Field Hockey

[SFspidur]

The Spiders had such great success early in their A-10 years under Ange Bradley, but haven't been able to get back to that level. They've been decent in the A-10, but can't get over the hump and haven't qualified for NCAAs since 2014. This year opened with three tough games against ranked teams in Rutgers, Duke, and JMU, but even since then, they've dropped games against American and Miami of Ohio to fall to 0–5. Hope they can get things figured out...lot of games left in the season.

 

[SFspidur]

Reviving my own two-year-old thread...

Montgomery's expiring contract was not renewed after the Spiders finished 7–11 and 2–5 in the A-10 this season.

Richmond Athletics Announces Change in Field Hockey Program Leadership - University of Richmond Athletics

RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond Athletics will not renew the expiring contract of Field Hockey Head Coach Jamie Montgomery, the department announced Monday.

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[Mo 2.0]

Reading Montgomey's bio, she seems to have the pedigree of someone who could/would be very successful here. After a good start, it appears that the results just sunk lower and lower.

Anybody have a read on what's been going on with the FH program?

 

[72Spider]

I will say that at least with the minor sports Hardt has backed up his message that we want to win and play for championships. Women's basketball, soccer, field hockey.

 

[32counter]

Her husband works at UR,doesn’t he?

R.D. Montgomery - Associate Director of Student-Athlete Success - Staff Directory - University of Richmond Athletics

R.D. Montgomery joined the Richmond Athletics staff in December of 2021 as the Coordinator for Student-Athlete Success, as part of the Spider Performance & Development

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Saw game v Yale in New Haven.Up 2-0,gave up 2 goals in last 5 mins in 2nd half.Went to OT.Didn’t see Montgomery interact with UR team prior to OT start.Shocked.Yale was huddled working strategy for a quick score in which they did in less than 1 min of OT.

Finished season 7-11 while losing 8 of the last 9 games.

Field Hockey vs Yale on 10/22/2023 - Box Score - University of Richmond Athletics

The official box score of Field Hockey vs Yale on 10/22/2023

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[GKiller]

I will say that at least with the minor sports Hardt has backed up his message that we want to win and play for championships. Women's basketball, soccer, field hockey.

But he lets them die on the vine. Making it harder to dig out of the hole. Arguably we should have made the move sooner for all 3 sports. Certainly women’s hoops & baseball. But we refuse to eat years on contracts.

I find it a little ironic that there’s this thought out there for men’s hoops & football that u need long term contracts for recruiting. I find that overrated myself but the coaches & agents push it & the athletic admins buy into it. We extend & extend for those sports, partially bc well u must do it. Industry standard. Overeager to extend. Yet we don’t apply that to other sports putting the coaches at a disadvantage if u accept the premise of needing security for recruiting etc. Different standard.

 

[SFspidur]

We extend ahead of expiration if the admin is happy with performance. Ergo, Mooney and Huesman have been doing just fine.

 

[GKiller]

We extend ahead of expiration if the admin is happy with performance. Ergo, Mooney and Huesman have been doing just fine.

Of course that’s part of it but the timing and length of some of their extensions is still very questionable. The whole u need security for recruiting angle is definitely part of it too. Moon & Huesman both have agents which also helps. Idk but doubt those other sports do. We all know Richmond won’t buy out coaches contracts & we need to reconsider that model imo.

 

[Mo 2.0]

Her husband works at UR,doesn’t he?

R.D. Montgomery - Associate Director of Student-Athlete Success - Staff Directory - University of Richmond Athletics

R.D. Montgomery joined the Richmond Athletics staff in December of 2021 as the Coordinator for Student-Athlete Success, as part of the Spider Performance & Development

richmondspiders.com

Saw game v Yale in New Haven.Up 2-0,gave up 2 goals in last 5 mins in 2nd half.Went to OT.Didn’t see Montgomery interact with UR team prior to OT start.Shocked.Yale was huddled working strategy for a quick score in which they did in less than 1 min of OT.

Finished season 7-11 while losing 8 of the last 9 games.

Field Hockey vs Yale on 10/22/2023 - Box Score - University of Richmond Athletics

The official box score of Field Hockey vs Yale on 10/22/2023

richmondspiders.com

Geez. That must've been an interesting family dinner last night.

 

[SFspidur]

Just like with soccer, Spider field hockey has turned to a conference mate for its next coaching hire: La Salle's Martu Loncarica, the reigning A-10 coach of the year. 3x All-American player at Syracuse with various coaching roles at Syracuse, St. Joe's, and W&M before taking the top job at La Salle in 2021.

Martu Loncarica Named Head Coach of Spiders Field Hockey - University of Richmond Athletics

RICHMOND, Va. — Martu Loncarica (MAR-too LON-cah-ree-cah), the 2023 Atlantic 10 Field Hockey Coach of the Year at La Salle University, has been hired to lead the

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[KE Spider]

Collegian asking....is she getting paid as much as Mooney?

 

[spiderstudent17]

Pretty impressive that two A10 teams: Saint Joe’s and UMass are in the final four of the NCAA field hockey tournament. UMass beating Northwestern will be a tall order (they lost 6-1 to them earlier this year). Same with St. Joe’s and undefeated UNC but St. Joe’s has beaten very good teams this year. Dayton’s men soccer is #5 in the country. Good start to the year for A10 Olympic sports.