The Northwest Athletic Conference recently honored two Bellevue College teams and two student athletes at its annual Hall of Fame event.  

This is the first time Bellevue College has been honored in eight years. It’s also the first time women’s teams and players have been inducted, a release from the school noted. 

Rhoda Bell, one of the appointees, was a women’s track and field student athlete from 1980 to 1981. She still holds the fastest two times in the 400-meter race in the NWAC.  

Lisa Kinderlan, a fellow appointee, also played for women’s track and field as well as women’s cross country from 1980 to 1982. She was the only woman from Bellevue College to compete in three Olympic trials. 

“This was a great way to honor the rich sports history at Bellevue College,” Jeremy Eggers, Bellevue College’s athletics director, said in the press release. “There’s a lot of history here that is undocumented on our side … And what they did back then is what we’re continuing to strive to do in the sports that we do currently have.” 

The 1981 Women’s Cross Country Team was the No. 1 ranked team in the nation for community colleges. The 1983 Women’s Track and Field Team set four conference records — three of which are still standing 41 years later, the release said.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A former school record holder and Ivy medalist has been presented with a prestigious award by the University. Brooke Ury ’24 is one of 36 recent Brown alumni or graduate students who have been presented with a Fullbright Scholarship.
 
Overseen by the U.S. Department of State, the Fullbright U.S. Student Program promotes peace through intellectual and cultural exchange. They are presented each year to individuals to help conduct research or teach English in locations around the world, and are selected for their professional and academic records, as well as their potential to engage culturally with their host communities. Over the last decade, Brown has consistently been one of the nation’s top Fullbright producers.
 
Ury was selected for a Fullbright Research Award to conduct environmental health research in Munich, Germany, specifically studying the health impacts of air pollution, temperature and climate change.
 
Ury graduated from Brown in 2024 as the school record holder in the 60 meter hurdles (8.49) and the 100 meter hurdles (13.83).
 

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From June 11 to August 11, GoMatadors.com will present the top CSUN Moments from the 2024-25 sports season. Today, we celebrate the Men’s Volleyball and Women’s Water Polo teams who were each nationally ranked during the 2024-25 academic year. 
 

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CSUN Athletics produced a pair of programs that reached national rankings in their respective sports during the 2024-25 season. CSUN men’s volleyball finished the season ranked ninth, while women’s water polo reached as high as 16th during the 2025 campaign.

In men’s volleyball, CSUN finished with an 18-11 overall record and was ranked ninth in the final AVCA National Collegiate Coaches Poll of the season. The Matadors, under third-year head coach Theo Edwards, were ranked in the top-10 in the final poll of the season for the second time in the last seven seasons and 17th time since the creation of the AVCA national poll in 1986.

After concluding the season with a heartbreaking five-set loss to No. 4 UC Irvine in the Quarterfinals of the Outrigger Big West Men’s Volleyball Championship, the Matadors would finish the season ranked ninth. During the 2025 season, CSUN reached a season-high No. 7 national ranking a total of three times. After opening 2025 ranked No. 15 in the Preseason Coaches Poll, the Matadors steadily climbed in the rankings, culminating with a 12-2 record and a No. 7 national ranking on Mar. 3. That marked the highest national ranking for the Matadors since also ranking seventh on Jan. 15, 2018.

One week later, CSUN received a season-high 302 points (Mar. 10) to also rank seventh where it would remain until Mar. 17. The Matadors, ranked in all 17 national polls during the 2024 season, were ranked in all 17 polls during the 2025 season (7th three times, 8th, 9th five times, 10th, 12th, 13th, 15th three times, and 16th twice).

 

Over the course of the 2025 season, the Matadors defeated a total of eight ranked teams including No. 5 Hawai’i (Apr. 4), No. 8 Grand Canyon (Feb. 19), No. 10 UC San Diego (Apr. 10, Apr. 12), No. 10 Pepperdine (Feb. 8), No. 15 Lewis (Mar. 20), No. 19 Princeton (Mar. 12), and No. 20 George Mason (Feb. 2).

The CSUN women’s water polo team finished the 2025 season at 16-13 overall. CSUN was ranked in the Collegiate Water Polo Association top-25 national poll in 12 weeks of the season. 

The Matador water polo team would be ranked as high No. 16 on the year, marking the highest the program had been ranked nationally in a decade. CSUN remained ranked in the top-20 through the first three weeks of the season after winning seven of its first eight matches. The team would also collect a victory over nationally-ranked Villanova in a 17-14 decision at Matador Pool on March 2.

CSUN’s 2025 season marked the third consecutive year the water polo program had recorded a winning season, the first for the program since notching three straight winning years from 2013-2015. Head coach Matt Warshaw also moved up to second place in school history in all-time coaching victories at 117, just 11 off the pace from breaking the program’s all-time win mark. 

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Colorado Springs, Colo. (July 7, 2025) – The U.S. Girls U19 National Team came back from an eight-point deficit in the fourth set to defeat Türkiye, 3-1 (25-19, 20-25, 25-22, 25-23) on Monday at the 2025 FIVB Girls U19 World Championship in Osijek, Croatia.

The U.S. (3-2) advanced to the round of 16 against Germany (4-1), tomorrow, July 8, at 12:15 p.m. PT. Watch on VBTV or on the Volleyball World YouTube channel.

The U.S. finished with a 10-3 advantage in aces and a small edge in kills (50-48). Though the U.S. Girls U19 squad gave up one more block (12-11), it out-blocked Türkiye, 4-1 in the fourth set.

Outside hitter Suli Davis led all players with 15 kills, two blocks and a match-best four aces. She led the team with 10 successful receptions and contributed 10 digs.

Libero Lily Hayes led the U.S. with 18 digs and five successful receptions. Setter Genevieve Harris finished with 41 assists. Middle blocker Jordan Taylor led the U.S. with five blocks, adding nine kills and an ace for 15 points.

Outside hitter Cari Spears and opposite Henley Anderson each scored 11 points. Spears posted 10 kills and an ace, while Anderson totaled seven kills, three blocks and an ace in addition to 10 digs.

“Preparing for this game, we knew what to expect and what to execute on,” Davis said. “We had much support, love and inspiration from (U.S. National Team middle blocker) Dana Rettke and our loved ones this morning. Using this motivation, we were able to finish the match strong and set ourselves up for the next stage of the tournament.”

In set one, Taylor recorded two kills and a block to help stake the U.S. to a 7-3 lead that forced Türkiye to use a quick timeout. A Davis ace stretched the lead to eight points, 11-3. Türkiye pulled within three points, 19-16, but the U.S. scored the next three points out of a timeout.

In spite of a great pancake save by Türkiye, a Spears kill on the next swing and then a block by Anderson pushed the lead back to five points. Spears led all players with six kills while Davis added five points on three kills and both of her team’s aces.

A Taylor kill gave the U.S. a 7-4 lead in the second set but Türkiye took the lead with a 5-1 run. A block later extended the Türkiye lead to three points, 15-12. A Taylor kill on a slide and a Harris ace brought the U.S. within one, 18-17, but three consecutive U.S. errors gave Türkiye breathing room with a four-point advantage. Anderson led the team with five kills on three kills and the team’s two blocks.

Spears tooled the block to give the U.S. a 9-5 lead in the third set before Türkiye used a 6-1 run to take the lead. The U.S. responded with its own 6-1 stretch to regain a four-point lead, 16-12 and forced a timeout. Anderson scored three times during the run, Wiest served an ace, and Spears made a strong hustling save on a point that ended with a Türkiye hitting error.

A scrambling effort by the U.S. led to a Taylor block that extended the lead to five points, but back-to-back blocks highlighted a 4-0 Türkiye run that cut the lead back to one, 19-18. The set was tied twice after that, but Davis provided a huge block and a kill to set up two set points at 24-22 and a hitting error ended the set. Davis finished the set with four kills and the block, and Spears recorded three kills and an ace.

Türkiye took early control of the fourth set by scoring the first four points and seven of the first nine, prompting a U.S. timeout. The lead grew to eight points, 15-7, before the U.S. used a 13-5 run to tie the set.

A Davis ace and kill from the back row brought the U.S. to within two points, 20-18, for the first time since the opening two points of the set. A Taylor block closed the gap to one when Davis served another ace to even the set at 20-20.

Taylor scored on a slide to tie the set at 21 and a Nichols kill put the U.S. ahead for the first time in the set. Taylor set up set point with an ace and a 24-21 lead. After Türkiye saved two match points, Wiest ended the match with a kill.

Davis scored nine points in the final set on six kills, a block and two aces. Taylor (two kills, two blocks, one ace) and Wiest (three kills, one block, one ace) each contributed five points.

2025 U19 National Team Roster for World Championship

(Name, Pos., Birth Year, Height, Hometown, School, Region)
3 Jordan Taylor (MB, 6-5, 2007, Houston, Texas, University of Minnesota, Lone Star)
5 Lily Hayes (L, 5-9, 2007, Tampa, Fla., Berkeley Prep HS, Florida)
6 Suli Davis (OH, 6-1, 2007, Euless, Texas, Brigham Young University, North Texas)
8 Abbey Emch (MB, 6-3, 2007, New Waterford, Ohio, University of Pittsburgh, Ohio Valley)
10 Isabelle Hoppe (S, 5-8, 2008, Gibsonia, Pa., Pine Richland HS, Ohio Valley)
11 Kelly Kinney (OH/OPP, 6-2, 2007, West Palm Beach, Fla., The Kings Academy, Florida)
12 Genevieve Harris (S, 5-11, 2007, Raleigh, N.C, Cardinal Gibbons HS, Carolina)
13 Gabrielle Nichols (MB, 6-3, 2007, Winston Salem, N.C., Penn State University, Carolina)
16 Cari Spears (OH, 6-3, 2007, Dallas, Texas, University of Texas, North Texas)
17 Lameen Mambu (OH, 6-0, 2007, Chantilly, Va., Georgia Tech, Chesapeake)
19 Henley Anderson (OPP/OH, 6-3, 2007, Dripping Springs, Texas, Dripping Springs HS, Lone Star)
20 Devyn Wiest (OH, 6-3, 2007, Peoria, Ariz., University of Utah, Arizona)

Alternates
1 Izzy Mogridge (S, 5-11, 2007, Lutz, Fla., Berkeley Prep HS, Florida)
2 Charlotte Vinson (OPP, 6-2, 2007, Muncie, Ind., Yorktown HS, Hoosier)
4 Kalyssa Blackshear (MB/OPP, 6-4, 2007, Torrance, Calif., University of Louisville, Southern California)
7 Ayanna Watson (OH/OPP, 6-3, 2007, Henderson, Nev., Bishop Gorman HS, Southern California)
9 Natalie Wardlow (MB/OPP, 6-5, 2007, Lincoln, Neb., Lincoln Southeast HS, Great Plains)
15 Logan Bell (L, 5-11, 2007, Beech Grove, Ind., Roncalli HS, Hoosier)
18 Aniya Warren (L, 5-8, 2007, Lockport, Ill., Benet Academy, Great Lakes)

Coaches
Head Coach: Keegan Cook (Minnesota)
Assistant Coach: Alyssa D’Errico (Utah)
Assistant Coach: April Sanchez (New Mexico)
Performance Analyst: Jon Wong (Florida State)
ATC: Cherryl Bueno (Coast to Coast AthletiCare)
Team Lead: Courtney Smith (NTDP)

2025 FIVB Girls U19 World Championship Schedule
All times Pacific/Osijek, Croatia
Matches live on VBTV and Volleyball World YouTube

July 2: USA def. Spain, 3-1 (22-25, 25-16, 25-12, 25-23)
July 3: USA def. Peru, 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-18)
July 4: Poland def. USA, 3-2 (25-23, 23-25, 25-17, 25-27, 16-14)
July 6: Bulgaria def. USA, 3-2 (25-15, 16-25, 27-25, 13-25, 15-5)
July 7: USA def. Türkiye, 3-1 (25-19, 20-25, 25-22, 25-23)
July 8: Round of 16, 12:15 p.m.: USA vs. Germany
July 11: TBA Playoffs/Quarterfinals
July 12: TBA Playoffs/Semifinals
July 13: Finals