Union University (VUU) issued its first statement in front of neighbors and city officials at a meeting earlier this week. However, many were left with more questions and less clarity from the university.

A spokesperson from the university sent the following statement to 8News:

“The university is committed to incorporating the Richmond Community Hospital’s rich history and legacy into our project to expand housing options in Richmond’s Northside. Virginia Union has a rich and extensive experience in historic preservation, and we will do what we have always done: include the best and brightest minds to determine the building’s best use. This project is at the early stage, and the university will continue reaching out to community partners and others for collaborative thoughts and ideas.”

Virginia Union University Spokesperson

While many people would like to see the building restored, VUU alum Pamela Crews Parker said the legacy of the hospital can still be remembered without its physical presence.

“For decades, nothing has been done with it. It has been an eyesore, technically, to the community for a number of years,” Parker said. “And I just feel like this is not the right time for us to try to preserve it. I think it’s the right time for the community and the school to collaborate, to figure out how we preserve their legacy, but not stand in the way of progress for the university to expand in a way that it desperately needs to expand.”

Parker said the housing project gives the university a greater opportunity to expand its legacy.

“We have a Black History museum,” Parker said. “I think that a collaboration with the museum would be the perfect place to start in terms of how we create a story that would be forever told about the history of that hospital.”

Richmond City councilwoman Ann-Frances Lambert hosted the meeting on Wednesday, March 20. She’s aware of the growing frustration from neighbors and hopes people can take these small steps of collaboration as a sign of progress, instead of a lack of transparency.

“At one point, there was no conversation. Now we had a conversation. Now the community is involved, and they have a better feeling, for instance, of let’s keep the communication going. So that’s what I’m here for, is to make sure that the community and the university are keeping those lines of communication open.”

VUU also said the project is in the early stage and will continue to reach out to community partners for collaborative thoughts and ideas.

Councilwoman Lambert said there will be another meeting where people can express their opinions and those who are looking to get involved in the restoration process can contact her directly by email at [email protected].

RICHMOND, Va. – With 26 points to match a career-high for , the University of Richmond Women's Basketball team defeated a physical Massachusetts team, 79-65, Wednesday morning inside the Robins Center for Education Day. With the win, the Spiders improved to 14-3 on the year, remain a perfect 7-0 at home and remain undefeated in Atlantic 10 Conference play at a 4-0 mark, the best start to conference play since 2010-11 (4-0 start). The win also marked the first win over the Minutewomen inside the Robins Center since 2/15/17.

Richmond Starters Budnik, Doogan, Ryan, Hill, Townsend

How it Happened opened the scoring for Richmond with a layup, and netted two free throws for a 4-0 Spider lead, but the Minutewomen battled back and posted a jumper along with a triple to take the lead at 5-4. weathered the opposition's offense and posted a triple of her own for a 7-5 Richmond lead, but the Minutewomen would respond with a 4-0 spurt to reclaim the lead at 9-7. Doogan then sparked a 7-0 run for Richmond, giving the Spiders a 14-9 advantage, before UMass scratched back to come within one, 14-13 with 3:01 left in the opening quarter. A layup from Budnik would spark a 5-0 run for the Spiders to end the first 10 minutes with UR ahead, 19-13.

After a quick triple from UMass to open the second quarter, a pair of free throws from Ullstrom and the hoop-and-harm from Ryan gave the Spiders a six-point lead, 24-18. Later, three triples from Ullstrom and Budnik gave Richmond a 33-22 advantage before the Minutewomen were able to end the scoring drought with a mid-range jumper. After exchanging a pair of buckets, UMass got a final free throw off to have Richmond ahead at the half, 35-29.

UMass came out of the break and posted a 7-0 run to take the lead at 36-35, but a layup from Budnik would give Richmond back the lead. A triple from Ullstrom would spark a 7-0 run for the home team, giving the Spiders a 47-40 advantage with 2:53 left in the quarter. Ullstrom's second trey of the quarter, in addition to free throws from Doogan and gave the Spiders a 54-43 lead, but a final layup from the opposition would send Richmond into the final 10 minutes leading 54-45.

Budnik opened the final quarter with a layup, but the Minutewomen responded on the other end of the court for a 56-47 Spider lead. After exchanging points, a layup from UMass would cut the UR lead to 64-59, but Ullstrom would respond with another triple to spark an 11-0 run for the Spiders for a 75-61 Richmond advantage. The Spiders would end the game with four free throws courtesy of Ullstrom and Townsend to take the A-10 win 79-65.

Inside the Box Score

From Head coach Aaron Roussell and Rachel Ullstrom

Up Next The Spiders continue conference play on Sunday, as the team plays host to Rhode Island at noon inside the Robins Center. The game will be broadcasted on CBS Sports Network. The team continues its conference road slate on Jan. 17 at Davidson at 7 p.m.

Jane Brown Ranson was no shrinking violet. Ranked No. 2 in her class, the first female graduate of University of Richmond School of Law took umbrage when she was voted “Most Improved.”

“After graduation, she became a lawyer and sued the faculty for defamation,” said Wendy Perdue, dean of the Law School. “Like many fiercely intelligent women, she was feisty.”

Earlier this month, Richmond Law held a daylong celebration called “A Century of Women: 100 years, 1923-2023.” The event featured a Q&A with Perdue and Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan, who attended UR as an undergraduate then earned her law degree from the University of Virginia. Alumnae speakers from the past 60 years offered their insights on panels.

While UR’s law school was founded in 1870, it wasn’t until 50 years later, in 1920, that the first female law students were admitted. Richmond and the University of Virginia graduated the first two female law students in the Commonwealth in 1923 — Ranson and fellow Spider Elizabeth Tompkins, a 1919 graduate of Westhampton College.

Today, 55% of all law students, and 61% of those in the Richmond Class of 2027, are women.

“This happened because of the willingness to extend a hand to those behind,” Perdue said at the event.

She noted that one such person is Mary Lou Kramer, Class of 1975, who has committed $50,000 in matching funds to establish the Law Women’s Centennial Scholarship. With a goal of $100,000 and 100 donors, the scholarship celebrates a century of women at Richmond Law, while paving the way for future students to experience a world-class legal education.

When she started Richmond Law in 1972, Kramer was one of only 10 women in a class of 110 students. “People thought that was pretty radical because there weren’t that many women entering law school,” Kramer said.

In the years that followed, Kramer was the first woman to be named partner at her former law firm, Sands Anderson. Her desire to ensure that others have the same access to a Richmond Law education and legal career led her to establish the scholarship fund.

“Having scholarships available is crucial to attracting a diverse student body — from all backgrounds and walks of life — broadening the draw of students," she said. "Education is such an important part of anyone's success. We wouldn't be where we are without access to education."

Richmond, Va. – 2022 year was a monumental season for the University of Richmond football team, and a lot the Spiders success could be attributed to the efforts and prowess of quarterback Reece Udinski. While Udinski (who spent his final year of eligibility as his only with Richmond) is now pursuing a professional career in Canada with the Montreal Alouettes, it'll be another season with a new face lining up under center.

That new face throughout camp and headed into week one's game against Morgan State is Kyle Wickersham.

Wickersham, a redshirt sophomore, has appeared in just four games but brings with a wealth of knowledge into his first year in a starting job, having backed up Joe Mancuso and Udinski the past two seasons. His father, Jeff Wickersham, was a star quarterback in his college days, becoming the first quarterback in Louisiana State program history to pass for over 5,000 career yards as well as the first to throw for over 2,000 yards in three different seasons during his career in the early 80s.

Wickersham's size along with his arm strength will be a benefit for the Spiders in 2023. The 6-3, 225 pounder threw the first touchdown pass of his college career last season against Stony Brook when he connected on a 12-yard strike to Ja'Vion Griffin. The score the was the first passing and first receiving touchdown in the careers of both Wickersham and Griffin, who will be expected to collaborate on plays much more frequently in 2023.

Of the four quarterbacks on the Spiders roster, Jackson Hardy is the only other with playing experience having seen time in three games, all in the fall of 2021. Like Wickersham, Hardy has great a great football pedigree as a fifth-generation player with a lineage that includes All-Americans, professionals and dates back to his great-great grandfathers playing days at Mercer in the 1890s.

Joining Wickersham and Hardy are redshirt freshman Ashten Snelsire and true freshman Camden Coleman. Coleman attended a post graduate semester at Myrtle Beach Collegiate Academy in the fall of 2022 where he passes for 2,200 yards and accounted for more than 25 touchdowns in just seven games. Snelsire did not see action as a true freshman in 2022 after coming off his senior year of high school where he was the first-ever unanimous Bayside Conference Player of the Year, representing the best football talent of Maryland's Eastern Shore.

Quarterbacks coach Jacob Huesman is another new face for the Spiders in 2023. Huesman was hired in February after previously coaching the tight ends at his alma mater, Chattanooga. With his dad as head coach, Huesman played for the Mocs from 2011-2015 where he was a three-time SoCon Offensive Player of the Year and holds nearly every offensive program record. An All-America selection in 2015, he led the Mocs to the FCS Playoffs Second Round in 2015 and the Quarterfinals a year earlier. He became just the fourth FCS student-athlete to post 40 rushing (43) and passing (64) touchdowns in a career and only the second to rush (4,051) and pass (8,197) for 4,000+ yards in a career.

2023 Richmond Quarterbacks:

#12 Jackson Hardy (R-Jr., 6-4, 224) #14 Camden Coleman (Fr., 6-3, 220) #16 Kyle Wickersham (R-So., 6-3, 225) #18 Ashten Snelsire (R-Fr., 6-3, 210)

RICHMOND, Va. — The Richmond Spiders outscored Duquesne 12-2 in the final five minutes to beat the Dukes 63-61 Tuesday evening and stretch their win streak to seven. The Spiders took their first lead of the second half with 14 seconds to play on a driving layup by Dji Bailey and held on through a chaotic final stanza, securing their longest single-season win streak since the 2010-11 season.

"What a nice play," said Spiders coach Chris Mooney of the game-winning field goal. "Jordan King, a really high-level scorer, is calm enough to throw it back to Dji, who's calm enough to not shoot and drive in there and make a nice basket. That is experience. That is confidence and playing together. That's teamwork. That's a lot of really great things, and that helps you win in a game where we didn't play our best."

"I was just being patient. I saw the lane open up so I just drove," said Bailey.

With fouls to give following Bailey's basket, the Spiders intentionally fouled Duquesne's Jimmy Clark as he crossed half court with six seconds to play. They tried again seconds later, but officials ruled that Clark was beginning his drive to the rim and called a shooting foul with three seconds remaining.

Clark missed the first free throw, and intentionally missed the second, failing to hit the rim in the process. The violation gave Richmond the ball under its own basket with two seconds to play. Isaiah Bigelow was immediately fouled upon receiving the inbounds pass and went to the line to shoot one-and-one.

Despite having made four crucial free throws down the stretch, Bigelow missed the front end of the one-and-one. Duquesne grabbedq the rebound and called timeout. On the ensuing possession, the Dukes inbounded the ball to Clark streaking up the court, but his half-court heave caromed off the backboard at the final buzzer, preserving Richmond's win.

The Spiders improved to 12-5 on the season and 4-0 in the Atlantic 10, their second-best conference start since joining the league in 2001 (opened 5-0 in 2016-17). UR has won back-to-back road games following 10 straight road losses.

"I think we've proved not just to other people but have proved to ourselves that we can win on the road," said Bailey. "It's one of the toughest things to do. To be able to pull out back-to-back road wins is big for us."

To win a game where we didn't play our best, didn't shoot our best, is great," said Mooney. "It usually means you have a good team that can pull something like that off."

Richmond received big lifts from a pair of reserves in the first half. With starting center Neal Quinn sitting with two fouls, Mike Walz played 16 minutes, collecting four rebounds, two points, two blocks, and an assist in the process.

"Mike held the fort down," said Mooney. "He had a huge second-chance basket for us. He was tough and physical for us defensively."

Jason Roche came off the bench to lead Richmond with six points in the first half, including a key three-pointer with seven seconds on the clock to shrink Duquesne's halftime lead to 33-28.

"I'm so happy for him because nobody works harder," said Mooney. "I don't like to coach players to be specialists. I want to coach guys to be all-around players. And his defense, and his toughness and his alertness are excellent and a great part of our team. But the fact is he is a great shooter and when he does make shots it's really a tremendous difference."

Roche finished with 11 points, making him one of four Spiders in double figures along with Quinn (16 points), Bailey (12), and King (10).

Tuesday's game was Chris Mooney's 600^th at Richmond, a milestone that was delayed after he was forced to take a medical leave at the end of last season to undergo a heart procedure.

"After last year, I'm thankful every day. Even more so," said Mooney. "I'm thankful to the Robins family, to everybody who's impacted Richmond basketball. For me to be able to be at a place that I love and cherish, it means a lot."

Mooney and the Spiders will return to action Saturday at Davidson. Tip-off is scheduled for 4 PM on ESPN Plus.