导出博客文章CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Kyle Lauletta and Richmond believed they had a
legitimate shot in their game against Virginia, even though the Spiders play in
the Football Championship Subdivision and the Cavaliers are in one of the Power
Five conference.But even Lauletta never expected the Spiders to dominate.They
did Saturday as the senior threw for 337 yards and three touchdowns, the defense
held Virginia to negative rushing yards heading into the fourth quarter and the
Spiders rolled to a 37-20 victory, spoiling Bronco Mendenhalls debut at
Virginia.When we can run and pass like that, were tough to beat, the redshirt
junior said.The Spiders outgained Virginia 524-302 in winning for just the third
time in 33 meetings in the series. The victory was the fourth in Richmonds last
nine meetings with an FBS-level school, but its first victory against the
Cavaliers since 1946.Lauletta, the preseason offensive player of the year in the
Colonial Athletic Association, teamed up with Tyler Wilkins for scoring throws
of 11 and 5 yards, and hit Brian Brown for 11 yards. He also sidestepped
Virginias pressure on several occasions.We responded extremely well to adversity
and we answered, really, every time we had to answer throughout the course of
the game, said Spiders coach Danny Rocco, whose team reached the FCS semifinals
last season. Our team expected to win.The Cavaliers, on the other hand, gave
Mendenhall and his staff their first glimpse at the rebuilding job that lies
ahead.The clarity is the excitement and optimism and hope is what Ive been
mentioning and eventually I said the execution would catch up, Mendenhall said.
That part is further behind than I thought. ... Im surprised. I learned a lot
today.The coach, who won 99 games in 11 seasons at BYU before replacing Mike
London last December, also felt like he got a glimpse of the past for Virginia,
which hasnt made it to a bowl game since 2011. Mendenhalls team went to one
every year.I think they want to be resilient and I think they want to believe
and have new habits but there is some history here and there was some reversion
to that today, he said. My job is to help them build great habits.Kurt Benkert
threw for three touchdowns in his first start at Virginia, but two came in the
final quarter after Richmond had taken a 30-7 lead. Benkert also threw an
interception deep in Spiders territory, one of turnovers for the Cavaliers.Its
just a little bit of a road bump and its going to set up a great story, Benkert
said.TAKEAWAYSRICHMOND: The Spiders, 33-7 losers to North Dakota State in the
FCS semifinals last year, have to be considered favorites to get back. The
offensive line had little trouble handling Virginia up front and Lauletta makes
good decisions, can make all the throws and extend plays with his feet. Staying
healthy will be critical.VIRGINIA: The defense struggled mightily in its first
game in Mendenhalls 3-4 alignment. There were numerous missed assignments and
missed tackles galore. The Spiders moved the ball at will at times, and Lauletta
was hardly ever bothered by pressure. What little he faced, he usually
sidestepped it pretty easily.BAD STARTRichmond scored twice before the Cavaliers
ever ran an offensive play from scrimmage. The Spiders drove 64 yards in eight
plays after the opening kickoff to a 28-yard field goal by Griffin Trau. On the
ensuing kickoff, Connor Wingo-Reeves was stripped of the ball and Jevaris Little
recovered for the Spiders at the 36. Six plays later, Trau connected from 25
yards and it was 6-0.Virginia turned it over against on the next drive after
marching inside the Richmond 10. Taquan Mizzell was stripped on a run into the
line by Brendan Coniker, who also recovered, and the Spiders then drove 95 yards
in 10 plays to Wilkins first TD catch.Ricky Segers later boomed a 50-yard field
goal for the Spiders.UP NEXTRICHMOND: The Spiders open their home schedule
against Norfolk State.VIRGINA: The Cavaliers travel across the country to face
No. 24 Oregon, finishing a home-and-home series that started with the Ducks
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Renshaws father, Ian, and Roots dad, Matt, played together in the firsts at
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he had moved with his family to New Zealand. When he was nearly 11, the Renshaws
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found a new national identity, and now, at 20, is about to make his Australia A
debut.It could easily have worked out differently. Renshaw said he never felt
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possibility, Renshaw said. But then, a week into my trip there, on my 18th
birthday, I got a text from Dad saying Queensland want to sign you on a rookie
contract. That made my decision pretty easy.Queensland knew it was worth
investing in Renshaw. He became the youngest batsman to make his first-class
debut for Queensland since Martin Love, and in his fifth match he ground out
170, making him the Bulls youngest Shield centurion of all time. The previous
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youve got 30 more to go to beat my overall hundreds.One of the most remarkable
things about Renshaws effort was that, at 19, he had the patience required to
bed in on a slow and challenging Mackay pitch. His 170 took nearly nine hours,
and featured just seven fours and two sixes. That meant 130 runs had come in a
combination of ones, twos and threes.Growing up, I went to the first Twenty20
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into the Twenty20 mode. But I could never really hit those big balls because of
my size. I always loved Test cricket as well.Ive got quite good at switching on
and off between balls. Its something Ive worked on. When I was younger, I wasnt
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around and try to bat for as long as I could, which I loved.Id like to expand.
Ive been doing a lot of work in this off-season,trying to work out my one-day
game, and, hopefully, maybe get a game in one-day cricket in the future. But Ive
got my opportunity with longer form cricket, so I dont want to try and make
something in the short form and then lose that longer form.Renshaw nominates
Alastair Cook as the kind of batsman he would like to become. Not surprisingly,
he has watched a fair bit of England over the years, given his parentage. His
father, a university sports scientist who moved around for work, bought the DVD
box set of the 2005 Ashes, which a young Renshaw watched, thinking that one day
he might like to play for England.Instead, he has already played for the
Australia Under-19s, and, after finishing fifth on the Sheffield Shield run
tally last season with 738 at 43.41, this weekend is likely to mark his debut
for Australia A in their four-day match against South Africa A in Brisbane. When
he first wore the Australian colours, it was not Renshaw, but his parents who
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Dad watching me, he said, because theyd lived in England their whole life, and
then watching me play Under-19s for Australia, theyre like who do I support
here? ' ' '
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