Spiders Ground Hawks to Close Out Regular Season in Philly

PHILADELPHIA – With four Spiders in double figures, the University of Richmond women's basketball team notched their 16th-straight win Saturday afternoon, 73-65, on the road at Saint Joseph's in the regular season finale. With the win, the Spiders finish the 2024-25 regular season at 26-5 and 17-1 in Atlantic 10 Conference play while the Hawks fell to 21-8 and 12-6 in the A-10.

Richmond Starters
Sweeney, Hill, Ullstrom, Doogan, Budnik

How it Happened
The Hawks opened the scoring with a triple before Rachel Ullstrom responded with a layup. SJU then got off a layup for a 5-2 lead, but a layup from Ally Sweeney and a trey from Addie Budnik gave the Spiders their first lead of the game at 7-5. Ullstrom then gave UR a four-point lead with a layup, but Saint Joseph's responded with a jumper to cut the Spider lead to 9-7. Alyssa Jimenez then entered the game and gave Richmond a jolt, netting a triple with 4:19 left in the quarter for a 12-7 lead. After exchanging a few points on each end, Jimenez and Katie Hill combined for five points to end the quarter with the Spiders leading 19-13.

SJU again opened the scoring in the second quarter off a layup before Doogan posted two free throws to preserve the six-point lead. After exchanging layups on each end, SJU went 2-of-2 from the charity stripe before Budnik posted back-to-back triples for a 10-point Spider lead and Doogan added another trey for a 13-point lead, 32-19. SJU recorded two free throws before Hill posted a layup to preserve the lead. The Hawks then scratched back to 34-24 before two free throws and a layup from Sweeney ended the scoring for the Spiders at the half. SJU managed four points to end the third quarter with Richmond leading 38-28.

The opposition recorded a jumper out of the break before Anna Camden posted a trey to keep the Spiders ahead by 11, 41-30. SJU then went on a 5-0 run before Ullstrom ended the drought with a layup for a 43-35 UR lead. Hill then followed the play with a layup of her own, but the Hawks continued their offensive threat with a triple, 45-38. Doogan managed to record a free throw before the Hawks brought it within six, 46-40, off a free throw. SJU added a jumper and a lone free throw while Ullstrom posted a trey as Richmond headed into the final 10 minutes with an eight-point advantage, 49-41.

A triple from Saint Joseph's would cut the Spider lead to 49-44 to open the final frame, which sparked a 7-0 run for the home team before Faith Alston posted a layup to get UR back into the scoring column, 51-48. The Hawks then tied the game at 51, and again at 53 off a layup. Jimenez then posted another triple from the corner while Budnik followed the play with one of her own to rebuild the Spider lead to six, 59-53. SJU then recorded another jumper while Doogan responded with two free throws to keep Richmond ahead, 61-55. After back-and-forth points, Doogan and Sweeney combined for five points to pull ahead 67-59 before a lone free throw would keep SJU within seven, 67-60. After a layup from Budnik, a 3-0 spurt from SJU would cut the Spider lead to 69-63, but Hill went a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line for a 10-point Spider lead, 73-63. SJU ended the game with two free throws, but it wasn't enough as the Spiders downed Saint Joseph's on Hawk Hill, 73-65.

Notes in the Game

Following the victory, the Spiders posted their most consecutive wins in a single season at 16, besting a previous mark of 15 straight games in the 1989-90 season.
Richmond ends the 2024-25 road slate at 11-1, with their most recent loss coming at Fordham on Jan. 2.
Richmond pushed its win streak against Saint Joseph's to four straight and finished the season 3-0 when playing in Philadelphia (Temple, La Salle, Saint Joseph's).
Katie Hill and Maggie Doogan paced the team with 13 points each, while Addie Budnik recorded 12 points in the contest and Rachel Ullstrom finished with 11.
Doogan saw a team-high eight rebounds, while Ally Sweeney dished out a team-high five assists.
Anna Camden was active on defense, recording a team-high three steals and one block.
The Spiders have won 26 or more games for the third time dating back to 1981-82. Richmond saw 26 wins in the 1990-91 season and 29 in 2023-24.
As a team, the Spiders shot 24-of-58 (41.4%) from the floor, 10-of-33 (30.3%) from deep and 15-of-19 (78.9%) from the free throw line. In addition, the Spiders recorded 35 rebounds, 16 assists, seven steals and 16 points off of nine Hawk turnovers compared to five points off of turnovers from SJU.
The Spiders end the regular season at 26-5 overall, 16-1 in Atlantic 10 Conference action, along with a 12-2 mark inside the Robins Center, 11-1 in road contests and a 3-2 mark in neutral site games.

Up Next
With the No. 1 seed in the A-10 Championship next week, the Spiders will make their tournament debut on March 7 at 11 a.m., with the game broadcast on Peacock. Richmond will face the winner of No. 8 Fordham and No. 9 Duquesne, which takes place on March 6 at 11 a.m. Fans can purchase A-10 Championship ticket books from the women's basketball schedule page.

Gallery: (3-1-2025) Richmond at Saint Joseph's

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