QUICK HITTERS

• Since Richmond's Feb. 28th win over Iona, the final game of the Iona series was cancelled for rain, Tuesday's game at William & Mary was called off for snow and the Friday and Saturday games versus Seton Hall have been postponed due to field conditions.

• The Spiders are a spotless 7-0 and off to their best start since going 10-0 to open the 2002 campaign, which ended in an A-10 West Division Championship and the school's first appearance in the NCAA Super Regional. Richmond started the 2003 campaign 5-0 en route to the A-10 Championship crown and a berth in the NCAA Regional.

• Freshman 2B/SS Adam McConnell (pictured) was tabbed the A-10 Rookie of the Week this week after batting .476 (10-for-21) and scoring 10 runs in four wins last week for the Spiders. McConnell also swiped four bases and played error-free baseball in 19 chances in the middle infield.

• McConnell's honor marked the second-consecutive weekly award for the Spiders, after senior RF Ryan Metzroth was tabbed both the A-10 Player of the Week and the Northeast Regional Player of the Week last week from collegebaseballinsider.com.

• The 27 runs scored in Game One of the Iona series was one shy of the school-record 28 scored in a win (28-5) over George Washington in 1996.

• Richmond has won seven-consecutive games to open 2009, marking the team's longest winning streak since winning eight-straight during the 2007 campaign. The Spiders also won six-straight midway through last season. The school record of 14-straight wins came during the 1935 season.

• Running at an eye-popping rate, the Spiders have already swiped 22 bases (in 287 attempts) this season and are on pace to obliterate the school record for single-season steals of 116 (2003). At this pace, the Spiders will swipe 150+ bags in 2009.