Spiders Morning Jolt 12/4: No. 19 Ranking

The women's basketball team is No. 19 in the initial NCAA NET Ranking.

Good morning. It’s National Sock Day, Cookie Day and Santa’s List Day! The perfect combination to begin the holiday season.

What else are we mixing into today’s edition?

🏈 Buck Buchanan Award Finalist
⚾️ Training season
🕷️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Finalist. Defensive end Jeremiah Grant has been named one of three top finalists for the Buck Buchanan Award. The award recognizes the FCS national defensive player of the year. Grant had 53 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, an FCS-high 13.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, eight quarterback hurries and two pass breakups for his best season yet.

🔼 Winter Work. The baseball team has been busy working out in the frigid temperatures. The men have been trying multiple different sports including track and field and swim and dive. Check out more training photos here.

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Rachel Ullstrom recently set a Richmond women’s basketball record with 11 made three-pointers while scoring a career-high 35 points. She became the first Spider to score 35 or more points since 2004.

🤔 SPIDERS TRIVIA

Tonight’s Game. The women’s basketball team hosts Georgetown tonight at 6 p.m. ET.

When was the last time the schools faced each other?

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

🕷️ ONE BIG THING

Ranked! The women’s basketball team ranks No. 19 in the first NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) rankings of the season. The Spiders also received a program-best 13 votes in the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 Poll this week. The team is 8-0 overall. 🏀 Here’s more about the rankings.

📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Wednesday, December 4

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Georgetown @ 6pm ET | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Sunday, December 8

🏀 Men’s Basketball at Auburn @ 12pm ET | Listen
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Columbia @ 2pm ET | Henrico Sports & Events Center | Tickets

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 2019!

🕷️ Have a great Wednesday!

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