LONG BEACH, Calif. — Long Beach State will begin the 2025 season with a home exhibition, taking on USC at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 6 at George Allen Field. The Trojans begin the year ranked No. 5 in the nation and will provide a great standard for the Beach to test themselves prior to the team’s official opening game on August 14 against Hawai’i.
 
KICKOFF
• Head Coach Mauricio Ingrassia enters his 22nd year at the helm of the program. Ingrassia earned his 200th win with the Beach during the 2024 season and is readying his team for a run at a return to the postseason in 2025.
 
• Long Beach State was hit with a ton of injuries during the 2024 season and will get an immediate lift from six returning redshirts from last season. That group will provide an immediate infusion of experience and talent that will mix with five returning starters, five additional returning letterwinners, as well as two Division I transfers and 10 other newcomers from the USA and abroad.
 
• Preseason All-Big West selections and the Big West Preseason Coaches Poll are scheduled to be announced later this week.
 
PLAYER NOTES
• Foremost among those returning redshirts is junior Cherrie Cox. The Big West Offensive Player of the Year in 2023, Cox missed last season but returns in 2025 after leading the Beach and the Big West with 13 goals as a sophomore. Cox was eighth in the country in goals per game and started every game she played in as a sophomore. As a freshman in 2022, Cox was the sixth player from LBSU to be named the Big West Freshman of the Year. Playing in all 21 games, Cox finished the season with five goals and five assists in her first year at the Beach.
 
• Another key player returning after missing the full 2024 season is Brooklyn Antonucci. An All-Big West selection as well as an All-Freshman Team pick in her first season, Antonucci played over 1,700 minutes on the back line as a true freshman, starting every game and contributing six assists. Her return to the lineup will be another hugely impactful addition for the Beach.
 
• Long Beach State turned to the transfer portal for two Division I players over the offseason. Junior forward Radisson Banks comes to the Beach from Washington, where Banks played in 35 games, starting 11 over the last two seasons and scoring six goals for the Huskies.
 
• Also coming to Long Beach State is Logan Nidy, the lone senior on the roster after transferring from San Diego State. Nidy spent three seasons with the Aztecs, including starting 13 games and playing nearly 1,200 minutes last season, providing a goal and three assists on the year.
 
• Anchoring the back line for Long Beach State will be junior Zoe Willis. Willis has started 24 straight games for the Beach and played every minute of the 2024 season. She has played every minute for Long Beach State dating back to October 8, 2023.
 
• Junior goalkeeper Aurora Schuck also returns after playing every minute last season for Long Beach State. Schuck made 74 saves on the year and had five shutouts, including two straight against Cornell and UC Riverside, earning Big West Defensive Player of the Week honors on Sept. 23, 2024.
 
• Another defensive stalwart returns for the Beach in Kana Uchida. The Japanese defender has played nearly 3,000 minutes combined over the last two seasons for Long Beach State and has 37 starts in her career, the most of any player on the LBSU roster. Uchida started all 18 games for Long Beach State last season and has contributed five assists during her time at the Beach.
 
• Junior Jordan Candelaria returns as a starter for Long Beach State in the midfield. Candelaria made 14 starts as a sophomore and has now played in 33 games over the last two seasons in her Long Beach State career. She scored the game-winner against Fresno State in 2023 and played over 1,100 minutes last season.
 
• Three other returning players saw over 500 minutes of action last season for Long Beach State. Kylie Perez made eight starts in the midfield, Kailey Supa started seven while finishing with a pair of goals as a freshman, and Natalie Arnold made seven starts, playing nearly 700 minutes throughout the season.
 
• Other returning letterwinners include Charlotte Luhr, Malea Johnson, and Natalie Arnold, while Makena Irvine, Amanda Perez, Julie Lopez, and goalkeeper Amaya Sanles join Cox and Antonucci as returning redshirts from last season.
 
• Long Beach State brought in four new international players for the 2025 campaign. Natelle El Mokbel is a winger from Canada, Mila Ivits is a forward from Greece, Yuna Demir is a midfielder from Germany, and Thilde Alvberger is a defender from Sweden.
 
• Freshmen joining the program from closer to home include goalkeeper Cassidy Parks, defenders Ruby Mansour and Siri Coyne, and three midfielders: Kylie O’Donnell, Hannah Peters, and Ameera White.
 
THE OPPOSITION
• USC reached the NCAA quarterfinals a season ago as a No. 1 seed, falling to Wake Forest in penalty kicks for the opportunity to reach the Women’s College Cup. Star Maile Hayes and the other top four scorers from last season have moved on, and the Trojans will look to reload for the 2025 season.
 
• USC leads the all-time series between the teams 6-2-1. The last time the teams met in the regular season was in 2022, where the Trojans came away with a 1-0 victory at George Allen Field. Long Beach State were 1-0 winners in the home meeting prior, in 2016.
 
THIS AND THAT
• In 2024, Mauricio Ingrassia won his 200th career game on August 31 as Long Beach State defeated Utah Valley 2-1. He became the 82nd active NCAA Division I head coach to win 200 career games. Ingrassia has the highest winning percentage of any coach in the Big West and ranks third all-time in wins among Big West coaches.
 
• 2022 Big West Offensive Player of the Year Lena Silano is one of four Long Beach State alumnae playing professionally around the world. Silano signed a new contract with the Spokane Zephyr after spending two seasons with the Washington Spirit in the NWSL, becoming the second LBSU draftee to the league following Kaitlin Fregulia. Maddy Perez, Aimee Medwin, and Marta Alemany Sanchez are also pursuing their professional careers worldwide.
 

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A total of 144 student-athletes from West Virginia University have been named to the 2024-25 Spring and Rookie Academic All-Big 12 Conference Teams, the league announced on Tuesday.
 
The spring team recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at conference institutions who participate in spring sports, including baseball, golf, rowing, tennis and track and field at WVU. West Virginia placed 74 student-athletes on the Spring Academic All-Big 12 Team.
 
The rookie team honors conference competitors who are freshmen or competing in their first year at their respective league institutions. West Virginia placed 70 student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team.

BYU had the most selections across the spring sports with 113 honorees, tallying the most in men’s track and field (27) and baseball (23). On the rookie team, Kansas led all Big 12 members with 81 honorees, followed by Utah with 76.

To qualify for the spring academic team, student-athletes must maintain a 3.20 GPA or higher either cumulative or over the two previous semesters and must have participated in 20% of their team’s scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.

 

Student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team must be new, first-time/incoming freshmen who have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial coursework and achieved a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00. Additionally, the student-athlete must have participated in at least one of their team’s scheduled contests and must have been a member of their respective team for their sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment.

 

2025 Spring Academic All-Big 12 Team

 

Spencer Barnett	Baseball	So.	Marketing
Cole Fehrman	Baseball	Jr.	General Business
Ellis Garcia	Baseball	Jr.	Sport Management
Armani Guzman	Baseball	So.	Sport Management
Grant Hussey	Baseball	Sr.	Sport Management
Brodie Kresser	Baseball	Sr.	Sport Management
Ben Lumsden	Baseball	Jr.	Sport Management
Michael Perazza *	Baseball	So.	Accounting
Robby Porco	Baseball	Jr.	Communication Studies
Logan Sauve	Baseball	Jr.	General Business
Kyle West	Baseball	Sr.	Integrated Studies
Sam White	Baseball	Jr.	Sport Management
Hugh Donegan	Men’s Golf	R-Fr.	Sport Management
Todd Duncan	Men’s Golf	Sr.	Sport Management
Max Green	Men’s Golf	Sr.	Sport Management
Pierce Grieve	Men’s Golf	Sr.	General Business
Carson Kammann	Men’s Golf	Jr.	General Business
Harrison Thompson	Men’s Golf	So.	General Business
Kaleb Wilson	Men’s Golf	Jr.	General Business
Anneliese Carney	Rowing	Jr.	Exercise Physiology
Nikolina Djordjevic	Rowing	Jr.	Psychology
Grace Fay	Rowing	Sr.	Nursing
Jessica Gaston	Rowing	So.	Criminology
Greta Giuliano	Rowing	So.	Multidisciplinary Studies
Arianna Hannan *	Rowing	So.	Elementary Education
Violet Hewett	Rowing	Sr.	Exercise Physiology
Emma Higgins *	Rowing	Jr.	Marketing
Adriana Hogan *	Rowing	Jr.	Forensic Biology
Grace Holliday *	Rowing	Jr.	Organizational Leadership
Raquel Iga *	Rowing	So.	Chemistry
Ksenia Kaludjerovic	Rowing	Sr.	Economics
Kendall Kirkwood	Rowing	So.	Healthcare Pathway
Samantha Krankowski	Rowing	So.	Mechanical Engineering
Olivia Kuntz	Rowing	So.	Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare
Cylie Leidy	Rowing	Jr.	Supply Chain Management
Alexis Mitchell *	Rowing	So.	Health Sciences Administration
Lauren Mueller *	Rowing	So.	Multidisciplinary Studies
Bailey South *	Rowing	Sr.	History
Samantha Spencer	Rowing	So.	Health & Well-Being
Marley Sullivan	Rowing	So.	Sports & Adventure Media
Grace Terlion *	Rowing	Jr.	Supply Chain Management
Teegan Wendley	Rowing	So.	Animal & Nutritional Sciences
Mariella Renee Wilson	Rowing	So.	Biomedical Lab Diagnostics
Abigail Yingling *	Rowing	Sr.	Health & Well-Being
Maja Dodik	Women’s Tennis	R-Jr.	Hospitality & Tourism Management
Michaela Kucharova *	Women’s Tennis	Sr.	Finance
Tatiana Lipatova	Women’s Tennis	Sr.	Sport Management
Catherine Wassick	Women’s Tennis	Sr.	Exercise Physiology
Emily Bryce	Women’s Track and Field	R-Jr.	Sport Management
Olivia Cress	Women’s Track and Field	R-So.	Nursing
Aubrie Custer	Women’s Track and Field	R-Jr.	Exercise Physiology
Mary Delaney *	Women’s Track and Field	So.	Journalism
Tazanna Epps *	Women’s Track and Field	R-Sr.	Master’s in Counseling
Izayah Everett	Women’s Track and Field	So.	Exercise Physiology
Audrey Hall *	Women’s Track and Field	R-Fr.	Biomedical Engineering
Lilian Haught	Women’s Track and Field	So.	Marketing
Sierra Heisey	Women’s Track and Field	Jr.	Sport & Exercise Psychology
Ghamani Hogue	Women’s Track and Field	Sr.	Neuroscience
Alexis Lamb	Women’s Track and Field	R-Fr.	Sport Management
Victoria Marston	Women’s Track and Field	So.	Electrical Engineering
Ceili McCabe	Women’s Track and Field	Gr.	Master’s in Coaching & Sport Education
Annishka McDonald	Women’s Track and Field	R-So.	Sport Management
Tatiana Moura	Women’s Track and Field	Sr.	Human Nutrition & Foods
Abigale Mullings	Women’s Track and Field	Gr.	Master’s in Public Health
Mae Nelson	Women’s Track and Field	So.	General Business
Cate Pickering	Women’s Track and Field	So.	Accounting
Eva Rinker	Women’s Track and Field	So.	Exercise Physiology
Kishay Rowe	Women’s Track and Field	So.	Physical Education & Kinesiology
Sarah Tait *	Women’s Track and Field	Gr.	Master’s in Sport Management
Kase Torchia	Women’s Track and Field	R-Jr.	Sport Management
Madison Trippett *	Women’s Track and Field	Gr.	Professional Pharmacy
Eden Williams *	Women’s Track and Field	Sr.	Biology
Abbey Yuhasz *	Women’s Track and Field	R-Sr.	Coaching & Performance Science
Zara Zervos	Women’s Track and Field	R-Jr.	Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

 
 
2024-25 Academic All-Big Rookie Team
 

 

DAYTON – The University of Dayton’s women’s volleyball team has five transfer student-athletes joining this season’s squad. Lily Barry, Lejla Sara Hadžiredžepović, Kamryn Hunt, Panna Ratkai and Viktoria Wahlgren bring Division I experience to the 2025 roster.

Barry spent the last two seasons at the University of Illinois after a four-year high school volleyball career at University High School. Last season, she appeared in 26 matches with 17 assists, 14 service aces and 160 digs. At libero, she helped the Illini reach the NCAA Tournament.

“I chose to transfer to Dayton because of the coaching staff and the team culture. I fell in love with the things they value,” said Barry. “I wanted to be a part of a program that is always grinding and working hard, and that is what Dayton volleyball is all about. I’m thankful for the coaching staff for picking me up from the portal and helping me chase my dreams of playing pro volleyball.”

Hadžiredžepović is a sophomore transfer from Reykjavik, Iceland, who played at Clemson last season. She started in two matches with seven total appearances, tallying 32 kills, eight digs and two solo blocks. Hadžiredžepović also played for the Icelandic National Team this summer.

“I chose Dayton because the volleyball was very good and more competitive,” said Hadžiredžepović. “I love the atmosphere in the gym.”

Hunt, a native of Sylvania, Ohio, played the last two seasons at Ohio. She was named to the Mid-American Conference All-Freshman Team in 2023 and the MAC All-Conference Second Team in 2024. She also had 469.5 points, 28 aces, 19 assists and 29 total blocks last season.

“I chose to transfer to Dayton because I wanted to be challenged both academically and athletically. Dayton has such a strong reputation in both areas, and I felt like it was the perfect place for me to grow, push myself, and to be a part of something great,” explained Hunt. “I’m really excited to be here and be a part of this community.”

Ratkai joins the Flyers from Budapest, Hungary by way of Purdue Fort Wayne. A redshirt junior, she was a two-time Horizon League Offensive Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year with the Mastodons. Additionally, Ratkai earned AVCA All-Midwest Region selection and All-American Honorable Mention last season. This summer, Ratkai played for the Hungarian National Team.

“I decided to transfer because I was looking for more challenges and a truly competitive team. After talking to Coach Tim Horsmon on the phone, I had no doubt that Dayton is the place I was looking for,” explained Ratkai. “I wanted to grow as a player, and I feel like I found the perfect place for that.”

Wahlgren played at Utah in 2022 and 2023 and Virginia Tech in 2024 before coming to Dayton for her senior year. The Burlington, Ontario native appeared in 30 matches with 29 starts, recording 73 kills, 779 assists, 27 aces, 190 digs and 51 total blocks at Virginia Tech last season. Wahlgren represented Canada on the U23 Pan Am Cup team, helping her team win silver.

“I chose to transfer to Dayton because I wanted to come to a program where I would be surround by great volleyball players and humans every day, and I had heard nothing but great things about the program,” said Wahlgren. “As soon as I got on the phone with the coaches, I could tell that Dayton has a very strong team culture and the program has a winning mentality. After spending just one semester here I know I made the right decision to come to Dayton and I am so excited to compete in the A-10 for my senior year.”

Corrie Anderson, Sydney Barrett, Abigail Cresse, Karissa Kaminski, Kaitlyn McNeel, Taylor Russell, Liana Sarkissian and Emily Young have returned to Dayton. Freshmen Morgan Asleson, Addi Gallentine, Claire Logeais, Melina Schrader and Isabel Simmons complete this season’s roster.

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Southeastern Conference on Tuesday released its Women’s Basketball league schedule for the upcoming 2025-26 season. The University of Texas opens conference action with a road contest against Missouri on Thursday, January 1 and concludes league play with a road game against Alabama on Sunday, March 1.

The schedule consists of a single round robin of home or away (14 games) with one rotating opponent that will be played at home and away (2 games).  Each team will play eight home games and eight away games. The rotating opponent changes annually. This marks the 17th season of the 16-game schedule for women’s basketball.

Texas will play LSU both home and away in the 2025-26 season. Home games will be: Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Texas A&M. Texas will travel to: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. 

The regular season concludes with the 2026 SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament being held for the ninth time at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C.  The tournament, which will include all 16 teams, begins on Wednesday, March 4 and concludes with the championship game on Sunday, March 8.

The women’s basketball television schedule will be announced later, as will the time for all games.

Day	Date	Opponent (Site)
Thursday	1/1/26	Missouri (Columbia, Mo.)
Sunday	1/4/26	Ole Miss (Austin, Texas)
Thursday	1/8/26	Auburn (Austin, Texas)
Sunday	1/11/26	LSU (Baton Rouge, La.)
Thursday	1/15/26	South Carolina (Columbia, S.C.)
Sunday	1/18/26	Texas A&M (Austin, Texas)
Sunday	1/25/26	Arkansas (Fayetteville, Ark.)
Thursday	1/29/26	Florida (Gainesville, Fla.)
Sunday	2/1/26	Oklahoma (Austin, Texas)
Thursday	2/5/26	LSU (Austin, Texas)
Monday	2/9/26	Kentucky (Austin, Texas)
Thursday	2/12/26	Vanderbilt (Nashville, Tenn.)
Sunday	2/15/26	Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.)
Sunday	2/22/26	Mississippi State (Austin, Texas)
Thursday	2/26/26	Georgia (Austin, Texas)
Sunday	3/1/26	Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

After months of preparation the Shore Aquatics 18-and-under boys’ water polo team capped its summer with a Gold Division championship at the USA Water Polo Junior Olympics, finishing the tournament with an undefeated 5-0 run in the Gold bracket.

In the gold-medal match, Long Beach defeated South Florida 13-11 to win the title in the gold division.

It was a memorable summer for the Shore team, which featured athletes from several local high schools including Wilson, Long Beach Poly, Edison, Los Alamitos and Millikan. Shore and Wilson head coach Zac Polmanteer said this was his first full season coaching the 18U level for Shore and it was one to remember.

“We really came together as a unit in about the last month and a half,” coach Zac Polmanteer said. “We had guys working as lifeguards, managing school, swim season — so getting everyone in the water together was tough. But the group stayed focused on building chemistry, and it showed.”

Shore qualified for the championship bracket by finishing fifth in the competitive Southern California zone. At the Junior Olympics, they missed out on the top bracket after a tight 11-10 loss to Diablo of Northern California. But with some stick-to-itiveness after a tough opening day, the team regrouped and made the most of their opportunity.

“We lost two games on Day 1, but the kids didn’t pack it in,” the coach said. “They committed to finishing strong. We treated Gold like it was the championship, and they went out and earned it.”

Shore punched their way to the gold-medal match after a thrilling semifinal win over Irvine in a shootout — their fourth matchup of the season with that team and the first time Shore came out on top.

“Something’s gotta give,” Polmanteer said of defeating Irvine. “Statistically it’s harder to beat a team two or three times a year than it is to just win once.”

Wilson’s Vaugh Baker was the team’s leading scorer, and he wasn’t the only Bruin that made an impact for the Shore team. Baker was joined by teammates Christian Marov-Perez and Fernando Rejon to give the team some existing chemistry.

Along with the Bruins, Edison’s Thomas Emerson and Sebastian Mok were leaders for the team. 

“(Emerson) was important to our offense,” Polmanteer said. “A lot of teams changed their defense based on him being in the water.”

Polmanteer said he had a great time coaching the team and sharing the memorable outcome.

“It felt like a long season,” Polmanteer said. “All the teams are so strong at that level and most of the kids are still playing in our area and they’re all 18 and they all want to play in college or are already committed to play. So, there’s just a really gnarly level of competition and expectation – which is exhausting. But, I had a great time doing it and hope I do it again next year.”

Shore Aquatics Results:

18 and under Boys Gold Division: 1^st, 25^th in nation (Coached by Zac Polmanteer and Luke Malecka)

16 and under boys red team in Gold Division: 3^rd, 27^th in nation (Coached by Louis Hackett)

16 and under boys black team in Classic Division: 4^th, 52^nd in nation (Coached by Alec Johnson and Caleb Francisco)

10 and under boys in Gold Division: 5^th, 29^th in nation (Coached by Yves Medrano and Adam Lee)

14 and under boys in Platinum Division: 6^th, 6^th in nation (Coached by Rober Lynn)

14 and under boys black team in Classic Division: 7^th, 79^th in nation (Coached by Justin Greenwood)

12 and under boys team in Platinum Division: 23^rd, 23^rd in nation (Coached by Ian Escoto and Charlie Pruett)