Good morning. That feeling when tomorrow is the weekend😎 

What else are we mixing into today’s edition?

⚾️ Ice Bucket Challenge Game
🏃 Collegiate 10k Road Race National Championship
🕷️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Bring it Back. The baseball team is bringing back the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge at its game against Dayton on May 4. Head coach Mik Aoki had a former baseball player that he coached who was diagnosed with ALS. That player, Pete Frates, started the Ice Bucket Challenge back in 2014. ⚾️ Hear the full story from Aoki here.

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🔼 Happening Tomorrow. The Collegiate Running Association is hosting the 9th annual Collegiate 10k Road Race National Championship event as part of the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K in Richmond tomorrow. There are 1,700 college students racing to win a $3,500 prize. Stuart Terrill, Jordan Bendura, Paige Joyce, Manon Stephen, Henry Haas, William Marhold and Zach Stevens are all Richmond athletes who will be competing in the race. 🏃 Here’s more info about the race.

🤔 SPIDERS TRIVIA

Voting Dub. Inside Lacrosse put a poll on X to vote for the Axia Time LLC Player of Week 10. They included one Spider men’s lacrosse player in the poll, and he won! He is a short-stick defensive midfielder who had five caused turnovers and one assist in the game against HPU.

Which men’s lacrosse player won the vote?

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

🕷️ ONE BIG THING

Journey to Richmond. Women’s lacrosse player Maddy Sesay sat down with Spider Athletics to talk about her journey to Richmond and how her culture plays a role in the sport. Sesay is half Southern Indian and half Black. She is part of different clubs on campus like the Bollywood Club, Spider Athletes of Color Alliance and SAAC.

📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Friday, April 19

⛳️ Women’s Golf Patriot League Championship
👟 Track and Field Virginia Challenge | Live Stats | Meet Info
⚾️ Baseball at Davidson @ 5:30pm ET | Live Stats | Watch 

Saturday, April 20

⛳️ Women’s Golf Patriot League Championship
👟 Track and Field Virginia Challenge | Live Stats | Meet Info
🥍 Men’s Lacrosse at UMass @ 12pm ET
⚾️ Baseball at Davidson @ 1:30pm ET | Live Stats
🥍 Women’s Lacrosse at VCU @ 3pm ET | Watch | Live Stats

Sunday, April 21

⛳️ Women’s Golf Patriot League Championship
⚾️ Baseball at Davidson @ 1pm ET | Live Stats | Watch

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Jack Pilling!

🕷️ Have a great Friday!

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