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Coastal Carolina coach, assistant ejected from CWS finals vs LSU

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OMAHA, Neb. — Coastal Carolina coach Kevin Schnall, tossed from the game along with first base coach Matt Schilling in the first inning of the College World Series finals Sunday, said his ejection wasn’t justified and he was wrongly accused of bumping an umpire.

Walker Mitchell was at bat with two outs and Sebastian Alexander had just stolen a base when Schnall went to the top steps of the dugout, gestured at plate umpire Angel Campos with three fingers and began shouting at him.

The NCAA said Schnall was arguing balls and strikes, was given a warning and thrown out when he did not leave immediately. Instead, Schnall went onto the field to continue arguing.

“As an umpire, I feel like it’s your job to manage the game — the national championship game — with some poise, some calmness and a little bit of tolerance,” Schnall said.

Coastal Carolina head coach Kevin Schnall (left) screams at the umpires after being ejected in the first inning of Sunday’s game against LSU. AP Photo/Rebecca S. GratzLSU won 5-3 for its second national championship in three years. Coastal Carolina needed a victory Sunday to stay alive in the best-of-three series.

Associate head coach Chad Oxendine took over Schnall’s duties after the ejection.

Schnall and Schilling, meanwhile, spent the remainder of the game in the clubhouse. Both returned to the dugout — with Schnall going player-by-player with hugs and talks — while their team watched LSU celebrate winning the title.

Then Schnall met with the media.

“I’m not sorry. Not for what happened, but that this season is over,” he said while sharing the stage with his players.

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    Once the players left, Schnall became much more pointed when recalling the interaction with the umpires and the ejection.

    “There’s 25,000 people there, and I vaguely heard a warning issued,” Schnall said. “I was an assistant coach for 24 years and treated like second grade — a second-level citizen — and you can’t say a word. Now, as a head coach, I think it is your right to get an explanation of why we got warned.

    “I’m 48 years old. I shouldn’t get shooed by another grown man. So, when I come out to ask what the warning is, a grown man shooed me. So, at that point, I can now hear him say he’s issued a warning for arguing balls and strikes. At that point, I said, ‘because you missed three at that point.’ Ejected.”

    The NCAA said Playing Rule 3-6-f-Note 1 states “balls, strikes, half swings or decisions about hit-by-pitch situations are not to be argued. After a warning, any player or coach who continues to argue balls, strikes, half swings or a hit-by-pitch situation shall be ejected from the game.”

    “If that warrants an ejection, I’m the first one to stand here like man and apologize,” Schnall said. “Two words that define our program are ‘Owning it.’ And what does that mean? You have to own everything that you do, without blame, without defending yourself, without excuses.”

    The NCAA said “prolonged arguing” results in a two-game suspension, so Schnall would miss the first two games of next season.

    Schilling was thrown out for the comments he made while arguing. If an assistant is ejected, he automatically also is suspended for one game. Schilling also gets an additional two-game suspension under the “prolonged arguing” rule, the NCAA said. That means he will miss the first three games in 2026.

    Schnall said he believes what happened to Schilling was the result of a tumble by one of the umpires, who appeared to have tripped over the feet of a crewmate.

    “You guys watch the video,” Schnall said. “There was a guy that came in extremely aggressively and tripped over Campos’ foot, embarrassed in front of 25,000 people. He immediately goes ‘two game suspension’ and says ‘bumping the umpire.’ The umpire immediately does that. There was no bump. He was embarrassed.

    “I shouldn’t be held accountable for a grown man’s athleticism.”

    Schnall said he also believes that the suspensions won’t last by the time the 2026 season begins.

    “It’ll be retracted, though. Now it’s excessive because I was trying to say I didn’t bump him,” Schnall said. “… What is it that warranted an ejection? It is what it is. If that warranted an ejection, man, there would be a lot of ejections.”

    A spokesman said the NCAA stands by its original statement on the incident when asked for comment on Schnall’s remarks about bumping an umpire.

    ESPN’s Ryan McGee and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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    Creighton vs. Kentucky volleyball: Elite Eight scores, highlights

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    A reverse-sweep comeback over Louisville pushes Texas A&M volleyball to third-ever Elite Eight

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    (KBTX) – In the middle of the third set of Friday’s NCAA Tournament region semifinal volleyball match, Texas A&M opposite hitter Logan Lednicky glanced at a random piece of paper in the middle of the score’s table.

    After being the first team to 15 points in both of the first two sets, the third-seeded Aggies’ allowed No. 2 seed Louisville to rally and set up a three-game sweep. The Aggies needed a rare reverse sweep to keep their season alive. They were looking for an answer to the situation they found themselves in.

    Sometimes the sign is literally a sign.

    “Something great is about to happen,” the piece of paper read.

    Three sets later, the Aggies were celebrating on the court of the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Nebraska, having rallied to beat Louisville 3-2 in a five set thriller. It was A&M’s first reverse sweep since September 29 of last year, when the Aggies’ came from behind to beat Missouri in Reed Arena.

    “I’m like floating on air,” Lednicky said after the match. “That was the most insane experience I have ever been a part of.”

    From the start, A&M appeared to be in control of the match, jumping out to a 17-12 lead. However, after A&M reached 15 points, Louisville did not commit another error in the set. The Cardinals closed out the set on a 6-3 run to take the first game.

    History repeated itself in the second set. A&M pulled out to a 21-16 lead, but allowed a 5-0 Cardinal run to tie the game. An 8-0 run ultimately sealed the 2-0 start for Louisville and put the Aggies’ season in jeopardy.

    It wasn’t unfamiliar territory for the Aggies. Not only did A&M travel to Nebraska last season for the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament, they fell behind 2-1 to Wisconsin and needed to push the game to a fifth set to try to advance. That effort fell short in the final game, 15-13, ending the Aggies season.

    The story of this season wouldn’t end the same way.

    “I think we spent a lot of time under tension,” Aggie middle blocker Ifenna Cos-Okpalla said. “I think that was something we all said when we were in that fifth set, just knowing that we had been here before. We played here before. We’ve been in this exact situation before and it’s really just on us to turn it around and capitalize.”

    The Aggie block leader was key at the net in the match turn-around. A&M finished the match with 17 blocks, 12 of which came from Cos-Okpalla. The Aggies had nine blocks in the fourth set, seven off the hands of Cos-Okpalla.

    The senior finished with nine kills, to go along with her blocking effort and a .316 hit percentage.

    “Even when I wasn’t getting blocked or good touches, I think I was in a good enough spot to like funnel out space for the defense to work behind me,” Cos-Okpalla said. “We can just run our offense from there. So yeah, it takes everybody on the team honestly, but, yeah, I’m just so proud.”

    The fifth set saw nine ties and three lead changes in a back-and-forth struggle for the next line of the bracket. The Aggies needed a 3-0 run through the middle of the set to take a 10-9 lead, thanks to two Louisville errors and a block by Cos-Okpalla and Lednicky. Then, the Aggies closed the match out on a 5-2 run with outside hitter Kyndal Stowers recording the final kill.

    Lednicky paced the Aggies with 20 kills and added 12 digs and seven blocks. Stowers had 17 kills and 11 digs.

    Louisville’s Chloe Chicoine led all attackers with 26 kills.

    A&M hit at a .277 clip, slightly better than Louisville’s .229.

    The Aggies advance to the program’s third-ever regional final and will face the No. 1 overall seed Nebraska on its home court Sunday at 2 p.m. The Cornhuskers took down No. 4 seed Kansas 3-0 in a match directly following A&M’s win.

    In the meantime, A&M can take a moment to relish in the program they’ve builtin the three years of the Morrison era.

    “My No. 1 thing that I said when I first got here was to get it back to where its was and take it further and we have it back to where it was… Now, it’s time, in two days, to take it further,” Morrison said.

    Copyright 2025 KBTX. All rights reserved.



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    Gonzaga Volleyball signs Lydia Fisher

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    SPOKANE, Wash- Gonzaga Volleyball continues to build for the future with the addition of another signee for next season, as head coach JT Wenger announced the signing of Lydia Fisher on Thursday night. 

    Coming to Spokane after completing her high school career her hometown of Dallas, Lydia has starred for Highland Park High School as middle blocker and right side hitter. She was named to the First Team All-District while representing the Scots. Fisher helped the team to a capture a state championship last month, as Highland Park won the 5A State Championship. A 6’5″ blocker, Fisher will help further establish the net front presence for the Zags when she comes to campus next season. 



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    Badgers news: Wisconsin back in Elite 8 with big win over Stanford

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    The Wisconsin Badgers are back in the Elite 8. The Badgers faced off against the No. 2 Stanford Cardinal on Friday afternoon, winning 3-1 to face the No. 1-seeded Texas Longhorns in the Elite Eight on Sunday.

    Mimi Colyer had one of her best games as a Badger, recording 27 kills on 51 attempts with just eight errors. Carter Booth had 14 kills of her own with zero errors, while Una Vagajic had 13 kills as well. The Badgers had 70 kills as a whole, while Charlie Fuerbringer had 61 assists.

    Wisconsin started off the first set well, getting off to an early 7-3 lead as Colyer and Booth each recorded a pair of kills. Things got tight, with Stanford cutting the lead to 10-9, but Wisconsin went on a 5-0 run to separate itself, with Colyer recording two more kills in the stretch.

    From there, Wisconsin comfortably led the rest of the way, ultimately taking the first set 25-17. From there, though, things got tight.

    The second set was back-and-forth to start, as neither side had more than a two-point lead through the midway point in the set. Stanford began to pull away, though, going on a 4-1 run when leading 15-14 to get a four-point lead late in the set. That proved to be the difference, as the Cardinal extended that lead to 22-16 before ultimately taking the set 25-21.

    Tied at 1-1, the Badgers had a great response coming into the third set, starting off with a 5-2 lead. Stanford hit Wisconsin back, though, tying things up at seven apiece, and the back-and-forth action continued from there. Once again, neither side had more than a two-point advantage until Stanford took a 17-14 lead off back-to-back kills from Ella Rubin.

    It seemed like the momentum might be turning in Stanford’s favor, but Wisconsin stormed back with a four-point run to take an 18-17 lead as Natalie Wardlow had three consecutive service aces. Both sides traded points over the next few rallies, tying things up back again at 21 apiece.

    The two biggest points of the set came next. Kristen Simon had a service ace of her own before Mimi Colyer got a kill to put Wisconsin up 23-21. Jordyn Harvey got a kill for Stanford, which Carter Booth responded to with a kill of her own. 24-22. Grace Egan had an attack error to cut the lead to one, but rebounded with the set-clinching kill and Wisconsin took the third set 25-23 for a 2-1 lead in the match.

    Once again, Wisconsin started the fourth set well, getting out to a 7-3 lead thanks to a flurry of Stanford mistakes. The Cardinal had two service errors and three attack errors in the first ten points, and the Badgers capitalized. But, Stanford slowly chipped back at the lead and flipped the script, taking a 13-12 lead midway through the set.

    After both sides traded a point, Wisconsin went on a three-point run to take a 16-14 lead. That stretch proved to be the difference-maker as the Badgers never trailed from that point on. Stanford did tie things up at 19 apiece, but the Badgers had another three-point run. Then, after the Cardinal brought it back within one at 23-22, Mimi Colyer and Grace Egan delivered the final blows to send Wisconsin to the Elite Eight.

    With the 3-1 win, the Badgers are facing the No. 1-seeded Texas Longhorns, who swept the No. 4 Indiana Hoosiers on Friday. That game will be played in Austin on Sunday.



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    Wisconsin volleyball knocks off Stanford in Sweet 16, moves to Elite 8

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    AUSTIN, Texas – Wisconsin volleyball has long eyed a deep postseason run.

    In the NCAA tournament regional semifinals, the third-seeded Badgers fully looked the part as they outdueled second-seeded Stanford in four sets, 25-17, 21-25, 25-23, 25-22, to advance to the NCAA regional finals for the eighth consecutive season.

    “The level of talent out there on the court and the level of play out there – that easily could have been a Final Four match,” Wisconsin coach Kelly Sheffield said afterward. “It’s unusual to see that high level and back and forth in the Sweet 16.”



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    Nebraska volleyball faces Texas A&M in regional final on Channel 8

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    LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The undefeated Nebraska volleyball team is looking to punch its ticket to Kansas City with a win over Texas A&M on Sunday.

    The Huskers face off against No. 6 Texas A&M on Channel 8.  That game begins at 2 p.m.

    Texas A&M is coming off a five-set win over Louisville, Husker head coach Dani Busboom Kelly’s former team.

    Shortly after that match, Nebraska swept Kansas in a dominant performance inside a sold-out John Cook Arena.

    The Huskers are now onto their 34th regional final in program history.  That is the most regional final appearances in NCAA history.

    Nebraska gets another postseason game at the Bob Devaney Center.  The Huskers have won 90 home matches in the NCAA Tournament.

    Only four schools nationally have 90 or more victories in the tournament.

    Nebraska and Texas A&M have faced off 39 times, most recently in 2010 when the Huskers swept the Aggies on the road.

    Nebraska has won 32 of those matchups.





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