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Paid to lose, college basketball's worst team takes the L's to make ends meet

“It started ringing at 7 a.m. this morning,” Ivory said, hours before his team played. “They called me about getting in the presidential suite. I’m like, ‘I’m in Utah.’”“Nobody really knows what we go through,” Stredic said. “The world doesn’t really know. All they see is the losses. ‘Oh, this is the worst team in […]

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“It started ringing at 7 a.m. this morning,” Ivory said, hours before his team played. “They called me about getting in the presidential suite. I’m like, ‘I’m in Utah.’”“Nobody really knows what we go through,” Stredic said. “The world doesn’t really know. All they see is the losses. ‘Oh, this is the worst team in the country.’”

“We’ve all got an excuse about something,” he told the post-practice huddle. “Nobody wants to be held accountable for nothing. It don’t make sense. We can’t do one sprint? It’s sad. Really truly sad.”

“We’ve all got an excuse about something,” he told the post-practice huddle. “Nobody wants to be held accountable for nothing. It don’t make sense. We can’t do one sprint? It’s sad. Really truly sad.”

“We’ve all got an excuse about something,” he told the post-practice huddle. “Nobody wants to be held accountable for nothing. It don’t make sense. We can’t do one sprint? It’s sad. Really truly sad.”

“We’ve all got an excuse about something,” he told the post-practice huddle. “Nobody wants to be held accountable for nothing. It don’t make sense. We can’t do one sprint? It’s sad. Really truly sad.”

“We’ve all got an excuse about something,” he told the post-practice huddle. “Nobody wants to be held accountable for nothing. It don’t make sense. We can’t do one sprint? It’s sad. Really truly sad.”

“We’ve all got an excuse about something,” he told the post-practice huddle. “Nobody wants to be held accountable for nothing. It don’t make sense. We can’t do one sprint? It’s sad. Really truly sad.”

“We’ve all got an excuse about something,” he told the post-practice huddle. “Nobody wants to be held accountable for nothing. It don’t make sense. We can’t do one sprint? It’s sad. Really truly sad.”

“We’ve all got an excuse about something,” he told the post-practice huddle. “Nobody wants to be held accountable for nothing. It don’t make sense. We can’t do one sprint? It’s sad. Really truly sad.”

“We’ve all got an excuse about something,” he told the post-practice huddle. “Nobody wants to be held accountable for nothing. It don’t make sense. We can’t do one sprint? It’s sad. Really truly sad.”

“We’ve all got an excuse about something,” he told the post-practice huddle. “Nobody wants to be held accountable for nothing. It don’t make sense. We can’t do one sprint? It’s sad. Really truly sad.”

Gassed and out of breath, the Mississippi Valley State players lugged their bodies to center court. Ivory, though soft-spoken, was upset — he had a harsh message to deliver that didn’t align with the calming southern drawl with which he always talked.Smith makes 2,000. His school is much larger than MVSU and has much better facilities. It’s located near Houston and in the Texas A&M system. It has advantages that MVSU does not. And still, he’s frustrated by the resources he has to work with each season.In Alvin Stredic’s bedroom is a bulletin board with a list of goals posted. Prominently featured is a line that reads “Win a nonconference game.”“Guys, they’re good. We’re supposed to be good,” Ivory told his team in the locker room before tipoff. “We’re supposed to be coming here and competing. To win, we’ve got to get in the mindset that we’re coming to win.”“Let’s do the one thing we do well,” Ivory told the players — his final words after a long and difficult night. He sighed, then paused. “Let’s go eat.”The Delta Devils would go on to lose by 44 — two points better than the 46 they would lose by three days later. Twenty-eight points better than the 72-point defeat suffered the week prior. Their closest loss this year was by 18 points.For as much as this team wants to focus on basketball, its wins and losses, first it must survive without the resources or people that boost the most successful programs.

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Mirasolo Guides Women’s Hockey into Program’s Fourth Season

Story Links EASTON, Mass. (August 5, 2025) – Stonehill College women’s hockey head coach Lee-J Mirasolo has announced the Skyhawks’ 2025-26 season schedule—a 34-game slate that includes 16 home contests, four of which will be played at Warrior Ice Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. Click HERE to view the full 2025-26 women’s hockey […]

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EASTON, Mass. (August 5, 2025) – Stonehill College women’s hockey head coach Lee-J Mirasolo has announced the Skyhawks’ 2025-26 season schedule—a 34-game slate that includes 16 home contests, four of which will be played at Warrior Ice Arena in Boston, Massachusetts.

Click HERE to view the full 2025-26 women’s hockey schedule.

“We are excited to kick off the fourth season of Stonehill Women’s Hockey, as the inaugural First-Year class of our program enters its Senior year,” said Mirasolo. “Our schedule, once again, includes non-conference contests against opponents from all four other leagues, giving our players a chance to demonstrate the growth of our program at the national level. The NEWHA continues to improve each year, and we look forward to highly competitive games across league play. We hope to see plenty of fans in the stands both at Bridgewater and Warrior Ice Arena, where we will play four games this season.”

The Skyhawks will open their campaign with an exhibition matchup against Boston College at Conte Forum on September 20. Regular season action begins October 3–4 with a home series against Syracuse at the Bridgewater Ice Arena.

Stonehill’s early schedule includes a road trip to Saint Anselm (Oct. 11) sandwiched between home series against Sacred Heart (Oct. 17–18) and a second single contest against the Hawks at Warrior Ice Arena (Oct. 24). The Skyhawks wrap up October with a road series at LIU (Oct. 31–Nov. 1).

November features two consecutive home-and-home weekends against Assumption (Nov. 7–8) and Franklin Pierce (Nov. 14–15), followed by a home series against Post University (Nov. 21–22). Over Thanksgiving weekend, the team heads to Nashville, Tennessee to compete in the SMASHVILLE Women’s Collegiate Hockey Showcase. Stonehill faces reigning NCAA Division I national champion Wisconsin (Nov. 28) and Mercyhurst (Nov. 30) to round out the trip.

The first half of the season concludes with a road series at Saint Michael’s (Dec. 5–6).

After the holiday break, Stonehill kicks off the New Year with five of its first six games on the road, starting with a two-game set at Princeton (Jan. 2–3). A home-and-home with Saint Anselm (Jan. 9–10) breaks up the stretch, followed by two away games at Sacred Heart (Jan. 16–17).

The Skyhawks return to Bridgewater to host LIU (Jan. 23–24) before wrapping up January with another home-and-home against Assumption (Jan. 30–Feb. 1).

February features the final stretch of the regular season, beginning with a split two-game set versus Franklin Pierce (Feb. 6–7), including one game at Warrior Ice Arena. Road contests at Post (Feb. 13–14) and a home series against Saint Michael’s (Feb. 20–21) round out the regular season.

All eight teams in the conference will qualify for the NEWHA Postseason Tournament, beginning with best-of-three quarterfinals on February 27. Semifinals are slated for March 4, with the championship game scheduled for March 7.

Senior defender Sydney Russell will wear the “C” for the second consecutive season, becoming the first student-athlete in program history to serve as captain in back-to-back years. She will be joined by fellow seniors Brianna Walkom and Maddi Achtyl, who have been named assistant captains. Walkom returns to the leadership group for the second straight season, while Achtyl earns a letter for the first time in her collegiate career.

Stonehill aims to continue building its legacy in the NEWHA following a 2024-25 season that saw the Skyhawks post a 14-19-5 overall record and a 13-10-5 mark in league play, earning the No. 4 seed in the NEWHA Postseason Tournament.

For the latest on Stonehill Athletics, follow the Skyhawks via social media on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

 





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Atlanta Gladiators Announce Signing of Forward Peter Morgan | National

The Atlanta Gladiators announced Tuesday evening that the ECHL ice hockey club has signed forward Peter Morgan for the 2025-26 season. Morgan, 25, joins the Gladiators for his first season of professional hockey after a successful four-year college career playing NCAA Division III hockey at SUNY-Geneseo, where he scored 56 goals, and 84 assists for […]

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The Atlanta Gladiators announced Tuesday evening that the ECHL ice hockey club has signed forward Peter Morgan for the 2025-26 season.

Morgan, 25, joins the Gladiators for his first season of professional hockey after a successful four-year college career playing NCAA Division III hockey at SUNY-Geneseo, where he scored 56 goals, and 84 assists for 140 points in 110 games with the Ice Knights from 2021 to 2025.

The 5-foot-6, 161-pound forward was a scoring machine for the Ice Knights, leading the team in scoring in each of his four seasons at SUNY-Geneseo. His freshman year, he scored 18 goals and 25 assists for 43 points in 28 games and was named SUNYAC Rookie of the Year as the Ice Knights advanced all the way to the National Championship Game, ultimately falling to Adrian. Morgan was named the team’s Captain for the 2024-25 season, finishing with 15 goals and 22 assists for 37 points in 30 games.

A native of Sarasota, Fla., Morgan preceded his college career with three years of junior experience in the North American Hockey league with the Aberdeen Wings, Amarillo Bulls, and Kenai River Brown Bears, scoring 39 goals and 66 assists for 105 points in 133 career games. Morgan and the Wings won the Robertson Cup Championship in 2019, his first season in the NAHL.

“Peter joins our group after a very successful career at Geneseo. Despite his small stature, Peter plays a tenacious game and is not afraid to get into the dirty areas,” Gladiators head coach and director of hockey operations Matt Ginn said. “He is a skilled forward that creates offence using both his feet and his vision. Peter is a very driven player that has no quit and we are excited to add him to our group.”

Morgan joins Andrew Jarvis, Ryan Nolan, Connor Galloway, Isak Walther and Brendan Datema as Gladiators who have signed for the 2025-26 season.



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Men’s Golf Earns GCAA Presidents Special Recognition for Academic Success

Story Links NORMAN, Okla. – The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced the 2024-25 Golf Team Academic Award recipients on Tuesday afternoon. To be named a Team Academic Award honoree, a men’s golf team must achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher. Twenty-five NCAA Division III programs received the prestigious […]

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NORMAN, Okla. – The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced the 2024-25 Golf Team Academic Award recipients on Tuesday afternoon. To be named a Team Academic Award honoree, a men’s golf team must achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher.

Twenty-five NCAA Division III programs received the prestigious President’s Special Recognition for earning a team GPA of 3.50 or above. The Adrian College men’s golf team earned this honor as one of the 25 teams after posting an impressive 3.561 team GPA.

Congratulations to the Adrian College men’s golf team on their outstanding academic achievement during the 2024-25 academic year!



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Infectious Disease Specialist to deliver King’s College commencement address

Sophia Panaccione ’15, D.O., an internal medicine physician and medical educator specializing in infectious diseases at Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School, will deliver the Summer Commencement keynote address on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, at King’s College William S. Scandlon Physical Education Center. Panaccione will address a group of approximately 100 graduates, most of […]

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Sophia Panaccione ’15, D.O., an internal medicine physician and medical educator specializing in infectious diseases at Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School, will deliver the Summer Commencement keynote address on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, at King’s College William S. Scandlon Physical Education Center.

Panaccione will address a group of approximately 100 graduates, most of whom will receive bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the health sciences. The event also includes the first graduates of the College’s new accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. The procession of graduates begins at 10 a.m. and will be livestreamed at kings.edu/commencement.

Panaccione attended King’s College from 2011 through 2015 as a recipient of the Presidential Scholarship. She majored in neuroscience, with minors in biology and psychology. On campus, she was an engaged mentor, spending much of her time as an admission ambassador, student teacher, tutor, student learning coordinator, and resident assistant. Off campus, she volunteered at a local shelter for unhoused women.

She then attended medical school at the University of New England. Afterwards, she completed her internal medicine residency at Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, Pa., where she treated critically ill patients throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, eventually rising to chief medical resident from 2022 through 2023.

Panaccione completed her specialty medical training at Brown University in Providence, R.I., where she now serves as an assistant professor of medicine and clinician educator in the division of infectious diseases.

Her specialty is providing care for patients with complex infections, including individuals living with HIV. She is also an advocate for improving health care access for unhoused individuals and those with a history of criminal-legal involvement and incarceration in Rhode Island.

“My time at King’s College was pivotal in my growth and development on my path in becoming a young female physician,” said Panaccione. “The experiences I had and mentors I met provided me with a humanistic foundation and helped propel my scientific and medical career. I am forever grateful for the impact these four years had on my life and am looking forward to return to such an influential place to share my experiences with, soon to be, fellow alumni.”

“Sophia’s work healing patients with serious diseases, especially individuals from our most vulnerable communities, is a powerful perspective to share with our next generation of health science graduates,” said King’s College president Rev. Thomas P. Looney, C.S.C., Ph.D. “Our mission — to forge graduates who champion the inherent dignity of every person and use their talents to serve the common good — comes to life with every student like Sophia, and we’re grateful she is able to return to King’s College and inspire others to follow that path.”



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Skyhawks Slotted Fifth in NEC Women’s Soccer Preseason Coaches’ Poll

Story Links EASTON, Mass. (August 5, 2025) – The Stonehill College women’s soccer team has been picked to finish fifth in the 2025 NEC Women’s Soccer Preseason Coaches’ Poll, as announced by the conference Tuesday afternoon. The Skyhawks, who earned their highest preseason ranking since transitioning to NCAA Division I in 2022, […]

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EASTON, Mass. (August 5, 2025) – The Stonehill College women’s soccer team has been picked to finish fifth in the 2025 NEC Women’s Soccer Preseason Coaches’ Poll, as announced by the conference Tuesday afternoon.

The Skyhawks, who earned their highest preseason ranking since transitioning to NCAA Division I in 2022, will kick off the 2025 season on Thursday, August 14, when they travel to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, to face Boston College.
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Reigning NEC champion Howard University was selected as the preseason favorite to defend its title, earning seven first-place votes. FDU placed second in the poll with four first-place nods, followed by Wagner in third with one first-place vote. Central Connecticut State rounded out the top four.

Stonehill’s fifth-place selection marks a program-best showing in the NEC preseason rankings, improving on last year’s seventh-place projection. The Skyhawks are coming off a strong 2024 season, finishing 8-10-1 overall and 7-2-1 in conference play to earn their first-ever NEC postseason appearance.

Head coach Alex Wilson enters her 13th season at the helm with a roster that returns 23 student-athletes, bolstered by the addition of seven newcomers. The returning group includes 2024 NEC Offensive Player of the Year Hannah Anselmo, All-NEC Second Team honoree Lily Roslonek, and the league’s top-scoring rookie from last season, Erin Foley.

Anselmo led the Skyhawks with 22 points on eight goals and six assists, with seven of those goals coming during NEC play—ranking first among conference scorers. Foley, an NEC All-Rookie Team selection, paced all first-year players in the league with six goals during her debut season.

Defensively, Roslonek anchors the backline alongside Lindsey Brown, both of whom ranked among the team’s top five in minutes played with 1,584 and 1,258 minutes, respectively. Sophomore goalkeeper Allie Sougaris returns after posting a 1.21 goals-against average and recording four shutouts—setting a Division I program record for single-season clean sheets and marking the most by a Skyhawk goalkeeper since Kaitlin Brown’s eight in 2018.

For the latest on Stonehill Athletics, follow the Skyhawks via social media on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

 





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Cowgirl Soccer Trio Tabbed Preseason All

IRVING, Texas – Three Oklahoma State Cowgirls were named to the 2025 Preseason All-Big 12 Soccer Team in a vote of the conference’s head coaches. OSU midfielders Xcaret Pineda and Laudan Wilson and defender Jazmin Brown made the list of the league’s top 27 players, while the Cowgirls were picked by the coaches to finish seventh in […]

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Cowgirl Soccer Trio Tabbed Preseason All

IRVING, Texas – Three Oklahoma State Cowgirls were named to the 2025 Preseason All-Big 12 Soccer Team in a vote of the conference’s head coaches.
 
OSU midfielders Xcaret Pineda and Laudan Wilson and defender Jazmin Brown made the list of the league’s top 27 players, while the Cowgirls were picked by the coaches to finish seventh in the 16-team league.
 
TCU is the Big 12 favorite, receiving 13 first-place votes, while Texas Tech came in second with a pair of first-place nods. BYU, West Virginia, Kansas and Colorado were also picked ahead of the Cowgirls.
 
OSU is coming off a 2024 season in which it finished 14-5-3 overall and made its 14th appearance in the NCAA Championship. A year ago, the Cowgirls were picked to finish eighth in the preseason Big 12 poll but posted a 6-3-2 mark and fifth-place finish.
 
The Cowgirls return seven players who started at least 10 games last season, led by Pineda and Wilson, who were both All-Big 12 First Team performers.
 
A senior, Pineda has played in 61 career games and recorded 14 goals and 11 assists. She tallied six goals each of the last two seasons and also posted four assists as a junior en route to All-Midwest Region First Team honors.
 
Wilson is coming off a sophomore season in which she was OSU’s leading scorer with 19 points as she scored a career-high five goals and ranked second in the Big 12 with nine assists. She has eight goals and 15 assists in 39 career games.
 
Brown played her first three collegiate seasons at Kansas State, where she appeared in 55 games with 53 starts, before transferring to Stillwater for her final year.
 
As a junior last season, Brown started 18 games and earned All-Big 12 Second Team accolades while leading the Wildcats’ field players in minutes played with 1,450.
 

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