Good morning, Spiders. Women’s basketball head coach Aaron Roussell has been named the 2025 Kathy Delaney-Smith Mid-Major Coach of the Year! He led the Spiders to one of the most successful seasons in program history. Read all about his achievements!

What else are we mixing into today’s edition?

🏑 New assistant coach
⛳️ Men’s and women’s honors
🕷️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Welcome! The field hockey team has a new assistant coach. Joe Chomet brings extensive experience from his work in elite-level coaching in England. He helped guide teams to multiple national titles across several age groups. Chomet was the head coach for the Women’s 1st team at Spencer Hockey Club. 🏑 Here’s more about Chomet.

🔼 Duo Honors. The golf programs each had athletes earn conference honors. Carson Baez earned A-10 Men’s Golf Rookie of the Week. Katie Magner was named the A-10 Women’s Golf Rookie of the Week. ⛳️ Read about their performances.

🔼 Jumping Long. Track and field athlete Molly Wise was named the Atlantic 10 Field Performer of the Week. She won the long jump at the Raleigh Relays last week with a new school record length of 6.32m. 👟 Learn more about Wise.

🤔 SPIDERS TRIVIA

Best Bet.

The Atlantic 10 Conference named men’s tennis player ____ the Player of the Week.

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

🕷️ ONE BIG THING

#3. The Atlantic 10 Conference named Lara Bakhaya the women’s tennis Player of the Week. This is her third career weekly award. She helped the Spiders in wins over George Mason and Georgetown last week. 🎾 Here’s how she did.

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Friday, April 4

👟 Track & Field Colonial Relays | Live Stats
⚾️ Baseball at Rhode Island @ 12/3pm ET | Live Stats | Watch

Saturday, April 5

👟 Track & Field Colonial Relays | Live Stats
⛳️ Men’s Golf Haskins Award Invitational
🥍 Women’s Lacrosse at UMass @ 11am ET | Live Stats | Watch
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. ECU/Christopher Newport @ 12pm ET
🥍 Men’s Lacrosse at Hobart @ 12pm ET | Live Stats | Watch
🎾 Women’s Tennis at William & Mary @ 1pm ET
🏈 Football Spring Game @ 1pm ET

Sunday, April 6

⛳️ Men’s Golf Haskins Award Invitational
⚽️ Women’s Soccer Alumnae Game
⛳️ Women’s Golf UMD Terp Invitational
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Delaware @ 11am ET | Watch
⚾️ Baseball at Rhode Island @ 12pm ET | Live Stats | Watch

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

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