Good morning, Knights. The 2026 campaign will mark the 20th season that UCF football plays its home games in Acrisure Bounce House. To recognize the landmark anniversary, UCFAA is launching “Why We Bounce,” a season-long celebration of the countless memories made inside the place Knight Nation calls home. The 2026 campaign is more than just another season. It is a chance to tell our story.

What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out below!

🎾 Advancing!
🏀 5 new WBB players
🚀 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Advancing! The No. 14 men’s tennis team beat No. 30 Arizona State in the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals. UCF swept the Sun Devils 4-0. The Knights won the doubles point and three singles matches. UCF will advance to play in the semifinals against Arizona at 2pm ET.

🔼 Moving On! The No. 20 women’s tennis team had a thrilling 4-2 win over No. 37 BYU on Thursday. The Knights advance to the Big 12 Championship Semifinals. UCF takes on No. 26 Arizona tonight at 6pm ET.

🤔 TRIVIA FOR YOU

New Assistant Coach. The women’s basketball team announced a new assistant coach. Sydnei McCaskill is an Orlando native who will join the 2026-27 staff.

McCaskill has # years of coaching staff experience.

Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

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🚀 ONE BIG THING

Fabulous Five. The women’s basketball team has four new Knights joining the 2026 roster. Mikayla Johnson is a guard transferring from Pitt. Johnson paced Pitt in scoring, averaging a career-high 13 points per game, marking the second-consecutive campaign the future Knight has averaged double digits. Key Roseby is a a transfer from Stephen F. Austin. Roseby averaged 13.1 points per game while leading the squad to their second-consecutive Southland Conference Tournament Championship. Caitlyn Jones is a transfer from Wake Forest. The point guard averaged 8.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game across last season. Candace Kpetikou is transferring from Miami. The guard played in 31 games and averaged seven minutes last season. Salome Boyomo is a French international who recently played for ZKK Ragusa. The 6-2 forward has averaged 13 points, 6.2 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game this season, which came on the back of a breakout 2024-25 campaign.

📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Friday, April 17

🎾 Women’s Tennis Big 12 Championship vs. #26 Arizona @ 6pm ET
🎾 Men’s Tennis Big 12 Championship vs. Arizona @ 2pm ET
👟 Track & Field Tom Jones Invitational
🚣 Rowing Orlando Invite @ 7:40am ET
🥎 Softball vs. Kansas @ 6pm ET | Live Stats | Watch
⚾️ Baseball vs. Cincinnati @ 6pm ET | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Saturday, April 18

🎾 Women’s Tennis Big 12 Championship
🎾 Men’s Tennis Big 12 Championship
👟 Track & Field Tom Jones Invitational
🚣 Rowing Orlando Invite @ 7:40am ET
🥎 Softball vs. Kansas @ 5pm ET | Live Stats | Watch
⚾️ Baseball vs. Cincinnati @ 6pm ET | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Sunday, April 19

🥎 Softball vs. Kansas @ 11am ET | Live Stats | Watch
⚾️ Baseball vs. Cincinnati @ 12pm ET | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

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🚀 Have a great Friday, y’all!