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Hoos Brew 10/16: The Focus Is Clear

Football is locked in on its Homecomings game against Washington State!

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Hoos Brew Crew
October 16, 2025

What else do we have brewing this morning?

🏐 Rivalry win
🏈 Football stays focused
​⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Rivalry Win! Virginia volleyball claimed Round 1 against Virginia Tech in the Smithfield Commonwealth Clash on Wednesday, beating the Hokies in five sets in Blacksburg!

The two teams will meet again this weekend, with the Clash shifting to Charlottesville on Sunday at 3 p.m.

🔼 Locked In. Next up for No. 18 Virginia football is its annual Homecomings game, a non-conference clash with Washington State at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Scott Stadium, where the Wahoos are 4-0 this season.

The Cougars have Virginia’s full attention, with several impressive performances already on tape this season.

🔼 Dishing It Up. The University of Virginia’s baseball roster for 2026 is made up of players who can be divided into five distinct groups.

About a dozen players who were at UVA last season remain in the program. About a half-dozen others transferred from Duke to UVA this summer, including slugger AJ Gracia, pitcher Henry Zatkowski and infielder Noah Murray. Several of the Cavaliers’ freshmen originally signed with Duke last fall expecting to play for Chris Pollard in Durham, N.C. Other first-years signed with UVA last fall expecting to play for Brian O’Connor in Charlottesville.

And then there are the transfers who played last season at Davidson, Rider, Western Kentucky, Eastern Michigan, Virginia Tech and Indian River State, respectively.

🔼 Regional Ready. Members of the Virginia women’s tennis team will be competing at the 2025 ITA Atlantic Regional Championship Oct. 16-21 at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center in Blacksburg, Va.!

Today’s Trivia Question: Virginia football has won four games in a row. When was the Hoos’ last five-game win streak?

🎧 TUNE IN: INSIDE VIRGINIA ATHLETICS

Director of Athletics Carla Williams is joined by Virginia Director of Tennis Andres Pedroso to discuss Olympic sports at Virginia in the revenue share era and the opening of the Harrison Family Olympic Sports Center.

🎥 PROVING GROUNDS:
Preseason with Virginia Men’s Basketball
EPISODE 2

Episode Two of the all-access series that follows Head Coach Ryan Odom and the Cavaliers as they begin a new era of Virginia Basketball.

⏪ ICYMI

We like our Brew hot ‘n’ fresh, but we’re not opposed to you reheating your cup. Here’s some news you may have missed recently…

Kymora Johnson Voted To Preseason All-ACC Team. Additionally, the Cavaliers were picked to finish seventh in the ACC preseason poll, marking their highest position in the poll since they were picked to finish sixth in 2017.

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Thursday, October 16
🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA Atlantic Regional (Blacksburg, Va.)
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Vanderbilt (EXH.) @ 7:30 p.m.

Friday, October 17
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Stanford Intercollegiate (Stanford, Calif.)
🏊‍♀️ Swimming & Diving at Swimming World Cup (Westmont, Ill.)
👟 Cross Country hosts Panorama Farms Invitational @ 9:30 a.m.
🥎 Softball vs. Radford (EXH.) @ 6 p.m.

Saturday, October 18
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Stanford Intercollegiate (Stanford, Calif.)
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Louisville @ 5 p.m. | ACCNX
🏈 Football vs. Washington State @ 6:30 p.m. | The CW

Sunday, October 19
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Stanford Intercollegiate (Stanford, Calif.)
🚣‍♀️ Rowing at Head of the Charles Regatta (Boston, Mass.)
🏑 Field Hockey at William & Mary @ 1 p.m.
⚾️ Baseball vs. Navy (EXH.) @ 1 p.m.
🏐 Volleyball vs. Virginia Tech @ 3 p.m. | ACCNX
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Denver @ 5 p.m. | ACCNX

Trivia Answer: 2007!

⚔️ Have a great Thursday, y’all!