Have to give some props to the local Richmond Spiders women’s basketball team. Richmond finished the season 27-6 and got an 8 seed in the women’s NCAA tournament. And they started the tournament in style.

On Friday, Richmond played the ACC’s Georgia Tech, jumped out to a 19-7 lead in the first quarter, and never looked back beating the Yellow Jackets 74-49 for Richmond’s first ever women’s NCAA Tournament victory.

Their second-round game has just tipped off against #1 seed UCLA, whose only 2 losses were to cross-town rivals USC. It certainly will be a difficult feat to beat the #1 team in the country at historic Pauley Pavilion. But if the men’s tournament isn’t going to give us an upset, maybe the women’s tournament can let our Spiders rock the field by taking out the Bruins. GO SPIDERS!!!!