Good morning, Spiders. Don’t miss out on the baseball team’s second-to-last Atlantic 10 series this weekend! The Spiders play tonight at 6pm at VCU.

What else are we mixing into today’s edition?

🥍 5 All-Americans
🥍 Dunham drafted!
🕷️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 All-Americans. Five players on the men’s lacrosse team were recognized by USA Lacrosse Magazine as All-Americans. Aidan O’Neil, Max Merklinger, Hunter Smith, Mitchell Dunham and Zach Vigue were selected to the Honorable Mentions. 🥍 Read more about the awardees.  

🔼 Drafted! Men’s lacrosse graduate defenseman Mitchell Dunham was selected No. 21 in the 2025 Premier Lacrosse League College Draft. Dunham is the first active Spider ever drafted into a PLL club. He will play for the Utah Archers. 🥍 Learn more about Dunham.

🔼 Top Performance. The women’s golf team wrapped up the NCAA Charlottesville Regional. The Spiders recorded their best finish in an NCAA Regional in program history with an 11th-place finish. The team had an overall score of 926 (+74). Hannah Lydic had the best individual score at 223 (+10) to tie for 30th individually. ⛳️ See each golfer’s score.

🤔 SPIDERS TRIVIA

Academic Success. Richmond Athletics had multiple teams achieve perfect Academic Progress Rate Scores.

How many teams earned perfect scores of 1,000?

Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🕷️ ONE BIG THING

Staying Hot. DIII transfer Brady O'Brien has been stellar at the plate this season. See some of his best hits and hear what head coach Mik Aoki has to say about his performance in the video above.

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Friday, May 9

⚾️ Baseball at VCU @ 6pm ET | Live Stats | Watch

Saturday, May 10

🥍 Men’s Lacrosse NCAA Championship at #8 North Carolina @ 12pm ET | Live Stats | Watch
⚾️ Baseball at VCU @ 2pm ET | Live Stats | Watch

Sunday, May 11

⚾️ Baseball at VCU @ 1pm ET | Live Stats | Watch

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 6! (Field hockey, men's cross-country, men's golf, women's basketball, women's golf, and women's swimming and diving)

🕷️ Have a great Friday!

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