Good morning. Name a school with a better view. Oh wait… you can’t.🤷

What else are we mixing into today’s Brew?

🏀 Adam Hood: assistant coach
🥎 Regionals ready
🚀 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Welcome! The men’s basketball program welcomes Adam Hood as the new assistant coach. Hood recently coached at UTSA for eight seasons. He has a total of 12 years coaching in Division I. Before collegiate coaching, Hood served five years as a commissioned United States Air Force Officer. While at UTSA, Hood handled the offense, and the team ranked among the top 40 in pace of play four times.

🏀 Get more info on Hood here.

🔼 Coming Up. The softball team is preparing for its first game in the Tallahassee Regional. This is the 11th all-time bid UCF has received to the NCAA Tournament. The Knights are going into the tournament with a 30-23 season record and a 12-15 Big 12 Conference record. This is the sixth consecutive non-COVID-19-shortened 30-win season. The women take on Auburn tomorrow at 2 p.m. ET.

🥎 Read more about Regionals here.

Knights Fans! International Diamond Center would like to congratulate all recent graduates! Shop their UCF jewelry collection here.

🤔 TRIVIA FOR YOU

Getting Comfortable. The Knights are taking on Auburn tomorrow. This will be their second time facing the Tigers in playoffs.

How many times have UCF and Auburn faced each other in total?

Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🚀 ONE BIG THING

VIP Status. We have one Knight headed to the 79th U.S. Women’s Open Championship! Pimpisa Sisutham will compete at the Open on May 30-June 2 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. There are 146 players across 26 qualifying sites. Sisutham will play two rounds and will continue if she is in the top 60.

⛳️ Here’s more about Sisutham and the Open.

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Thursday 5/16

⚾️ Baseball at Baylor @ 7:30pm ET | Listen | Live Stats | Watch

Friday 5/17

🥎 Softball NCAA Tournament vs. Auburn @ 2pm ET | Live Stats | Watch
⚾️ Baseball at Baylor @ 7:30pm ET | Listen | Live Stats | Watch

Saturday 5/18

🥎 Softball NCAA Tournament vs. TBA @ TBA
⚾️ Baseball at Baylor @ 2pm ET | Listen | Live Stats | Watch

Sunday 5/19

🚣 Rowing Big 12 Championship

🚀 Click here to view the entire UCF Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 4!

🚀 Have a great Thursday, y’all!