The Official Newsletter of Villanova Athletics

Good Morning, Nova Nation! Get the iPhone calendars out again! We’ve got some more dates to lock in!

What else is going on in Nova Nation?

🏀 Lock ‘Em In
⚽️ And We’re Off
👟 Speedy And Smart
🔷 And much more!

🔼 Lock ‘Em In. The Kevin Willard Era now officially has a start date and an opponent. A trio of intersectional battles, three historic rivalry matchups in the Philadelphia Big Five and the inaugural Villanova Challenge highlight the 2025-26 Villanova Men's Basketball Non-Conference schedule announced earlier this week.

🔼 And We’re Off. The 2025 Villanova athletic calendar kicked off on Thursday afternoon with a defensive battle at Higgins Soccer Complex. The ‘Cats grinded through a scoreless first half to take a 1-0 lead in the 70th minute, but visiting Michigan got two goals in the final 13 minutes to come away with the 2-1 victory over Villanova.

⚽️ Game Recap: Michigan 2, Villanova 1

🔼 Speedy & Smart. For the seventh time ever and first time in 10 years, Villanova has won the BIG EAST Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year honor. On Wednesday, men’s track & field and cross country standout Liam Murphy earned the prestigious honor, which is the highest academic honor bestowed by the conference for individual student-athletes.

🔼 We Tried To Warn ‘Em. And now the rest of the WNBA is seeing full force of what Maddy Siegrest can do. A week into her return after injury, the former Villanova standout went off in a thrilling 81-80 victory over the Indiana Fever earlier this week, tying a career-high with 22 points, along with five rebounds, an assist and a block. Siegrest has now scored in double-figures in three of the four games since her return.

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Friday, August 15
🇺🇸  Brandywine Battlefield Tours

Saturday, August 16
🍓  Lansdowne Farmers Market

Sunday, August 17
🍷 Red Brick Winery Sunday Music Series

Thursday, August 21
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Rider @ 4 pm
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Wake Forest @ 5 pm

Sunday, August 24
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Columbia @ 2 pm

Thursday, August 28
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Iona @ 12 pm
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. George Mason @ 4 pm

Friday, August 29
🏑 Field Hockey vs. James Madison @ 3 pm (College Park, Md.)

Saturday, August 30
🏐 Volleyball vs. Santa Clara @ 3 pm (South Bend, Ind.)

Sunday, August 31
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Bucknell @ 1 pm
🏐 Volleyball at Notre Dame @ 1 pm (South Bend, Ind.)

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