The Official Newsletter of Villanova Athletics

Good Morning, Nova Nation! We are less than a week away, folks!

You don’t want to miss this one!

What all do we have in today’s edition? Check it out below!

✈️ Road Trippin’
🏐 Dub in DC
🏀 All The Buzz
🔷 And much more!

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🔼 Road Trippin’. Looking for a third straight CAA victory, the 17th-ranked Villanova football team hits the road yet again this weekend when they travel south to North Carolina to battle Elon on Saturday afternoon.

Averaging nearly 34 points a game over the past three weeks, the red-hot Wildcat offense will look to lead the way when the two teams take the field for a 2 p.m. kickoff.

🏈 Previewing The Matchup

🔼 Sneak Peek. Women’s Basketball season is just around the corner, and we have the perfect way to celebrate 

Join us for our 𝓟𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓸𝓷 𝓗𝓾𝓭𝓭𝓵𝓮 during and after our exhibition game against Towson on Friday, October 24th!

Enjoy the game with some light refreshments available beginning at halftime, then following the game, hear from Head Coach Denise Dillon as she previews the 2025-26 season

🔼 Dub In DC. The Villanova volleyball squad bounced back with an important win on Thursday night, taking down the Georgetown Hoyas in four sets (28-26, 31-33, 25-14, 25-21) at McDonough Arena in Washington, D.C.

Abby Harrell paced the match with a 20-kill, 13-dig double-double for Villanova, who improved to 13-3 on the season, while Ava Mehrten added 12 kills at a .455 clip for her season-high as a Wildcat to move the 'Cats to their best start to a season since 2010.

Both setters Ava Harris (24 assists, 10 digs) and Alyssa Nelson (18 assists, 10 digs) contributed double-doubles for the Wildcats as Marly Smith set career highs in both blocks (five) and aces (four).

🔼 All The Buzz. After a historic season last year and a stellar summer league showing, former Villanova standout Eric Dixon earned a contract with the Charlotte Hornets this week.

Dixon, who led the nation in scoring last season (23.3 ppg), finished his career with the ‘Cats as the program’s leading scorer with 2,314 points.

He will report to Hornets training camp this week heading into the upcoming 2025-26 NBA season.

🔼 Life On The Road. The Villanova women’s soccer team continues its road trippin’ this weekend when the ‘Cats head to St. John’s tomorrow night for a Saturday night showdown with the Red Storm.

With tomorrow being Villanova’s third straight BIG EAST road game, sophomore defender Meredith Palmer took us behind the scenes with the ‘Cats during one of the most recent road trips.

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Friday, October 10
🎭 Media Theatre Presents: Young Frankenstein
🏑 Field Hockey vs. Old Dominion @ 1 pm

Saturday, October 11
🍉 Landsdowne Farmers Market
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Seton Hall @ 1 pm
🏈 Football at Elon @ 2 pm
🏐 Volleyball vs. Creighton @ 7 pm
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at St. John’s @ 8 pm
🏊 Swimming at NJIT

Sunday, October 12
🍷 Live Music On The Lawn at Penns Woods Winery
🏑 Field Hockey vs. Penn @ 12 pm

Monday, October 13
🎃 Paint A Pumpkin & Sip at Artillery Brewing
⛳️ Men’s Golf at Georgetown Intercollegiate

Tuesday, October 14
🖼️ Little Luxuries at Main Line Art Center
⛳️ Men’s Golf at Georgetown Intercollegiate

Wednesday, October 15
🏚️ Bates Motel & Haunted Hayride in Glen Mills
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Marquette @ 3 pm

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