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No. 4 USC Women's Basketball Nets 75

LOS ANGELES — The No. 4 USC women’s basketball team had JuJu Watkins and Kiki Iriafen combine for 40 points in the Trojans’ 75-55 win over visiting Nebraska on New Year’s Day at Galen Center. The win gives USC its first 3-0 start to conference play since the 2013-14 season, while improving to 13-1 overall. The […]

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No. 4 USC Women's Basketball Nets 75

LOS ANGELES — The No. 4 USC women’s basketball team had JuJu Watkins and Kiki Iriafen combine for 40 points in the Trojans’ 75-55 win over visiting Nebraska on New Year’s Day at Galen Center. The win gives USC its first 3-0 start to conference play since the 2013-14 season, while improving to 13-1 overall. The Cornhuskers are now 10-4, 1-2 in Big Ten play.USC utilized a 10-0 scoring rally late in the second quarter to erase a five-point deficit and wrap the half with a 39-35 lead. The Trojans had shot 48.5 percent from the floor to edge out Nebraska’s 46.4 percent effort, although the Huskers were ahead on the boards 18-16 by the break. All nine Trojans who hit the court in the first half contributed points in those first 20 minutes, and nine Huskers were also on the scoresheet by halftime. USC’s scoring pace cooled a bit, but Nebraska’s productivity dipped further as the Huskers came up empty on field goals for almost 10 minutes in the second half. USC wrapped the game shooting 45 percent overall, ahead of the Huskers’ 34.5 percent effort. The teams finished up even on the boards 36-36. JuJu Watkins was the game’s top scorer with a 26-point outing along with four assists. Kiki Iriafen also hit double digits — making it all 14 USC games that the pair has scored in double figures. Nebraska received 14 points from Logan Nissley and 10 from Britt Prince.The score knotted up three times in the first quarter before USC managed an 8-0 run sparked by a bucket from JuJu Watkins. She had six of those points in the Trojan rally, with Clarice Akunwafo adding a score in the paint as USC built a 16-8 lead with 2:00 to go in the frame. Nebraska countered with back-to-back buckets to leave it as a 16-12 margin after 10 minutes of play. The Huskers edged out ahead in the second in hitting the game’s first 3-pointer with 7:32 on the clock, nudging into a 19-18 lead. USC had a quick response, as Talia von Oelhoffen knocked down a three for the Trojans out of a USC timeout, only to see Nebraska land another three and then connect on two tosses from the free-throw line to lead it 24-21 at 5:07. The Huskers held a 30-25 lead with 2:45 left in the half before Avery Howell landed a baseline 3-pointer that sparked a USC rally. Kayleigh Heckel got on the board with a floater in the lane, and Watkins delivered a bucket and a three to make it a 10-0 USC surge to a 35-30 advantage. That margin would hold through to the halftime buzzer, as USC led things 39-34 at the break. Kiki Iriafen joined Watkins in double digits early in the third, and a Rayah Marshall steal fed a streaking Kennedy Smith for a fastbreak layup that had USC ahead 45-38 four minutes into the second half. A three-point play converted by Smith tugged the Trojans to their largest lead of the game, up 52-42 with 1:30 on the clock. The rest of the quarter played out at the free-throw lines and after five straight makes from Watkins, USC gripped a 59-45 lead entering the fourth. USC scored the first 12 points of the final quarter — making it a 17-0 surge spanning from the third — to balloon the Trojan lead to 71-45 at 4:00. Nebraska hit its first bucket from the floor in almost 10 minutes of play with a 3-pointer at 3:51, and the Huskers wrapped the game with a couple more scores to round out a final 77-55 USC victory.NEXT: 
USC now turns to an East Coast swing for more Big Ten action, visiting Rutgers on Sunday (Jan. 5) for an 8 p.m. ET clash before heading to Maryland to play an 8:30 p.m. ET game on Wednesday (Jan. 8).
 
NOTABLE:
– This is the first time the Trojans have opened up conference play with a 3-0 record since the 2013-14 season. 
– SO JuJu Watkins (26 points) and GS Kiki Iriafen (14) have now both scored in double digits in all 14 USC games this season.
– Watkins has now scored 20 or more points in 40 of her 48 career games at USC.
– With three blocks, SR Rayah Marshall has recorded at least one block in the last 12 games.
– SR Clarice Akunwafo tied her career high with three steals.
– This is the fourth time this season that Watkins has made 10 or more free throws (11 today).
– The Trojans have now recorded nine 20-point victories this season.
– This is the seventh game this season in which USC totaled 20+ assists.
– The Trojans are now 12-0 when outrebounding an opponent.
– This is the 10th game this season in which USC has held an opponent to under 60 points.
– USC is now 4-5 all-time against Nebraska, having lost the previous five meetings.  Before today, USC’s last win against Nebraska was during the 1993 NCAA Tournament on March 21 in Los Angeles (78-60).
– USC had lost its previous three games played on New Year’s Day (2023 at Oregon, 2021 at Oregon, 2017 at Utah). USC’s last win on Jan. 1 was in 2010 at Arizona State.
 

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Dartmouth Wins Multiple Events in Final Split-Squad Meets

By: Maddie Omana Story Links CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Dartmouth men’s and women’s track and field teams had their final split-squad meets of the season on Thursday evening, with student athletes competing at the UMass Last Chance Qualifier and the MIT Final Qualifier.  UMass Last Chance Qualifier On the throwing side, […]

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Dartmouth men’s and women’s track and field teams had their final split-squad meets of the season on Thursday evening, with student athletes competing at the UMass Last Chance Qualifier and the MIT Final Qualifier. 

UMass Last Chance Qualifier

On the throwing side, Colton McMaster won the shot put with his 17.31m finish, which is good for fourth all-time. Additionally, McMaster clinched the discus with his 51.44m mark. Cate Schelly won the women’s discus with a 46.10m throw. 

Jada Jones continued her success, clinching the 200m for the Big Green with a final time of 23.80. 

Mariella Schweitzer placed first in the long jump with her 5.92m mark, while Charlotte DiRocco placed second in the high jump after clearing 1.65m. 

Painter Richards-Baker triumphed in the 110m and 400m hurdles, winning both events with 15.39 and 53.25 finishes, respectively. Liam Murray finished second in the 400m, recording a time of 47.27. 

MIT Final Qualifier

Andie Murray, who holds the third all-time best finish in the 800m, set a personal record in the event with her 2:05.32 finish. 

Albert Velikonja was the runner-up in the 1500m and put himself at second all-time with his 3:42.67 mark. Ashton Bange finished fourth in the event and set a personal record after recording a 3:47.34 finish. 

ALL-TIME RESULTS

Men’s 1500m

  1. 3:40.17 – Ben True – 2007
  2. 3:42.67 – Albert Velikonja – 2025
  3. 3:43.42 – Sean O’Neal – 1985
  4. 3:43.81 – Eric Gibson – 2022
  5. 3:44.85 – Sam Wilbur – 1994
  6. 3:45.02 – Silas Talbot – 2015
  7. 3:45.20 – Ben Gose – 1992
  8. 3:45.26 – Henry Raymond – 2018
  9. 3:45.35 – Harry Norton – 2008
  10. 3:45.36 – Steve Mangan 2012

Men’s Shot Put

  1. 19.89 – Adam Nelson – 1997
  2. 18.00 – Max Klein – 2023
  3. 17.45 – Wayne Moody – 1973, 17.45 – Ted Moody – 1972
  4. 17.31m – Colton McMaster – 2025
  5. 17.25m – Burt Anderson – 1991
  6. 17.12m – Ken Jansson – 1979
  7. 17.08m – Shaun McGregor – 2000
  8. 17.01m – Pacey Pet – 198217.01m – Jeff Rettig – 1991
  9. 16.89m – Marty Perkins – 1991
  10. 16.87m – Peter Kortebein – 1986

Women’s 800m

  1. 2:03.81 – Julia Fenerty – 2023 
  2. 2:03.82 – Megan Krumpoch – 2014
  3. 2:05.32 – Andie Murray – 2025
  4. 2:06.99 –  Meggie Donovan – 2014
  5. 2:07.35 – Annie Jackson – 2024
  6. 2:07.40 – Bella Pietrasiewicz – 2025
  7. 2:07.86 – Kristin Manwarning – 1996
  8. 2:08.11 – Abbey D’Agostino – 2013
  9. 2:08.12 – Abbey Livingston – 2018 
  10. 2:08.15 – Cecily Garber – 2003 

 



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Hwang earns All-Liberty League Second Team honors

Story Links TROY, N.Y. – Johnny Hwang, a first-year from the Skidmore College golf team, earned All-Liberty League Second Team recognition as announced on Thursday.   Johnny Hwang (Fy., Falmouth, Maine) – All-Liberty League Second Team Hwang led Skidmore with a 74.67 scoring average over 10.5 rounds, including a ninth-place finish at […]

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TROY, N.Y. – Johnny Hwang, a first-year from the Skidmore College golf team, earned All-Liberty League Second Team recognition as announced on Thursday.
 
Johnny Hwang (Fy., Falmouth, Maine) – All-Liberty League Second Team
Hwang led Skidmore with a 74.67 scoring average over 10.5 rounds, including a ninth-place finish at the Liberty League Championship in April with rounds of 74, 36 (9 holes), 72. Arriving as a mainstay to the team’s lineup in the spring, Hwang had the second of the team’s two rounds in the 60s for the season when he shot a 69 in the second round of the Tim Brown Invitational in a round that featured four birdies in a row and a 13-hole period played at 6-under par.
 
2024-25 All-Liberty League Men’s Golf Teams and Awards
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Shibo Wang, Rochester
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Luke Evans, Rochester
COACHING STAFF OF THE YEAR: Rochester
 
ALL-LIBERTY LEAGUE FIRST TEAM
Arjun Aujla, Rochester
Matt Buckley, RPI
Luke Evans, Rochester
Kevin Kim, NYU
Jomyuth Luangtana-anan, NYU
Shibo Wang, Rochester
 
ALL-LIBERTY LEAGUE SECOND TEAM
Johnny Hwang, Skidmore
Jacob Lindsay, RPI
Eddie Ren, Rochester
Alvin Su, Rochester
Oscar Uribe, NYU
 
ALL-LIBERTY LEAGUE HONORABLE MENTION
Ryan Komp, RPI
Sam Lyman, St. Lawrence
Eric Spoth, Clarkson



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Three Penn State wrestling connections are picked to win at the World Team Trials this weekend

Penn State wrestling is already set to be represented by Luke Lilledahl and Mitchell Mesenbrink at Final X. The June event will feature 20 men’s and women’s freestyle matches to determine the 2025 U.S. Senior team, which will compete at the World Championship later this year. Before that, the U.S. World Team Trials will be […]

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Three Penn State wrestling connections are picked to win at the World Team Trials this weekend

Penn State wrestling is already set to be represented by Luke Lilledahl and Mitchell Mesenbrink at Final X. The June event will feature 20 men’s and women’s freestyle matches to determine the 2025 U.S. Senior team, which will compete at the World Championship later this year. Before that, the U.S. World Team Trials will be held this Friday and Saturday in Louisville. That’s where PSU and Nittany Lion Wrestling Club connections can punch their ticket to join Lilledahl and Mesenbrink, and Kyle Snyder in New Jersey. And, one national writer thinks that more than a few will.

Writing for FLO Wrestling, Jon Kozak predicts three Penn State connections will take first this weekend. He projects that senior Levi Haines will win the 79 kilogram (174.1 pounds) bracket while redshirt sophomore Josh Barr claims the 92 kilogram (202.8 pounds) division. He picked the Nittany Lion to do so before Jacob Cardenas dropped from the bracket. Now, Barr might be an even bigger favorite. And, beyond current members of Cael Sanderson’s team, Kozak also has NLWC member and two-time Olympic bronze medalist Kyle Dake taking the 86 kilogram (189.5 pounds) title.

Learn more about the Penn State wrestling connections competing at the U.S. World Team Trials by watching the latest BWI wrestling show below!

“The 79 kg bracket at the WTT is essentially a smaller version of the 79 kg bracket from the US Open,” Kozak writes. “In Vegas, DJ Hamiti finished as the runner-up with a tech fall over Kennedy Monday while losing to Evan Wick in the finals 9-1. Simon Ruiz finished in third place at the US Open, also only losing to Evan Wick (9-5) but defeating Carson Kharchla (twice, 3-2 and 7-7) and Muhamed McBryde (6-4). From these results, Hamiti should be considered a slight favorite, but Ruiz and Kharchla are interesting challengers capable of making a run to the finals.

“Levi Haines is the only wrestler in this bracket who didn’t wrestle at the US Open. While Haines lost to Hamiti at the NCAA Tournament, Haines is capable of winning this bracket in Louisville. Haines hasn’t competed much in freestyle, but he notably finished 4th at the 2024 World Team Trials at 79 kg. There, Haines lost to Jordan Burroughs and David Carr but defeated US Open winner Evan Wick (by pin) and Keegan O’Toole (6-0). Haines’ wrestling translates well to freestyle, and he has incredible potential to win in Louisville and at Final X.”

The action begins 10 a.m. ET on Friday with preliminary round action. The first session closes by 2:30 p.m. ET following the quarterfinal round. The semifinals and consolation bracket action run 4-7:30 p.m. ET on Friday. And, the finals are at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday. FLO is streaming the event. Here’s the list of Penn State connections:

Penn State signee Marcus Blaze and program alum Beau Bartlett – 65 kilograms (143.3 pounds)

Nittany Lion signee PJ Duke – 70 kilograms (154.3 pounds)

Penn State senior Levi Haines – 79 kilograms (174.1 pounds)

Nittany Lion alum Carter Starocci and NLWC member Kyle Dake- 86 kilograms (189.5 pounds)

Penn State redshirt sophomore Josh Barr – 92 kilograms (202.8 pounds)

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PENINSULA COLLEGE

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College Athletics celebrated its 2024-25 academic year accomplishments by handing out athletic awards to outstanding student-athletes Wednesday afternoon in the Pirate Union Building. Albin Rosenlund, Isaiah Lopez, Carliese O’Brien, Ciera Agasiva, Gemma Rowland, Evee Stoddard, Sid Gunton-Day and Konrad Mueller all won awards. The Art Feiro Award (basketball) and Wally Sigmar […]

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PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College Athletics celebrated its 2024-25 academic year accomplishments by handing out athletic awards to outstanding student-athletes Wednesday afternoon in the Pirate Union Building.

Albin Rosenlund, Isaiah Lopez, Carliese O’Brien, Ciera Agasiva, Gemma Rowland, Evee Stoddard, Sid Gunton-Day and Konrad Mueller all won awards.

The Art Feiro Award (basketball) and Wally Sigmar Award (soccer) go to student-athletes who exemplify leadership, athleticism, academics and citizenship.

Those awards went to Rosenlund of Norrkoping, Sweden, for men’s basketball and to first-team all-region Agasiva of Kalihi, Hawaii, for women’s basketball.

The soccer awards went to Northwest Athletic Conference first-team all-star and defensive player of the year Stoddard of Pocatello, Idaho, for women’s soccer and to first-team all-star Mueller of Trier, Germany, for men’s soccer.

The Pirate Gold Award is given to student-athletes who share inspiration, dedication, accomplishment and ambassadorship.

Those awards went to Lopez of Okinawa, Japan, for men’s basketball and to all-defensive team selection O’Brien of Bethel, Alaska, for women’s basketball.

For women’s soccer, it was first-team all-star and student body president Rowland of Shedd, Ore., and the men’s winner was second-team all-star Gunton-Day of Bristol, United Kingdom.

“These eight student-athletes represent a truly remarkable Class of ’25,” said Rick Ross, associate dean. “The coaches had so many options for these awards. It was a year of high-achieving, high-energy and high-quality young women and men. We are blessed to get to do what we do, coaching and working with athletes from all over the world and helping them advance through their higher education journey.”

As a program, Pirate Athletics won Northwest Athletic Conference championships in women’s and men’s soccer, their 15th NWAC titles since 2010, and claimed three more North Region titles in women’s and men’s soccer and women’s basketball.

The 80 student-athletes combined for an average grade point of 3.2 with about 40 students on the honor roll and president’s list each quarter.

More than 25 sophomores will go on to play at the next level.


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Mizzou gymnastics star graduates this spring | Mizzou Xtra

COLUMBIA − Amari Celestine is a force on the floor. She has been a part of Mizzou Gymnastics all four years of her college career. She has been involved with gymnastics since she was a toddler. “I really don’t consider myself good at any other sport,” Celestine said. “Gymnastics has always just been innate to me […]

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COLUMBIA − Amari Celestine is a force on the floor. She has been a part of Mizzou Gymnastics all four years of her college career.

She has been involved with gymnastics since she was a toddler.

“I really don’t consider myself good at any other sport,” Celestine said. “Gymnastics has always just been innate to me its just been natural.”

Celestine’s ultimate goal that drove her was getting to college. Now, after helping her team place third at the NCAA Championship final, Celestine will graduate on Saturday.

Celestine helped her team score the highest floor score in Mizzou Gymnastics program history. She has scored 9.900 or higher on floor in 10 of 16 meets this season. She recorded five-straight scores of 9.900+ on bars. 

After Mizzou gymnastics earned a third place finish at the NCAA Championship final, Amari talked about the doubters that did not think the team would make it that far. She is a crucial part of uplift to the team, and was determined to leave a mark at Mizzou.

“We can’t let what they feel about us define our efforts,” Celestine said. “We want to say, okay, well this is gonna be the sweetest ‘I told you so’ in the world. Like, you’re gonna see, you’re gonna learn, so I think that’s been really helpful,” Celestine said.

Since being at Mizzou, Amari has earned a handful of awards, earning WCGA Vault Floor First Team All-American in 2022, WCGA All-Around Second Team All-American and WCGA South Central Regional Gymnast of the Year this year. She was also named the 2025 NCAA Seattle Regional Outright Vault Champion.

Celestine has been on the All-SEC team four times. She is only one of two Mizzou gymnasts to earn four All-American honors in four years.

With being on the team for four years, Celestine serves as a leader and a player her teammates can count on. “If I could describe Amari in one word, it would be inspiring,” fellow Mizzou gymnast, Kennedy Griffin, said. 

Griffin is a sophomore gymnast who has been under Celestine’s wing. She said she appreciates how Amari genuinely cares for her and her team as teammates and as people outside of the sport.

“She is someone I can come to with something even outside of gymnastics, like helping me apply to an internship that I’m currently doing,” Griffin said.

Post graduation, Amari will be an intern at Rich Paul’s sports agency in Los Angeles, Klutch Sports Agency. She will also be a graduate assistant in southern Alabama this coming fall.  



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Northwestern Wildcats Ready for NCAA Lacrosse Quarterfinal Vs. Penn

When Northwestern takes the field Thursday at Martin Stadium, the Wildcats will have the opportunity to reach their sixth consecutive Final Four. Just like 2024, Penn stands in the way in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal. The ‘Cats have two decades of championship-caliber history, but they aren’t looking to the past as they gear up for […]

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When Northwestern takes the field Thursday at Martin Stadium, the Wildcats will have the opportunity to reach their sixth consecutive Final Four. Just like 2024, Penn stands in the way in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal.

The ‘Cats have two decades of championship-caliber history, but they aren’t looking to the past as they gear up for another title run. Instead, they’re taking it one game at a time.

“This is such an exciting time of the year,” senior midfielder Emerson Boelig said on Wednesday. “We call it Christmas because, like holiday season, you’re so excited. Everyone on the team is ready to go for the next game, and you’re only guaranteed one game, so why wouldn’t we put everything we can into it?”

Northwestern, the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament, enters Thursday with a 17-2 record. The team’s only two losses have come to No. 1 North Carolina and No. 2 Boston College.

The Wildcats played six opponents this season who reached the NCAA Tournament, but the Penn Quakers were not one of them. Madison Taylor, the nation’s leading scorer who logged a tournament-record 10 goals against Michigan on Sunday, said the ‘Cats relish the challenge that comes with facing a team for the first time.

“It’s an exciting opportunity to play a different opponent,” Taylor said. “We’re all really embracing that, working really hard on the field and watching film off the field… We’re really excited just to go out there and play one last game at home this year.”

Boehlig and Taylor were both on the 2023 National Championship team, as well as the 2024 group that fell just short in a rematch with Boston College. While each postseason game gives the players experience in high-pressure moments, Taylor said that coach Kelly Amonte Hiller preaches calmness throughout the game.

It’s this calmness that could take the Wildcats all the way to their ninth National Championship. First, though, Northwestern will have to get past the Quakers on Thursday, with the opening draw set for 11 a.m. CT.



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