Good morning! Sunny and 85 degrees at first pitch, with just a bit of a breeze…the Dish is the place to be this afternoon!

What are we serving up in today's Brew?

⚾️ Game day is here
⛳️ Best freshman
​⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 It’s Game Day. You can stop sitting around and twiddling your thumbs waiting for Virginia baseball to start its road to Omaha - it’s finally game day in Charlottesville again!

The Hoos, the No. 1 seed in the Regional and No. 7 seed nationally, take on Army today at noon ET on ESPN+.

The Black Knights are 38-16, fresh off their fifth consecutive Patriot League championship. They hit .304 as a team on the season, and pitched to a 4.11 ERA.

🎥 June is different around here

🎟 Tickets - NCAA Charlottesville Regional

📅 NCAA Charlottesville Regional Schedule

🔼 Fabulous Frosh. Virginia freshman golfer Ben James had a fantastic first year as a Hoo.

James placed first in five tournaments this season, including wins in his first collegiate event back in September and the NCAA Regional in Las Vegas. On top of that, he placed top-four in 10 of 13 events, and was sixth at the NCAA Championships.

He’s a finalist for both the Haskins Award and Jack Nicklaus Award, on Wednesday was named a PING first-team All-American, and yesterday was named the NCAA Division I Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award winner!

Way to go, Ben 👏

🔼 Listen To The Wahoos. Episode No. 323 of the Wahoo Central Podcast is now live!

In this week’s episode, Cavalier baseball Hall of Famer Joe Koshansky reflects on the first Regional UVA hosted in 2004, and UVA head women’s basketball coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton gives an update on her team’s offseason.

🎧 Wahoo Central Podcast No. 323: Joe Koshansky and Amaka Agugua-Hamilton

🔼 Track Smarts. Ten members of the Virginia track and field program were honored this week with Academic All-District distinction.

Congrats to Hanne Borstlap, Keara Seasholtz, Esther Seeland, Alix Still and Anna Workman on the women’s side, and Derek Johnson, Nate Mountain, Owayne Owens, Alex Sherman and Justin Wachtel from the men’s!

🤔 HOOS TRIVIA

Superb Singles Play. Natasha Subhash, a newly-minted two-time Academic All-American, reached 20 singles wins this season.

How many times in her career has she now reached that mark?

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

⏪ 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…

⚔️ PHOTO ALBUM: Topping Out & Groundbreaking Ceremonies. The Virginia Athletics department had a special ceremony to celebrate the Topping Off of the new Football Operations Center and the Groundbreaking for the new Olympic Sports Complex.

⚔️ Brian Rasmussen Named Men’s Tennis Assistant Coach. Rasmussen has spent time as a volunteer assistant coach and mentor to the men’s tennis team since 2019.

⚔️ Natasha Subhash Repeats As Academic All-American. Subhash is the only Hoo in program history to earn the distinction, and has done so two years in a row.

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📅 THE WEEKEND AHEAD

Friday 6/2

⚾️ GAME 1: Baseball vs Army - NCAA Charlottesville Regional @ noon ET | ESPN+ | Tickets | Tournament Central

Saturday 6/3

⚾️ GAME 3: Game 1 Loser vs Game 2 Loser @ noon ET

⚾️ GAME 4: Game 1 Winner vs Game 2 Winner @ 6:00pm ET

Sunday 6/4

⚾️ GAME 5: Game 4 Loser vs Game 3 Winner @ noon ET

⚾️ GAME 6: Game 4 Winner vs Game 5 Winner @ 6:00pm ET

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Three!

She also earned her third straight invitation to compete in the NCAA Singles Championship this year.

Have a great weekend, y’all.