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2025 LCU Soccer Schedule Announced

Story Links Full Schedule LUBBOCK, Texas (May 23, 2025) – Lubbock Christian head men’s soccer coach Collin Cone  has announced the 2025 schedules, which features 17 regular season matches and 10 chances to see the team play in the Hub City. The Chaps will first take the field for a pair of preseason scrimmages against Division […]

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LUBBOCK, Texas (May 23, 2025) – Lubbock Christian head men’s soccer coach Collin Cone  has announced the 2025 schedules, which features 17 regular season matches and 10 chances to see the team play in the Hub City.
 
The Chaps will first take the field for a pair of preseason scrimmages against Division III opponents on Aug. 23 and 26, with both matches taking place at the LCU Soccer & Track Complex.
 
To officially begin the season, Lubbock Christian will be in the Centennial State, taking on Fort Lewis College on Sept. 4 before a match against Adams State. The home opener is Sept. 11 against Northeastern State at 7:30 p.m.
 
LCU will host home matches after the meeting with the Riverhawks, including meetings with UT Dallas, Sul Ross State, St. Mary’s, Texas A&M International, Oklahoma Christian, Dallas Baptist and Midwestern State. The Sept. 13 matchup with UT Dallas will also be Senior Day.
 
After the trip to Colorado, the Chaps will be on the road for games against Fort Hays State, Newman, St. Edward’s, UT Tyler, UT Dallas, West Texas A&M and Sul Ross State.
 
Lone Star Conference play begins with the Oct. 1 home match against St. Mary’s. The LSC schedule format is single round-robin against all conference opponents, with conference standings decided by points. The top six teams at the end of the regular season will advance to the league’s postseason tournament. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds will host quarterfinal matches on Nov. 8, with the two winners and the top two seeds (who receive quarterfinal byes) advancing to the semis at the final site.
 
The Chaps finished the 2024 season with a 6-6-5 overall record and a 3-4-3 showing in Lone Star Conference play. They had five players recognized with All-Conference awards.
 

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NHL rides wave of success; Marchment traded to Kraken

News staff and wire services The 4 Nations Face-Off in February was meant to provide a taste of international competition a year before the Winter Olympics because it had been nearly a decade since the NHL’s top players were able to represent their countries in the same tournament. Instead, the pace and quality of games […]

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The 4 Nations Face-Off in February was meant to provide a taste of international competition a year before the Winter Olympics because it had been nearly a decade since the NHL’s top players were able to represent their countries in the same tournament.

Instead, the pace and quality of games captivated sellout crowds, with millions tuning in to watch. In the immediate aftermath of his team beating the U.S. i n the final in overtime, Canada general manager Doug Armstrong met up with American counterpart Bill Guerin in the hallway, shook hands and had a message that was bigger than one game.

“He said it best: Hockey was the big winner,” Guerin recalled. “Obviously Canada won that championship, but the sport of hockey, the game, was the big winner.”

Hockey is seeing a surge in popularity and buzz, fed by the 4 Nations tournament, Alex Ovechkin’s stirring run to the NHL career goals record and the Florida Panthers repeating as Stanley Cup champions to set up a threepeat bid next season. Up next are the draft and free agency, with Mitch Marner and playoff MVP Sam Bennett among the top players available, and anticipation is building for the NHL’s return to the Olympics for the first time since 2014.

“For all of us, I think we’re just really proud of being a part of this bigger picture and growing the game and getting it more on the forefront,” Guerin said. “The game’s never been in a better spot.”

4 Nations success

The NHL and NHLPA wanted to stage a World Cup but plans were pushed back until this year with a pared-down version involving the U.S., Canada, Sweden and Finland.

Commissioner Gary Bettman referred to it as an appetizer, and no one knew exactly what to expect.

“We all went in hoping it was going to be a great event,” Armstrong said, “and it ended up being better than anyone could have expected.”

Canada’s star-studded power play of Connor McDavid, Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and Sam Reinhart connecting on a tic-tac-toe passing goal less than a minute into the opening game against Sweden served notice that the play would be at the highest level. The U.S. and Canada had three fights in the first nine seconds, and geopolitical cross-border tensions with crowds booing anthems and more put the 4 Nations in an unexpected spotlight. Fans were riveted.

The final became one of the hottest tickets in Boston sports history, and more than 9 million watched in the U.S. and nearly 11 million in Canada. Not bad for a tournament that never happened before and may never happen again.

The GR8 chase

Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals took center stage as he chased down Wayne Gretzky’s record of 894 goals, a feat that had long seemed unapproachable. Despite missing more than a month earlier in the season because of a broken left leg, he was in striking distance by late March.

Still scoring at an absurd pace at 39 years old, Ovechkin went on a tear and tied the mark at home on a Friday night that became a celebration of his career. Two days later, he got No. 895 in New York against the Islanders, with Gretzky, Bettman, his mother, wife, children and more there to congratulate him.

“(It is) the biggest accomplishment that the world of hockey has seen a very long time,” longtime teammate T.J. Oshie said. “This record is going to be here for a while.”

Ovechkin, now at 897 goals, is set to play his 21st NHL season and add to his total.

Panthers repeat

Florida had the 11th-most points out of the 16 teams that reached the playoffs and started each round on the road. Didn’t matter. The Panthers got through Tampa Bay in five games, Toronto in seven and Carolina in six to reach the final for a third consecutive year. They then beat McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers again, this time in six to go back to back.

“Everybody wrote us off from the start of the playoffs,” veteran winger Brad Marchand said after becoming a two-time champion. “They had everybody beating us in every round. We just had that fire. We knew we had something special.”

Matthew Tkachuk, whose arrival in the summer of 2022 along with coach Paul Maurice coincided with Florida becoming an NHL powerhouse, went as far as to use the “D” word.

“We’ve got to be dynasty now,” Tkachuk said. “Three years in a row finals, two championships. This is a special group.”

Retired goaltender Cory Schneider called the Panthers “one of the best teams I think I’ve seen in my lifetime.”

“They’re the epitome of depth, skill, structure,” said Schneider, who worked the final as an NHL Network analyst. “A lot of teams have good players. but it takes the attention to detail and the sacrifice to do it all the time. Teams want to play easy hockey sometimes and get their chances, but Florida does that while also committing to playing a complete brand of team hockey.”

BetMGM Sportsbook lists the Oilers as a slight favorite to win next season’s championship over the Panthers. The NHL hasn’t had a three-peat since the New York Islanders won four in a row from 1980-83.

Draft and free agency

The league is having its first in-person, de-centralized draft in Los Angeles on June 27-28. The New York Islanders after winning the draft lottery have the first pick, and new general manager Mathieu Darche could pick defenseman Matthew Schaefer, an inspirational story off the ice.

With the salary cap getting the first of several big jumps thanks to record attendance and revenue (increases to $95.5 million this summer), player movement could be fast and furious.

Free agency opens July 1, and teams in markets from New York and Toronto to Los Angeles, Anaheim and Utah have cap space to use.

Milan-Cortina Olympics

The 12 countries taking part – Russia is banned – have already unveiled the first six players on their Olympic rosters. The International Ice Hockey Federation has released the schedule of games, with the men’s tournament starting Feb. 11,

“When you’re growing up when you’re watching as a kid, it’s Stanley Cup finals and it’s Team Canada,” said Reinhart, who scored four goals in Florida’s Cup-clinching game the day after getting named to Canada’s roster. “Those are the two things that you dream about playing for. To have that opportunity is pretty exciting.”

The NHL went to five consecutive Games from 1998-2014, then skipped 2018 and pulled out in 2022, leaving teams those years without any active league players. Milan-Cortina will be the first Olympics for players like McDavid, MacKinnon, Auston Matthews and Jack Eichel.

“Getting another opportunity to bring generations that have a Sidney Crosby and a Connor McDavid together to play internationally, it’s just great for the fans and great for hockey,” Armstrong said. “Players are so excited to be part of this. … It’s neck and neck with the Stanley Cup right now of wanting to win that event.”

Tkachuk was named to the U.S. team along with brother Brady. With the two becoming household names for new fans after the fight-filled 4 Nations, it feels a little like hockey is in its Tkachuk era. Italy is the next stop on their journey.

“4 Nations was good, and hopefully Olympics will be great, as well,” said Matthew after becoming a two-time Cup champion. “I feel I’ve been the luckiest guy in hockey.”

Kraken acquire Marchment from Stars

Seattle – The Seattle Kraken acquired forward Mason Marchment from the Dallas Stars on Thursday for a 2025 fourth-round pick and a 2026 third-rounder.

The 30-year-old Marchment – one of the NHL’s tallest players at 6-foot-5 – tied his career high with 22 goals last season and had 25 assists in 62 regular-season games.

“Mason adds an important skillset to our roster,” Kraken general manager Jason Botterill said in a statement. “He’s a veteran player who brings a combination of size, skill and toughness. Mason knows what it takes to win, having been part of deep postseason runs with the Stars. We’re excited to have him join our group.”

The Stars were eager to move Marchment in a salary-shedding move with the final year of his contract carrying a $4.5 million cap hit. Dallas is up against the cap, especially after signing trade-deadline acquisition Mikko Rantanen to an eight-year, $96 million contract.

Marchment has 76 goals and 113 assists in 302 regular-season games with the Stars, Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs. He has 11 goals and eight assists in 59 playoff games.

Stars re-sign Duchene to $18M deal

Frisco, Texas – The Dallas Stars have re-signed forward Matt Duchene to a four-year contract worth $18 million.

General manager Jim Nill announced the deal Thursday. Duchene will count $4.5 million against the salary cap through the 2028-29 season.

“We are thrilled to have Matt back with our organization,” Nill said in a statement. “As our team’s leading scorer last season, he helped to solidify our forward group while also providing invaluable leadership off the ice and in the community. The fit with Matt and our team has been seamless from the start, and we’re looking forward to continuing to pursue our shared goal of bringing a championship to Dallas.”

Duchene was a point-a-game scorer – exactly 82 in 82 – in his second season with Dallas. He had just one goal and five assists in 16 playoff games as the Stars reached the Western Conference final before losing to Edmonton.

Now 34, Duchene is going into his 17th season in the NHL. He previously played for Colorado, Columbus, Ottawa and Nashville since making his debut in 2009.

Kessel in final discussions as Princeton coach

Boston Fleet coach Courtney Kessel is in final discussions to take over as women’s hockey coach at Princeton, two people with knowledge of talks told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

The people spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because Kessel’s hiring is not complete and the process could take weeks to finalize.

The move would be a homecoming for Kessel, who previously served as an assistant at Princeton under Cara Gardner Morey. She would succeed Gardner Morey, who left the Tigers in May upon being hired as general manager of the PWHL’s expansion team in Vancouver.

Kessel’s ties to Princeton played a major role in her decision to pursue the job. The choice to leave the PWHL was considered a difficult one for the 35-year-old, who is proud of the relationships she formed with staff and players in helping launch the Fleet. She had a 27-19-8 record with the franchise.

Boston reached the Walter Cup finals last year in its inaugural season, where it lost a decisive Game 5 to Minnesota. This season, the Fleet missed the playoffs by the slimmest of margins.

From Toronto, Kessel played at New Hampshire, where she was a 2010 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given to the MVP of women’s college hockey. She also represented Canada at three world championships, including a gold-medal win in 2012.

After four years as an assistant at Princeton, Kessel served as associate head coach at Boston University in 2023-24 before being hired as the Fleet’s first coach.

The Fleet have undergone major changes this offseason. Star forward Hilary Knight left Boston to sign with the PWHL’s expansion team in Seattle. The Fleet also have an opening at assistant general manager after Meghan Turner was hired as Seattle’s GM.

The PWHL will now have three coaching vacancies, with Seattle and Vancouver having yet to fill their positions.

Princeton’s program flourished during Gardner Morey’s eight seasons as coach. The Tigers won their first Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament title in 2020 as part of a school-record 26-win season.

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Hamilton puts 130 on NESCAC Spring All-Academic Team

Story Links A total of 130 Hamilton College student-athletes have earned a spot on the 2025 NESCAC Spring All-Academic Team.    Student-athletes from 12 athletic programs (baseball, softball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s rowing, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s outdoor track & […]

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A total of 130 Hamilton College student-athletes have earned a spot on the 2025 NESCAC Spring All-Academic Team. 
 

Student-athletes from 12 athletic programs (baseball, softball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s rowing, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s outdoor track & field) were eligible for NESCAC all-academic recognition. The team honors sophomore, junior and senior varsity letter winners who have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or better. 
 
Spring all-academic team recipients Chester Boynton ’27 (baseball), Will Whittaker ’25 (men’s golf), Max Klivans ’25 (men’s rowing), Annika Benn ’25 (women’s rowing) and Stephanie Pratt ’25 (women’s tennis) also made the all-conference team in their sport. 
 
Softball players Emma Tansky ’25 and Alexis Mayer ’26 made the all-conference team and secured a spot on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region Team. 
 
Women’s tennis player Hannah Apsey ’25 made the all-conference team, and was named to the 2025 NESCAC Spring All-Sportsmanship Team.
 
Dana Schwartz ’26 and Claire Tratnyek ’26 secured a spot on the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Outdoor All-Region Team. 
 
The 130 student-athletes included 68 repeat selections and 31 who made their third appearance on the spring team including: Henry Boehm ’25, Carter Chambers ’25, Peter Jones ’25, Charlie Quinn ’25, Regan Arnold ’25, Ryan Connors ’25, Brian Healy ’25, Sam Pettengill ’25, Sarah DeSanto ’25, Sean Gebauer ’25, Zach Lucchini ’25, Jake Mair ’25, Justin Pearl ’25, Milo Trabulsy ’25, Jayme Wilde ’25, Anna Peterson ’25, Emma Toes ’25, Anna Zoccolillo ’25, Christophe Boivin ’25, Max Klivans ’25, Ian Vogelsang ’25, Annika Benn ’25, Caroline Chapman ’25, Ella Lepine ’25, Becca Perry ’25, Nicolas Gritz ’25, Hannah Apsey ’25, Shannon Cicero ’25, Stephanie Pratt ’25, Kate Solowey ’25 and Edward Trenk ’25. 
 
The NESCAC, established in 1971, is comprised of 11 highly selective colleges and universities located in the Northeast. The NESCAC sponsors 27 conference championship sports (13 for men and 14 for women). 
 
Baseball
Luke Beyer ’27 (Rye, N.Y./International School for Liberal Arts)
Henry Boehm ’25 (McLean, Va./The Potomac School)
Chester Boynton ’27 (Concord, Mass./Middlesex School)
Carter Chambers ’25 (East Lyme, Conn./East Lyme HS)
Peter Jones ’25 (Concord, Mass./Belmont Hill School)
Greg Kopp ’25 (McLean, Va./Gonzaga College HS [D.C.])
Jared MacDonald ’27 (North Reading, Mass./Brooks School)
Alfonso Rada ’27 (Ozone Park, N.Y./Poly Prep Country Day School)
Ethan Righter ’27 (Fairfield, Conn./St. Luke’s School)
Aden Soroca ’27 (New York, N.Y./Horace Mann School)
Nicholas Sticka ’27 (Canton, Conn./The Loomis Chaffee School)
TJ Takis ’26 (McLean, Va./The Potomac School)
 
Softball
Lucy Ballard ’27 (Fort Worth, Texas/Legacy HS)
Julia Hacker ’27 (Boulder, Colo./Fairview HS)
Alexis Mayer ’26 (Woodcliff Lake, N.J./Pascack Hills HS) 
Jordan Merklin ’26 (Wind Gap, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic HS)
Lydia Mirabito ’26 (Fulton, N.Y./G. Ray Bodley HS)
Charlie Quinn ’25 (McLean, Va.)
Hadley Rogers ’26 (Wallingford, Conn./Choate Rosemary Hall)
Emma Tansky ’25 (Collegeville, Pa./Episcopal Academy)
 
Men’s Golf
Regan Arnold ’25 (Willsboro, N.Y./Willsboro Central School)
Ryan Connors ’25 (Mendon, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima HS)
Brian Healy ’25 (Lexington, Mass./Lexington HS)
Kyzar Joshi ’27 (Ashland, Mass./Ashland HS)
Sam Pettengill ’25 (Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati Country Day School)
Eric Soderberg ’26 (Pelham, N.Y./Pelham Memorial HS)
Will Whittaker ’25 (South Kent, Conn./South Kent School)
 
Women’s Golf
Serena Bagga ’27 (Blue Bell, Pa./Germantown Academy)
Sarah DeSanto ’25 (West Hartford, Conn./William Hall HS)
Sydney Dweck ’27 (Darien, Conn./Greenwich Academy)
Keira Joshi ’27 (Ashland, Mass./Ashland HS)
Angela Liu ’27 (Strathfield South, Australia/Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney)
Peyton Sichol ’26 (Winnetka, Ill./New Trier HS)
 
Men’s Lacrosse
Riley Chai-Onn ’27 (Rockville, Md./St. John’s College HS [D.C.])
Ford Collins ’27 (Lawrence Township, N.J./The Lawrenceville School)
Frank Coyle ’26 (Peterborough, Ontario/Culver Academies [Ind.])
Evan deBerjeois ’27 (East Syracuse, N.Y./East Syracuse-Minoa Central HS)
Jesse Delinsky ’26 (Washington, D.C./Sidwell Friends School)
Rex Flinn ’25 (Penn Valley, Pa./Westminster School [Conn.])
Sean Gebauer ’25 (Milltown, N.J./Saint Joseph HS)
Ben Greco ’27 (Merrick, N.Y./John F. Kennedy HS)
Ben Keppler ’26 (Chevy Chase, Md./Sidwell Friends School [D.C.])
Zach Lucchini ’25 (Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury Regional HS)
Jake Mair ’25 (Middleton, Mass./Masconomet Regional HS)
Dominic Mauretti ’26 (Rehoboth, Mass./The Lawrenceville School [N.J.])
Justin Pearl ’25 (Westport, Conn./St. Luke’s School)
David Russell ’26 (Suffolk, Va./Nansemond-Suffolk Academy)
Milo Trabulsy ’25 (Colchester, Vt./The Hotchkiss School [Conn.])
Jayme Wilde ’25 (Upton, Mass./Phillips Academy Andover) 
 
Women’s Lacrosse 
Marin Ciardiello ’26 (Guilford, Conn./Hopkins School)
Aine Cleary ’25 (Irvington, N.Y./Irvington HS)
Anna Gum ’26 (Dallas, Texas/The Hockaday School)
Sydney Klepper ’26 (Ramsey, N.J./Ramsey HS)
Julia Lee ’27 (Towson, Md./St. Paul’s School for Girls)
Maddigan Leifer ’26 (Shelton, Conn./St. Joseph HS)
Alex Orlando ’25 (Pelham, N.Y./Pelham Memorial HS)
Anna Peterson ’25 (Summit, N.J./Kent Place School)
Elizabeth Rudge ’27 (Katonah, N.Y./Hackley School)
Eliza Schwarz ’27 (New York, N.Y./Poly Prep Country Day School)
Kat Showalter ’26 (Los Altos, Calif./Sacred Heart Preparatory School)
Sarah Stonestreet ’25 (Weston, Mass./Deerfield Academy)
Emma Toes ’25 (Manhasset, N.Y./Manhasset Secondary School)
Avery Trach ’27 (New Milford, Conn./Canterbury School)
Kristin Vosswinkel ’27 (East Setaukat, N.Y./Ward Melville HS)
Carlisle West ’25 (Los Angeles, Calif./Marymount HS)
Jessica Winslow ’25 (East Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville HS)
Anna Zoccolillo ’25 (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan HS)
 
Men’s Rowing 
Christophe Boivin ’25 (Mount Laurel, N.J./Bishop Eustace Preparatory School)
Hunter Howard ’27 (Frisco, Texas/Frisco HS)
Max Klivans ’25 (San Francisco, Calif./Lowell HS)
Sam Lacy ’27 (Columbia, Md./River Hills HS)
Robert Neithart ’26 (Montecito, Calif./Loyola HS of Los Angeles)
Kai Polozie ’27 (Rochester, N.Y./Allendale Columbia School)
Nicolai Tolstoy ’27 (Stockholm, Sweden/Norra Real Gymnasium)
Ian Vogelsang ’25 (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury HS)
 
Women’s Rowing
Annika Benn ’25 (Arlington, Mass./Arlington HS)
Chayti Biswas ’27 (Woodhaven, N.Y./Townsend Harris HS)
Caroline Chapman ’25 (Lexington, Ky./Baylor School [Tenn.])
Sigrid Davidson ’27 (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnehaha Academy) 
Ashlyn Garrick ’27 (Guilford, Conn./Guilford HS)
Meg Gillies ’27 (Mill Neck, N.Y./Friends Academy)
Patricia Higgins ’26 (Otego, N.Y./Unatego Jr.-Sr. HS)
Bailey Leone-Levine ’27 (West Sand Lake, N.Y./Emma Willard School)
Ella Lepine ’25 (Northampton, Mass./Northampton HS)
Cate Logan ’27 (Golden, Colo./Golden Senior HS)
Kristina Meyers ’27 (Alexandria, Va./Alexandria City HS)
Becca Perry ’25 (Portland, Ore./Oregon Episcopal School)
Samantha Trombone ’25 (Bronx, N.Y. / Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy)
Elise Walters ’26 (Bainbridge Island, Wash./Bainbridge HS)
 
Men’s Tennis
Coby Feldman ’26 (Waccabuc, N.Y./Dwight School)
Nicolas Gritz ’25 (Chatham, N.J./Delbarton School)
Neal Gupta ’26 (McLean, Va./Sidwell Friends School [D.C.])
 
Women’s Tennis
Hannah Apsey ’25 (Allendale, N.J./Northern Highlands Regional HS)
Priyanka Challapalli ’27 (Helotes, Texas/Brandeis HS)
Shannon Cicero ’25 (Franklin Lakes, N.J./Ramapo HS)
Stephanie Pratt ’25 (Beverly, Mass./Manchester Essex Regional HS)
Grace Qian ’27 (Birmingham, Ala./Oak Mountain HS)
Kate Solowey ’25 (Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury Regional HS)
Ally Turtledove ’25 (Leawood, Kan./The Pembroke Hill School [Mo.])
Hannah Walpole ’26 (Tauranga, New Zealand/Otumoetai College)
 
Men’s Track & Field 
Mateo Alvarez ’27 (Berwyn, Pa./The Shipley School)
Alexander Badami ’26 (Blue Bell, Pa./Germantown Academy)
Liam Card ’27 (Damariscotta, Maine/Lincoln Academy)
Garrett Cordova-Caddes ’27 (Claremont, Calif./Webb School of California)
Henry Ebben ’27 (Katy, Texas/Cinco Ranch HS)
Andrew Goetzmann ’27 (Mercer Island, Wash./Eastside Preparatory School)
Jack Graziani ’27 (Concord, Mass./Concord-Carlisle Regional HS)
Andrew Greden ’27 (West Hartford, Conn./William Hall HS)
Kevin Martinez ’27 (Las Vegas, Nev./Clark HS)
Joseph Simeone ’26 (Slingerlands, N.Y./The Albany Academies)
Edward Trenk ’25 (Wellesley, Mass./Wellesley HS)
Hugh Williams ’26 (Richmond, Va./Collegiate School)
 
Women’s Track & Field 
Sarra Ben Abdallah ’25 (Tunis, Tunisia/Pioneer HS of Ariana)
Maddie Foss ’25 (Syracuse, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt HS)
Taylor Harris ’26 (New York, N.Y./Convent of the Sacred Heart)
Sasha Iizuka-Sheeley ’27 (Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou School)
Karenna Laufer ’25 (Bentley Springs, Md./St. Paul’s School for Girls)
Lillian Letzring ’27 (Schuylerville, N.Y./Schuylerville Central School)
Renata Mendez-Alvarez ’27 (Santiago, Chile/The Mayflower School)
Lily Murphy ’27 (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Andrew’s School [D.C])
Sofia Nogueiro ’27 (Ross, Calif./Redwood HS)
Hope Obolanle ’25 (Newark, N.J./The Peddie School)
Claire Pfanstiel ’27 (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock HS North)
Emily Pogozelski ’26 (Garden City, N.Y./Garden City HS)
Dana Schwartz ’26 (Cape Elizabeth, Maine/Cape Elizabeth HS)
Kate Scibelli ’26 (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua Academy)
Claire Tratnyek ’26 (Short Hills, N.J./Kent Place School)
Clara Winkel ’27 (Bangkok, Thailand/International School Bangkok)
Michelle Wu ’25 (Demarest, N.J./Northern Valley Regional HS at Demarest) 



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Six Bulldogs Named to CSC All-District Academic Team

Story Links Six University of Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey players earned spots on the 2024-25 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Women’s At-Large Team, while three were selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. Senior defenseman Hanna Baskin, sophomore goaltender Eve Gascon, fifth-year defenseman Nina […]

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Six University of Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey players earned spots on the 2024-25 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Women’s At-Large Team, while three were selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members.

Senior defenseman Hanna Baskin, sophomore goaltender Eve Gascon, fifth-year defenseman Nina Jobst-Smith, sophomore defenseman Ida Karlsson, redshirt junior forward Mary Kate O’Brien and graduate forward Clara Van Wieren  were all named to the 2024-25 CSC All-District Women’s At-Large Team. Gascon, Jobst-Smith and Van Wieren will also advance as CSC Academic All-America finalists. 

While Van Wieren was a 2023-24 CSC Academic All-American a year ago, she is joined by O’Brien as repeat CSC All-District Women’s At-Large Team member. Jobst-Smith has now been an CSC All-District selection that last three seasons.

Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. NCAA and NAIA Women’s At-Large Academic All-America® First-, second- and third-team honorees will be announced on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (The Men’s At-Large Teams will be announced on Wednesday, July 9.) 

To be nominated, student athletes must fit the following criteria —
Academic standing:

  • Student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically.
  • Nominee must be enrolled at their institution at the time of nomination as either an undergraduate or graduate student. Only the school at which an athlete competed in the current academic year can nominate that player.
  • Student-athletes who have graduated from their own institution during the current academic year and are not competing in athletics at another institution at the time of nomination are eligible.
  • Transfer student-athletes are immediately eligible. If your transfer student-athletes (undergraduates or graduates) are in their first semester at your institutionyou must use their cumulative undergraduate GPA and cumulative graduate GPA (if grad GPA is applicable) from their former institution — which meets the 3.50 cumulative GPA — to be considered for Academic All-District/Academic All-America status. This would be the GPA or GPAs they used when gaining admittance to your institution. If your transfer student-athlete has a GPA at your institution, then you take the COMBINED cumulative GPA (from all institutions) and use that in your nomination process. (You cannot just select their GPA at your institution to date.)

Academic eligibility:

  • An undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).
  • A graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as both an undergraduate and a grad student unless they are in their first semester as a graduate student and don’t have an established graduate GPA.
  • The cumulative grade point average may not be rounded up to 3.50.
  • First-semester transfers: See the information, above, for how to submit their GPA.

MEN’S & WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY 
Eligible nominees must compete in 90 percent of the institution’s games played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution’s games. For goalies, a student-athlete must have started at least 50 percent of an institutions games. 

 





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Allen Named IRCA National Coach of the Year

By: Justin Lafleur Story Links HANOVER, N.H. — Wyatt Allen, the Betsy and Mark Gates 1959 Head Coach of Men’s Heavyweight Rowing, has been named the Intercollegiate Rowing Coaches Association (IRCA) National Coach of the Year, as announced on Friday. Allen helped lead the Big Green to tremendous success […]

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HANOVER, N.H. Wyatt Allen, the Betsy and Mark Gates 1959 Head Coach of Men’s Heavyweight Rowing, has been named the Intercollegiate Rowing Coaches Association (IRCA) National Coach of the Year, as announced on Friday. Allen helped lead the Big Green to tremendous success in 2025, highlighted by the varsity eight finishing second at Eastern Sprints and third at the IRA National Championship.
 
Allen was a finalist for the award along with the head coaches of Washington (Michael Callahan), Cal (Scott Frandsen) and Syracuse (Dave Reischman).
 
“I’m really happy to see Wyatt win this award,” said Billy Bender, who stroked the varsity eight. “He has been instrumental to my development as an athlete and has helped so many guys on our team make the jump from good to elite. It has been really fun to see the program grow into one of the best teams in the nation under his leadership.”
 
The varsity eight went from 11th in the country in 2024 to third in 2025. The crew finished unbeaten in their spring dual season, going on to finish second at Eastern Sprints and third at the IRA National Championship, only trailing Washington and Harvard at IRAs. Dartmouth’s grand final time of 5:30.900 was only 0.15 seconds behind the Crimson in second and just 1.12 seconds behind the national champion Huskies.
 
The Big Green also saw their second and fourth varsity eights earn bronze medals at Eastern Sprints.
 
“Coach Wyatt is Dartmouth Rowing,” said Sammy Houdaigui, coxswain of the varsity eight. “He inspires and expects everyone to achieve their potential, not just on the water but also in all facets of life. His strength of character is evident in every interaction you have with him. His leadership, integrity and commitment to his athletes have made every member of the team a better person.
 
“I came to Dartmouth for the chance to be coached by Wyatt, and it has been the most formative experience of my life,” Houdaigui continued.
 
For the varsity eight, the spring began with a win at Yale, giving Dartmouth the Olympic Axe for the first time in the Axe’s 21-year history. The crew went on to pick up dual victories over Boston University, Syracuse, Wisconsin, Columbia and Northeastern.
 
“Coach getting this award is not a surprise for any of us on the team,” said Houdaigui. “We all know we have the best coach out there. What makes me most grateful for the last four years is that I had the chance to be coached by someone whose strength of character is every bit as remarkable as his coaching ability.”
 



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Pierce Named to CSC All-District Academic Team

Story Links University of Minnesota Duluth men’s hockey player Joey Pierce earned a spot on the 2024-25 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Men’s At-Large Teams selected by College Sports Communicators, that recognize the nation’s top student athletes for their combined performances in competition and in the classroom. Pierce, a junior from Hermantown, Minn., was […]

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University of Minnesota Duluth men’s hockey player Joey Pierce earned a spot on the 2024-25 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Men’s At-Large Teams selected by College Sports Communicators, that recognize the nation’s top student athletes for their combined performances in competition and in the classroom.

Pierce, a junior from Hermantown, Minn., was also named to the 2024-2025 NCHC Academic All-Conference Team, as well as a NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete.

Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. NCAA and NAIA Women’s At-Large Academic All-America® First-, second- and third-team honorees will be announced on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (The Men’s At-Large Teams will be announced on Wednesday, July 9.) 

To be nominated, student athletes must fit the following criteria —
Academic standing:

  • Student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically.
  • Nominee must be enrolled at their institution at the time of nomination as either an undergraduate or graduate student. Only the school at which an athlete competed in the current academic year can nominate that player.
  • Student-athletes who have graduated from their own institution during the current academic year and are not competing in athletics at another institution at the time of nomination are eligible.
  • Transfer student-athletes are immediately eligible. If your transfer student-athletes (undergraduates or graduates) are in their first semester at your institutionyou must use their cumulative undergraduate GPA and cumulative graduate GPA (if grad GPA is applicable) from their former institution — which meets the 3.50 cumulative GPA — to be considered for Academic All-District/Academic All-America status. This would be the GPA or GPAs they used when gaining admittance to your institution. If your transfer student-athlete has a GPA at your institution, then you take the COMBINED cumulative GPA (from all institutions) and use that in your nomination process. (You cannot just select their GPA at your institution to date.)

Academic eligibility:

  • An undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).
  • A graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as both an undergraduate and a grad student unless they are in their first semester as a graduate student and don’t have an established graduate GPA.
  • The cumulative grade point average may not be rounded up to 3.50.
  • First-semester transfers: See the information, above, for how to submit their GPA.

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Eligible nominees must compete in 90 percent of the institution’s games played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution’s games. For goalies, a student-athlete must have started at least 50 percent of an institutions games. 

 





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Avalanche Signs Stienburg, Polin | Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that the team has signed forwards Matthew Stienburg and Jason Polin to a one-year contracts through the 2025-26 season. Stienburg, 24, missed the majority of the 2024-25 season due to an upper-body injury he suffered on Nov. 1. Prior to the injury, he skated in three regular season […]

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The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that the team has signed forwards Matthew Stienburg and Jason Polin to a one-year contracts through the 2025-26 season.

Stienburg, 24, missed the majority of the 2024-25 season due to an upper-body injury he suffered on Nov. 1. Prior to the injury, he skated in three regular season contests with the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League and finished the regular season with three points (1g/2a) over five total games. The centerman also made his NHL debut with the Avalanche on Oct. 16 vs. Boston and finished his NHL stint with eight games played. He appeared in three Calder Cup playoff matchups after returning from injury.

The Halifax, Nova Scotia, native joined the Eagles following the conclusion of his senior season at Cornell University and from 2022-25 has totaled 17 points (6g/11a) in 63 career AHL contests. During the 2023-24 campaign, Stienburg posted career highs in goals (5), assists (8) and games played (54). He has added one point (1a) in seven career Calder Cup playoff games.

Selected by the Avalanche in the third round (63rd overall) of the 2019 NHL Draft, Stienburg recorded 46 points (20g/26a) in 73 career NCAA games at Cornell. He appeared in 18 games as a senior in 2022-23 (2g/5a), missing 16 contests due to an injury sustained in late December. As a junior in 2021-22, Stienburg was named to the All-ECAC Hockey Second Team after leading Cornell with 29 points (13g/16a) in 28 games. During his freshman season in 2019-20, Stienburg registered 10 points (5g/5a) in 27 games and ranked first among all ECAC rookie forwards with a +12 rating. He did not play during the 2020-21 campaign due to the cancellation of the Ivy League season.

Prior to joining Cornell, Stienburg played for St. Andrew’s College in Ontario from 2017-19, collecting 128 points (60g/68a) in 93 CAHS league games and producing 32 points (11g/21a) in 20 CISAA (Conference of Independent Schools Athletic Association) outings. He also recorded 10 points (5g/5a) in eight total postseason contests to help St. Andrew’s win the league championship two years in a row. Stienburg served as team captain his second season in 2018-19. The 6-foot-1, 182-pound center joined the Sioux City Musketeers of the USHL following the conclusion of that campaign and registered one point (0g/1a) in three games.

Matthew’s father, Trevor, played nine years of professional hockey, including 71 games with the NHL’s Québec Nordiques.

Polin, 26, also missed time due to injury in 2024-25 but tallied 19 points (11g/8a) in 39 regular-season outings for the Eagles. Despite being limited to 39 games, he tied for ninth on the team in goals. The forward suited up in seven Calder Cup playoff games and chipped in a goal, his first career postseason tally as a professional.

Polin made his NHL debut on Jan. 8, 2024 and has skated in nine games for the Avalanche over the last two seasons. He scored his first goal on Jan. 16, 2024 at Ottawa.

The Holt, Mich., native has appeared in 88 regular-season AHL contests from 2022-25, collecting 30 points (15g/15a). He has also appeared in 13 postseason games with the Eagles across the three seasons. Polin originally signed with Colorado as a college free agent on March 29, 2023.

Prior to turning pro, Polin attended Western Michigan University from 2019-23, where he recorded 96 points (60g/36a) in 132 games. During his senior year while serving as team captain, Polin led all NCAA skaters with 30 goals, setting a National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) record. He totaled 47 points (30g/17), ranking second on the team in points, tied for first in power-play goals (6) and recorded five hat tricks. Polin was named the NCHC’s Player of the Year and was a top-10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Award as a top player in college hockey.

The 6-foot, 198-pound forward skated in 157 career USHL games with the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders from 2016-19, producing 84 points (50g/34a). He served as an alternate captain during his final season in 2018-19 and notched 50 points (30g/20a) while finishing tied for seventh in the league in goals. Polin appeared in six USHL postseason games in 2018-19 and tallied nine points (5g/4a), ranking first on the team in both goals and points.



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