Good morning. Another weekend of winning for Spiders football!

What else are we mixing into today’s edition?

🏈 Football beats Towson
🏑 Headed to postseason
🕷️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Lucky 7. The football team won its seventh game in a row. The Spiders beat Towson 35-24 at Homecoming. The program is undefeated, 5-0, in the Coastal Athletic Association. Richmond forced Towson into four turnovers and recorded seven sacks. Landon Ellis caught two touchdown passes. Jabril Hayes recorded his second pick-six of the season. 🏈  Here’s more about the victory.

🔼 Finale. The field hockey team beat VCU 1-0 in its final regular-season game. The Spiders are the three seed for the Atlantic 10 Conference Championship. They will face two-seed No. 5 Saint Joseph’s on Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. ET. Richmond’s victory was its first over the Rams since 2019. It’s the program’s first postseason appearance since 2021. 🏑 Read more about the victory.

🔼 Meet Results. The swim and dive team competed in the Penn & ECU Dual Meet. On day one, Tess Weatherhead placed fifth in both the 3m and 1m dive. On day two, Melissa Nwakalor took first in the 50 free. Gabbie Primiano was first in the 200 breast.

🤔 SPIDERS TRIVIA

Going Far. Jabril Hayes’ pick-sick was the fourth-longest interception return in program history.

How many yards was his interception return?

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

🕷️ ONE BIG THING

Race Time. The cross country team raced at the Atlantic 10 Championship. The women finished 7th, and the men finished 12th. Laurel Kurtz earned First Team All-Atlantic 10. She led the women with an eighth-place finish in a personal-best time of 20:54.6. Brady Barber led the men with a personal-best time of 25:07.1. 👟 See the other athletes’ times.

🏀 Behind the Web, Men’s Basketball Preview Show at World of Beer Tonight

Join us on tonight from 6:00-7:00PM for a special season preview edition of the Behind the Web radio show with Men’s Basketball Head Coach Chris Mooney and special guests at World of Beer. The season tips off on November 6^th , at home vs. Mount Olive, and this is your chance to hear all about the team and this opening matchup. Tonight is burger night at World of Beer, where you can enjoy the classic burger and a side for only $7.95! This is a standalone preview show, and the regular cadence of weekly shows will begin on Monday, December 2, 2024. All shows can be heard on 106.1 ESPN or streamed on www.RichmondSpiders.com.

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Monday, November 4

🏀 Women’s Basketball at Temple @ 8pm ET | Listen | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Wednesday, November 6

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Mount Olive @ 7pm ET | Listen | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Thursday, November 7

🏑 Field Hockey Atlantic 10 Championships vs. Saint Joseph’s @ TBA
🎾 Men’s Tennis Conference Masters @ TBA
🎾 Women’s Tennis Conference Masters @ TBA
🎙️ Behind the Web with Coach Russ Huesman @ Noon | Location | Listen

Friday, November 8

🎾 Men’s Tennis Virginia Tech Dynamic Duo @ TBA

Saturday, November 9

🎾 Men’s Tennis Virginia Tech Dynamic Duo @ TBA
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Morgan State @ 1pm ET | Tickets
🏈 Football at Campbell @ 3:30pm ET | Listen | Watch
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Marist @ 6pm ET | Live Stats | Tickets

Sunday, November 10

🎾 Men’s Tennis Virginia Tech Dynamic Duo @ TBA

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 90 yards!

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