The Official Newsletter of Villanova Athletics
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🏀 Ready To Roll
⏱️ Countin’ Down: 37 Days
🔷 And much more!
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🔼 Ready To Roll. To most Villanova fans, Nico Onyekwere was an intriguing unknown seen mostly on the bench and in the pregame layup line. Yet inside the Davis Center, he was a daily presence who showed steady growth in practice over the course of the 2025-26 campaign.
As a relative newcomer to organized basketball – Onyekwere played more soccer than hoops as a youngster in his native Nigeria – he spent last season as a redshirt, practicing daily, but not a part of the game-night lineup.
Now, he’s ready to roll.
🔼 Halfway Point. Former Villanova standout Maddy Siegrist and the Dallas Wings have reached the halfway point of the 2026 WNBA Season and sit in prime position for a playoff run.
After missing much of last season with an injury, Siegrist has returned and is averaging 6.0 ppg and 2.6 rpg in just over 13 minutes a game.
On Monday, she poured in 13 points, including a perfect 3-of-3 from long range in Dallas’ OT loss to the New York Liberty.
How many 3-pointers did Maddy Siegrist knock down during her incredible career with the Wildcats?
Got a guess?
Scroll to the bottom to see if you know your stuff!
🔼 Smarty Cats. For a second-straight season, Villanova Water Polo found itself with 19 All-Academic honorees, as announced by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) recently.
Along with the individual awards, Villanova also had the second-highest team GPA at 3.76. The 19 honorees match the program-best that was set by last year's squad.
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Throughout the summer, we will be counting down the days
to the return of Villanova Football this fall. The Wildcats will
host William & Mary on Friday, August 28 at 6 p.m.
🔼 Countin’ Down. We are now just 3️⃣7️⃣ days away from kickoff for the 2026 Villanova Football season.
Last October, the New Hampshire home crowd got an up close look of what was to come from Wildcat standout Ja’briel Mace. The New Jersey native rolled to a then-career high three TDs to lead Nova to a dominant 3️⃣7️⃣-7 victory over UNH, Villanova’s largest win over New Hampshire since 2009.
Mace scored two TDs on the ground and one in the air en route what would become an All-American season.
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Wednesday, July 22nd
🐦⬛ Weekday Bird Walk at Tyler Arboretum
Thursday, July 23rd
🍫 Upper Darby Summer Stage: Roald Dahl’s Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Jr.
Friday, July 24th
🌅 Linvilla Orchards: Sunset & Sip
Saturday, July 25th
🎸 Live Music at 118 North
Sunday, July 26th
🍷 Red Brick Winery: Tasting Room Open
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