Good morning, Spiders. The hype for football season is growing! Keep an eye out for the intro video.

What else are we mixing into today’s edition?

🏆 Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame
⚽️ Senior Day
🕷️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Hall of Famers. Spider Athletics named five individuals to the 2025 University of Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame Class. The class includes women’s tennis coach Mark Wesselink, Lesia Bilak-Schinnerer, Bridget Merrick, Brent Holsten and Lawson “Buzz” Montsinger. The 2004-05 women’s basketball squad will be honored as the Team of Distinction. 🏆 Read more about the selected Spiders.

🔼 Senior Slay. The soccer team celebrated the seniors in its second game of the season. The Spiders fell to Coastal Carolina 1-0, putting them at 1-1 overall this year. Emma Newman led the team with four shots, including two on goal. Veronica Rrapi recorded three saves in goal. 🎥 “Thank you soccer,” by the seniors.

🤔 SPIDERS TRIVIA

Tradition.

The 2025 Hall of Fame Class is the ## in school history.

Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🕷️ ONE BIG THING

Inside Look. See how the defense has been performing at Fall Camp in the video above!

The Drive Ahead is brought to you by Sheehy Lexus of Richmond, the Official Luxury Automotive Partner of the Richmond Spiders. Stop by their showroom on Midlothian Turnpike and test drive the all-new RX and GX. Lexus, Experience Amazing.

Thursday, August 21

⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. ECU @ 5pm ET | Live Stats | Watch

Sunday, August 24

⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Wofford @ 2pm ET | Watch

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 48th!

🕷️ Have a great Monday!

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