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If the Buffs qualify, they will continue with the men’s semifinal races on Friday and the women’s semifinal races on Saturday. Those who punch their tickets to the NCAA Outdoor Championships will compete from June 11 to 14 in Eugene, Oregon.

 

Jonesboro, AR — (Contributed) — May 27, 2025 — The Arkansas State University Athletics Department has launched its 2025 volleyball and 2025-26 men’s and women’s basketball season-ticket renewal process, as well as announced that new season tickets are on sale for all three sports coming off Sun Belt Conference championships.

The Red Wolves’ volleyball and men’s basketball teams both claimed Sun Belt regular season titles this past year while advancing to the National Volleyball Invitational Championship (NIVC) and National Invitational Tournament (NIT), respectively. A-State’s women’s basketball program won the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in 2024-25 before making its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

Season-ticket prices for the 2025 volleyball campaign remain unchanged, while changes to the pricing structure for men’s and women’s basketball are being implemented for the first time in over a decade. The season-tickets renewal deadline for all three sports is set for Aug. 1, 2025.

Lower-level men’s basketball tickets will continue to require a per-seat donation to the Red Wolves Foundation (RWF). Those donations count toward the rewards-based priority points system to provide better opportunities for not only home ticket options, parking locations and activities surrounding home A-State game days, but also ticket options for future postseason appearances. Information about priority points can be found by clicking here.

Information and pricing for men’s and women’s basketball suites at First National Bank Arena can be obtained by contacting the Red Wolves Foundation at 870-972-2401.

New this season, a 5% “One Pack” fee will be applied to ticket prices only (not the per-season donation to the Red Wolves Foundation) for all ticketed A-State sports. The minimal fee will allow A-State Athletics to be more aligned with various initiatives being implemented by peer institutions across the country with sweeping changes occurring within the college athletics landscape.

New season ticket purchases can be made by clicking here. Renewals can be completed by clicking here and logging into the ticket holder’s account.  Questions and requests for additional information can be directed to the Red Wolves Foundation by e-mailing redwolvesfoundation@astate.edu or calling 870-972-2401.

Grand Canyon head coach Winston Gandy and the women’s basketball program added a veteran piece to Gandy’s first Lopes roster in 5-foot-9 shooting guard Karley Johnson.

Johnson, who hails from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, spent the past three seasons at Arkansas and enters GCU as a senior for the 2025-26 season.

Johnson’s playing time increased throughout her career in the Southeastern Conference, playing in 30 games last season with nine starts in 15.4 minutes per game. She averaged 2.6 points, 3.0 rebounds and 0.7 steals during her junior season while playing significant minutes against the nation’s best teams, including Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina and UCLA.

Prior to Arkansas, Johnson was a 2022 McDonald’s All-American nominee and earned Oklahoman’s Super 5 Honorable Mention choice four times from 2019-22. She was named to the All-City (Little City) First Team in 2021 and Second Team in 2019 and 2020, along with VYPE Top 100 selection in 2020 and 2021. She transferred to Mustang High School prior to her junior year, helping lead the Broncos to a No. 12 state ranking.

Johnson’s name joins six other incoming Lopes who have been signed this offseason, including:

• Favor Ayodele, 6-1 forward (Tennessee)
• Faith Carson, 6-4 forward (Ohio State)
• Sophia Fontaine, 6-2 forward (Stetson)
• Holly Griffiths, 6-4 forward (Fresno State)
• Julianna LaMendola, 6-1 forward (Indiana)
• Chloe Mann, 5-8 guard (Cincinnati)

ST. LOUIS – Indiana State Cross Country and Track and Field Program Director and Head Coach Angela Martin was selected as the 2025 MVC Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year, as announced Tuesday afternoon by the conference office.
 
Martin was selected by the league’s head coaches as the Coach of the Year on both the men’s and women’s side after guiding Indiana State to its second straight sweep of the MVC Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The Sycamores won three of the four MVC Track and Field Championships during the 2024-25 campaign (women’s indoor, men’s outdoor, women’s outdoor).
 
Indiana State surpassed the 200-point mark on the men’s side for the second straight season with 208, winning the MVC title by more than 50 points for a second straight year and completing back-to-back 200-point championship scoring totals for the first time in program history. The Sycamores finished with 140.5 points on the women’s side and won the conference title by more than 20 points for a second straight season.
 
As a team, Indiana State had 10 conference champions and 29 all-conference performers as part of their title sweep. Included in those winning totals were a pair of repeat champions from Martin’s hurdles group in Rachel Mehringer (100m hurdles) and Collin Forrest (110m hurdles).
 
Indiana State also qualified 16 entries for the 2025 NCAA East First Round, which starts Wednesday, marking the fourth straight year under Martin that the Trees have double-digit entries and athletes competing in the regional round. The 16 entries for the Sycamores are the most for the program since 2015.
 
For the season, Indiana State set 45 program top-10 marks, with 24 men’s top-10 marks and 21 women’s top-10 marks being set during the 2025 outdoor campaign. The Sycamores also had six program records broken, as Sloan Cox (shot put), Lillian Gibbs (javelin), Casey Hood Jr. (100m), Rachel Mehringer (100m hurdles), Will Staggs (pole vault) and the men’s distance medley relay team of Emerson Fayman, Trent Jones, Caden Emmert and Jason Dworak all breaking school records for the Blue and White. In addition, Mehringer also broke the Missouri Valley Conference and MVC Championship record in the 100m hurdles.
 
Indiana State also took home multiple MVC specialty awards this season, continuing their trend of being among the best in the conference. Casey Hood Jr. was named the MVC Most Valuable Athlete at the MVC Outdoor Championships after scoring 20.5 points across three events, and he was also the MVC Most Outstanding Men’s Track Athlete as the highest-ranked athlete among conference champions. Rachel Mehringer was the MVC Most Outstanding Women’s Track Athlete for being the highest-ranked athlete among conference champions, while Justice Boston and Emma Yoder were MVC Co-Freshmen of the Year after both scored 12 points at the conference championships. Will Staggs was named the MVC Elite 18 Award winner, which goes to the student-athlete with the highest GPA to also medal at the conference championships.
 
Tuesday’s announcement marks Martin’s 15th career MVC Coach of the Year honor (seven men’s, eight women’s), with seven of those honors (four men’s, three women’s) being Outdoor Coach of the Year accolades.
 
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Pairings in boys and girls rugby, as well as boys volleyball, were released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association.

One local boys team made the rugby tournament, while five area boys volleyball teams will strive to capture a state championship.

Boys volleyball

In Division 1, making the 39-team field were Chelmsford, Lowell and Lowell Catholic.

In round of 32 clashes, No. 11 Chelmsford (17-3) will host No. 22 Milford (12-9), date and time to be announced,  and No. 14 Lowell (18-2) will entertain No. 19 Boston Latin (13-5) on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

In a prelim match, No. 39 Lowell Catholic (15-5) will try to upset No. 26 Barnstable (15-5) on the road, date and time be announced.

In Division, in the 41-team field are Greater Lowell Tech and Billerica.

In a round of 32 battle, No. 14 Greater Lowell (17-3) will host No. 19 Somerville (12-8), time and time to be announced. In a prelim, No. 36 Billerica (11-9) will journey to No. 29 Greater Lawrence (15-5) on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.

Boys rugby

The lone local school in the seven-team Division 2 field is Chelmsford.

The No. 3 Lions (6-0) will host No. 6 Hingham (4-2) in a round of 8 game, date and time to be announced. Hanover (7-0) is the top seed.

None of the four schools in the Division 1 girls rugby tournament are local.