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Mike London predicted at midweek that the game would resemble “a ping-pong match. You just hit the ball over and hit it back, hit it over, hit it back.“ The way the University of Richmond’s coach envisioned the Spiders’ 119th meeting with William and Mary was how the final regular-season game at UR Stadium developed. Conservative game plans. Defensive superiority. An afternoon of trying to acquire field position.

Aprocession of women marched down Franklin Street yesterday morning to a spot where 100 years ago, the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia was born. Led by a trio of accordionists and a drummer, two granddaughters of one of the voting-rights group’s founders walked with more than 100 cheering women and supporters. “Recognition of this whole situation and for our grandmother was a long time coming, and there couldn’t be two people in the world more pleased than the two of us,“ Warfield Crenshaw Truesdale said. “I was moved to tears.“

Hear from Hermitage linebackers Curtis Grant and Daryl Howell about Saturday’s Central Region semifinal against Highland Springs.

As construction continues on the new McGlothlin Wing, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is reinstalling galleries and bringing artworks out of storage. Barry Shifman (right), curator for art nouveau and art deco, confers with conservationist James Heitchue about jewelry mounts for one of the exhibit cases.

It’s deja vu for columnist Paul Woody as he goes back to the the University of Richmond to handicap the football team’s chances against William & Mary Saturday.

As Jimmie Johnson gets ready to slam the door on the other title contenders, Chris and George ask: does the Chase need more than 10 drivers?

Durwood Usry is a small-business owner with a complicated health history and a big monthly insurance bill. “My health policy costs more than my mortgage, but it’s the first thing that gets paid at the first of every month,“ said Usry, a Henrico County resident who pays more than $1,500 to insure himself and his wife.

LISA DISSELKAMP Metro Business asked Lisa Disselkamp, president of Athena Enterprises, a Chesterfield County-based work-force management technology consulting firm, and author of two books, including “No Boundaries,“ about managing payroll costs: “Business leaders today are looking for sources for profit and productivity. “While they may realize labor spending is one of the largest line-item expenses, it is often one of the most undermanaged costs.

Dueling with Jynocel Basweti over 26.2 miles, said Michael Wardian, is invariably an all-or-nothing proposition. “Either he’s going to crash and burn or he’s going to run pretty well,“ Wardian said. “Today he ran pretty well, I guess.“ Basweti, a 22-year-old Kenyan, became the SunTrust Richmond Marathon’s first back-to-back winner in five years by delivering an elegant effort yesterday in raw, windy conditions. He finished in 2:18:28—the sixth-fastest time in the event’s 32-year history—and defeated Wardian, the runner-up, by nearly seven minutes.

Lyndsey Benson lived in a foster care home, was adopted, committed, and then overdosed while living on the streets.  Now going to college, she is determined to become a success as a social worker.