Good morning. Women’s basketball plays its first game of the A-10 Championship today! The Spiders take on Duquesne at 11am.

What else are we mixing into today’s edition?

⚾️ Pitcher of the Week
🎾 Rookie of the Week
🕷️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Best Arm. The Atlantic 10 named Brian Reinke the Baseball Pitcher of the Week. Reinke went 2-0 in relief appearances over 7.2 innings of work. He only allowed one hit and struck out seven batters. This is his second career weekly honor. ⚾️ Read more about Reinke.

🔼 Rookie Moves. The Atlantic 10 named Sofia Barbulescu the Women’s Tennis Rookie of the Week. This is her second weekly honor of the season. Barbulescu was undefeated as she won two doubles matches and two singles matches against Campbell and East Carolina. 🎾 Here’s more about Barbulescu.

🤔 SPIDERS TRIVIA

Final Home Game. The men’s basketball team plays its final home game of the regular season Saturday at 6pm against George Mason.

How many players will the team honor in a pre-game Senior Day ceremony?

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

🕷️ ONE BIG THING

Smart Spider. The Atlantic 10 named Melissa Nwakalor to the 2024-25 Women’s Swimming and Diving All-Academic team. She is one of the ten athletes honored. To be nominated, Nwakalor had to be at least a sophomore and maintain a 3.0 GPA. 🏊 Learn more about Nwakalor.

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Friday, March 7

🏀 Women’s Basketball A-10 Championship vs. #9 Duquesne @ 11am ET | Tickets | Watch
👟 Track & Field IC4A/ECAC Championships | Live Stats
⚾️ Baseball vs. UMass Lowell @ 2pm ET | Live Stats | Watch
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Randolph-Macon @ 3pm ET

Saturday, March 8

👟 Track & Field IC4A/ECAC Championships | Live Stats
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Bucknell @ 10am ET | Watch
⚾️ Baseball vs. Lafayette/UMass Lowell @ 10am/2pm ET | Live Stats
🥍 Men’s Lacrosse vs. UMBC @ 11:30am ET | Live Stats | Tickets
🥍 Women’s Lacrosse vs. George Mason @ 3:30pm ET | Live Stats
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. George Mason @ 6pm ET | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Sunday, March 9

👟 Track & Field IC4A/ECAC Championships | Live Stats
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Chris Banister Golf Classic
⚾️ Baseball vs. Lafayette @ 2pm ET | Live Stats | Watch

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 6! (Jack D’Entremont, Liam Weaver, B. Artis White, Dusan Neskovic, Jason Roche, DeLonnie Hunt)

🕷️ Have a great Friday!

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