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Academic Year Closes With Strong Spring Quarter in the Classroom

Story Links SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Santa Clara Athletics closed out the academic year with a strong showing in the classroom. During the Spring 2025 quarter, a total of 349 Bronco student-athletes posted a 3.435 GPA for the term. It was the highest since a 3.443 mark in the Winter quarter of […]

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Santa Clara Athletics closed out the academic year with a strong showing in the classroom. During the Spring 2025 quarter, a total of 349 Bronco student-athletes posted a 3.435 GPA for the term. It was the highest since a 3.443 mark in the Winter quarter of 2021.
 

Softball led the way with a 3.706 team GPA with women’s tennis right on their heels at 3.701. Beach volleyball’s 3.680 was third and women’s basketball (3.673), women’s soccer (3.543), and women’s cross country/track & field (3.552) all finished over a 3.500.
 
On the men’s side, soccer led the way with a 3.488 mark. Men’s rowing was second at 3.378 and baseball was third at 3.377.
 
Other highlights from the term include:

  • 46 student-athletes earned a 4.00
  • 83 student-athletes earned between 3.75-3.99
  • 56 student-athletes earned between 3.50-3.74

 
A total of 145 student-athletes have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher at the end of the Spring term.



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Taking Stock 2025: How Arizona Wildcats track & field is looking under Andrew Dubs

The offseason is here, with all of Arizona’s sports done for 2024-25 season and the 2025-26 campaigns are still a little ways away. This means only one thing, it is a great time to take stock on where some of the programs stand now. Over the next few weeks, we’ll take a look at each […]

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The offseason is here, with all of Arizona’s sports done for 2024-25 season and the 2025-26 campaigns are still a little ways away.

This means only one thing, it is a great time to take stock on where some of the programs stand now. Over the next few weeks, we’ll take a look at each of the UA’s men’s and women’s athletic programs to see what shape they’re in and what prospects they have for the near future.

We’ll break down each team and evaluate how it is performing under its current coaching staff, looking at the state of the program before he/she arrived and comparing it to now while also looking at what year two in the Big 12 might look like.

To finish up our series we look men’s and women’s track and field program that Andrew Dubs just took over last month:

How it looked before

After leading the cross country and track and field programs for 23 years, former director Fred Harvey announced his retirement in May. Overall he was with Arizona for 38 years.

During his time, across both programs, Harvey coached 11 national champions, 14 olympians, and 160 athletes who earned indoor or outdoor all-american honors.

About three weeks following Harvey’s retirement, the athletic department announced that Dubs would be the new head coach for track & field and cross country.

Where things stand now

Dubs now takes over a program that has seen individual success throughout the years, but has never been able to sustain overall success as a program.

Coming with Dubs is 14 years of Division I coaching experience along with coaching the USA National Track and Field team for the past five years.

When it comes to results on the track, he has coached 79 NCAA qualifiers, 32 all-americans, and 18 conference champions.

From Arizona, Dubs inherits athletes like Erin Tack, McKenna Watson, Antonia Sanchez Nunez, and Tapenisa Havea leading the women’s team.

For the men, it will be Sam Hala’ufia and Yan Vazquez, along with a 4x100m relay team that was able to get to the NCAA championships.

How Big 12 life differs from the Pac-12

Arizona was not able to have success when it came to winning conference championships in the Pac-12, but the move to the Big 12 brought new life into the idea of winning conference championships.

Even though Reinaldo Rodrigues won’t be returning to Arizona, he set a benchmark for his fellow athletes. Rodrigues won the Big 12 championship in the long jump.

This is the first Big 12 championship for the track & field program, and the goal now is to follow up with more next season, this time with Dubs at the helm.

One big question

Can Dubs bring fresh life into the program and stack the “small” wins? Arizona won’t necessarily be starting from scratch with Dubs coming in.

The Wildcats have the athletes, the facilities, and new life in the Big 12. This is a window for the program to start fresh in a way.

If the Wildcats can start to create a history of winning in the Big 12, it can allow them to establish themselves as a top program in a power four conference.

Once Arizona establishes itself as a top program, then being able to compete on a national level will follow. It will all start from the small wins.



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USA Women Fall To Australia 12-11 In Shootout In Perth

Story Links Perth, Australia – The USA Women’s National Team went down to the wire with Australia in Perth, falling 12-11 in a shootout in their final tuneup before World Championship play starts later this week in Singapore. Jenna Flynn, Emily Ausmus  and Ava Stryker led the USA offense with two […]

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Perth, Australia – The USA Women’s National Team went down to the wire with Australia in Perth, falling 12-11 in a shootout in their final tuneup before World Championship play starts later this week in Singapore. Jenna Flynn, Emily Ausmus  and Ava Stryker led the USA offense with two goals apiece in regulation as the match was tied 8-8 after four quarters. Amanada Longan and Isabel Williams again split time in cage combining for 10 saves. Team USA opens play at the World Championships against China this Wednesday at 9:10pm pt with live streaming on Peacock (login required). For more information on Team USA at the World Championships, click here. 

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USA 11 (2, 2, 2, 2) (3) J. Flynn 2, A. Stryker 2, E. Ausmus 2,  J. Roemer 1, M. Allen

AUS 12 (2, 2, 1, 3) (4)

Saves – USA – I. Williams 6, A. Longan 4



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Erin Inskeep/Clara Stowell, Kyle Baily/Cole Aidnik Beat Local Teams to Win Santa Barbara Open Titles | Sports

Santa Barbara beach volleyball standout Katie Spieler remembered coaching Erin Inskeep and Clara Stowell when they were young teens. Spieler taught them well. In the women’s final of the Santa Barbara Open, Spieler and cousin-partner Torrey Van Winden were denied a third title together by Inskeep and Stowell. The college stars went on a late […]

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Santa Barbara beach volleyball standout Katie Spieler remembered coaching Erin Inskeep and Clara Stowell when they were young teens.

Spieler taught them well.

In the women’s final of the Santa Barbara Open, Spieler and cousin-partner Torrey Van Winden were denied a third title together by Inskeep and Stowell. The college stars went on a late 5-0 run to break open a one-point game and took the championship with a 28-22 victory in front of the famed Bath House on a windy Sunday.

For Stowell, it was her second straight Santa Barbara title. She won last year with Stanford teammate and San Marcos alum Taylor Wilson.

In the men’s final, the Huntington Beach duo of Kyle Baily and Cole Aidnik prevailed in an intense battle with Santa Barbara’s Dylan Foreman and Troy Fitzgerald, 28-25.

The California Beach Volleyball Association tournament was part of Santa Barbara’s Semana Nautica Sports Festival.

Women’s Final

Stowell’s big block helped her side break a 5-5 tie and spark a 6-1 run. But Spieler/Van Winden came roaring back. Van Winden ripped a kill on two and Spieler made some spectacular defensive plays that were converted into points. They tied the score at 14 and took a 15-14 lead.

“There was a little time there when we couldn’t put balls away because their defense was so good,” said Stowell. “So we just looked at each other and said we’re going to find space, giving each other good calls. We really trust each other.”

The teams went back and forth before Cal Poly’s Inskeep gave her side the lead for good (19-18) on a cut shot. The lead expanded to 22-19 before Stowell took over at the net. She scored three straight points on a kill off the block and two stuff blocks.

Inskeep was happy to have Stowell on the same side of the net. 

“I don’t want to play against her,” she’s scary,” said Inskeep. 

The Santa Barbara Open was Inskeep/Stowell’s first tournament together this summer. “With many more to come,” said Inskeep.

“We played two years ago the whole summer and last year played in a couple (of tournaments),” said Stowell. “But every year when you go back to college, we go our separate ways and play with our friends from our school.  But we’re always down to play together because we have a really good connection. We communicate similarly, we have very good chemistry and we’re best friends.”

Spieler, who coaches youth players at East Beach, is impressed by the high level of play from the college players.

“There is so much talent in the youth, especially in college,” she said “We definitely wanted to get the title, but it was fun to play good volleyball at the end and all day.”

Santa Barbara’s Katie Spieler makes a diving save during the women’s open final. Spieler and partner Torrey Van Winden finished as runners-up for the second straight year. (John Dvorak/Semana Nautica)

Spieler said she coached Inskeep and Stowell when she was living in Manhattan Beach back in the early 2000s.

“To see them now competing at that level is incredible. It’s just so cool to me because I think one of the best parts of beach volleyball is the college game right now. I think that system has really taken off and so I’m stoked to see it’s producing really high-level players and it’s giving girls all these opportunities to play. Even though we’re getting beat by them, it’s great to see.”

Spieler and Torrey Van Winden, who also finished second last year, started the day in an all-Santa Barbara pool that included Torrey’s sister Adlee and her partner Anastasia Kunz, a San Marcos alum. The four practice together at East Beach.

“She’s six months pregnant,” said Torrey of her sister. “It was really fun. “We were joking that it was three against two because Adlee had a full-blown baby.”

In the semifinals, Spieler/Van Winden defeated Emma Zuffelato of Santa Barbara and Faith Bartlett while Inskeep/Stowell beat Santa Barbara’s Portia Sherman and Logan Tusher.

Men’s Final

A service ace by Aidnik opened up a 23-18 lead and Baily delivered some clutch down the stretch to hold off Foreman/Fitzgerald.

“They’re a good team that is very scrappy and has good ball control,” said Fitzgerald of their opponents from Huntington Beach. “I think their service pressure ultimately got the best of us. We didn’t have the service pressure like they did.”

Asked what has been the key to their success, Aidnik replied, “It’s really simple: the power of friendship. I trust him and he trusts me, and I think you get a lot of little points in volleyball when you trust each other and focus on yourself.”

Kyle Baily gets in position to set the pass from partner Cole Aidnik during the men’s final of the Santa Barbara Open. Baily/Aidnik defeated the local team of Dylan Foreman/Troy Fitzgerald. (John Dvorak/Semana Nautica)

Baily added: “We just do our jobs. I think I got served a little more today, so I was just trying to side out and put up a decent block. (Cole) is really good at running down shots, digging some balls and scoring some points.”

For Foreman and Fitzgerald, getting to the finals of their hometown open tournament was quite an accomplishment, considering they practiced just one day before the tournament.

“The first time I got to play with him this summer was yesterday, so we had very little preparation,” said Foreman, a Santa Barbara High alum. “Last year, we played in this tournament as well and made to the quarters, so big improvement.”

Said the lefty Fitzgerald, a Dos Pueblos alum: “It was pretty short notice considering I’ve been starting to play with the USA (A2) National Team, but Dylan gave me a heads up, ‘Hey, you want to play in the Santa Barbara Open?’ I couldn’t say no. It’s a great pick up and we’re both from SB, obviously, so that made it even sweeter.”

Despite losing in the final, Foreman called it a good day. “We just kept getting better as the day went. We had some bad play in our pool and got second but we struck together and figure it out. It was super windy today and that was definitely a challenge, but it was good. We played well together. They were was just a good team.”

In the semfinals, Foreman-Fitzgerald beat Ben Apstein/Andrew Brown and Baily/Aidnik outlasted Will Rottman/Luke Turner.



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Morris takes on World in Shifty Conditions

Aarhus, Denmark is serving up everything but predictability as the iQFOiL World Championships get underway, and Australian Olympic silver medallist Grae Morris is ready to assert his place at the top of the new Olympic cycle. Morris, a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship holder who took silver in Paris last year, has already […]

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Aarhus, Denmark is serving up everything but predictability as the iQFOiL World Championships get underway, and Australian Olympic silver medallist Grae Morris is ready to assert his place at the top of the new Olympic cycle.

Morris, a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship holder who took silver in Paris last year, has already proven he’s more than up to the challenge of 2028. With two golds and a silver under his belt this season, the 21-year-old is eyeing nothing short of a podium finish.

More than 200 of the world’s best windsurfers from over 40 nations have descended on Denmark for the first World Championships of the new Olympic quad, and with Olympic medallists from both Tokyo and Paris in the fleet, the intensity is high and so is the pressure.

The six-day regatta, running through to July 11, opened with a punch. A fading westerly breeze created an unpredictable and tactical racecourse that kept even the most seasoned sailors guessing. Despite the chaos, Morris remains firmly in the hunt among the 116-strong men’s fleet.

“It was a pretty shifty day,” said Australian coach Arthur Brett. “Winds ranged from 6 to 12 knots with 20-degree shifts on the men’s course. Four races were completed, with Grae finishing seventh, second, fourth, and 23rd. The Race Committee has since made the interesting decision to discard race three, three hours after its completion – due to the fickle nature of the conditions.”

Australia’s depth in the class is also growing, with three other men in the field, including rising Queenslander Rory Meehan, who’s showing real promise. “Rory had some solid races and is developing nicely,” Brett added.

In the Women’s division, Australia is represented by Samantha Costin and Anna Cripsey, who are both continuing to build valuable international experience.

This World Championship also marks the first Worlds to feature the newly introduced smaller sail sizes. The change, which was implemented after the Paris Olympics, aims to make the class more accessible to lighter athletes and broaden competitiveness across the fleet. The men’s sail has shifted from 9 to 8 square metres, with the women’s moving from 8 to 7.3.

“We still don’t have enough data on whether this has achieved the outcome it was introduced for,” Brett explained. However, the lighter rigs will certainly be put to the test in Aarhus. “The forecast for the regatta is for light winds, and the team is looking forward to the remaining races,” he added.

Qualifying continues over the next two days before the fleet splits into Gold and Silver for the final stages. The regatta culminates in a high-stakes elimination final on July 11, with global livestreaming from July 9 to 11 giving fans around the world the chance to follow the action.

Full list of results here: https://2025iqworldsaarhus.sailti.com/en/default/races/race-resultsall

Australian Sailing Team (AST), Australian Sailing Pathway Team (ASPT), Australian Sailing Futures (ASF) and other Australian (AUS) results after day 1 at the World Championship:

iQFOiL Men – 117 Entries
10th – Grae Morris (AST)
30th – Rory Meehan (ASF)
82nd – Philip Cripsey (ASF)
99th – Jarrod Jones (ASF)

iQFOiL Women – 79 Entries
61st – Samantha Costin (ASF)
69th – Anna Cripsey (AUS)



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AAU Boys’ National Championships 2025 – Wave 2 Day 3 Recap

What a day 3 at AAU Boys Nationals.  Incredible matches, big upsets, teams working overtime to get to the championship bracket.  It has been an amazing 3 days and tomorrow promises to be super exciting as the last official day of 2024-25 Boys Club Volleyball Season! 17 Open – Results Wow is all that one […]

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What a day 3 at AAU Boys Nationals.  Incredible matches, big upsets, teams working overtime to get to the championship bracket.  It has been an amazing 3 days and tomorrow promises to be super exciting as the last official day of 2024-25 Boys Club Volleyball Season!

17 Open – Results

Wow is all that one can say.  Its been quite a season of parity and interesting results and it has continued at these nationals.  Here are all the finalists for tomorrow’s championship round.

MVVC B 17 Red  – #1 seed coming into the tournament is now 7-1 and has not been tested a lot aside from a lone loss to Academy 17O Under Armour.  They had a relatively easy time in their challenge match as they beat SMASH Boys 2-0 (25-17, 25-19).  Tomorrow they will be taking the surprise team of this tournament MOD B17 Blue
C2 Attack Boys 17-1 Elite – #2 seed powered through their challenge matches in quick fashion taking out Bay to Bay and WPVC in quick order (2-0 both matches).  They have looked very strong this whole week with a lone loss to 630 Volleyball leaving them 2nd in the pool and pushing them to play 2 challenge matches for the gold bracket.  This team is peaking at the right time as they recently won the SoCal Cup Showcase, beating MVVC in process.  They will be taking on Triangle Boys 17 Black in the first round.
COAST Boys 17-1 Pat – #4 Seed have only lost 2 sets and 1 match this whole tournament and that was after wrapping up the #1 seed in the pool.  They beat Academy 17O Under Armour this afternoon in their Championship bracket challenge match 25-23, 25-18.  
Balboa Bay 17Blue – #6 Seed – Balboa Bay has a couple of losses in this tournament but they won a classic challenge match this afternoon against a great 949 team.  Balboa had a couple of match points at 14-12 in the 3rd set after a tough lift/throw call against 949 that would have made it 13-13.  However 949 managed to climb back to even the game at 14-14 but Balboa made a couple of nice defensive plays and won the match 16-14.
Triangle Boys 17 Black – #10 Seed – No Demps no problem should be this team’s mantra.  Without their star player, they remain the only undefeated team and they have dropped only 1 set in this tournament.  They beat AZ Fear this afternoon in the gold challenge match and will be taking on C2 attack tomorrow morning.
SouthCoastVolleyball 17-1 – #15 Seed – This team pushd Triangle to the limit in pool play losing 19-17 in the third set and they have proven they can play with anyone.  They do have 3 losses already but they managed to beat Warren Sixpack in 3 in their first challenge match and then proceeded to beat 630 Volleyball 2-0.  I watched this team at the Dennis Lafata Boys Bid Classic in February and they looked really good.  I could see them causing an upset tomorrow as they take on Balboa Bay tomorrow morning. 
Legion 17 Elite Gold – #25 Seed – I know not many people thought this team would be in this spot especially after they lost their first 2 matches in pool play.  Instead of folding this team rallied together and has won their last 7 matches culminating with wins against Milwaukee Sting and Rockstar this afternoon to make it into the Gold bracket.  They will be taking on Coast tomorrow morning.  
MOD B17 Blue – #44 Seed – Likely nobody had MOD making it all the way to Gold bracket starting from an 8th seed.  They have played 3 sets in their last 5 matches culminating with a win over Pinnacle 17-Amado this afternoon to make it to the gold bracket.  Powered by a pair of excellent outside hitters Oliver Potterfield and Kai Kroth and a great libero Aldis Kins these guys are dangerous and will be a tough out for anyone.  

Matchups Tomorrow:

MVVC B 17 Red vs. MOD B17 Blue

Legion 17 Elite Gold vs. COAST Boys 17-1 Pat

Triangle Boys 17 Black vs. C2 Attack Boys 17-1

Balboa Bay 17Blue vs. SouthCoastVolleyball 17-1

15 Open – Results

Team Rockstar 15 Rockstar – #1 seed has not lost a match so far and has gone to 3 sets only twice.  They defeated SNVF U15 MOUNT ADAMS in a quick fashion today.  With their great defense and serving they will be a tough out for anyone and MB Surf will try to take a crack at their Southern California foe tomorrow morning.  
MB Surf ASICS 15’s 1 – #4 has had a great tournament and aside from one loss in pool to COAST Boys 15-1 Chris they have beaten all of their other opponents.  They dont have a lot of size but they have dynamic hitters and incredible ball control.  The match vs. Rockstar tomorrow should be a classic one.  
Bay to Bay 15-1 – #5 seed is undefeated and played and incredible last pool match this morning against their Northern California neighbors MVVC (17-25, 37-35 (yes you read that right :), 15-10).  This win allowed them to have only 1 challenge match and they defeated Academy 15O Under Armour in straight sets.  Tomorrow they will face COAST Boys 15-1 Chris in the quarterfinals in what’s sure to be a great matchup of 2 very dynamic and physical teams.  
Balboa Bay 15Blue – #7 seed is one of three remaining undefeated teams.  They have only lost 1 set to another tall and physical team AZ Fear 15 SB.  Balboa is looking very strong and has not been pushed much in this tournament and beat GVA Boys 15u Pink who were beset with injuries coming into this tournament pretty quickly in their challenge match.  Tomorrow morning they take on SC Legends.
COAST Boys 15-1 Chris – #9 COAST is also undefeated and has only been pushed to 3 sets once in this tournament.  This is another very physical, dynamic team and their match against Bay to Bay tomorrow should be a good one to watch.  
MOD B15 Blue – #11 MOD came into this tournament with some injuries but has really jelled and has dropped only 4 sets and 1 match to this point.  They won a great match against GVA in this morning’s pool play where they fell behind early 18-25 in the first set but then turned it around with 26-24, 15-13 to put themselves in first place in the pool.  They then proceeded to avenge their losses to HPSTL B15 Royal at Windy City Roundup and SoCal Open Championships and earned their way into the Championship bracket.
SC Legends 15-Elite – #18 – SC legends have the most losses of all the teams in the Championship Bracket but have won all the right matches to put themselves in contention.  They beat Milwaukee Sting 15-1 and 630 Volleyball 15-1 in their challenge matches and are now going to face Balboa Bay again.  SC Legends lost to Balboa Bay 2-0 earlier in the tournament and will look to change some things up to hopefully generate a better result. 
BORINQUEN COQUI 15-1M – #22 Borinquen has lost one match and has only gone to 3 sets in their win over Miami United.  This is a great ball control team and today they beat much bigger teams APEX1 and AZ Fear in the challenge rounds.   They will have an interesting matchup with MOD B15 Blue tomorrow in the quarterfinals.  

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Younousse & Tijan clinch first Gstaad gold

Qatari Olympic medalists Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan secured their second title in three Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour events this season on Sunday, triumphing at the prestigious Elite tournament held in Gstaad. The Asians topped the podium at the Swiss Alps for the first time in their careers and had by their sides second-placed […]

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Qatari Olympic medalists Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan secured their second title in three Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour events this season on Sunday, triumphing at the prestigious Elite tournament held in Gstaad. The Asians topped the podium at the Swiss Alps for the first time in their careers and had by their sides second-placed Swedish Jacob Hölting Nilsson and Elmer Andersson and third-placed Dutch Stefan Boermans and Yorick de Groot. This triumph further cements Qatar’s standing among the world’s top beach volleyball nations and adds to an impressive string of achievements by the duo this season. page 12



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