Good Morning Nova Nation 5/10: Celebrating Seniors

Today, softball advances, Zupicich earns All-American honors, and baseball hosts Butler.

Good morning, Nova Nation! The Villanova trio continue to put up big-time NBA Playoff numbers for the New York Knicks! Wednesday night, Jalen Brunson, Donte DiVincenzo, and Josh Hart combined for 76 points. They scored 25 of the Knicks 31 fourth quarter points.

What are we having with our Brew?

🥎 Wildcats advance in the BIG EAST Tournament
🥍 The pro receives All-American honors
🔷 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼  Survive & Advance. Yesterday’s BIG EAST Tournament softball game against St. John’s was a thriller! It took eight innings for the Wildcats to get the 5-4 win. Alyssa Seidler struck out five in her start before Kelsey White came in relief to throw 2.2 innings of scoreless softball. White ended up being the hero of the game as she hit a walk off double in the bottom of the eighth inning. Caroline Pellicano also pitched in relief to earn the win. Elaina Wagner scored two runs, while Lilly St. Jean drove in two. The Wildcats move on to play No. 2 UConn today at 12 p.m. on FS2.

🔼 All-American Status. Men’s lacrosse player Stephen Zupicich was named USA Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention! He becomes the eighth Wildcat to earn USA Lacrosse honors. The midfielder led the country causing 51 turnovers, 3.19 per game. Just a day prior to earning All-American status, he was drafted 22nd overall by the Maryland Whipsnakes in the Premier Lacrosse League.

🔼 Celebrate The Seniors. Villanova baseball will be home for one final weekend of the regular season as they host Butler. The weekend rotation includes Luke McCollough, Jake Francis, and Devin Rivera in that order.Today’s game is the Bark in the Park game at 3 p.m., bring your furry friends with you to cheer on the Wildcats! Saturday’s 1 p.m. game is Alumni Day and Sunday’s noon start is for the seniors. The Wildcats will honor 15 seniors — August Biggio, Zach Camp, Dylan Dennis, AJ Hansen, Cam Hassert, Luke McCollough, Ryan Mintz, Patrick Montfort, Luke Mutz, Jack O’Reilly, Devin Rivera, Scott Shaw, Stephen Turzai, Cade Udell, and John Whooley.

🔼 Luck Of The Wildcats. The latest women’s basketball player to sign to Villanova is Bronagh Power-Cassidy. She’s a 5’10 guard from Dublin, Ireland who spent her last four years at Holy Cross. Her name is written all over the Holy Cross record books, as she ranks fourth all-time in career three-pointers and sixth all-time in three-point percentage, attempts and single-season three-pointers. She earned two Patriot League Championship MVP’s and All-Tournament Team selections. Bronagh was also named Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Rookie of the Year as a freshman.

📅 THE WEEKEND AHEAD

Friday 5/10

🎽 Track & Field at BIG EAST Championships @ 11:00 a.m.
🥎 Softball vs. No. 2 UConn at BIG EAST Tournament @ 12:00 p.m.
⚾️ Baseball vs. Butler @ 3:00 p.m.

Saturday 5/11

🎽 Track & Field at BIG EAST Championships @ 12:00 p.m.
⚾️ Baseball vs. Butler @ 1:00 p.m.

Sunday 5/12

⚾️ Baseball vs. Butler @ 12:00 p.m.

Have a great weekend!