New for the 2025-26 academic year, Villanova will announce its top performers from the previous week in a press release and social media post each Monday afternoon. The weekly wrap will recognize one standout student-athlete from each sport who competed during the previous week.
 
VILLANOVA, Pa.—A jam-packed week with 12 teams in action saw Villanova earn four All-America honors in track & field at the indoor NCAA Championships. Senior men's distance runner Marco Langon became the second athlete in school history to finish in the top three of two individual events in the saeme year at the indoor NCAA meet, while graduate women's middle distance runner Lizzie Martell made her NCAA Championships debut in the 800 meters. The water polo team has won nine of its last 10 matches and is off to its first 3-0 start in conference play since 2019, while the men's and women's basketball teams each garnered at-large selections to the NCAA Tournament in Sunday night selection shows. Wall-to-wall action during the week leads this week's latest edition of the Villanova Athletics Weekly Wrap sponsored by Zajac and Padilla.
 
Baseball
Brayden Leonard
Sophomore, Infield, Alpharetta, Ga.
 
Villanova won three of its four games last week, including a come-from-behind win over La Salle in the home opener and a series win on the road at Charleston Southern. Leonard hit safely in all four games and batted .438 (7-for-16) for the week with three doubles, four runs scored and three runs batted in. He reached base nine times and struck out just once in 18 plate appearances during the week. His best game came against La Salle when he reached base four times and finished the day 3-for-4 with two doubles, a hit by pitch, two runs scored and two RBI.
 
Men's Basketball
Duke Brennan
Senior, Center, Chandler, Ariz.
 
Brennan scored a team-high 14 points as Villanova took on Georgetown in the quarterfinal round of the BIG EAST Tournament in New York. He made 4-of-7 shots from the field and went 6-of-8 at the line to finish the day with 14 points, six rebounds, three assists, one block and two steals. Brennan has scored in double figures in four straight games and is averaging 15.3 points and 9.8 rebounds per contest while shooting 71 percent (24-of-34) from the floor over the four-game stretch.
 
Women's Basketball
Jasmine Bascoe
Sophomore, Guard, Milton, Ont.
 
Villanova advanced to the championship game of the BIG EAST Tournament for the third time in the last six years with Bascoe leading the way. She averaged 20.0 points per game in three contests during the conference tournament and added to her scoring with totals of 14 rebounds, eight assists and seven steals. In the championship game against top-seeded and unbeaten Connecticut last Monday, Bascoe had a team-high 14 points to go with five rebounds and four steals.
 
Golf
Ryan Pamer
Senior, Hudson, Ohio
 
Pamer was the top Villanova finisher in a strong team showing at the Peoples Championship in St. Simons Island, Ga., last week. He tied for 12^th place out of more than 120 golfers in the field and carded a total score of 210 (-3) over 54 holes. Pamer got out to a hot start with a round of 67 (-4) on the first day of the tournament and he would eventually go on to record 38 pars and 10 birdies on the weekend. The Wildcats tied for fifth place out of 21 teams in a big field at the Peoples Championship and shot even par (852) as a team over the 54 holes of golf.
 
Men's Lacrosse
Luke Raymond
Graduate Student, Attack/Midfield, Crownsville, Md.
 
Raymond has scored at least three goals in four of his seven games played this season after doing so just once in 47 career games played before this season. His last outing came at home against Towson this past weekend when he scored a team-high three goals. Raymond has emerged as the Wildcats offensive leader with 18 goals scored and 20 points so far on the season. He is converting his shots at a .474 clip and has taken 38 shots in total. Raymond has also tallied 12 ground balls and four caused turnovers on the year.
 
Softball
Jaclyn Morra
Sophomore, Infield, West Babylon, N.Y.
 
Morra collected the second and third three-hit games of her collegiate career just three days apart this week. Over four games total in a busy week on the diamond, she batted .438 (7-for-16) with a double, two runs scored and three runs batted in. Morra helped spark the Wildcats to a 10-2 win over Monmouth in the home opener on Wednesday afternoon when she went 3-for-3 with a double, three RBI and a run scored. She also went 3-for-4 with a run scored in the middle game of a three-game set against BIG EAST foe Butler. Morra is batting .267 with a .345 on-base percentage in 27 games played this season.
 
Men's Swimming & Diving
Nate Warson, Junior, Diving, Valley Village, Calif.
 
To close out his first year at Villanova, Warson competed at the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships hosted by Navy last week. He tallied a 28^th place finish in the preliminary round of the three-meter diving competition and came in 31^st in the preliminary round on the one-meter board. Warson was the silver medalist in each of those events at the BIG EAST Championships last month and garnered all-conference honors in each event.
 
Men's Tennis
Cooper Gordon
Senior, Milton, Ga.
 
Villanova split a pair of matches during the week, and Gordon teamed up with junior teammate Ethan Carr for wins at No. 1 doubles in each match. The doubles tandem posted a 6-4 win over Creighton for the Wildcats only victory of the day against their conference foes. They also scored a 7-6 win at the top doubles spot against Loyola (Md.) over the weekend, with Gordon adding a win at No. 1 singles in straight sets (6-0, 6-1) to help Villanova earn a 6-1 team decision over the Greyhounds.
 
Women's Tennis
Maggie Gehrig
Senior, Charlotte, N.C.
 
In the team's only match of the week, Gehrig posted wins at No. 1 doubles and No. 2 singles to help the Wildcats forge a 5-2 road win over Loyola (Md.). She won her singles match in straight sets by scores of 6-2 and 6-4. Villanova started the day by sweeping the doubles matches against the Greyhounds, with Gehrig teaming up with senior Emi Callahan for a 7-5 win at the No. 1 spot.

Men's Indoor Track & Field
Marco Langon
Senior, Distance, Raritan, N.J.
 
Langon made history at the NCAA Championships this past weekend where he came in second in the 5000 meters and third in the 3000 meters. He earned first team All-America honors in both events and became only the second men's athlete in school history to finish in the top three of two individual events in the same year at the indoor national championships. His runner-up finish in the 5K is the best-ever indoor result for a Villanova runner in that event, beating his own sixth place finish a year ago. Langon now has eight career All-America honors spanning the cross country, indoor and outdoor seasons. That is one away from tying the men's program record of nine All-America accolades which is held by three athletes.
 
Women's Indoor Track & Field
Lizzie Martell
Graduate Student, Middle Distance, Essex Junction, Vt.
 
A season worth of All-America recognition ended exactly that way for Martell who was an NCAA Championships qualifier in the 800 meters. She competed at a national championship meet for the first time in her collegiate career and posted a time of 2:07.65 in the semifinal heats of the 800 meters in Fayetteville, Ark. over the weekend. Her efforts earned her second team All-America recognition for the 2026 indoor season. During the year, Martell broke the indoor school record in the 800 meters with a time of 2:01.70 in Seattle last month. She also ran the third-fastest 500 meters in school history (1:11.19) and ran the 800 meter leg of the distance medley relay which set an indoor school record with a time of 10:49.98.
 
Water Polo
Riley Hull
Sophomore, Attacker, San Diego, Calif.
 
Villanova had a dominant week to open conference play and is off to its first 3-0 start since 2019 in the MAAC standings. The week included the Wildcats first win over Wagner since 2015 (15-14, overtime), with that game also marking their second victory over a ranked team this season. Villanova added wins over La Salle (14-13) and LIU (19-12) during the week. Hull was the leading scorer against LIU with seven goals to go along with two blocks, and she tied for the team lead with four goals scored in the overtime win against the Seahawks. Hull drew four exclusions against Wagner and eight versus La Salle, with her stat line against the Explorers also including two goals and four steals.
 

Villanova Performers of the Week for March 9-15
Sport	Name	Class	Hometown
Baseball	Brayden Leonard	Sophomore	Alpharetta, Ga.
Men's Basketball	Duke Brennan	Senior	Chandler, Ariz.
Women's Basketball	Jasmine Bascoe	Sophomore	Milton, Ont.
Golf	Ryan Pamer	Senior	Hudson, Ohio
Men's Lacrosse	Luke Raymond	Graduate Student	Crownsville, Md.
Softball	Jaclyn Morra	Sophomore	West Babylon, N.Y.
Men's Swimming & Diving	Nate Warson	Junior	Valley Village, Calif.
Men's Tennis	Cooper Gordon	Senior	Milton, Ga.
Women's Tennis	Maggie Gehrig	Senior	Charlotte, N.C.
Men's Indoor Track & Field	Marco Langon	Senior	Raritan, N.J.
Women's Indoor Track & Field	Lizzie Martell	Graduate Student	Essex Junction, Vt.
Water Polo	Riley Hull	Sophomore	San Diego, Calif.

Villanova Athletics Scoreboard
March 9-15
 
Baseball
March 10: Villanova 14, La Salle 10
March 13: Villanova 5, Charleston Southern 4
March 14: Villanova 5, Charleston Southern 0 (Game 1)
March 14: Charleston Southern 22, Villanova 4 (7 innings) (Game 2)
 
Men's Basketball
March 12: #11 Georgetown 78, #3 Villanova 64
 
Women's Basketball
March 9: #1 Connecticut 90, #2 Villanova 51
 
Golf
March 12: Peoples Championship (4^th of 21, Round 1)
March 13: Peoples Championship (tie-5^th of 21, Round 2)
March 14: Peoples Championship (tie-5^th of 21, Final)
 
Men's Lacrosse
March 14: No. 19 Towson 17, Villanova 11
 
Softball
March 11: Villanova 10, Monmouth 2 (5 innings)
March 13: Butler 6, Villanova 2
March 14: Butler 12, Villanova 5
March 15: Butler 12, Villanova 9 (10 innings)
 
Men's Swimming & Diving
March 9: NCAA Zone A Diving Championship (Warson: 28^th, 3-meter)
March 10: NCAA Zone A Diving Championship (Warson: 31^st, 1-meter)
 
Men's Tennis
March 12: Creighton 7, Villanova 0
March 14: Villanova 6, Loyola (Md.) 1
 
Women's Tennis
March 14: Villanova 5, Loyola (Md.) 2
 
Men's Indoor Track & Field
March 13: NCAA Championships (tie-11^th of 30, Day 1)
March 14: NCAA Championships (18^th of 54, Final)
 
Women's Indoor Track & Field
March 13: NCAA Championships (Marell – 16^th, 800 Meters)
 
Water Polo
March 11: Villanova 14, La Salle 13
March 14: Villanova 15, No. 20 Wagner 14 (ot)
March 15: Villanova 19, LIU 12

Villanova Athletics Schedule
March 16-22
 
Baseball
March 17: Coppin State (3:35 PM)
March 20: UNC Asheville (3:05 PM)
March 21: UNC Asheville (2:00 PM)
March 22: UNC Asheville (1:00 PM)
 
Men's Basketball
March 20: #8 Villanova vs. #9 Utah State (4:10 PM ET / 1:10 PM PT)
 
Women's Basketball
March 20: #10 Villanova vs. #7 Texas Tech (8:30 PM ET / 7:30 PM CT)
 
Men's Lacrosse
March 17: at Lehigh (7:00 PM)
 
Women's Lacrosse
March 17: Stony Brook (2:00 PM)
March 21: Xavier (12:00 PM)
 
Softball
March 18: Saint Joseph's (3:30 PM)
March 20: at Creighton (6:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM CT)
March 21: at Creighton (3:00 PM ET / 2:00 PM CT)
March 22: at Creighton (1:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM CT)
 
Men's Tennis
March 21: Marquette (2:00 PM)
 
Women's Tennis
March 18: vs. Saint Joseph's (10:00 AM)
March 22: St. John's (6:30 PM)
 
Men's Outdoor Track & Field
March 22: Penn Challenge
 
Women's Outdoor Track & Field
March 22: Penn Challenge
 
Water Polo
March 21: at Marist (9:00 AM)
March 22: vs. VMI (9:00 AM)