Good morning! First ACC win of the season ✔️. Listen to the Call of the Game when Mylyjael Poteat shot the game-winning basket!

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

🏀 Men & women beat Miami
🏊 Three dubs
🦃 And much, much more!

🔼 Just One. Forward Mylyjael Poteat led the Hokies with a career-high 25 points and a game-winning free-throw against Miami. The Hokies beat the Hurricanes 86-85. Tobi Lawal also scored in double-digits with 22 points.

🏀 Here’s more about the victory.

🔼 Conference Dub. The women’s basketball team won its first conference game this season against Miami 68-64. The Hokies came back and won the game after being down 12 points in the third quarter. Carys Baker scored a career-high 23 points.

🏀 Read more about the win.

🔼 New Royalty. The men’s and women’s swim and dive teams beat Queens University 178-79 and 157-100. The women had first-place finishers in seven events and the men had 12. The men’s team also beat South Carolina on Saturday 204-96.

🏊 See who won each event here.

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🤔 HOKIE TRIVIA

Celebrating our Hokie.

January 5th was National ___ Day, where we celebrated our mascot, the HokieBird!

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

🟠 ONE BIG THING

New Hokie. When soccer returns for its 2025 season, Syri Davis is a new face you will see on the field. Davis is a midfielder from North Carolina. She was crowned the 2024 USL W League National Champions with the U23 USL Pre-Professional W Team.

⚽️ Here’s more about Davis.

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📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Tuesday, January 7

🎙️ The Megan Duffy Show @ 6pm ET

Wednesday, January 8

🏀 Men’s Basketball at Stanford @ 9pm ET

Thursday, January 9

🏀 Women’s Basketball at Georgia Tech @ 7pm ET

Friday, January 10

🤼 Wrestling at North Carolina @ 7pm ET

Saturday, January 11

🏊 Swim & Dive at Virginia
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Cal @ 6pm ET

Sunday, January 12

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Wake Forest @ 2pm ET | Tickets

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Bird!

🦃 Have a great Monday!