Good morning. It’s Friday the 13th! Don’t let a black cat cross your path 👀. Fun Fact: the fear of Friday the 13th is called friggatriskaidekaphobia.

Friggatriskaidekaphobia comes from Frigg, the Norse goddess of wisdom after whom Friday is named, and the Greek words triskaideka, meaning 13, and phobia, meaning fear.

What else are we mixing into today’s edition?

🎾 Men’s fall schedule
⚽️ Soccer ties
🕷️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Matches Set. The men’s tennis team dropped its 2024 fall schedule. The Spiders begin play today at the UNCG Hidden Dual. Next is the River City Open on Oct. 4-6. The Elon Invitational and Atlantic 10 Fall Individual happen on Oct. 25-27. The team starts November with the Wake Forest Invite on the 1st-3rd. They finish the fall campaign with the Virginia Tech Dynamic Duo on Nov. 8-10. 🎾 Here’s more about the schedule.

🔼 Tied at 2. The soccer team tied Radford 2-2. Grace Ferrara and Kelly Hutton scored for the Spiders. It was Ferrara’s first career goal as a Spider. The team had a total of 15 shots with eight being on goal. ⚽️ Here’s more about the tie.

🔼 Speedy Spiders. The women’s cross country team was picked to finish second in the Atlantic 10 Preseason Poll. The men’s team was picked 10th in the 15-team conference. 👟 See the full Preseason Poll list here.

🤔 SPIDERS TRIVIA

New Podcast. The third Spider Insight Podcast of the season has been released.

Who is featured on the podcast?

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

🕷️ ONE BIG THING

Welcome! The Spider baseball team signed 13-year-old Parker Plank as the Team IMPACT athlete for the 2024-25 season. Plank has been battling Leukemia for the past two years at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital. Team IMPACT is where student-athletes extend their commitment to providing sick children in their local community a profound sense of belonging. ⚾️ Here’s more about Plank and Team IMPACT.

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Friday, September 13

🎾 Men’s Tennis UNCG Hidden Dual
🏑 Field Hockey vs Ohio State @ 5pm ET | Live Stats | Watch

Saturday, September 14

⛳️ Women’s Golf Nittany Lion Invitational | Live Stats
🎾 Men’s Tennis UNCG Hidden Dual
🎾 Women’s Tennis ITA Hall Of Fame Classic
🏈 Football vs. Charleston Southern @ 2pm ET | Listen | Live Stats | Watch | Parking | Tickets

Sunday, September 15

⛳️ Women’s Golf Nittany Lion Invitational | Live Stats
🎾 Men’s Tennis UNCG Hidden Dual
🎾 Women’s Tennis ITA Hall Of Fame Classic
🏑 Field Hockey at Longwood @ 12pm ET | Live Stats | Watch

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Aaron Trusler!

🕷️ Have a great Friday!

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