The Official Newsletter of Villanova Athletics

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📚 Academic Aces
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🔼 Friday Finale. Villanova men’s soccer will look to finish off a strong season opener after the Wildcats had their matchup with Rider suspended due to Thursday’s active shooter alert on campus.

The ‘Cats got early goals from Sam Nyenka and Fynn Lahrsen to take a quick 2-0 lead before the game was stopped in the 18th minute. The game will resume at 4 pm this afternoon.

🔼 Preseason Praise. A week from tomorrow, the Villanova volleyball squad hits the court for the first time in 2025 and will do so with preseason expectations on the resume. Yesterday, the Wildcats were picked to finish in the top half of the league after back-to-back postseason berths. In addition, the duo of junior hitter Abby Harrell and sophomore middle Campbell McKinnon were both honored with spots on the Preseason All-BIG EAST team.

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🔼 Academic Aces. For the second straight year, Villanova Athletics has Fulbright Scholars.

A pair of individuals associated with the Wildcats earned Fulbright Student Grants for the 2025-26 academic year. Mawutor Fiavey (mascot) and Emma Grabenstetter (water polo) will each serve English Teaching Assistantships in Europe, being two of the 17 Villanovans to win the grants this year.

Fiavey and Grabenstetter are the 10th and 11th Villanova Athletics representatives to receive Fulbright grants since 2004, joining 2024 volleyball graduate Madeline Barber as recipients in the last two years.

🔼 Toe-To-Toe. Playing its first road match of the season, the Villanova women’s soccer team went toe-to-toe with 10th-ranked Wake Forest, but dropped a 2-0 decision to the Demon Deacons.

🔼 Mark Those Calendars. Get out those iPhone calendars again, we’ve got more fall dates for you to fill in! This week, our women’s lacrosse program unveiled their fall slate, which includes four dates. In addition, the women’s tennis program will have a busy fall with plenty of opportunities to check out the ‘Cats in action.

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Friday, August 22
🍿  Lansdowne Borough Summer Movie Night

Saturday, August 23
🏎️  Second Annual Upper Chi Soap Box Derby

Sunday, August 24
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Columbia @ 2 pm
🍻 Ship Bottom Beer Garden at Linvilla Orchards

Monday, August 25
🖼️ Brandywine Museum of Art

Tuesday, August 26
🤔 Quizzo Nights at Artillery Brewing Company

Wednesday, August 27
🐦‍⬛ Weekday Bird Walk at Tyler Arboertum

Thursday, August 28
🎶 A Musical Songbook at The Rose Valley Chorus and Ochestra
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Iona @ 12 pm
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. George Mason @ 4 pm

Friday, August 29
🌸 House & Garden Tour at The Chanticleer
🏑 Field Hockey vs. James Madison @ 3 pm (College Park, Md.)

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