Richie Connell

Photo by: Keith Lucas

Career

2021 (Sophomore)

Named Second Team All-Southern Conference.
Earned SoCon All-Freshman Team honors.
Played in all 13 games, making nine starts.
Tied for the team lead with 35 goals while adding seven assists.
Led hte team with 10 man-up goals.
Scored a goal and picked up two ground balls in the season opener against No. 11 Loyola.
Posted a hat trick against No. 2 North Carolina (Feb. 21) on six shots, scoring two man-up goals.
Scored one goal against Towson (Feb. 27).
Tallied two goals and handed out an assist against VMI (March 13).
Picked up a career-high four ground balls against the Keydets.
Set a Richmond single-game record with seven goals at Bellarmine (March 20).
Seven goals ties the Southern Conference single game record.
Finished the game with nine points, breaking the previous single game Richmond record and is second all-time behind Ryan Lanchbury's total from the same game.
Scored two goals against No. 5 Virginia (April 3).
Posted five points against Jacksonville (April 17), scoring three goals and dishing out two assists.
Tallied five goals and 12 shots against against Mercer (April 25).
Scored five goals against Air Force (May 1).
Tallied a game-high four goals in the Southern Conference Tournament semifinal win over Air Force (May 5).
Scored two goals and had two assists against High Point (May 7).

2020 (Freshman - Shortened Season)

Played in all seven games and made five starts on attack in his first season.
Named First Team Freshman All-America by College Crosse.
Named VaSID All-State (All NCAA Division I program in Virginia).
Led the team with 19 goals and was second on the team with 22 total points.
His 19 goals ranked second in the NCAA Division I among all freshmen in goal scoring.
Posted multiple goals in five games on the year, including four games with three or more goals.
Opened his collegiate career with three goals against No. 3 Maryland (Feb. 8) off the bench.
Scored four goals each in his next two games of his career against Marist (Feb. 14) and Navy (Feb. 18).
His 11 goals in his first three career games marked the best start in a career in Spider history through three games.
Tallied a career-high five goals against Mount St. Mary’s (March 3).
His five goals ranked third-most in a single game in program history.
Ranked first in the country with seven man-up goals in seven games.
His seven man-up goals ranks second all-time in Spider history, just one away from tying the record.
Recorded a career-high three man-up goals against Mount St. Mary’s, tying the single-game program record.
Added three assists on the season.
Led the team with 45 shots and was second with 26 shots on goal.