BASEBALL
Rain once again interfered with
VCU’s schedule in its weekend
series at James Madison. Junior
R.J. Schenk’s (Yorktown/Tabb)
seventh-inning two-run home run
put the Rams on top and gave them
the 6-4 win. Saturday’s action was
suspended in the bottom of the third
inning with the Rams leading 5-3
and was resumed Sunday morning.
The Dukes came back to win 9-7
Sunday and took the rubber match
13-6 that afternoon. Junior Jared
Bolden (Lynchburg/E.C. Glass)
homered twice in the day. The Rams
fall to 4-14 in the Colonial Athletic
Association and 11-26 overall.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Head coach Anthony Grant
signed a contract extension with
VCU this past week through the
2013-2014 season. Grant has led
the Rams to a 52-15 record in two
seasons and earned Colonial Athletic
Association Coach of the Year following
the 2006-2007 season. The
announcement came a day after Eric
Maynor (Raeford, N.C./Westover)
decided he will return to the Rams
for his senior season.
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD
Senior Jason Gallo (Rochester,
N.Y./Eastridge), sophomores DeAngelo
Wilson (Richmond/Prince
Edward County) and Jamal Blyden
(Virginia Beach/Landstown) and
freshman Antonio Norvell (Portsmouth/
I.C. Norcom) teamed up
in the 4×200 to break a 13-yearold
school record with a time of
1:25.11-nearly a second faster
than the old record. The quartet
finished the event in ninth place
out of 52 teams.
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD
The team of seniors Erika Banks
(Hampton/Bethel) and Sharmane
Duren (Richmond/Varina), along
with junior Whitney Key (Goochland/
Goochland) and sophomore
Cassandra Thondique (Norfolk/
Granby), placed again in the all-time
VCU top-10 in the 4×400 relay
with a time of 3:52.14 at the Penn
Relays.