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Myla and Kent Farrington Sail to Win in Arthramid Vet CSI3* Qualifier During Spring Series …
1m45; 2021, MYLA, KENT FARRINGTON; Sportfot Edited Press Release World no. 2 Kent Farrington (USA) could not be caught in the $62,500 Arthramid Vet CSI3* Qualifier on Friday. He and Myla, owned by Haity McNerney, topped a stacked field of 73 to pocket a victory on the grass derby field during the second week of […]
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World no. 2 Kent Farrington (USA) could not be caught in the $62,500 Arthramid Vet CSI3* Qualifier on Friday. He and Myla, owned by Haity McNerney, topped a stacked field of 73 to pocket a victory on the grass derby field during the second week of the Spring Series, presented by Florida Coast Equipment. The Wellington International Spring Series, presented by Florida Coast Equipment, continues for five weeks through May 11 and is highlighted by two CSI3* competitions.
“This is a nice experience for these horses before going into the summer,” said Farrington of the courses on the field designed by Mexico’s Ana Catalina “Catsy” Cruz. “Myla has stepped up to the top level and this is her first win this season. She’s a strong part of my team that I’ll take to jump some nations cups this summer for Team USA.”
The track suited Myla’s cat-like speed and agility. “It’s a big field and they used a lot of it in the jump-off. That’s really about carrying a continuous rate of consistent speed for the course, which she has being that she’s a smaller thoroughbred type horse. She naturally covers the ground quite quickly.”
Farrington and Myla, a 10-year-old Holsteiner mare (Crunch 3 x Quadros), stopped the second-round timers at 44.76 seconds for the win. Fellow U.S. athlete Marilyn Little did her best to chase down the two-time Olympian but came up short in 45.45 seconds riding La Contessa. Third place was presented to Ireland’s Robert Blanchette riding Chardonnay for owner Ridersmith, LLC.
Farrington had a banner season during the winter months in Wellington with back-to-back five-star grand prix victories to his credit. The success has him knocking on the door of the world no. 1 title, an honor he also held for almost a year in 2017/2018.
“It would be nice to do it again with a new group of horses,” he admitted. “That would be exciting for my whole team to get back there again, but it’s not something that we chase. I think that’s when you make poor decisions in management. We set out our calendar, and if we do end up getting world no. 1, it’s a consequence of great results.”
The Wellington International Spring Series, presented by Florida Coast Equipment, has attracted a high level of both horse and rider talent to remain in Florida after the conclusion of the 2025 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). The level is a record-setting one for the series.
“I think that’s the evolution of what South Florida has become; you have multiple venues which I think helps strengthen all of the venues because it gives people a reason to come to Florida and multiple places where they can base and show, run a business, have a great lifestyle and have high level sport,” said Farrington. “That leads to having a longer season that people are more interested in staying for. When you have great weather and conditions like today, I think it’s an easy choice for people to stay.”
For complete competition results from the $62,500 Arthramid Vet CSI3* Qualifier, click HERE.
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Beach volleyball tournaments spike tourism in Gulf Shores
GULF SHORES, Ala. (WPMI) — Baldwin County beach tourism is getting a boost between the busy spring break and summer seasons. Gulf Shores is once again hosting the NCAA beach volleyball championship. The tournament gets underway on Friday. There are 16 NCAA Division 1 teams competing for the top spot. It was set to be […]
GULF SHORES, Ala. (WPMI) — Baldwin County beach tourism is getting a boost between the busy spring break and summer seasons. Gulf Shores is once again hosting the NCAA beach volleyball championship. The tournament gets underway on Friday. There are 16 NCAA Division 1 teams competing for the top spot. It was set to be played in Huntington Beach, California this year and next year, but the event returned to Alabama due to devastating wildfires. It will be played in Gulf Shores through 2031.
“We’ve been fortunate to have the beach volleyball national championship since its inception in 2016,” said Gulf Shores spokesman Grant Brown.
Gulf Shores has become a hot spot for hosting beach volleyball. Two weeks ago, the AVCA Small College Beach Volleyball Championship played there, and right now, junior nationals are in town competing next to the NCAA national championship. It’s not just volleyball, the state track championship is going on right now and next week Gulf Shores will host 56 teams in the regional softball Championship. These sports tourism events increasingly bridge the gap between busy times.
“This whole tourism world is changing. People have the opportunity to really come at different times of the year. So our bell curve, which used to be flat, and then really big in the summer, and then really bad in the winter, it’s flattening out like crazy,” said Brown.
“It means the workforce is stabilized, businesses stay healthy, and those are all very important things to our economy,” said Gulf Shores and Orange Beach Tourism President and CEO Beth Gendler.
Gendler says inventory has grown leaps and bounds in the last two years with more than 1,000 new rental units being built at the beach. She says they’ve started the year strong and bookings through summer are on pace to match last year, even as the nation faces troubling economic news.
“They can come here, and they can stay in any number of accommodations. So, they can glamp in the Gulf State Park. They can stay in a hotel. They can stay in a condo. They can stay in a beach house so they’re able to share expenses with family members or multi-generational or friends, and so it makes our destination a perfect destination in those economic uncertain times,” said Gendler.
Starting Friday, you can go watch tournament games in person. Tickets start at $35. You can also watch at home. Every match will stream live on ESPN2, except for the national championship, which will air on ESPN. Saturday night Wes Loper performs on the town green in Gulf Shores for a free concert.
This week, Alabama announced tourists spent a record breaking $23.9 billion last year in the state. That’s more than double what was spent in 2014, according to the state tourism department. The lodging tax revenue generated $88 million for the state’s general fund . Without it, each household in Alabama would have to pay an additional $700 in taxes to maintain current services, according to tourism officials.
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De Luca Completes Incoming Class – Stanford Cardinal
STANFORD, Calif. – Dunlevie Family Director of Women’s Water Polo John Tanner has announced the signing of Cecilia De Luca (Long Beach, Calif.), who will join the Cardinal for its 2026 campaign. De Luca completes a five-member class that also includes November signees Lucy Haaland-Ford (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Addison Parrish (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Natalia Szczerba (Palo […]
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Beach Volleyball Has Three Named to 2025 All-Big West Team
Story Links IRVINE, Calif. – CSUN Beach Volleyball had three student-athletes named to the 2025 All-Big West Beach Volleyball Team as announced by the conference office on Thursday, May 1. Senior Tia Mendiola, freshman Dylan Hall, and fellow freshman Hannah Heflin were each named Honorable Mention All-Big West. Both Hall and Heflin were also […]
IRVINE, Calif. – CSUN Beach Volleyball had three student-athletes named to the 2025 All-Big West Beach Volleyball Team as announced by the conference office on Thursday, May 1. Senior Tia Mendiola, freshman Dylan Hall, and fellow freshman Hannah Heflin were each named Honorable Mention All-Big West. Both Hall and Heflin were also named to the six-member All-Freshman Team.
New in 2025, the All-Big West Teams are composed of individual players rather than pairs, with 20 student-athletes on the first and second teams and a six-member All-Freshman team. All seven programs have at least one honoree dotting the listings. Big West Champion Long Beach State swept the individual awards.
After pairing up for the first time against Utah on Mar. 7, Hall and Heflin went on to lead all CSUN pairs with an 18-7 overall record. The duo finished 5-5 playing at the No. 3 position, 9-2 at No. 5, and 4-0 at No. 5. After debuting with a straight-set win over the Utes on the No. 4 court, Hall and Heflin went on the win their first nine matches. The pair ultimately went on to win 15 of their first 17 matches before finishing the season 18-7. With 18 wins, the duo ranks tied for third for most wins in a single season in program history.
Individually, Heflin won a CSUN single-season record 23 times in 2025. She won 18 times with Hall, three times paired with Morgan Gillinger, once with both Sophia Jarosz and Maleya Miles. Hall finished her first season with 20 wins, which ranks fifth for a single season in Matador history.
After an injury-shortened 2024 season, Mendiola came back to win 19 times during her senior season. Paired with Julia Bazylevych, the duo won 16 times, which ranked third on the Matadors. Mendiola finished the season 9-14 playing on the No. 2 court, 7-1 at No. 3, 1-1 at No. 4, and 2-0 at No. 5. In addition to her 16-13 record with Bazylevych, Mendiola finished 3-3 with Ainsley Patrick (0-2 at No. 2, 3-1 at No. 3).
“Always stoked when we receive All-Big West honors,” said CSUN head coach Ari Homayun. “I think the addition of the All-Freshman Team has been great. Coming into a program and immediately making an impact is beyond impressive, and I’m glad Hannah and Dylan were recognized for the hard work they put in this season.”
CSUN has now had 27 beach volleyball players earn All-Big West honors since 2016, the first season the conference began sponsoring beach volleyball.
The Matadors have had multiple pairs earn All-Big West honors in two of the last three seasons. In 2024, Gabriela Griego and MayaMay Brown earned second-team honors. In 2023, Griego and Abbey Sweeting earned second-team honors, while Lauren Eknoian and Tasha Mae were named honorable mention. The pairs of Kailey Klein and Victoria Rogers and Eknoian and Emily Sparks each earned honorable mention honors in 2022.
Darbi Honeycutt and Mikaela Maughan earned honorable mention honors in 2021, while Taylor Brydon and Lauren McMurray (honorable mention) joined Honeycutt and Maughan on the 2020 All-Big West Team. Katie Sato and Aeryn Owens earned second-team honors in 2018, while Sato also earned honorable mention honors with Lauren Conati in 2016. Maddie Leiphardt and Nicki Williams also picked up second-team accolades in 2017, while Leiphardt and Julie Haake were the Matadors’ first-ever second-team recipients in 2016.
CSUN finished the 2025 season with a program record 18 wins, reaching the semifinals of the 2025 Big West Beach Championship, where the Matadors fell to Cal Poly to cap an 18-17 season.
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No. 16 Sandy Mocs Set for NCAA Tournament Clash with No. 1 UCLA
Story Links CHATTANOOGA — The Chattanooga beach volleyball program is set to hit national television on Friday, May 2 in Gulf Shores, Alabama, as the No. 16 seeded Sandy Mocs will open their 2025 NCAA Beach Volleyball Tournament by taking on No. 1 seeded UCLA at Gulf Beach Place. Friday’s […]
CHATTANOOGA — The Chattanooga beach volleyball program is set to hit national television on Friday, May 2 in Gulf Shores, Alabama, as the No. 16 seeded Sandy Mocs will open their 2025 NCAA Beach Volleyball Tournament by taking on No. 1 seeded UCLA at Gulf Beach Place.
Friday’s match, which will feature the back-to-back Ohio Valley Conference champion Mocs (26-5, 10-0 OVC), will have wraparound coverage available to stream via ESPN2 or ESPN+. Each court will also have its own separate stream available on ESPN+ and those links are available below.
This marks the second consecutive year that Chattanooga has reached the grandest stage of them all, having competed in the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament back in 2024.
ESPN Coverage Links
ESPN2 Full Coverage: STREAM HERE
Court 1 ESPN+: STREAM HERE
Court 2 ESPN+: STREAM HERE
Court 3 ESPN+: STREAM HERE
Court 4 ESPN+: STREAM HERE
Court 5 ESPN+: STREAM HERE
2025 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships – May 2-4
Gulf Beach Place
Gulf Shores, Ala. (Hosted by UAB)
Friday, May 2
Match 1 – 9 AM ET (8 AM CT) – #4 Loyola Marymount (CA) vs. #12 FAU
Match 2 – 10 AM ET (9 AM CT) – #5 USC vs. #12 North Florida
Match 3 – 11 AM ET (10 AM CT) – #1 UCLA vs. #16 Chattanooga
Match 4 – 12 PM ET (11 AM CT) – #8 Florida State vs. #9 Long Beach State
Match 5 – 1 PM ET (12 PM CT) – #2 TCU vs. #15 Georgia State
Match 6 – 2 PM ET (1 PM CT) – #7 Texas vs. #10 California
Match 7 – 3 PM ET (2 PM CT) – #3 Stanford vs. #14 Boise State
Match 8 – 4 PM ET (3 PM CT) – #6 Cal Poly vs. #11 LSU
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Wisconsin volleyball’s Lola Schumacher will enter transfer portal
Wisconsin volleyball unveils Final Four banner inside UW Field House The Badgers unveiled the banner from their 2023 Final Four appearance before their exhibition match against Bradley on Aug. 20. MADISON – The Wisconsin volleyball team will have a new starting libero next season. Lola Schumacher, a rising sophomore, has entered the transfer portal. Schumacher […]
Wisconsin volleyball unveils Final Four banner inside UW Field House
The Badgers unveiled the banner from their 2023 Final Four appearance before their exhibition match against Bradley on Aug. 20.
MADISON – The Wisconsin volleyball team will have a new starting libero next season.
Lola Schumacher, a rising sophomore, has entered the transfer portal. Schumacher made 23 starts and played in 30 of the Badgers’ 33 matches last season.
The Wisconsin State Journal first reported Schumacher’s departure. Badgers coach Kelly Sheffield confirmed her intention to transfer to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
May 1 marked the first day of the spring transfer portal period for women’s volleyball. The portal closes May 15.
Schumacher, from Carmel, Indiana, was a member of the Big Ten’s all-freshman team last season and led UW with 3.64 digs per set. She entered the program after earning All-American distinction from Under Armour as a high school senior.
The Badgers are set to add two highly regarded incoming freshmen at the position: Aniya Warren and Kristen Simon.
Warren, a native of Lockport, Illinois, is one of 19 players selected to prepare for the FIVB Girls U19 World Championship. Simon, who is from Louisville, was the Gatorade state player of the year in Kentucky. Both players were MaxPreps first-team All-Americans.
The Badgers also return rising sophomore Maile Chan, who got some work at libero during the spring matches at the Field House.
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Five BeachBows Gain All-Big West Nods
Story Links IRVINE, Calif. – The Big West Conference announced its all-conference awards for beach volleyball on Thursday as voted by the league coaches with five Rainbow Wahine earning recognition. Alana Embry was named to the first team, Sarah Burton and Caprice Lorenzo were named to the second team, while Julia Lawrenz […]
IRVINE, Calif. – The Big West Conference announced its all-conference awards for beach volleyball on Thursday as voted by the league coaches with five Rainbow Wahine earning recognition.
Alana Embry was named to the first team, Sarah Burton and Caprice Lorenzo were named to the second team, while Julia Lawrenz gained honorable mention. Jasmine Wandeler earned a spot on the all-freshman team.
For Embry, it marked the second straight year that she gained first-team accolades. The native of Poway, Calif., played in all 35 matches, with all but six of those at the top two flights, including 20 at the top of the order. Embry played with three different partners and found her most success with Lawrenz as the pair went 13-7, highlighted by winning seven of nine matches at the No. 2 fight.
Lawrenz, a junior from Curitiba, Brazil earned all-Big West mention for the first time with her dynamic play, in spite of missing a stretch of nine straight matches near the tail end of the season. Lawrenz went 13-6 in her final 19 matches of the year.
Burton (Jr., Perth Australia) and Lorenzo (Jr., Mesa, Ariz.) also earned conference accolades for the first time. They were the only UH pair to start all 35 matches together and tallied the most wins (16) on the team both individually and collectively. The tandem played all of their matches at the top three spots of the lineup, including 15 matches as the top flight.
In her inaugural campaign as a BeachBows, the freshman Wandeler had an instant impact, starting all 35 matches while notching the third most wins (15) on the squad. The native of Stans, Switzerland, played the majority of her matches with Jesse Mann in the middle of the order where the duo notched a half dozen wins over ranked opponents, highlighted by an upset of Madison Goellner and Ella Larkin of then-No. 1 USC on the opening day of the season.
The Rainbow Wahine concluded their season with a 14-21 record after bowing out of the Big West Championship semifinals.
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