Good morning! Get prepared for the football game now! Experience the Enter Sandman entrance from the field by sharing a story about you or a family member affected by breast cancer. And buy your Maroon Effect t-shirt.

What else are we kicking into today’s edition, Hokies?

⚽️ 2 Top-100 Freshmen
🎗️ Join the fight
🦃 And much, much more!

🦃 STOCK UP

🔼 Fresh Plays. Top Drawer Soccer named two Hokie freshmen men’s soccer players to its Top 100 Freshman ranking. Floki Stephensen is ranked No. 22, and Ian Marcano is No. 49.

⚽️ Stephensen’s bio.
⚽️ Marcano’s bio.

🔼 Join the Fight. Women’s basketball player Rose Micheaux wants you to join her in the fight against pediatric cancer and blood disorders in SWVA.

🎗️ Join the fight.

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🤔 HOKIE TRIVIA

More Yards. Wide receiver Da’Quan Felton is closing in on 2,000 career receiving yards.

How many does he need against Georgia Tech on Saturday to reach the mark?

Think you got it? Scroll to the bottom and find out!

🟠 OFFENSIVE SPOTLIGHT

Beware. Wide receiver Da’Quan Felton continues to serve as a big play threat. Felton has posted 17 catches for 181 yards with two touchdowns. In the game against Stanford, he had four receptions for 84 yards, both statistics leading Tech receivers. Felton received an 89.8 receiver rating on passes of 10-19 yards and a 90.5 receiving rating when catching passes in the intermediate center of the field.

🏈 Read more about Felton.
🎙️ Pregame press conference with Brent Pry, Jaden Keller and Xavier Chaplin.
🎧 New Level Seven Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music.

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📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Thursday, October 24

⚽️ Women’s Soccer at NC State @ 7pm ET

Friday, October 25

🎾 Men’s Tennis Elon Invite
⛳️ Women’s Golf Landfall Tradition
🏐 Volleyball at Boston College @ 1pm ET
🥎 Softball vs. Radford @ 6pm ET
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Duke @ 6pm ET

Saturday, October 26

🎾 Men’s Tennis Elon Invite
⛳️ Women’s Golf Landfall Tradition
⛳️ Men’s Golf Steelwood Intercollegiate
🏈 Football vs. Georgia Tech @ 12pm ET (Homecoming/Maroon Effect)

Sunday, October 27

🎾 Men’s Tennis Elon Invite
⛳️ Women’s Golf Landfall Tradition
⛳️ Men’s Golf Steelwood Intercollegiate
🥍 Lacrosse at Duke Play Day
🏐 Volleyball at Syracuse @ 1pm ET
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Notre Dame @ 1pm ET

🦃 Click here to view the entire Virginia Tech Athletics Calendar.
🦃 Game promotions schedule.

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 89!

🦃 Have a great Thursday!