Good morning! This weekend’s forecast in Charlottesville calls for partly cloudy skies and a high of 79. If that isn’t perfect tennis-watching weather, we don’t know what is. Virginia men’s and women’s tennis is hosting the Charlottesville Regional this weekend and tickets are only $5 for general admission and $3 with your student ID.

What else are we serving up in today's Brew?

🎾 A weekend of aces, double-faults, and backspin
🏀 Remembering Terry Holland
​⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Third Time’s The Charm. For the third straight year, Virginia will be hosting the first and second rounds of both the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships. The matches will start today and go through Sunday afternoon at the Virginia Tennis Facility at the Boar’s Head Resort.

Tickets are $5 for general admission and $3 for students with a valid ID per session. Ages 2 and up are required to have a ticket.

The women’s team (18-6) earned an at-large bid into the field of 64 teams, earning a No. 12 seed. UVA will host Northeast Conference champion LIU (12-10) in the second match on Friday. Princeton (16-6) and Fordham (14-7) will play in the opener.

The men’s team (24-4) earned the ACC’s automatic bid into the championship and was named the No. 5 overall seed. They’ll look to defend last year’s title and open play by facing Navy (23-19) as the second match on Saturday, with Ole Miss (17-9) and VCU (20-5) playing in the first match of the day.

🔼 On Guard. Virginia women’s basketball head coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton announced that transfer Jillian Brown will join the 2023-2024 Cavalier team.

A 5’10” guard who was named to the 2021 Jersey Mike’s Naismith National High School Girls Trophy Watch List during her senior season at East Grand Rapids High School, the rising junior ranked as the No. 44 overall recruit in the class by Prospect Nation and No. 50 by ESPN HoopGurlz. She started 25 of 27 games during her freshman season at Northwestern, averaging 8.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game.

🔼 Paying Tribute. Terry Holland had a tremendous impact on numerous student-athletes and coaches during his tenure as a coach and athletics director at Virginia, Davidson, and East Carolina.

On Saturday, May 6 at 2:00pm ET, many of those individuals will have the opportunity to discuss the influence Holland had on their lives during a tribute to honor him at John Paul Jones Arena.

🕰️ The event is open to the public. In addition to members of the Holland family, the lineup of speakers and presenters is a Who’s Who of college athletics.

🔊 Listen Up: Indiana Pacers head coach and former Cavalier Rick Carlisle previews the Tribute For Terry Holland.

🤔 HOOS TRIVIA

Three cheers. Virginia tennis is leading the way for athletic events in Charlottesville this weekend. As we said above, this is the third straight year that Virginia will be hosting the first and second rounds of both the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships.

Virginia has won five NCAA titles in the programs’ histories, but do you remember when they went back to back to back for three consecutive championships?

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…

⚔️ Three members of the Virginia women’s tennis team earned invitations to compete in the NCAA Individuals Championships, being held later this month from May 22-27 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida. Grad student Julia Adams earned at-large invitations to compete in both the singles and doubles championships, partnering with sophomore Mélodie Collard in the latter. Senior Natasha Subhash earned an at-large invitation to the singles championship.

⚔️ Four members of the Virginia men’s tennis team also earned invitations to compete in the NCAA Individuals Championships. Junior Chris Rodesch will be a 9-16 seed in the singles championship. Juniors Iñaki Montes and Jeffrey von der Schulenburg also earned at-large bids into the singles championship. Grad student Ryan Goetz earned the ACC’s automatic qualification into the doubles championship as the top-ranked team in the ACC. They will be a 5-8 seed in the championship.

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📅 THE WEEKEND AHEAD

Friday 5/5

🎾 Princeton vs. Fordham @ 1:00pm ET

🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. LIU @ 4:00pm ET

Saturday 5/6

🎾 Ole Miss vs. VCU @ 10:00am ET

🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Navy @ 1:00pm ET

🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Princeton/Fordham @ 4:00pm ET

Sunday 5/7

🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Ole Miss/VCU @ 1:00pm ET

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 2005-2007

Have a great Friday and an even better weekend, y’all.