EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) – Set to open his first season leading the University of Evansville volleyball program, head coach Zach Weinberg has announced the full 2025 season schedule.

“Our staff is really excited about the slate of matches we’ve lined up for this season. This schedule will present lots of opportunities to learn about ourselves as we head into Valley play, and with so many new faces in the program, it will be good to get everyone truly integrated,” Weinberg said. “Having Michigan State inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse, as our home opener, is a great opportunity to show a Big 10 institution the level of community and fan support we have here in Evansville and at UE. I hope we can sell out Meeks and have that be an incredible atmosphere for a huge match!”

“Renewing the home and home rivalry with USI was a non-negotiable, in my mind. The two teams always play competitive matches, and when rivalries and bragging rights are at play, stats and history get thrown out the window. Those will be competitive matches, and I’m excited to bring the city together to witness it,” Weinberg added. “Before any “official” matches get underway, we will host our Purple & Orange scrimmage in Meeks at 6PM on Friday, August 22nd. Admission will be free, and it will be the fans’ first chance to see the 2025 Aces live and in person! Aces Fans-we’d love to have you there! 2025 is going to be a great building season for us, and I can’t wait to see everyone in Meeks Family Fieldhouse this year!”

Following an exhibition match on August 23 at Lindenwood, the Purple Aces open the regular season on Friday, August 29, at the Butler Big Dawg Kickoff in Indianapolis. UE faces Butler in the opener while completing the weekend with contests against Middle Tennessee State and Purdue Fort Wayne.

In the home opener on Wednesday, September 3, Evansville welcomes Big Ten foe Michigan State. It will mark the first time a Big Ten school has played inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse since the first match at the facility on Sept. 8, 2017 when UE welcomed Indiana University.

Non-conference action continues on Sept. 4-5 when the squad travels to Atlanta for the GSU Invitational. Hosted by Georgia State, the Aces take on Florida A&M, Queens, and host GSU. Florida A&M is the reigning SWAC Champion, posting a perfect 16-0 league mark on the way to the NCAA Tournament.

UE returns to campus for a home tournament on the 12th and 13th. UAB, Western Illinois, and Morehead State comprise the event. WIU won 17 matches last season while the Eagles represented the Ohio Valley Conference in the NCAA Tournament. Non-conference action wraps up with a home-and-home versus USI. The teams meet up in Meeks Family Fieldhouse on Sept. 18 while the Aces make the trek across town two days later.

Missouri Valley Conference action opens with a home contest versus Bradley on Sept. 26. UE heads to Southern Illinois on the 27th for its first league road match. October begins with home matches versus Belmont and Indiana State on the 3rd and 4th.

Five of the next six matches take place on the road with the stretch opening on Oct. 10 with a road tilt at UNI. The Panthers were a perfect 18-0 in the Valley last season and went 23-7 overall. The weekend continues at Drake, who won 20 matches a season ago while posting a 16-2 MVC mark. The road trip continues on Oct. 14 with a contest at Indiana State.

Evansville faces UNI at home on the 18th before traveling to Belmont and Murray State on the 24th and 25. On Halloween, the Aces host UIC before squaring off against Valparaiso on November 1. Following a road swing to Illinois State and Bradley (Nov. 6-7), UE completes the regular season at home against Drake and Southern Illinois on the 14th and 15th.

The MVC Tournament runs from Nov. 19-25 and will be hosted by the higher seed.

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Audio technology specialist Shure has renewed its Gold sponsorship of SVG Europe.

Recent innovations from the company include the SLX-D portable digital wireless systems and MoveMic wireless lavalier system.

The SLX-D portable systems deliver the scalability, high-performance wireless, and reliable RF performance of SLX-D in new and durable form factors. The SLXD5 portable digital wireless receiver can be installed on-camera as well as in an audio bag, enabling full-featured use in any location. The SLXD3 plug-on digital transmitter transforms any xlr source into a wireless one—including dynamic and condenser microphones. Both are ideal for film, electronic newsgathering (ENG), broadcast, and video industries.

MoveMic, meanwhile, is the world’s smallest and best-sounding, dual channel direct to phone wireless lavalier microphone system. It delivers reliable, broadcast- quality audio in an ultra-lightweight design, ideal for content creators, videographers and mobile journalists.

MoveMic wireless microphones can now be paired directly to mobile devices within Haivision’s MoJoPro app without the need for an external MoveMic receiver and without blocking the USB connector on the mobile device. This collaboration ensures mobile journalists, professional broadcasters and content creators can deliver high-quality video content with the most streamlined set up.

Watch as Martin Brock, Shure, senior manager for spectrum and regulatory affairs, discusses dwindling spectrum and regulatory issues in SVG Europe’s The State of Wireless Mics Forum.

Spain, Serbia, Greece and Italy all came up with big wins on Tuesday to confirm their places in the quarter-finals of the Elite men’s U16 European Water Polo Championships in Istanbul. Meanwhile, in Division One in Ljubljana, France, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Switzerland all maintained their perfect starts.

Men’s U16 European Water Polo Championships
Day 2 Elite Division
Group Stage – Istanbul, Türkiye
Tuesday 8 July 2025

Group A

Hungary 9-14 Serbia
Türkiye 12-14 Spain

Group B

Croatia 14-18 Italy
Montenegro 11-16 Greece

Group C

Moldova 11-17 Georgia
Malta 14-22 Netherlands

Group D

Romania 18-7 Poland

Day 2 Division One
Group Stage – Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tuesday 8 July 2025

Group A

Portugal 14-18 Slovakia
Cyprus 11-18 France
Bulgaria 15-14 Slovenia

Group B

Latvia 2-27 Bosnia & Herzegovina
Lithuania 12-13 Ukraine
Czechia 9-15 Switzerland

After the opening day’s big wins in the Elite division, a more balanced match kicked off the action in Tuesday’s afternoon session, featuring the crème de la crème of the tournament.

In fact, Italy and Croatia produced a crazy match. The Italians were dominating in the first half, with a double in 43 seconds midway through the second quarter putting them 4-7 up and they added another one while killing two man-downs to lead 4-8 at the turnaround.

However, the Croats hit back in dramatic fashion in the third, as two early action goals in 21 seconds halved the gap, and they soon hit another double, this time in a span of 36 seconds, bringing them back to 8-8 and only 2:35 of the quarter had been played.

Francesco Maffei’s action goal halted the Croats’ run, but only temporarily, as Deni Sappe’s strike and Nardo Skejic’s 6m blast put them ahead at 10-9 (Skejic finished the afternoon with seven goals).

Antonio Chianese managed to equalise, and another exchange of goals kept the teams on even before the last break.

The fourth began with more attacking brilliance, with one fast goal at both ends, before Francesco Corelli netted two from action in 45 seconds and Filippo Gordi added another to stretch their advantage to three.

Croatia pulled one back though Duje Burazin, but Maffei’s action goal extended Italy’s lead to three (13-16) 1:56 from time and his fourth a bit later sealed his team’s victory.

The second half was a real entertaining affair, with the Croats winning the third 7-3, while the Italians took the fourth 3-7 to clinch their second win, while their rivals had to settle for a second loss.

Greece also made it two wins from two with another demonstration of their power and strength, this time against Montenegro.

The Greeks looked in control throughout, taking an 8-9 lead at half-time and they came out even stronger after the long break.

More clinical finishing saw them win the second half 3-7 and cruise to an 11-16 win. Captain Maximos Mantzouridis and Konstantinos Papanikolaou were both on fire, scoring five each.

Serbia may have struggled to get past Türkiye on Monday, but they showed no signs of tiredness as they produced an incredible finish on Tuesday to hand Hungary their second successive defeat.

The Magyars led 9-7 midway through the third before their attack fizzled out and Serbia took full control, scoring seven unanswered goals to take all the points.

After their heroics against Serbia on the opening day, hosts Türkiye were determined to prove that performance wasn’t just a one-off.

Against Spain, they were at it again, matching their illustrious opponents blow for blow, and they even led 8-7 at half-time.

More battling continued in the third and a last-gasp strike from captain Batur Alp Yildiz kept Türkiye believing in an upset, as the scores stood at 10-10.

In the final eight minutes, Spain hit a double to settle their nerves, but strikes from Emir Gozen and Yildiz again (he finished with four on the night) levelled the scores at 12-12, as the roof of the arena threatened to come off, such was the noise coming from the stands.

With 2:14 remaining, Spain’s Svilen Piralkov scored from action, then captain Tiago Carrio broke Türkiye’s hearts with another goal that killed the game.

It was another magnificent display from the hosts, who are unfortunate to have nothing to show from their two performances so far.

In the lower section, all four spots in the crossovers have been booked. In Group C, Georgia downed Moldova and the Netherlands brought down Malta.

The winners advance to challenge the 3-4^th placed sides from Group A and B for a place in the quarter-finals (and a potential spot among the best sides in two years’ time).

Romania thrashed Poland in Group D and will play against the Germans tomorrow for the top spot.

In the Division One tournament in Ljubljana, Slovakia upended Portugal in Group A, with the Portuguese’s six-goal surge arriving too late in the fourth as they were 8-16 down after three periods.

France did a clean job against Cyprus, as they proved too strong for them in the second half, winning the third 3-5 and fourth 2-6. French star Apollo Danovsky caused most of the damage, hammering in six times.

Bulgaria led for almost all of their game against the hosts Slovenia, but their opponents never stopped hunting them down, and almost forced a draw in a tense final minute.

In Group B, Ukraine claimed a hard-fought win over Lithuania. In the end, they took the upper hand 13-12, but they had led 13-9 after three periods and the Lithuanians last goal came 12 seconds from time.

Bosnia & Herzegovina had little trouble beating Lativa 2-27, while Switzerland got the better of Czechia, with a 0-4 second quarter setting them on the path to victory.  

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Watch all the action live from Istanbul and Ljubljana for free on the European Aquatics TV channel, which can be found by clicking here.

For the full results/tables and schedule from Istanbul, click here.

For the full results/tables and schedule from Ljubljana, click here.

Gergely Csurka for European Aquatics

At last month’s Digital Sports Summit, Kahlen Macaulay, head of international sports partnerships at Snapchat, shared how sports broadcasters, federations and other rights holders/owners and brands can successfully make use of the platform, particularly to reach younger viewers.

From super-serving their interests and helping them connect with friends and family during sporting events, to capturing authentic images thanks to camera technology that Macualay describes as “the superpower of communication”, Snapchat offers a unique way to engage and grow audiences.

He also spoke about how Snap has moved beyond a platform for video content teams to something that can “drive marketing and affinity”.

“Adidas, Nike and a host of luxury brands understand that it’s not about selling product straightaway, it’s about brand building. Sky Sports, for example, know they aren’t going to get a 15-year-old to take out a subscription, but it’s about building that relationship.”

Watch the video now.

An Olympic medalist and highly decorated Trojan, USC women’s water polo’s Tilly Kearns has collected a significant academic honor to add to her lengthy list of accolades with her selection to the 2024-25 CSC Academic All-America Women’s At-Large Second Team, as announced today by College Sports Communicators (CSC).

Kearns wrapped her USC career as the Trojans’ No. 3 scorer in program history and as a three-time First Team All-American. She joins fellow Olympian Flora Bolonyai as the only other USC women’s water polo player to be named to an Academic All-America Team, with Bolonyai earning First Team honors in 2013.

A three-time First Team All-American, Kearns was selected for USC’s Trojaneer Diamond Award, given to a graduating student-athlete who has brought the most fame and distinction to the university. Dedicated to numerous community outreach projects and extracurricular activities, the Australia native also helped her USC teams reach the NCAA final in all four seasons in which she competed. Since arriving as a freshman at USC in 2018-19, Kearns took some time away from USC in order to train with her Australian National Team in preparation for and in competition at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. In 2024, Kearns was instrumental in the Aussies’ Olympic silver medal before returning to her final season at USC, where she served as a team captain. 

A three-time finalist for the prestigious Peter J. Cutino Award, Kearns also is a four-time ACWPC All-Academic honoree and a three-time MPSF Scholar-Athlete to go along with this season’s All-Big Ten Academic honor. Kearns was joined on the 2025 CSC Academic All-District Team by teammate Isabel Zimmerman before being voted to the CSC Academic All-America Second Team

For this year’s CSC Academic All-America Women’s At-Large Team selections, a total of 46 student-athletes were recognized at the Division I level across many sports: beach volleyball, bowling fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, rifle, rowing, skiing and water polo. Sixteen student-athletes were named to the First Team, with 20 on the Second Team and 10 on the Third Team.