Auburn volleyball to host Virginia in inaugural ‘Showdown at the Net’ – Auburn Tigers
AUBURN, Ala. – As part of an SEC/ACC showdown, Auburn volleyball will host Virginia in the inaugural ‘Showdown at the Net’ volleyball tournament, the conference and ESPN Events announced Thursday. The Tigers will host the Cavaliers on Tuesday, Sept. 9, inside Neville Arena. The match will be streamed live on SECN Network Plus and a […]
AUBURN, Ala. – As part of an SEC/ACC showdown, Auburn volleyball will host Virginia in the inaugural ‘Showdown at the Net’ volleyball tournament, the conference and ESPN Events announced Thursday.
The Tigers will host the Cavaliers on Tuesday, Sept. 9, inside Neville Arena. The match will be streamed live on SECN Network Plus and a first serve time will be announced at a later date.
Other action around the league on Tuesday features Stanford at Missouri, Texas A&M at SMU, Georgia Tech at Tennessee, Florida at North Carolina, Georgia at Clemson, LSU at Notre Dame and Boston College at Arkansas. The slate continues on Wednesday, Sept. 10, with Florida State at Oklahoma, South Carolina at NC State, Ole Miss at Miami, Vanderbilt at Cal, Wake Forest at Alabama and Duke at Mississippi State.
A four-team showcase, including Pitt, Kentucky, Louisville and Texas will clash on Wednesday at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The Panthers will face the Wildcats, while the Cardinals will take on the Longhorns. Both matches will air on ESPN.
“We are excited to have the Southeastern Conference participate in the first edition of ‘Showdown at the Net’,” said Misty Brown, SEC Assistant Commissioner. “We look forward to seeing some high-caliber volleyball as the storied programs from the SEC prepare to build upon their recent successes during the 2025 season.”
Head coach Brent Crouch and Co. will announce the remaining non-conference schedule at a later date.
About ESPN Events ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, owns and operates a portfolio of collegiate sporting events nationwide. In the 2024-25 academic year, the 34-event schedule includes four early-season college football kickoff games, 17 college bowl games, 10 college basketball events, the premiere regular season college softball and gymnastics events, as well as the Band of the Year National Championship. Collectively, these events account for over 400 hours of live programming on ESPN platforms, reaching 60 million viewers and attracting more than 650,000 annual attendees. Each year, the portfolio of events features more than 20 Division I conferences and hosts over 4,000 participating student-athletes. With satellite offices in more than 10 cities across the country, ESPN Events builds relationships with conferences, schools and local communities, as well as providing unique experiences for teams and fans.
Postponed World Championships open water swimming events set to go ahead after water quality review | National Sports
SINGAPORE (AP) — Open water swimming at the World Championships is set to start a day late following two delays in Singapore because of “water quality levels exceeding acceptable thresholds.” World Aquatics and locals organizers issued a statement Wednesday saying the women’s and men’s 10-kilometer events would start in the afternoon. ×
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SINGAPORE (AP) — Open water swimming at the World Championships is set to start a day late following two delays in Singapore because of “water quality levels exceeding acceptable thresholds.”
World Aquatics and locals organizers issued a statement Wednesday saying the women’s and men’s 10-kilometer events would start in the afternoon.
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Fontana Resident Purchases, Revives FOX Sports 1270 AM with High School Sports and Digital Focus
Fontana resident Brian Arrington has officially purchased and re-launched FOX Sports 1270 AM/Palm Springs, giving the station new life with a strong emphasis on high school sports coverage, grassroots programming, and nationwide accessibility via the iHeart Radio app. Arrington took over the station on January 1, 2025, and soft-launched programming in April with the help […]
Fontana resident Brian Arrington has officially purchased and re-launched FOX Sports 1270 AM/Palm Springs, giving the station new life with a strong emphasis on high school sports coverage, grassroots programming, and nationwide accessibility via the iHeart Radio app.
Arrington took over the station on January 1, 2025, and soft-launched programming in April with the help of his family, who now work alongside him to operate the station. “This is already a family-owned and operated effort,” said Arrington. “If I’m going to bring people in, I myself need to know how to do everything. So right now I’m doing everything from running commercials, running the board, and even fixing toilets.”
His wife, Brandi Arrington, who works in the nursing field, helps manage operations and serves as a trusted advisor. Their daughter, Briana Arrington, offered crucial insight that helped shape the station’s digital pivot. “She told me, ‘Dad, we don’t listen to music on the radio—where’s the link?’ That changed everything,” Brian said. “Now, we always tell people to find us on the iHeart Radio app.”
Their sons, Brian Arrington Jr. and Brandon Arrington, are also instrumental to the station’s operations. Brandon, 21, handles audio production and board operations, while Brian Jr. is studying computer technology and helps with network programming and tech infrastructure.
From left: Brian Arrington, Brandi Arrington, Briana Arrington, and Brandon Arrington all play a vital role in the operations of FOX Sports 1270 AM.
The new programming lineup includes national shows like The Dan Patrick Show and The Herd with Colin Cowherd, but Arrington is focused on building out original, locally-driven content. “Our primary focus is high school sports,” he said. “But we’ll still run pro content—and we’re building a local 4 to 7 PM drive-time show that speaks directly to the community.”
On August 19, 2025, the station will debut its new local drive-time show, Danny B Happy Hour, offering Coachella Valley-centered sports commentary and interviews.
A centerpiece of that effort is the Coachella Valley Sports Report, a weekend program covering 14 high schools throughout Palm Springs, La Quinta, Indio, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Xavier Prep, and others. The station is also broadcasting Palm Springs Power Division I college baseball games and plans to host a media day for all high school sports teams next month.
The station’s current daily schedule is as follows:
(Monday – Friday)
3am-6am PT Two Pros and a Cup of Joe with LaVar Arrington, Brady Quinn & Jonas Knox
6am-9pm PT The Dan Patrick Show
9am-12pm PT The Herd with Colin Cowherd
12pm-2pm PT The Doug Gottlieb Show
2pm-4pm PT Covino & Rich
4pm-7pm PT The Odd Couple With Rob Parker & Kelvin Washington
7pm-11pm PT The Jason Smith Show With Mike Harmon
11pm-3am PT The Ben Maller Show
Saturday
11am-12pm PT The Coachella Valley Sports Report with Coach B
12pm-1pm PT The National Prep Sports Report with Coach B
Arrington’s background in broadcasting spans more than a decade. He previously served as an on-air personality for FOX Sports AM 1350 in Riverside, 98.9 FM in Las Vegas, and 910 AM in Phoenix. His career began at KCAA in San Bernardino, where he co-hosted for two years before launching his own show and building a following across Southern California.
“We started doing high school all-star games, banquets, and even scholarships,” said Arrington. “That’s when we knew grassroots was the way to grow, even in radio.”
He now hosts the National Prep Sports Report, which he plans to expand beyond Palm Springs into Las Vegas and potentially Phoenix. The show aims to treat high school athletes with the same spotlight as professionals—many of whom now boast name, image, and likeness deals and millions of followers on social media. “These kids are building brands,” he said. “And we want to cover them like professionals.”
Arrington, a Downey High School Class of 1993 graduate, moved his family to Fontana in 2005 as they began looking for a permanent home. All three of his children have graduated from Etiwanda High School.
Despite challenges in launching a station—including the financial strain of taking equity from their Fontana home—Arrington says the sacrifice has been worth it. “The toughest part is getting people to believe in sales and advertising,” he said. “But this is something tangible. My daughter told me she’s proud of me. That made it all worth it.”
And while his wife Brandi isn’t a sports fan herself, Arrington credits her steady guidance as essential to his vision. “She’ll tell me whether something makes sense or not,” he said. “Everyone in some form or fashion is connected to sports—even if they don’t like it.”
Arrington maintains that AM radio remains vital, especially for sports content. “There’s this misconception that AM isn’t important,” he said. “But the data shows sports programming does really well. People still want a local voice—and that’s what we’re delivering.”
Listeners can tune in to FOX Sports 1270 AM throughout the Coachella Valley and as far as Beaumont and Banning, or stream globally via the iHeart Radio app.Follow @foxsportsps on Instagram and X, or visit foxsportspalmsprings.com for streaming, schedules, and local coverage updates.
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CSC Academic All-America Teams GOLDEN, Colo. – Team Member of the Year Loic Scomparin headlined five members of the Colorado School of Mines men’s cross country and track & field programs named to the College Sports Communicators’ Academic All-America teams on Wednesday. Scomparin earned First-Team Academic […]
– Team Member of the Year Loic Scomparin headlined five members of the Colorado School of Mines men’s cross country and track & field programs named to the College Sports Communicators’ Academic All-America teams on Wednesday.
Scomparin earned First-Team Academic All-America status alongside fellow distance runner Logan Bocovich, pole vaulter Hunter Potrykus, and hurdler Everett Delate, while distance runner Jeremiah Vaille earned third-team accolades. Scomparin becomes the 11th Academic All-America Team Member of the Year in Mines Athletics history, and the sixth for Mines track & field, which has had at least one in each of the past four seasons including Potrykus, who was the 2024 honoree.
Scomparin helped led Mines to the 2024 NCAA Division II national championship in cross country, finishing eighth nationally and second at the RMAC Championships to be named USTFCCCA All-America, First-Team All-RMAC, and the RMAC Academic Athlete of the Year in the fall. During the indoor season, Scomparin was the NCAA silver medalist in both the 3,000m and 5,000m and swept the RMAC Championships gold medals in those events, and he was again a double-qualifier to nationals outdoors in the 5K and 10K, earning Second-Team All-American status in the former event after he was the RMAC silver medalist in the 10K. Scomparin becomes only the fourth four-time Academic All-American for the Orediggers (joining Ben Schneiderman, Hannah Miller, and Zoe Baker), and he has three degrees from Mines, earning a master’s in hydrology this past May and also having a master’s in advanced energy systems and a bachelor’s in environmental engineering.
Bocovich was another key part of Mines’ national champion cross country team, finishing seventh nationally at the NCAA Championships after sixth-place NCAA regional and fourth-place RMAC Championships finishes. He was a USTFCCCA First-Team All-American in the fall, and went on to earn the RMAC indoor 5,000m bronze medal before ending his career as the NCAA bronze medalist in the outdoor 10,000m following all-RMAC runs at both long distances. Bocovich was also a Third-Team Academic All-American a year ago, and is working on a master’s in geochemistry at Mines. He holds a bachelor’s in chemistry from St. Olaf College.
Potrykus, now a three-time Academic All-American, was the RMAC’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year and RMAC Men’s Indoor Academic Athlete of the Year in 2025 after finishing his decorated vaulting career with a final season of indoor eligibility. Potrykus finished fourth at the NCAA Indoor Championships – his fourth career First-Team All-America finish – and was the RMAC silver medalist. He closed his career as Mines’ indoor and outdoor recordholder, and co-holds the RMAC all-venues record as well. Potrykus has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Mines in mechanical engineering.
Delate repeats as a First-Team Academic All-American after finishing his career as one of the RMAC’s all-time greatest hurdlers. Delate swept the RMAC 60m and 110m hurdle championships for a third consecutive year, resetting the RMAC Championships records in both, and he went on to earn the national silver medal in the 60m hurdles to earn First-Team All-America status. Delate graduates as Mines’ recordholder at both sprint hurdle distances. He earned a B.S. in economics from Mines in 2023 and a master’s in mineral and energy economics this past May.
Vaille, a first-time honoree, was a two-season all-American for the Orediggers in 2024-25. Vaille finished 37th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships to earn his first USTFCCCA All-America medal following a fourth-place NCAA Regional run, and after an abbreviated indoor season to compete at the World University Games, had an outstanding outdoor season winning the RMAC titles in both the 5,000m and 10,000m before going on to place eighth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 10K. Vaille has a B.S. in civil engineering and M.S. in civil & environmental engineering from Mines.
Academic All-America honorees must have a 3.5 or above GPA while holding sophomore or higher academic standing. Academic All-America awards are voted on by the nation’s sports information directors.
Since 1972, Colorado School of Mines’ 216 Academic All-America recipients are the most by any NCAA Division II member. Mines men’s cross country/track & field leads all D-II programs, and is second among all divisions, with 48 all-time honorees.
Hagstrom Steps Down as Bucknell Head Volleyball Coach, Will Lead Program at Penn
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Bucknell head volleyball coach Tyler Hagstrom announced his departure on Wednesday, as he has been hired in the same capacity at the University of Pennsylvania. Hagstrom orchestrated a successful rebuild of the Bison program during his five-year tenure in Lewisburg, culminating with a record-setting 21-5 season last fall. “I would like […]
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Bucknell head volleyball coach Tyler Hagstrom announced his departure on Wednesday, as he has been hired in the same capacity at the University of Pennsylvania. Hagstrom orchestrated a successful rebuild of the Bison program during his five-year tenure in Lewisburg, culminating with a record-setting 21-5 season last fall.
“I would like to thank Tyler Hagstrom for his significant contributions to the Bucknell volleyball program over the last five years,” said interim vice president for Athletics and Recreation Tim Pavlechko. “Under Tyler’s leadership, the Bison volleyball team returned to the upper echelon of the Patriot League and was highly successful both on the floor and in the classroom. Tyler leaves behind a program in tremendous shape, with many talented young student-athletes returning this fall, and we wish him and his family the best of luck at Penn.”
“I am incredibly grateful to Bucknell University for the opportunity to lead the volleyball program over the last five years,” said Hagstrom. “Coaching this team has truly been one of the greatest honors of my career. The student-athletes in this program are exceptional — not only in their talent and work ethic, but in their character, commitment, and support for one another. From record-setting seasons to developing a strong team culture, I’m so proud of all we’ve accomplished together. The future of Bucknell Volleyball is undeniably bright, and I’ll be cheering them on every step of the way.”
Hagstrom came to Bucknell in February 2020, and his first season at the helm was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. After the Bison finished 7-18 overall and 3-13 in the Patriot League in his first full season in the fall of 2021, they improved to 15-11/8-8 in 2022, 15-11/11-5 in 2023, and 21-5/13-3 in 2024. Bucknell had not posted a winning conference record nor participated in postseason play since 2010, but Hagstrom guided the Bison back into championship contention with Patriot League Tournament appearances in each of the last three seasons.
He was named Patriot League Coach of the Year in 2024 after the Bison posted their best winning percentage (.808) in team history. All told, Hagstrom compiled a 59-48 (.551) record during his five-year stint, and he leaves with the highest winning percentage in team history.
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North Dakota State AUSTIN, Texas – North Dakota State University track & field athletes Merrideth Spiers, Sam Roller, and Zach McGlynn have been named to the CSC Academic All-America second team for Division […]
North Dakota State AUSTIN, Texas – North Dakota State University track & field athletes Merrideth Spiers, Sam Roller, and Zach McGlynn have been named to the CSC Academic All-America second team for Division I, the College Sports Communicators announced Wednesday.
This is the first Academic All-America honor of Spiers’ career, and the first for the NDSU women since 2022. The Bison women have now earned 21 Academic All-America honors in track & field and cross country since the Division I transition.
Spiers (Grant City, Mo.) owns a 4.0 GPA pursuing a Ph.D. in criminal justice after earning her undergrad degree with a 4.0 majoring in psychology. She ranked 45th nationally in the weight throw for the indoor season and qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in the hammer throw outdoor.
Previously this season, Spiers was voted Academic All-League for the Summit League indoor and outdoor seasons, as well as being named the 2025 Summit League Outdoor Scholar of the Championship.
Both McGlynn and Roller were named to the Academic All-America second team. The NDSU men’s track & field program has now claimed 18 Academic All-America honors since the school’s Division I transition.
McGlynn (Stephen, Minn.) earned a degree in agricultural economics with a 4.0 GPA and is pursuing an MBA with a 4.0 as well. He broke the NDSU school record in the decathlon with an NCAA-qualifying 7,697 points this spring, but was forced to miss the NCAA Championships due to injury.
McGlynn also recorded marks this season that rank him fifth in NDSU outdoor history for the high jump and seventh for the pole vault.
Roller (Thompson, N.D.) recorded a 4.0 GPA to earn his degree in biological sciences. He qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships, was named the NCAA Elite 90 Award winner for outdoor track & field, and won the Summit League title in the javelin this season.
South Dakota State
South Dakota State’s Hunter Wallster was selected to College Sports Communicator’s (CSC) Academic All-America Second Team as announced by the CSC Wednesday afternoon.
The honor recognizes student-athletes for outstanding performances in both the classroom and competition. This marks the second time Wallster has been named to the Academic All-America Second Team, as the Canadian clinched a spot on second team last year.
Wallster takes this honor following an outstanding year of competition, as he recorded two conference titles between the outdoor and indoor seasons. Wallster first won the weight throw during the Summit League Indoor Championships with a personal record mark of 68-00.50 (20.74m) before taking the hammer throw title with a throw of 200-08.00 (61.17m) at the Outdoor Conference Championships.
Next up in our series of All-21st Century Syracuse Orange teams is women’s volleyball. We’ll pick two players at both outside hitter and middle blocker, along with an outside hitter, setter and libero. Outside Hitter: Polina Shemanova: Two-time AVCA Honorable Mention All-American. Three-time First-Team All-ACC selection. Holds Syracuse record for kills in a career (1,845). […]
Next up in our series of All-21st Century Syracuse Orange teams is women’s volleyball. We’ll pick two players at both outside hitter and middle blocker, along with an outside hitter, setter and libero.
Outside Hitter:
Polina Shemanova: Two-time AVCA Honorable Mention All-American. Three-time First-Team All-ACC selection. Holds Syracuse record for kills in a career (1,845).
Marina Markova: AVCA Honorable Mention All-American in 2021 when she recorded 492 kills
Right-side Hitter:
Kelly Duan– 2005 AVCA Honorable Mention All-American. Two-time First-Team All-Big East selection. Syracuse career record holder for kills in a single-season (537 in 2005)
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Middle Blocker:
Santita Ebangwese- 2018 AVCA Honorable Mention All-American. Two time All-ACC. Holds Syracuse records for single-season hitting percentage (.425) and career hitting percentage (.351)
Sarah Morton– holds the single-season record for solo blocks (72). Averaged the most blocks per set in both the 25 and 30 point scoring systems.
Setter:
Aila Dommestrup- third all-time in assists and fourth in assists per set
Libero:
Joscie Kaup- led the Orange in digs all four seasons. Holds the Syracuse record for most digs per set and is fourth in career service aces.
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