Spiders Morning Jolt 2/24: A-10 WBB Regular Season Champs

The women's basketball team is A-10 Regular Season Champions again!

Good morning. The swim & dive team had a terrific weekend at the Atlantic 10 Championships, finishing second overall and winning four gold medals. Congrats to Coach Matt Barany for being named A-10 Coach of the Year!

What else are we mixing into today’s edition?

🏀 A-10 regular season title
🥍 100 career points
🕷️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Part 2. The women’s basketball team won its second-straight Atlantic 10 Regular Season Championship title. The Spiders will be the No. 1 Seed at the A-10 Championship in two weeks. The women beat VCU 68-55. Maggie Doogan was the only Spider in double figures with 33 points. The team now has a 14-game win streak, is 24-5 overall and 15-1 in conference play. 🏀 Read more about the victory.

🔼 Road Dub. The men’s lacrosse team beat Lehigh 9-8. Aidan O’Neil reached 100 career points after scoring three points off of one goal and two assists. 🥍 Here’s more about the win. 

🔼 Split Start. The baseball team splits its Sunday doubleheader against Fairfield. The Spiders won 2-1 and fell 3-6. The series finale is today at 1:30pm. D.J. Pacheco led the Spiders, going 2-for-3 at the plate in game one. Ryan Bilka earned his first win of the season on the mound. Phil Bernstein was perfect at the plate in game two, going 2-for-2.

🔼 Anotha’ One. The men’s tennis team secured a huge 5-2 victory over Georgetown. The Spiders had four straight singles wins and two doubles wins.

🤔 SPIDERS TRIVIA

Milestone. The women’s lacrosse team faced Liberty, and Grace Muldoon reached a career milestone.

What career milestone did she reach?

Think you got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🕷️ ONE BIG THING

Runnin’ It. The track & field team competed at the GMU Father Diamond Invitational. Blaiklyn Clayton won the 200m, and Lindsay Colflesh won the 600m. Allison Colflesh won the 1k. 👟 See the other event times.

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Monday, February 24

⚾️ Baseball vs. Fairfield @ 1:30pm ET | Live Stats | Watch

Tuesday, February 25

⚾️ Baseball at NC State @ 3pm ET | Live Stats | Watch
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. VCU @ 7pm ET | Live Stats | Watch

Wednesday, February 26

🥍 Women’s Lacrosse at James Madison @ 5pm ET | Live Stats
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Davidson @ 6pm ET | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Friday, February 28

👟 Track & Field Atlantic 10 Championships
⚾️ Baseball vs. Penn State @ 1:30pm ET | Live Stats | Watch
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Campbell @ 2pm ET
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Longwood @ 6pm ET

Saturday, March 1

👟 Track & Field Atlantic 10 Championships
🎾 Women’s Tennis at East Carolina @ 11am ET
⚾️ Baseball vs. Boston College @ 1pm ET | Live Stats | Watch
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Dayton @ 2pm ET
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Saint Joseph’s @ 2pm ET | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets
🎾 Men’s Tennis at JMU @ 2pm ET

Sunday, March 2

⚾️ Baseball vs. Toledo @ 12pm ET | Live Stats | Watch
🥍 Men’s Lacrosse vs. Cornell @ 1pm ET | Live Stats | Tickets

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 100th career draw control!

🕷️ Have a great Monday!

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