Good morning, Knights. It’s football time! The Knights host Jacksonville State tonight at 7pm!

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

⚽️ First home victory
🎾 4 preseason rankings
🚀 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Shutout! The men’s soccer team played its first home game of the season against UTRGV and won 4-0. This also marks the team’s first win of the season. The Knights scored all four goals in the first half. Malick Thiaw, Claudel N’goubou, Lillian Ricol and Seiryu Ono each scored. Goalkeeper Juanvi Muñoz had one save. UCF recorded 17 shots and eight were on goal.

⚽️ Read more about the win.

🔼 Honored. The women’s soccer team plays today! And what better way to start gameday than Gabi Berchon being named the Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Week!

🔼 Ranked! The men’s tennis team had multiple athletes earn spots in the ITA preseason rankings. Pedro Rodriguez is ranked No. 4 on the ITA Newcomers list and No. 79 in the national singles rankings. Mehdi Benchakroun is ranked No. 42 in singles and Paul Colin and Wissam Abderrahman are ranked No. 35 in doubles.

🎾 Here’s more about the athletes.

🤔 TRIVIA FOR YOU

Happening Tomorrow. The cross country team heads to Jacksonville, Fla. tomorrow to kick off its 2025 slate at the Florida Intercollegiate hosted by the University of North Florida.

This marks the first trip to the campus since ___.

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

🚀 ONE BIG THING

Top 100. Women’s tennis player Aya El Aouni has been ranked No. 94 in the ITA Preseason Singles Rankings. She had a standout freshman season, going 12-5 in singles and 16-7 in doubles in 2025. She posted a 5-1 record on court one and 6-4 on court two for the Knights last season.

🎾 Learn more about El Aouni.

📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Thursday, August 28

⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Florida @ 7pm ET | Live Stats | Watch
🏈 Football vs. Jacksonville State @ 7pm ET | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Friday, August 29

🏐 Volleyball vs. Chattanooga @ 7pm ET | Opening Knight | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets
👟 Cross Country Florida Intercollegiate @ 7pm ET

Saturday, August 30

🏐 Volleyball vs. Norfolk State @ 4pm ET | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Sunday, August 31

⛳️ Men’s Golf Island Resort Collegiate
🏐 Volleyball vs. UC Riverside @ 1pm ET | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. UNC Greensboro @ 7pm ET | Live Stats | Watch

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 2017!

🚀 Have a great Thursday, y’all!