The Official Newsletter of Villanova Athletics

Good Morning, Nova Nation! Less than two weeks away!

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

🏀 Hoop Dreams
⚽️ Key To Victory
🏐 Hittin’ Harrell
🔷 And much more!

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

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🔼 Hoop Dreams. With the season openers right around the corners, the Villanova basketball programs, along with the rest of the BIG EAST squads, descended upon Madison Square Garden on Tuesday for its annual media day event.

In the annual preseason polls, the men were selected seventh for the second consecutive season, while the women were slotted fourth.

Sophomore guard Jasmine Bascoe was a unanimous selection to the BIG EAST Preseason All-BIG EAST team.

🔼 Key To Victory. A trio of Villanova Wildcats each recorded their first career goal, helping fuel a convincing 3-0 victory over VMI in a game played on a sun-splashed fall afternoon at the Higgins Soccer Complex on Tuesday afternoon.
 
The Wildcats got their goals from junior Josh Oladele, freshman Matthew Klann and junior Javon Daniels. In each case, it was the first college goal of their respective careers.

⚽️ The Full Recap

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🔼 Hittin’ Harrell. For the fourth time this year, Villanova volleyball has a conference major weekly award winner as junior Abby Harrell earned BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week.

Harrell joins Campbell McKinnon as 'Cats to achieve the OPOW honor this season with the junior from Washington picking up the award for the first time in her career.

It's the first time since 2017 that the Wildcats have earned a pair of Player of the Week honors in the same season and just the fourth OPOW that VU's earned since the league split the honors into offensive and defensive in 2017. 

🔼 Movin’ On Up. On the heels of four straight victories, the Villanova football program continued its ascend up the national polls this week.

After a dominating home victory over Hampton, the Wildcats climbed to #11 in the latest polls as they get set to welcome Albany to town this Saturday for a 3:30 pm showdown.

🔼 New York State Of Mind. The Villanova men's golf team finished seventh at the Nassau Intercollegiate Tuesday afternoon at the Nassau Country Club. 

Ryan Pamer led Villanova with a sixth place finish, Pamer's third top 10 finish of the fall. Tuesday, the senior shot even to bring his total score for the tournament to 216 (+6). 

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Wedneday, October 22
🐦‍⬛ Weekday Bird Walk at Tyler Arboretum
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Georgetown @ 7 pm

Thursday, October 23
⛲️ Chanticleer House & Garden Tour

Friday, October 24
🎊 Festival Of Lights - Family Live Arts Culture Series
🏑 Field Hockey vs. Providence @ 3 pm
👟 Men’s Cross Country at Haverford Invitational @ 5 pm
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Towson @ 6 pm (Exhibition)
🏐 Volleyball vs. DePaul @ 7 pm
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Virginia @ 7 pm (Exhibition)

Saturday, October 25
🍅 Farmer’s Market At Swarthmore Town Center
🏊 Swimming at Georgetown @ 11 am
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Providence @ 12 pm
🏈 Football vs. Albany @ 3:30 pm
⚽️ Men’s Soccer at Georgetown @ 6 pm
🏐 Volleyball vs. Marquette @ 7 pm
🚣 Rowing at Head Of The Schuylkill Regatta

Sunday, October 26
🍁 Arasapha Farms Harvest Hayride

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