MEDFORD, MA (May 21, 2025) – The Tufts University men’s track and field team will send a trio of competitors to Geneva, Ohio to take part in the 2025 NCAA Division III Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Juniors Josh Wilkie, Sahr Matturi and Amokrane Aouchiche will represent the blue and brown at the Spire Institute beginning Thursday, May 22.

Meet Details:

Date: Thursday, May 22 – Saturday, May 24

Location: The Spire Institute, Geneva, Ohio

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The first scheduled competitor for Tufts will be Sahr Matturi in the long jump at 2:30 pm on Thursday, May 22. The junior enters the competition as the number 12 seed, and will compete in the number three position in flight one of the event. His season was dotted with several improvements to his personal record, topping out at 7.34m. His new personal record earned him the second longest jump in Tufts program history, and has him in great shape as he enters the national competition. The top seeded jumper, Joshua Rivers of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, enters the competition with an 8.04m mark to lead the field.

Once Matturi is finished competing, Josh Wilkie will take over in the 400m hurdles at 6:10 pm. Competing as the number 10 seed, the junior is the highest seeded Jumbo competing in the national meet. His personal best time of 52.35 is the fourth fastest finish to the event in Tufts program history. Wilkie has shown consistent improvement throughout the season, and is in a great position to make the 400m hurdle finals on Saturday at 3:15 pm. The top seeded runner in the event, Ben Bulger of Susquehanna, holds a time of 51.47 to lead the field.

Rounding out the list and concluding the first day of action for Tufts at the NCAA Division III Championships is Amokrane Aouchiche in the 10,000m run at 8:30 pm. His personal best time of 29:55.43 was the second fastest time in Tufts program history, and earned him the number 21 seed. Aouchiche has been electrifying in the distance events this season, also setting a new personal best in the 5000m run this spring. The top seeded runner, Grant Matthai of Wisconsin La Crosse, enters the competition with a field-leading time of 28:53.93.

 

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CHICAGO – Loyola Chicago women’s volleyball is hosting camps this summer. The team will hold a prospect camp and all skills camp over various dates.

Come elevate your game this summer with the reigning Atlantic 10 Champions – Loyola Chicago women’s volleyball! We’re thrilled to offer an exciting lineup of camps, hosted by one of the most prestigious campuses in the nation.

Our camps provide a premier volleyball experience, blending fun and skill-building to help grow you as a player. Through dynamic demonstrations, focused skill development, and live game play, you’ll sharpen your abilities while enjoying the thrill of the game. Detailed camp outlines can be found on the drop down below and each specific registration page.

All campers must fill out the “Waiver and Medical Forms” posted below prior to participating in any camps. Signed forms can be sent to msalow@luc.edu, mailed to 6526 N Winthrop Ave, Chicago, IL 60626 (attn: Women’s Volleyball Camps), or faxed to 773-508-3884.

Loyola Girls Prospect Camp

Dates: June 14, July 17, July 19

Check-In: 8:30am-9:00am

Time: 9:00am-11:30am & 1:00pm-3:30pm

Lunch: Provided

Price: $150

Ages: 9th Grade & Older Age Girls

Location: Loyola University Chicago Lakeshore Campus – Gentile Arena

Loyola All Skills Camp

Dates: July 14th-July 16th (3 Day Camp Format)

Check-In: 8:30am-9:00am

Time: 9:00am-11:30am & 1:00pm-3:30pm

Lunch: Provided

Price: $450

Ages: 4th Grade & Older Age Girls

Location: Loyola University Chicago Lakeshore Campus – Gentile Arena

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New Orleans, LA (May 21, 2025) – The trio of first-year’s, Sadie Fenstermaker, Ellie Kozich, and Brooke Signorella were each named USTFCCCA All-Region as announced by the organization on its web site on Wednesday afternoon.

The top-5 individuals in each event from each region earned All-Region distinction, in addition to each member of the region’s top-3 relay teams. The regions used for this award – East, Great Lakes, Metro, Mid-Atlantic, Mideast, Midwest, Niagara, North, South, and West – match those used during the cross country season.

Kozich earns All-Region honors for the second time after also taking home the honor during the indoor season. She posted the second best time in the region in the 10K at 36:56.42.

Signorella and Fenstermaker each earn All-Region for the first time with Signorella recording the third best mark in the long jump (5.74m) and Fenstermaker in the hammer throw.

 

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John Mayer begins his 11^th year as the head coach of LMU’s beach volleyball program in 2025-2026.
 
Mayer is leading the beach volleyball program to one of the most successful stretches of any team in school history. Beach Volleyball is the only coach in school history to win five or more consecutive WCC Championships. Following a sixth-consecutive WCC Championship, led the Lions to the program’s first National Title Game appearance in 2025. Mayer’s Lions won a school-record 38 duals in his 10^th year leading the Lions, including defeating 12 opponents ranked in the top-10 and multiple wins over #1 ranked opponents. In the NCAA Championships, LMU opened with a 3-0 sweep over #13 FAU before putting together one of the most impressive single days in program history. On Saturday, May 3, 2025, LMU knocked off four-time defending national champions USC, 3-1, to advance to that afternoon’s semifinals. The Lions then took down top-seeded #1 UCLA in a reverse sweep in the semifinals to advance to the Sunday’s championship dual. In the national title game, LMU and TCU split courts two through five to set up championship point in the third set of Court 1, before the Horned Frogs eventually ended LMU’s season. Mayer became the first coach in school history, across any sport, to be named National Coach of the Year, after the AVCA Announced that honor the week of the NCAA Tournament. Along with that award, the AVCA also named Michelle Shaffer and Chloe Hooker Second Team All-Americans, as well as Top Flight Pairs on four different courts with Flight 2 (Anna Pelloia and Chloe Hooker), Flight 3 (Abbey Thorup and Lisa Luini), Flight 4 (Isabelle Reffel and Magdalena Rabitsch), and Flight 5 (Tanon Rosenthal and Giuliana Poletti Corrales) all winning over 75% of their matches on those courts. The WCC Awards continued as Mayer was named West Coast Conference Coach of the Year for the conference record sixth consecutive season. Mayer also mentored the WCC Pair of the Year for the fifth consecutive season, the WCC Defensive Player of the Year for the fifth consecutive season, and the WCC Co-Freshman of the Year for the fourth time over the past five years. LMU also saw additional conference recognition with seven First Team All-WCC and three Second Team All-WCC selections.
 
In 2024, Mayer led his Lions to a win in Gulf Shores, Alabama, at the NCAA Championships against #9 Hawaii before falling to the eventual national champions, USC, for the second consecutive season. The Lions finished the year ranked eighth nationally and Mayer earned his fifth-straight WCC Coach of the Year recognition. Under Mayer, Vilhelmiina Prihti was named to the AVCA All-American team for the second time and Michelle Shaffer earned her first All-American recognition in her first season playing with the Lions. Mayer mentored the WCC Pair of the Year for fifth time in his career and the WCC Defensive Player of the Year for the fourth consecutive season. 
 
For three-consecutive seasons between 2021 and 2023, Mayer coached the Lions to a top-5 finish nationally with a return to the NCAA Championships. In 2022-23, the Lions returned to the NCAA Championships and defeated #11 Hawaii before falling to the eventual national champions, #3 USC, 3-1 to close the season. The Lions went 29-9 on the season, including a perfect home record after unveiling new on-campus courts. Additionally, Mayer was named WCC Coach of the Year for the fourth-consecutive season and mentored the WCC Pair of the Year, the WCC Defensive Player of the Year, the WCC Freshman of the Year, five first team All-WCC Players, two AVCA Top Flight Winners, and two AVCA All-Americans in 2023.

The 2021-22 season continued to build on the foundation Mayer set for the program. In addition to being named West Coast Conference Coach of the Year for the third consecutive season, Mayer coached four AVCA All-Americans, the WCC Pair of the Year, the WCC Defensive Player of the Year, and the WCC Co-Freshman of the Year. The Lions finished the year with a school-record 32 wins, did not drop a court in the WCC Championships, and won a program-record three games in the NCAA Championships in Gulf Shores before bowing out in the semifinals. LMU finished fourth in the final AVCA Poll in 2022.

After a brief 2019-20 season, LMU was able to dominate the 2020-21 season with a 31-8 record as they added another West Coast Conference Championship to their list of achievements. Coach Mayer was selected to the USA National Team as a result while also coaching Madi Firnett to WCC Freshman of the Year honors.

Before a shortened 2019-20 season, where the team ended with a 6-3 record, Mayer was coming off of an impressive 2018-19 season, where he led the Lions to their first-ever conference title. The team beat Pepperdine for the first time in program history to win the West Coast Conference Championship. The conference win came after a 27-11 season, including seven wins over ranked opponents. 

On June 7, 2015, the West Coast Conference added women’s beach volleyball as a WCC-sponsored sport. As the sport quickly gained status within the NCAA and the WCC, former LMU Athletics Director Dr. William Husak announced, on August 5, 2015, the hiring of Mayer as the LMU beach volleyball head coach.

At the time of the hire, Husak said, “The sport of beach volleyball has quickly grown at all levels, especially within the NCAA. We added the sport in 2012 and since have seen the positive and important impact on our department. As the sport grows, we wanted to continue to establish it here at LMU. We are very excited to have John take over the program on a full-time basis. He has had success at all levels of volleyball and we are fortunate he will be the program’s first official head coach.”

Mayer guided his 2018 squad to a 22-14 overall mark, and a berth into the semifinal round of play from the 2018 West Coast Conference Championships, but eventually dropped the match to Saint Mary’s. The Lions, playing as the #2 seed in the tournament, beat Pacific to advance to the match against the third-seeded Gaels. Following the season, McKayla Ferris and Jessie Prichard highlighted a quartet of Lions lauded by the West Coast Conference, earning All-WCC first-team honors. Sara Kovac and Savannah Slattery were also honored, earning second-team selections.

Mayer’s 2016 squad finished the year at 6-17, but reached the semifinals of the inaugural WCC Championships. Rachelle Suaava and Avery Bush were named All-WCC, while Kekai Whitford and Sascha Dominique took home All-Freshman selections. The Lions finished the year ranked in the Top-20 of the DiG Magazine poll.

The 2017 season saw LMU post a 15-14 overall record, but the Lions, playing as the #3 seed at the WCC Championship Tournament, reached the final match before falling to Pepperdine. LMU’s top pair of Savannah Slattery and Sarah Sponcil went 20-9 at the top of the order in 2017, as the duo reached the quarterfinal round at the USA Volleyball Collegiate Championships in the postseason. Sponcil was ultimately named WCC Player of the Year, while Slattery took home WCC Freshman of the Year, and both were named first team All-WCC. Sara Kovac and Jessie Prichard also garnered All-WCC recognition, earning honorable mention picks. Finally, Prichard and Slattery were named to the WCC All-Freshman team.

Prior to being named head coach, Mayer spent the previous four seasons as a volunteer assistant coach working with the LMU sand volleyball program. He had also served as the head coach of the men’s volleyball program at Santa Monica College since 2008. As head coach at Santa Monica College, Mayer was named 2015 Coach of the Year after guiding his squad to a State Championship.

“We are one of the few schools in the country that will actually be practicing at the beach, which is a huge advantage for training and developing our athletes,” said Mayer. “The sport of beach volleyball has taken off at the collegiate level with schools all over the country adding teams. Having the WCC now involved with a postseason championship shows how big the sport has become in a few short years. I imagine beach volleyball will soon be one of the premier sports for female athletes at the college level.”

A 2005 graduate of Pepperdine University, Mayer helped guide Pepperdine to a National Championship in his senior year. Before transferring to Pepperdine, Mayer won a pair of State Championships playing at Pierce College.

Mayer made his AVP debut in 2003 at Hermosa Beach. In 2009, Mayer with partner Jeff Nygaard won the AVP Open at San Diego and was also named the Most Improved Player. In 2013, Mayer finished top-10 in all six events he entered into. Teamed with Ryan Doherty as the fourth-seed in the tournament, Mayer won the 2015 AVP Kingston Seattle Open men’s title en route to being named 2015 AVP Men’s MVP and Best Defender. In addition to his title, Mayer made four finals appearances, and six semifinal runs in 2015. Again, teamed with Doherty in 2016, Mayer won the AVP New Orleans title.

John Mayer was born June 11, 1982, in Thousand Oaks, CA. Mayer currently lives in Mar Vista, Calif. with his wife, dermatologist Dr. Paola Rodriguez, and daughter.

NEW ORLEANS, La. – Five members of the St. Olaf College men’s and women’s track and field teams combined to earn eight U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-North Region accolades for the 2025 outdoor season, as announced on Wednesday.

Senior Alison Bode, senior Sophie Abernethy, and junior Isabel Wyatt accounted for six all-region honors for the St. Olaf women, while juniors Ignatius Fitzgerald and Lance Nemecek each earned one accolade for the Ole men. The USTFCCCA awards all-region honors to the top-five individuals in each event from each region, as well as each of the members of a top-three-ranked relay team.

Bode collected all-region honors in the 1,500-meter run (4:35.42), 5,000-meter run (17:04.08), and 10,000-meter run (35:35.82), with all three times ranking fourth in the North Region this season. The senior has been an all-region honoree a combined seven times in indoor and outdoor track and field during her career, including twice in both the outdoor 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs.

Wyatt added a pair of outdoor all-region awards to her indoor accolade in the 800-meter run earlier this year by posting top-five times in the region in the 800-meter run (2:09.44) and 1,500-meter run (4:34.25). The junior’s school-record and conference-championship time in the 800-meter run was the top time in the region this season, while her time in the 1,500-meter run was third.

Abernethy landed her first individual all-region accolade after running the region’s fifth-fastest time in the 1,500-meter run (4:37.23). The senior was previously part of St. Olaf’s all-region distance medley relay during the 2024 indoor season.

Nemecek was a first-time all-region honoree after recording the No. 3 time in the region in the 800-meter run (1:51.32) from his Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) title in the event. That time also ranks second on St. Olaf’s all-time performers’ list in the event.

Fitzgerald earned his first all-region accolade thanks to the No. 5 time in the region in the 1,500-meter run (3:48.55) from the UW-La Crosse Final Qualifier last week. The junior’s time sits fifth on the program’s all-time performers’ list.

Fitzgerald, Bode, and Wyatt are three of the four Oles who will compete at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships later this week in Geneva, Ohio. Fitzgerald and Bode will begin the meet by competing in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (6:10 p.m. CT) and 10,000-meter run (8:15 p.m. CT) on Thursday, May 22.