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Conference">Big East</a> (primary)<br /><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Athletic_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Athletic Association">CAA</a> (women's rowing)<br /><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association_Football_Conference" title="Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference">CAA Football</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Metro_Atlantic_Athletic_Conference" title="Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference">MAAC</a> (women's water polo)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;"><a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a> (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Athletic director</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">Lynn Tighe (Interim)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Villanova,_Pennsylvania" title="Villanova, Pennsylvania">Villanova</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Varsity teams</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">24</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Football stadium</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Villanova_Stadium" title="Villanova Stadium">Villanova Stadium</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Basketball arena</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Finneran_Pavilion" title="Finneran Pavilion">William B. Finneran Pavilion</a> (<i>on campus</i>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a> (<i>high-attendance games</i>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Baseball stadium</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Villanova_Ballpark_at_Plymouth" title="Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth">Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Soccer stadium</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Higgins_Soccer_Complex" title="Higgins Soccer Complex">Higgins Soccer Complex</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Mascot</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">Will D. Cat</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Nickname</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">Wildcats</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Fight song</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">"V for Villanova"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Colors</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">Navy blue and white<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#00205B"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://villanova.com/">villanova<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Villanova_wordmark_2024.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Villanova_wordmark_2024.png/250px-Villanova_wordmark_2024.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Villanova_wordmark_2024.png/330px-Villanova_wordmark_2024.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Villanova_wordmark_2024.png/500px-Villanova_wordmark_2024.png 2x" data-file-width="588" data-file-height="182" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Villanova Wildcats</b> are the <a href="/wiki/College_athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="College athletics">athletic</a> teams of <a href="/wiki/Villanova_University" title="Villanova University">Villanova University</a>. They compete in the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">Big East</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a>) for every sport; except <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association_Football_Conference" title="Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference">football</a> and women's rowing where they compete in the <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">Coastal Athletic Association</a> (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">Football Championship Subdivision</a>, formerly Division I-AA), and women's water polo where the compete in the <a href="/wiki/Metro_Atlantic_Athletic_Conference" title="Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference">Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference</a>. On December 15, 2012, Villanova and the other six, non-FBS schools announced that they were departing the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> for a new conference.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This conference assumed the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">Big East</a> name on July 1, 2013. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teams">Teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="150px" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #13B5EA, inset -1px -1px 0 #13B5EA;">Men's sports </th> <th width="150px" style="background-color:#00205B;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #13B5EA, inset -1px -1px 0 #13B5EA;">Women's sports </th></tr> <tr> <td>Baseball</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats_women%27s_basketball" title="Villanova Wildcats women's basketball">Basketball</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Villanova Wildcats men's basketball">Basketball</a></td> <td>Cross country </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cross country</td> <td>Field hockey </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats_football" title="Villanova Wildcats football">Football</a></td> <td>Lacrosse </td></tr> <tr> <td>Golf</td> <td>Rowing </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_lacrosse" title="Villanova Wildcats men's lacrosse">Lacrosse</a></td> <td>Soccer </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_soccer" title="Villanova Wildcats men's soccer">Soccer</a></td> <td>Softball </td></tr> <tr> <td>Swimming & diving</td> <td>Swimming & diving </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tennis</td> <td>Tennis </td></tr> <tr> <td>Track & field<sup>1</sup></td> <td>Track & field<sup>1</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Volleyball </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Water polo </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#13B5EA;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00205B, inset -1px -1px 0 #00205B;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><sup>1</sup> – includes both indoor and outdoor.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's_basketball"><span id="Men.27s_basketball"></span>Men's basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Men's basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Villanova Wildcats men's basketball">Villanova Wildcats men's basketball</a></div> <p>The Villanova Wildcats compete in the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">Big East Conference</a> and are coached by <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Neptune" title="Kyle Neptune">Kyle Neptune</a>. The team has traditionally divided its home schedule between its on-campus arena, the <a href="/wiki/Finneran_Pavilion" title="Finneran Pavilion">William B. Finneran Pavilion</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia" title="South Philadelphia">South Philadelphia</a>, for larger draws. During the 2017–18 season, the team played its entire home schedule that season at the Wells Fargo Center following the reconstruction of the Pavilion scheduled to be completed in time for the 2018–19 school year. Wright has taken the Wildcats to 12 postseason appearances including 7 consecutive trips (2005–2011) and 5 consecutive trips (2013–2017) to the NCAA tournament. The 2011–12 team struggled and missed postseason but Coach Wright brought a surprising young team back to the 2013 NCAA tournament. Villanova has appeared in the NIT 17 times, winning in 1994, and won the Big East Tournament in 1995, 2015 and 2017. The Wildcats have appeared in the NCAA Men's Tournament 37 times, the 8th highest total in NCAA history have reached the Elite Eight 13 times. They have been to the Final Four of the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</a> on five occasions. The 1939 team coached by Al Severance reached the inaugural NCAA Final Four played at the <a href="/wiki/Palestra" title="Palestra">Palestra</a> for the <a href="/wiki/1939_NCAA_basketball_tournament" title="1939 NCAA basketball tournament">1939 NCAA basketball tournament</a>. All-American <a href="/wiki/Howard_Porter_(basketball)" title="Howard Porter (basketball)">Howard Porter</a> led a Wildcat team coached by <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kraft" title="Jack Kraft">Jack Kraft</a> to Final Four of the <a href="/wiki/1971_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1971 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1971 NCAA University Division basketball tournament</a>. Coach <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Massimino" title="Rollie Massimino">Rollie Massimino</a> took Villanova to a surprising 1985 National Championship. Current Coach <a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jay Wright (coach)">Jay Wright</a> reached the Final Four at the <a href="/wiki/2009_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</a> behind <a href="/wiki/Dante_Cunningham" title="Dante Cunningham">Dante Cunningham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Reynolds" title="Scottie Reynolds">Scottie Reynolds</a>. The team most recently won the <a href="/wiki/2018_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</a> for their third national championship. </p><p>Villanova won the <a href="/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</a> with <a href="/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game">a historic 66–64 win</a> over top-seeded <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Georgetown_Hoyas_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1984–85 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team">Georgetown</a>. The eighth-seeded Wildcats (unranked in the final AP poll) beat <a href="/wiki/Dayton_Flyers_men%27s_basketball" title="Dayton Flyers men's basketball">Dayton</a> (at Dayton), top-seeded <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Michigan_Wolverines_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1984–85 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team">Michigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Maryland_Terrapins_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1984–85 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team">Maryland</a> and second-seeded <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball" title="North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball">North Carolina</a> to win the Southeast Regional en route to the Final Four in Lexington, Kentucky. After defeating 2-seed <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Tigers_men%27s_basketball" title="Memphis Tigers men's basketball">Memphis State</a> (now known as Memphis) in the national semifinals, Villanova met defending champion and ten-point-favorite Georgetown, led by Patrick Ewing, in the title game on April 1, 1985. The Wildcat squad remains the lowest overall seed in tournament history to win the championship, and their overall team shooting percentage of 78.6% remains an NCAA tournament record for a single game. This Championship Game is often cited among the greatest upsets in college basketball history. <a href="/wiki/Ed_Pinckney" title="Ed Pinckney">Ed Pinckney</a>, who shot 5-of-7 and had 16 points in the game, was named the NCAA tournament's Most Outstanding Player. </p><p>On April 4, 2016, the Wildcats won their second NCAA Championship in Men's Basketball, the first time in 31 years. They beat the North Carolina Tar Heels 77-74 off a buzzer-beater shot by Kris Jenkins with 0.5 seconds remaining in regulation. Two years later, on April 2, 2018, Villanova earned its third national championship beating the Michigan Wolverines 79–62. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's_basketball"><span id="Women.27s_basketball"></span>Women's basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Women's basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats_women%27s_basketball" title="Villanova Wildcats women's basketball">Villanova Wildcats women's basketball</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Harry_Perretta_600th_win.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Harry_Perretta_600th_win.jpg/220px-Harry_Perretta_600th_win.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Harry_Perretta_600th_win.jpg/330px-Harry_Perretta_600th_win.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Harry_Perretta_600th_win.jpg/440px-Harry_Perretta_600th_win.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2720" data-file-height="2176" /></a><figcaption>Harry Perratta's 600th game win basketball</figcaption></figure> <p>The Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team are coached by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Perretta" title="Harry Perretta">Harry Perretta</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> now serving his 42nd year as head coach of the team. For the 2017–18 season, they will play their home games at <a href="/wiki/Jake_Nevin_Field_House" title="Jake Nevin Field House">Jake Nevin Field House</a> on the Villanova campus while the future Finneran Pavilion is undergoing $65 million renovations.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Women's basketball program started in 1969 and played under CIAW and <a href="/wiki/Association_for_Intercollegiate_Athletics_for_Women" title="Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women">AIAW</a> through 1981–82 season before moving to NCAA Division I. In the 81–82 season, the Wildcats posted an outstanding 29–4 record and reached the Final Four of the 1982 <a href="/wiki/AIAW_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="AIAW women's basketball tournament">AIAW women's basketball tournament</a> before losing to eventual National Champion, Rutgers. Through the 2009–10 season, the Villanova Women have a 669–413 alltime record since the program started in 1969. Previous head coaches include Liz Cawley (1969–70), Jane Sefranek-Stoltz (1970–75) and Joan King (1975–78). The 1982–83 season was the initial season for Villanova Women's basketball to play NCAA Division I and they joined the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> Conference that same season. Villanova was the Big East regular season and tournament champions in both 1985–86 and 1986–87 behind All-American Shelly Pennefather. </p><p>During the 2008–09 season, Coach Perretta led the Wildcats to the NCAA tournament for the ninth time in his Villanova career. This marked the ninth postseason appearance in the previous 10 years for the Wildcats. After playing in the 2000 WNIT, Villanova went to four consecutive NCAA tournaments from 2001 to 2004 before playing in the WNIT in 2005, 2006 and 2008. </p><p>The 2002–03 season was a special one for the Wildcats. In addition to an impressive 28–6 overall record and a 12–4 Big East Conference mark, the Wildcats won their third <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> Conference Tournament championship and first since 1987 with an improbable 52–48 upset over previously unbeaten Connecticut. The win snapped Connecticut's then NCAA Division I women's basketball record of 70-straight victories and ended Connecticut's streak of nine-straight conference tournament championships. </p><p>The dean of the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Big_5" title="Philadelphia Big 5">Big 5</a> coaches, Harry Perretta has brought the Wildcats national respect and success during his tenure at Villanova which began in 1978 at the age of 22. Coach Perretta reached a coaching milestone on November 12, 2011, with a win over <a href="/wiki/Iona_College_(New_York)" class="mw-redirect" title="Iona College (New York)">Iona</a>, representing the 600th win of his career. He is the 35th coach in the history of women's basketball at any level to reach the 600 win plateau, including the 22nd to accomplish the feat at the Division I level. Perretta is only the seventh NCAA Division I coaches to have 600 victories all at one school.<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 8, 2012, Perretta reached another milestone as he became the seventh coach across all NCAA divisions to coach 1,000 games at the same institution. Perretta was named the 2009 Big East Conference Co-Coach of the Year. That was the third time in his career that he has garnered Big East Coach of the Year distinction. He has led the Wildcats to fourteen seasons of 20 wins or more. Since joining the Big East in 1982, Perretta has compiled a 200–175 conference record through 2010. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_Women%27s_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year">Shelly Pennefather</a>, was recognized in 1987 as the nation's top women's college basketball player, winning the Margaret Wade Trophy and earning Kodak All-America honors. Pennefather was the first 3-time winner of the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_Women%27s_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year">Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year</a>. She is the all-time leading scorer in the history of Villanova basketball with 2408 points. Pennefather was named the best Colorado Girls High school player of all-time and led <a href="/wiki/Bishop_Machebeuf_Catholic_High_School" title="Bishop Machebeuf Catholic High School">Bishop Machebeuf Catholic High School</a> to a 96–0 record and 3 State Championships. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats_football" title="Villanova Wildcats football">Villanova Wildcats football</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_and_Mary_Military_Appreciation_game_(7514047).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/William_and_Mary_Military_Appreciation_game_%287514047%29.jpg/220px-William_and_Mary_Military_Appreciation_game_%287514047%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/William_and_Mary_Military_Appreciation_game_%287514047%29.jpg/330px-William_and_Mary_Military_Appreciation_game_%287514047%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/William_and_Mary_Military_Appreciation_game_%287514047%29.jpg/440px-William_and_Mary_Military_Appreciation_game_%287514047%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4524" data-file-height="2286" /></a><figcaption>A football game between the Wildcats (right) and <a href="/wiki/William_%26_Mary_Tribe_football" title="William & Mary Tribe football">William & Mary Tribe</a> at <a href="/wiki/Zable_Stadium" title="Zable Stadium">Zable Stadium</a> in 2022</figcaption></figure> <p>The Wildcats compete in the <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association" title="Coastal Athletic Association">Coastal Athletic Association</a> and are coached by Mark Ferrente, 2nd season 5–6, who in 2017 succeeded <a href="/wiki/Andy_Talley" title="Andy Talley">Andy Talley</a> the most successful football coach in school history with over 225 victories and one National championship. Since moving to I-AA, Villanova has made 12 appearances in the I-AA/FCS playoffs making trips to the NCAA Semifinal in 2002 and 2010 and winning the 2009 FCS National Championship. The Wildcats played in the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship">NCAA Division I Football Championship</a> game on December 18, 2009, against the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Montana" title="University of Montana">Montana</a> <a href="/wiki/Montana_Grizzlies_football" title="Montana Grizzlies football">Grizzlies</a>. The Wildcats beat the Grizzlies 23–21 to win their first NCAA Division I-AA National Championship. </p><p>Villanova played in bowl games following the 1936, 1947, 1948, 1961, and 1962 <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> seasons. After 87 seasons, the board of trustees voted to drop football in April 1981 due to financial losses and poor attendance. In April, 1984, the board of trustees agreed to reinstate football at the Division I-AA, now FBS level as a 65-scholarship program and named <a href="/wiki/Andy_Talley" title="Andy Talley">Andy Talley</a> as head coach. The restored program began competing in 1985 at the Division III level and returned to full <a href="/wiki/Division_I_(NCAA)#Football_Championship_Subdivision" class="mw-redirect" title="Division I (NCAA)">Division I-AA</a> (now Division I FCS) level during the 1988 season. </p><p>Villanova football has sent 36 players to the NFL over the years, including Hall of Fame defensive end <a href="/wiki/Howie_Long" title="Howie Long">Howie Long</a>, formerly of the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a>, and All-Pro running back <a href="/wiki/Brian_Westbrook" title="Brian Westbrook">Brian Westbrook</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a>. </p><p>Villanova plays its archrival the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Delaware" title="University of Delaware">Delaware</a> <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Fightin%27_Blue_Hens_football" title="Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football">Fightin' Blue Hens</a> in the "<a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Blue" title="Battle of the Blue">Battle of the Blue</a>". Villanova leads the all-time series which was first played in 1895 by the margin of 23–21–1. The Wildcats have a current series where they play the <a href="/wiki/Temple_University" title="Temple University">Temple</a> <a href="/wiki/Temple_Owls_football" title="Temple Owls football">Owls</a> for the Philadelphia "Mayor's Cup". Villanova won the inaugural game in September 2009 but dropped the next three games to the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">FBS</a> school. Villanova still leads the all-time series that started in 1928 by the margin of 16–15–2. In recent seasons the Wildcats also play the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">Penn</a> <a href="/wiki/Penn_Quakers_football" title="Penn Quakers football">Quakers</a> with many of the games held at historic <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Field" title="Franklin Field">Franklin Field</a>. Villanova has an 11–6 lead in the series first played in 1905 and most recently in 2015. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's_lacrosse"><span id="Men.27s_lacrosse"></span>Men's lacrosse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Men's lacrosse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats_men%27s_lacrosse" title="Villanova Wildcats men's lacrosse">Villanova Wildcats men's lacrosse</a></div> <p>The <b>Villanova Wildcats men's lacrosse</b> team represents Villanova University in <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (NCAA) <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a> men's <a href="/wiki/College_lacrosse" title="College lacrosse">lacrosse</a>. Villanova currently competes as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">Big East Conference</a> and plays their home games at <a href="/wiki/Villanova_Stadium" title="Villanova Stadium">Villanova Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Villanova,_Pennsylvania" title="Villanova, Pennsylvania">Villanova, Pennsylvania</a>. Coach Michael Corrado has taken the team to its only three NCAA appearances in history during his tenure and the school is poised for greater success in upcoming seasons. </p><p>Villanova rose as high as #2 ranking and qualified for an at-large bid in the 2018 NCAA tournament where they lost to eventual finalist <a href="/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University">Duke University</a> in the first round. In 2011 Villanova rose as high as #7 ranking and qualified for an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament where they lost to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Denver" title="University of Denver">University of Denver</a> in the first round. During the regular season, the Wildcats drew over 6500 fans to a Big East match-up with Syracuse setting a new on-campus record for Lacrosse. Brian Karalunas became the first USILA First Team All-American in Villanova history. </p><p><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through 2009, Villanova men's lacrosse was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Athletic_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Athletic Association">Colonial Athletic Association</a> and won the CAA tournament for their first title in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fourth-seeded Wildcats were the lowest-seeded championship team in conference history.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That season, Villanova also made their first <a href="/wiki/2009_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Lacrosse_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship">NCAA tournament</a> appearance, where they were routed in the first round by first-seeded <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Cavaliers" title="Virginia Cavaliers">Virginia</a>, 18–6.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2004 team finished 13-3 playing against the stiff competition of the CAA. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Track_and_field">Track and field</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Track and field"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Villanova University's <a href="/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">Track and field</a> team has a history of athletic success that has spanned from championships in <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">both</a> <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">incarnations</a> of the Big East Conference to NCAA championships.<sup id="cite_ref-trackandfield_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trackandfield-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The men's team has produced 69 NCAA championships, 36 indoor and 33 outdoor. The team has had 8 NCAA team championships—4 cross country, 3 indoor ('68, '71, '79), 1 outdoor ('57). Prior to NCAA sponsoring Indoor T&F in 1965, Villanova won 6 <a href="/wiki/ICAAAA" class="mw-redirect" title="ICAAAA">ICAAAA</a> Indoor T&F Championships ('57, '58, '60, '62, '63, '64). Villanova has produced 28 athletes who have made appearances in the Olympics, 10 of whom have medaled (7 Gold medals, 3 Silver medals). The men's team has also won 112 <a href="/wiki/Penn_Relays" title="Penn Relays">Penn Relays</a> Championships, which stands as the most wins by any school. The men's current coaches include head coach, <a href="/wiki/Marcus_O%27Sullivan" title="Marcus O'Sullivan">Marcus O'Sullivan</a>, and assistant head coach, Anthony Williams.<sup id="cite_ref-trackandfield_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trackandfield-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The women's team has also had a multitude of success, producing 10 Big East team Championships and 7 NCAA team Championships. They have also produced 7 Olympians including <a href="/wiki/Vicki_Huber" title="Vicki Huber">Vicki Huber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonia_O%27Sullivan" title="Sonia O'Sullivan">Sonia O'Sullivan</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_Certain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Certain (page does not exist)">Kim Certain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kate_Fonshell" title="Kate Fonshell">Kate Fonshell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jen_Rhines" class="mw-redirect" title="Jen Rhines">Jen Rhines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carmen_Douma" class="mw-redirect" title="Carmen Douma">Carmen Douma</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Carrie_Tollefson" title="Carrie Tollefson">Carrie Tollefson</a>. The Women's team has won 28 <a href="/wiki/Penn_Relays" title="Penn Relays">Penn Relays</a> Championships, which is the most wins by any women's program. The current women's coaches include head coach, Gina Procaccio, and assistant head coach, Anthony Williams.<sup id="cite_ref-trackandfield_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trackandfield-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Wildcats also hold the NCAA record in the 4 × 800 m relay set at the Penn Relays in 2013 </p><p>At least one Villanova athlete has competed in every <a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Summer Olympics">Summer Olympics</a> since 1948, winning a total of 13 medals (9 gold, 4 silver).<sup id="cite_ref-NovaMagSum2008_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NovaMagSum2008-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cross_country">Cross country</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Cross country"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Villanova Men's and Women's Cross Country teams have a successful history of Big East and NCAA National Championships. Villanova won both the Men's and Women's <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> Cross Country Team Titles in 2011. </p><p>The 2011 women's Cross Country team finished as national runner-up led by Sheila Reid individual title. In 2010 and 2009, the women's cross country team won the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Women%27s_Cross_Country_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship">NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship</a> under Coach <a href="/wiki/Gina_Procaccio" title="Gina Procaccio">Gina Procaccio</a>. The 2010 victory was led by individual national champion Sheila Reid of Villanova who repeated her NCAA individual crown in 2011. </p><p>The Wildcats hold the NCAA Division I record for the most <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Women%27s_Cross_Country_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship">NCAA Team and Individual Women's Cross Country Champions</a> with 9 NCAA Team Championships ('89, '90, '91, '92, '93, '94, '98, '09, '10) and 9 NCAA individual champions, 7 of which coincided. </p><p><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Women%27s_Cross_Country_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship">NCAA Individual Cross Country Champions</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vicki_Huber" title="Vicki Huber">Vicki Huber</a> 1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonia_O%27Sullivan" title="Sonia O'Sullivan">Sonia O'Sullivan</a> 1990, 1991</li> <li>Carole Zajac 1992, 1993</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Rhines" title="Jennifer Rhines">Jennifer Rhines</a> 1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Tollefson" title="Carrie Tollefson">Carrie Tollefson</a> 1997</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Reid_(athlete)" title="Sheila Reid (athlete)">Sheila Reid</a> 2010, 2011</li></ul> <p>The 2011 Villanova Men's Cross Country team finished 13th in the Team competition at NCAA meet.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Villanova has won 4 <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Cross_Country_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship">NCAA Men's Cross Country Team Championships</a> covering 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1970. </p><p><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Cross_Country_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship">NCAA Individual Cross Country Champions</a> </p> <ul><li>Victor Zwolak 1963</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Tiernan" title="Patrick Tiernan">Patrick Tiernan</a> 2016</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Swimming_and_diving">Swimming and diving</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Swimming and diving"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Villanova_Swimming_and_Diving" class="mw-redirect" title="Villanova Swimming and Diving">Villanova Swimming and Diving</a></div> <p>In its history, Villanova Swimming and Diving has produced several Olympians. Most recently <a href="/wiki/Maddy_Crippen" title="Maddy Crippen">Maddy Crippen</a> competed in the 400m individual medley at the <a href="/wiki/2000_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 Olympics">2000 Olympics</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/2008_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Olympics">2008 Olympics</a>, Villanova was represented by <a href="/wiki/Kristina_Lennox-Silva" title="Kristina Lennox-Silva">Kristina Lennox-Silva</a>. Lennox competed for <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> and swam the 400m freestyle and 200m butterfly. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NCAA_team_championships">NCAA team championships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: NCAA team championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Villanova has 21 NCAA team national championships.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Men's (12)</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship#Team_titles" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship">Basketball</a> (3): 1985, 2016, 2018</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Cross_Country_Championship#Team_titles" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship">Cross Country</a> (4): 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship#Team_titles" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship">Football</a> (FCS) (1): 2009</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Indoor_Track_and_Field_Championships#Team_titles" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships">Indoor Track & Field</a> (3): 1968, 1971, 1979</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Outdoor_Track_and_Field_Championships#Team_titles" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships">Outdoor Track & Field</a> (1): 1957</li></ul></li> <li><b>Women's (9)</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Women%27s_Division_I_Cross_Country_Championship#Team_titles" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship">Cross Country</a> (9): 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2009, 2010</li></ul></li> <li>see also: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference#NCAA_Team_Championships" title="Big East Conference">Big East Conference NCAA team championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_schools_with_the_most_NCAA_Division_I_championships#NCAA_Division_I_Team_Championships" title="List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships">List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conference_realignment">Conference realignment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Conference realignment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2012 the presidents of seven Big East schools which do not sponsor FBS football (also sometimes referred to as the "Catholic 7"), including Villanova, voted unanimously to leave the Big East and form a new conference. The new conference, which kept the Big East name, officially began on July 1, 2013. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_non-varsity_sports">Notable non-varsity sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notable non-varsity sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ultimate">Ultimate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Ultimate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Athletic teams representing Villanova University</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:25em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Main Line Ultimate</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">University</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">Villanova University</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Association</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/USA_Ultimate" title="USA Ultimate">USA Ultimate</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Conference</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">East Penn - Ohio Valley Region</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Villanova's men's <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultimate (sport)">ultimate (sport)</a> (formerly known as ultimate frisbee) team, Main Line Ultimate, has competed in the <a href="/wiki/USA_Ultimate" title="USA Ultimate">USA Ultimate</a> Division 1 regular season and Championship Series since 2003 and has existed on campus as a club since the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club practices three times a week, competes in 3-5 tournaments a semester, and has a developmental team. Main Line Ultimate is coached by Chris Cruz '15 and assistant Ethan Fortin '17. Tryouts take place every fall semester where the team aims to introduce students to ultimate and find dedicated athletes for the team. Most new members do not have ultimate experience before tryouts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Championship_Series_Finishes">Championship Series Finishes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Championship Series Finishes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Conference championship </th> <th>Regional Championship </th></tr> <tr> <th>2019 </th> <td>2nd </td> <td>5th </td></tr> <tr> <th>2018 </th> <td>Champions </td> <td>4th </td></tr> <tr> <th>2017 </th> <td>Champions </td> <td>10th </td></tr> <tr> <th>2016 </th> <td>4th </td> <td>16th </td></tr> <tr> <th>2015 </th> <td>4th </td> <td>14th </td></tr> <tr> <th>2014 </th> <td>7th </td> <td>DNQ </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Individual_awards">Individual awards</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Individual awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Player </th> <th>Award </th></tr> <tr> <th>2018 </th> <td>Dan Wickens </td> <td>Ohio Valley Coach of the Year </td></tr> <tr> <th>2018 </th> <td>Ethan Fortin </td> <td>First Team All Region </td></tr> <tr> <th>2017 </th> <td>Ethan Fortin </td> <td>First Team All Region </td></tr> <tr> <th>2017 </th> <td>Chris Dixon </td> <td>Second Team All Region </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby">Rugby</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Rugby"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Athletic teams representing Villanova University</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:25em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Villanova Ruby Football Club</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">University</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">Villanova University</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Association</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;">USA Rugby</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.25em;line-height:1.2em;padding-right:1.0em;">Conference</th><td class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align:middle;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Keystone_Conference&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Keystone Conference (page does not exist)">Keystone Conference</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Villanova Rugby Football Club regained its official sanctioning by the university in 2010, after losing this status and being classified as a recreational sport during the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-villanovan.com_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-villanovan.com-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/College_rugby" class="mw-redirect" title="College rugby">college rugby</a> team has been able to develop a roster of over 50 players, due in part to the growing popularity of rugby at the high school level,<sup id="cite_ref-villanovan.com_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-villanovan.com-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Wildcats are supported by a network of rugby alumni that contribute towards the cost of the rugby program.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Wildcats are led by head coach Jack Foley, a former Villanova RFC athlete, USA 7s player, and a head coach at various programs since 1998. Recently, the Wildcats played at the 2013 <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_Rugby_Championship" title="Collegiate Rugby Championship">Collegiate Rugby Championship</a>, the highest profile competition in college rugby, which was broadcast live on NBC from <a href="/wiki/PPL_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="PPL Park">PPL Park</a> in Philadelphia. Currently, Villanova competes in the D1-AA Keystone Conference for both 15s and 7s rugby. The team also schedules out of conference games, such as its preseason wins over Columbia, UPenn, and Lehigh in the fall of 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following its regular spring sevens schedule, the team also competes in the annual Philadelphia Cup at <a href="/wiki/PPL_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="PPL Park">PPL Park</a> which runs concurrent with the CRC. Winning the Philadelphia Cup guarantees the Wildcats a spot in the CRC for the next year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Collegiate_sports_in_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Collegiate sports in Philadelphia">Collegiate sports in Philadelphia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Villanova_Wildcats&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://villanova.com/documents/2014/2/4/_nova_genrel_2013_14_misc_non_event__standards-guide.pdf"><i>Villanova Athletics Identity Standards Guide and Apparel Specifications</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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title="NBA G League">G League</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Blue_Coats" title="Delaware Blue Coats">Delaware Blue Coats</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Esports" title="Esports">Esports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Overwatch_League" title="Overwatch League">Overwatch League</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Fusion" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Fusion">Philadelphia Fusion</a> (defunct)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">Football</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Arena_Football_League" title="Arena Football League">AFL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Soul" title="Philadelphia Soul">Philadelphia Soul</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">Hockey</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">AHL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_Phantoms" title="Lehigh Valley Phantoms">Lehigh Valley Phantoms</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/ECHL" title="ECHL">ECHL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Reading_Royals" title="Reading Royals">Reading Royals</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Hockey_League_(2013%E2%80%93)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Hockey League (2013–)">EHL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Little_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Little Flyers">Philadelphia Little Flyers</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Junior_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Junior Flyers">Philadelphia Junior Flyers</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Revolution" title="Philadelphia Revolution">Philadelphia Revolution</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">Rugby league</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/USA_Rugby_League" title="USA Rugby League">USARL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bucks_County_Sharks" title="Bucks County Sharks">Bucks County Sharks</a></dd> <dd>Delaware Black Foxes</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Fight" title="Philadelphia Fight">Philadelphia Fight</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Roller_derby" title="Roller derby">Roller derby</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Flat_Track_Derby_Association" title="Women's Flat Track Derby Association">WFTDA</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Diamond_State_Roller_Girls" class="mw-redirect" title="Diamond State Roller Girls">Diamond State Roller Girls</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_Roller_Derby" title="Lehigh Valley Roller Derby">Lehigh Valley Roller Derby</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philly_Roller_Derby" title="Philly Roller Derby">Philly Roller Derby</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Soccer</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">MLS</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union" title="Philadelphia Union">Philadelphia Union</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/MLS_Next_Pro" title="MLS Next Pro">MLS Next Pro</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Union_II" title="Philadelphia Union II">Philadelphia Union II</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/National_Independent_Soccer_Association" title="National Independent Soccer Association">NISA</a></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Fury_(2011%E2%80%932019)" title="Philadelphia Fury (2011–2019)">Philadelphia Fury</a> (hiatus)</i></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/USL_League_Two" title="USL League Two">USL2</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_United" title="Lehigh Valley United">Lehigh Valley United</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ocean_City_Nor%27easters" title="Ocean City Nor'easters">Ocean City Nor'easters</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Lone_Star_FC" title="Philadelphia Lone Star FC">Philadelphia Lone Star FC</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Reading_United_AC" title="Reading United AC">Reading United AC</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/West_Chester_United_SC" title="West Chester United SC">West Chester United SC</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Soccer_League" title="National Premier Soccer League">NPSL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City_FC" title="Atlantic City FC">Atlantic City FC</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Torch_FC" title="Torch FC">Torch FC</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">Tennis</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/World_TeamTennis" title="World TeamTennis">WTT</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Freedoms" title="Philadelphia Freedoms">Philadelphia Freedoms</a> (defunct)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lacrosse" title="Lacrosse">Lacrosse</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League" title="National Lacrosse League">NLL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(2018%E2%80%93)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Wings (2018–)">Philadelphia Wings</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Premier_Lacrosse_League" title="Premier Lacrosse League">PLL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Waterdogs" title="Philadelphia Waterdogs">Philadelphia Waterdogs</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultimate (sport)">Ultimate</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/American_Ultimate_Disc_League" class="mw-redirect" title="American Ultimate Disc League">AUDL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phoenix_(AUDL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Phoenix (AUDL)">Philadelphia Phoenix</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:College_sports_teams_in_the_United_States_by_sport" title="Category:College sports teams in the United States by sport">College athletics</a><br /> (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Div. I</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Fightin%27_Blue_Hens" title="Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens">Delaware Blue Hens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drexel_Dragons" title="Drexel Dragons">Drexel Dragons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lafayette_Leopards" title="Lafayette Leopards">Lafayette Leopards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Salle_Explorers" title="La Salle Explorers">La Salle Explorers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Mountain_Hawks" title="Lehigh Mountain Hawks">Lehigh Mountain Hawks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn_Quakers" title="Penn Quakers">Penn Quakers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princeton_Tigers" title="Princeton Tigers">Princeton Tigers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rider_Broncs" title="Rider Broncs">Rider Broncs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_Hawks" title="Saint Joseph's Hawks">Saint Joseph's Hawks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_Owls" title="Temple Owls">Temple Owls</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Villanova Wildcats</a></li></ul> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Big_5" title="Philadelphia Big 5">Philadelphia Big 5</a> and <a href="/wiki/City_6" title="City 6">City 6</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/College_athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="College athletics">College athletics</a><br /> (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Div. II</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Rams" title="Jefferson Rams">Jefferson Rams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Chester_Golden_Rams" title="West Chester Golden Rams">West Chester Golden Rams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilmington_Wildcats" title="Wilmington Wildcats">Wilmington Wildcats</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Currently defunct teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Template:Defunct_Philadelphia_sports_teams" title="Template:Defunct Philadelphia sports teams">Template:Defunct Philadelphia sports teams</a></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><div role="note" 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title="Baseball">Baseball</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">IL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_IronPigs" title="Lehigh Valley IronPigs">Lehigh Valley IronPigs</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Scranton/Wilkes-Barre_RailRiders" title="Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders">Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Eastern_League_(1938%E2%80%93present)" title="Eastern League (1938–present)">EL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Altoona_Curve" title="Altoona Curve">Altoona Curve</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Erie_SeaWolves" title="Erie SeaWolves">Erie SeaWolves</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg_Senators" title="Harrisburg Senators">Harrisburg Senators</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Reading_Fightin_Phils" title="Reading Fightin Phils">Reading Fightin Phils</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_League_of_Professional_Baseball" title="Atlantic League of Professional Baseball">ALPB</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lancaster_Stormers" title="Lancaster Stormers">Lancaster Stormers</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/York_Revolution" title="York Revolution">York Revolution</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/MLB_Draft_League" title="MLB Draft League">MLBDL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/State_College_Spikes" title="State College Spikes">State College Spikes</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Williamsport_Crosscutters" title="Williamsport Crosscutters">Williamsport Crosscutters</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Frontier_League" title="Frontier League">FL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Washington_Wild_Things" title="Washington Wild Things">Washington Wild Things</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Prospect_League" title="Prospect League">PL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Johnstown_Mill_Rats" title="Johnstown Mill Rats">Johnstown Mill Rats</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/The_Basketball_League" title="The Basketball League">TBL</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Reading_Rebels" title="Reading Rebels">Reading Rebels</a></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association_(2000%E2%80%93present)" title="American Basketball Association (2000–present)">ABA</a></dt> <dd>Central Pennsylvania Kings</dd> <dd>Delco Desperados</dd> <dd>Erie Elite</dd> <dd>Philly Thunder</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Steel_City_Yellow_Jackets" title="Steel City Yellow Jackets">Steel City Yellow Jackets</a></dd> <dd>Wyoming Valley Clutch</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/East_Coast_Basketball_League" title="East Coast Basketball League">ECBL</a></dt> <dd>Philly Raiders</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">Cricket</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Cricket" title="Minor League Cricket">MiLC</a></dt> <dd>The Philadelphians</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">Football</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a 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