TCU won the program’s first beach volleyball national championship on Sunday by defeating Loyola Marymount 3-2 in the title matches in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

The Horned Frogs (32-5) became just the third school to win a national title since the national championship began in 2016, joining USC and UCLA.

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With the match tied at 2-2, TCU’s duo of Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno came up clutch in the final set as the duo kept their unbeaten streak at Gulf Shores alive.

The duo of Anhelina Khmil and Ana Vergara also finished the tournament undefeated as they took the first set against LMU.

The Horned Frogs entered the 16-team field as the No. 2 seed and also defeated Georgia State, Texas and Cal Poly on their way to the national championship.

The win over the Longhorns in the quarterfinals was also a historic feat as TCU improved to 42-0 all-time against teams from the state of Texas.

COLLEGEVILLE, PA – The Johns Hopkins men’s outdoor track team earned eight medals, including three golds, and the Blue Jays used 15 top-five finishes on the final day of the 2025 Centennial Conference Championships to fuel a run to the eighth conference title in program history.  The Blue Jays finished with 218 points to unseat three-time defending conference champion Ursinus, which placed second with 171 points.
 
The 218 points the Blue Jays amassed are the third-most Johns Hopkins has earned in Centennial Conference Championship history.

In addition to the team title, the Blue Jays also nabbed the Outstanding Field Performer of the Meet in sophomore Sebastian Tangelson.

 

Johns Hopkins, which trailed by two points entering the final day of competition at the three-day championship, scored points in 12 of 13 events on Sunday to pull away from the Bears.  Five of the 15 top-five finishes for the Blue Jays on Sunday came in the final three events.

 

First-place finishes and top performances for the Blue Jays on Sunday:

 

• Triple Jump – The Blue Jays picked up the first of their three Sunday golds as Oluwademilade Adeniran eased to the title with a leap of 14.32-meters, which was more than a foot father than teammate Ethan Oluwole, who grabbed silver with a mark of 13.97-meters.  Oluwole’s jump was a season best and Sebastian Tangelson added a fifth-place finish (13.46).
  
   
• 5,000-Meter – Junior Emmanuel Leblond continued his impressive season and became Hopkins’ second all-time champion in the 5000 as he cruised across in 14:07.20.  The mark is a season-best for Leblond, a meet record and the 10^th-best time in the nation this season.  Tommy Li (4^th / 14:45.73), Nash Minor (6^th / 14:55.84) and Sean Enright (7^th / 14:57.07) teamed with Leblond to grab 20 team points in the event for the Blue Jays.
  
   
• 4×400-Meter Relay – The third and final gold medal on the day for the Blue Jays came in the final event as the team of Alex Colletti, Spencer Ye, Fisayo Omonije and Joshua Lee crossed the line in a meet-record time of 3:16.65.  This is the seventh time in Centennial Championship history that Johns Hopkins has won the event and the time is the second-best in Johns Hopkins history.
  
   
• 1,500-Meter – The Blue Jays earned a silver and placed four runners in the top seven to grab 18 points.  Aiden Tomov finished as the runner-up with a time of 3:55.61, while Brady Ott (4^th / 3:58.42), Connor Oiler (6^th / 3:58.87) and Rowan Cassidy (7^th / 3:58.64) added crucial team points with their top-seven finishes.
  
   
• 4×100-Meter Relay – The Johns Hopkins team of Alex Colletti, Spencer Ye, Josh Lee and Carter Chui posted a Blue Jay school-record time of 41.68 to earn a runner-up finish.
  
   
• 100 & 200-Meter – Alex Colletti grabbed silver in the 100 and 200-meter dashes to earn 16 individual points to go along with his efforts on the first-place 4×400-meter relay and the runner-up 4×100-meter relay.  He crossed in 10.78 seconds in the 100 and 21.85 in the 200.  Joshua Gregory (5^th / 22.57) and Spencer Ye (6^th / 22.65) added top-six finishes with Gregory’s time a season best. 

The final medal of the day for the Blue Jays came in the 800-meter run as the Blue Jays’ Evan Kelly grabbed bronze with a personal-best time of 1:52.93.  Fisayo Omonije was just behind in fourth place as he clocked in at 1:53.16.

The volleyball championship is tied with the 2023 NCAA men’s basketball regional for the highest economic impact of any NCAA championship event the city has hosted.

• These numbers were determined by the Economic Impact Calculator from Destinations International, which Louisville Tourism has used since 2017.
• Last year’s NCAA volleyball championship, which spanned four days, set multiple attendance records at the KFC Yum! Center.

Louisville is known nationally as basketball country. But those who live in the city are well aware of its love affair with volleyball.

The TCU Beach Volleyball team won its first national title in program history Sunday, beating Loyola Marymount 3-2 in five sets. The women were the first program not named USC or UCLA to win the NCAA title since beach volleyball was deemed a championship sport in 2016.

Over nine total championships (2020 was canceled due to COVID), USC won six titles and UCLA won two before TCU claimed this year’s title. Now, the celebration can begin and go all the way back to the great state of Texas.

You can see the winning point and celebration below. TCU won with its No. 1 pair of Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno.

Durham, NH—The UMBC women’s outdoor track and field squad finished fifth with 105 points at the 2025 America East Championships, held this past weekend at the University of New Hampshire.

The Retrievers received individual gold medal performances from sophomore Genelle Stephens and juniors Leanne McDonald and Marie Abongwa. In addition, the Dawgs won the 4 x 400 relay to cap a terrific showing.

Stephens won her second consecutive title in the 400-meter hurdles, crossing the line in a new school-record time of 58.86. She also picked up a bronze medal in the 400-meter dash (55.16), giving her squad six points.

McDonald won the 400-meter dash in 54.74, the third-best result in program history. It was the fourth straight year that a Retriever has captured the event. McDonald also finished fifth in the 200-meter dash with a personal-best time of 24.57. It was the eighth-best time in program history.

Abongwa, who won the shot put at the America East Indoor Championships this past winter, picked up 10 points by winning the event again with an effort of 13.68 meters (44’10.75″). In addition, she placed third in the hammer with a school-record toss of 55.20 meters (181’1″).  Abongwa was named the Most Outstanding Field Performer at the conclusion of the event.

The Retrievers’ 4 x 400 relay overwhelmed the field with a time of 3:42.98. The group comprised Stephens, McDonald, junior Shannel Sibblies, and sophomore Dalcye Schmidt.

UMBC also performed terrifically in the 4 x 100 relay, finishing second in 46.30. Sophomore Charliana Dacosta, McDonald, senior Za’Kayza Parsons, and freshman Anna Creel scored eight points for the squad.

Junior Lyna Beraich grabbed a bronze medal in the 1,500 meters with the 10th-fastest time (4:40.78) in school history. Sophomore Izzy Ostvig also placed third in the high jump with a leap of 1.60 meters (5’3″). It tied for the 7th-best performance in program history.

Junior Lily Strelecki recorded the third-best effort in program history in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with an effort of 11:03.23 and picked up three points in the event.

American Kenny Bednarek set the fastest time in the world this year by winning the 200 meters in 19.84 seconds at Sunday’s Grand Slam Track series Miami meet.

The 26-year-old from Tulsa, the 200m runner-up at the Tokyo and Paris Olympics, defeated Britain’s Zharnel Hughes by 0.29 of a second with Jamaica’s Oblique Seville third, also in 20.13.

Bednarek, also a 200m runner-up at the 2022 world championships on home soil in Eugene, captured the Miami men’s 100 title on Saturday in a wind-aided 9.79 seconds.

American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won the 400m in 49.69 seconds, beating fellow American Anna Hall by 1.99 seconds.

Two-time reigning Olympic 400m hurdles champion McLaughlin-Levrone won her specialty on Saturday with the fastest time in the world this year of 52.07 seconds.

McLaughlin-Levrone broke her own world record last August in capturing the title in Paris with a run of 50.37.

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