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Good morning, Hokie Nation. Say it louder for the people in the back!
What all are we covering in today’s edition, Hokies? Check it out below!
🏈 Saturday Night Live
🏀 History Maker
👟 Lacing ‘Em Up
✍️ And much, much more!
🔼 Saturday Night Live. After what will almost be a month since their last competition at home, Virginia Tech football will return to Lane Stadium as they face the Stanford Cardinal tomorrow night.
The matchup will serve as the third time in contest history that the two teams have faced off against one another, and the first time in history that the contest will take place in Blacksburg.
This weekend’s home game against the Cardinal ushers in yet another variety of exciting promotions and thrilling gameday events that fans of all ages won’t want to miss.
Kickoff on the ACC Network is set for 7:30 p.m. ET.
🏈 Five Things To Know
🏈 First Look: VT vs. Stanford
🎟️ Buy Tickets To Last Two Home Games Via SeatGeek
🔼 Coming Home. Tonight, Virginia Tech men's basketball looks to continue its perfect start to the 2026-27 season when the Hokies welcome Mount St. Mary's to Cassell Coliseum for a 7 p.m. ET tipoff on ACC Network Extra.
After an impressive road victory over Iowa earlier this week, Tech returns home looking towards Ben Hammond and Amani Hansberry to lead the way to a 4-0 start to the year.
Tip-off on ACC Network Extra is set for 7 p.m. ET.
🔼 History Maker. Freshman Jessica Dimaro put on quite a show in the River City on Thursday night, shattering several program records to lead Virginia Tech women’s basketball to a 77-66 victory over VCU.
Dimaro finished with a utterly dominant 23-point, 24-rebound double-double in the win. She is the first player in program history to record 20 points and 20 rebounds in the same game. Dimaro’s 24 rebounds set a new program standard, surpassing Elizabeth Kitley’s mark of 21, last reached on Jan. 17, 2021.
With the win, head coach Megan Duffy earned her 200th career victory and her 46th at the helm of the Hokies.
🔼 Diamond Dates. Rolling out another competitive slate of spring action on the diamond, Virginia Tech baseball head coach John Szefc revealed the Hokies’ 2027 regular season schedule this week, mapping the team’s arduous path through the ACC with routine regional challenges sprinkled in along the way.
Among its five ACC home series taking place at English Field, Virginia Tech will host Cal (March 12-14), Notre Dame (March 26-28), Miami (April 2-4), Wake Forest (April 23-25) and Boston College (May 20-22).
Tickets for the 2027 season will be made at a later date (sign up to be the first to know when tickets are made available).
🔼 Lacing ‘Em Up. Virginia Tech's men's and women's cross country teams will look to punch their tickets to the NCAA Championships this morning when the Hokies compete at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships in Spartanburg, S.C.
Hosted by USC Upstate at Milliken Research Park, the event begins with the women's 6K race at 10 a.m. ET, followed by the men's 10K at 11 a.m.
Virginia Tech enters the regional with both programs nationally ranked, as the men sit at No. 15 and the women at No. 14 following impressive performances at the ACC Championships.
🦃 MAKE YOUR PLEDGE
Virginia Tech Athletics and the Hokie Club have officially tipped off the 2026-27 Winter Pledge Per campaign, giving fans a high-energy way to back their favorite teams all season long.
Choose your team, set your pledge, and watch your support grow with every moment that matters from threes, to pins, to record-setting performances and postseason runs.
🤔 HOKIE TRIVIA
In Jessica Dimaro’s historic 24-rebound performance against VCU on Thursday night, the freshman sensation also set a program record for offensive rebounds.
How many times did she clean the offensive glass against the Rams?
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📆 THE DAYS AHEAD
*all times are ET*
Friday, Nov. 13
👟 Cross Country vs. NCAA Southeast Regionals (Spartanburg, S.C.) @ 11am
🏐 Volleyball at NC State @ 7pm | ACC Network Extra | Live Stats
🏀 Men's Basketball vs. Mount St. Mary's @ 7pm | ACCNX | Listen | Live Stats | Tickets
Saturday, Nov. 14
🏈 Football vs. Stanford @ 7:30pm | ACC Network | Listen | Live Stats | Sold Out! Buy on SeatGeek
Sunday, Nov. 15
🏐 Volleyball at Wake Forest @ 1pm | ACC Network Extra | Live Stats
🏀 Women's Basketball vs. La Salle @ 2pm | ACCNX | Listen | Live Stats | Tickets
Monday, Nov. 16
🏀 Men's Basketball vs. Richmond @ 7pm | ACCNX | Listen | Live Stats | Tickets
🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER
Answer: 17.
Dimaro’s 17 offensive rebounds set a program record, eclipsing the previous mark of 11 set by Utaha Drye on Feb. 2, 2009.
🦃 Have a great one, Hokie Nation!
