The Official Newsletter of Villanova Athletics

Good morning! Football is off this weekend, but you can still get your fix of the Wildcats with highlights from last week’s win!

What else is going on in Nova Nation?

🏀 Recap the Blue-White Scrimmage
🏐 Volleyball spends the weekend at home
🔷 And much, much more!

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🔼 New Look. On Tuesday night, the 2024-25 men’s basketball team showcased their talents in the Blue-White Scrimmage. Coach Kyle Neptune was satisfied with the team’s progress so far. Despite injuries to Jordann Dumont, Kris Parker, and Aleksandar Gavalyugov, the Wildcats showed a positive mix of experienced players and newcomers. Tyler Perkins’ shooting, Eric Dixon’s versatility, Josiah Moseley’s athleticism and Jhamir Brickus’ skills stood out in the scrimmage.

🔼 Weekend At Home. Villanova volleyball is home for just one weekend this month, and that’s this weekend. They’ll host No. 6 Creighton tonight at 6 p.m. It’s the annual Pink Out Cancer Awareness match, so fans are asked to wear pink! The Unite for HER organization will be in attendance and accepting online donations at uniteforher.org/donate. On Sunday, the Wildcats will host Marquette at 1 p.m.

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🔼  Bigger Than The Game. The field hockey team will host No. 19 Liberty this afternoon at 1 p.m. It will be their Play 4 The Cure game for breast cancer awareness. Forward Sabine de Ruijter was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll this week after scoring a career-best four goals in Sunday’s win over Penn. She leads the conference with 12 goals this season.

🔼  Senior Day. Come out to Higgins Soccer Complex on Sunday for Senior Day! The women’s soccer team will host St. Johns at 1 p.m. The Wildcats are coming off a 1-1 draw with DePaul last week.

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Friday 10/11

🏑 Field Hockey vs. Liberty @ 1:00 p.m. | Watch
🏐 Volleyball vs. Creighton @ 6:00 p.m. | Watch

Saturday 10/12

⚽️ Men’s Soccer at Akron @ 7:00 p.m. | Watch

Sunday 10/13

⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. St. John’s @ 1:00 p.m. | Watch
🏐 Women’s Volleyball vs. Marquette @ 1:00 p.m. | Watch

Have a great weekend!