Sports
Cortland Regional Sports Council

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Mike Eves: It’s X 1 0 1. Always classic. I am Mike Eves with Spring here. We thought we’d bring in the Cortland Regional Sports Council Director, Executive Director, Michelle Phelps. Michelle, how are you? And, welcome into the studios. I know you guys are gearing up for a busy spring and summer. Right?
Machell Phillips: I’m great. Thank you. And thanks for having us. We appreciate it.
Mike Eves: Yeah, yeah. No, of course. Now, before we get to some of the events and some of the economic impact, if you wanna just kind of give us a brief, a background on the Regional Sports Council. it’s been around for quite a long time, and you really, you guys have been and brought some great athletic events to Cortland County.
Machell Phillips: We have it, it’s been 20 years and that’s kind of hard to believe. But we started out as a result of hosting, the Empire State Games with Syracuse back in 2002. And in 2004, the Sports Council was formed. And since then, it’s basically been my job to bring sporting events into the community strictly for the economic impact.
Mike Eves: That’s right. And it’s been great to see too, where the number of, you know, sporting venues has increased. Obviously we could talk about the opening of the SUNY Cortland Athletic Complex, the stadium there. I think that was in the mid two thousands. All the high schools really have right, gotten turf fields and you know, this is before even Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex has.
Mike Eves: Has been built too, which is one of your, your guys’ big drivers. But, before we kind of get into those things, I know, you know, on the summer day, you know, you do see a bit of traffic in things and, and restaurants are full and, and it’s pretty good and it’s all a result of the court and regional sports council.
Mike Eves: Yeah. Let’s talk about some of the economic impact. I mean, some of the numbers you’re talking about it, it is pretty amazing since Covid.
Machell Phillips: It. It is. And you know, when we first started this, we were happy to hit a million dollars and that happened after a couple of years. But since then, you know, we experienced COVID, we barely hit a million dollars in 2020. the only thing we could do during that time for those couple of years actually was outdoor events. But since then, and then with the impact this past year, we actually hit, a little over $11 million.
Mike Eves: Wow. $11 million in economic impact. And, of course, what are some of the ways that you guys can kind of gauge that and things?
Mike Eves: Do you guys have some different data and some reference points right? To, to get to that number?
Machell Phillips: We do. So every year we get an update from the New York State Department of Economic Development. They give me the average spending in upstate New York for a day trip and an overnight trip. So that’s our multiplier.
Machell Phillips: And then we take into consideration. the teams that come here, the overnight stays that I know that I’ve booked based on tournaments and things.
Mike Eves: Yeah. Yeah. So is it an exact science? No. But it’s pretty darn close, and I’m sure the county and Cortlandville will tell you, Hey, look at our, in our, our taxes have gone up and all these goods that we’ve sold from things in Walmart to gasoline to the hotel taxes.
Machell PhillipsThere’s lots of numbers we can look at. The occupancy tax, the sales tax, all those things. You can see, uh, a definite. Increase and, and we were talking, you know, you go to ask any restaurateur or gas station person or even, you know, in, in the, in the grocery stores, you ask them, is it really busy on these weeks for these tournaments?
Mike Eves: And they’re gonna say, oh yeah, it’s some of our [busiest times of the year. We’ve talked about, you know, Walmart’s even run outta water. You know, you, you, you know, it’s, it’s, it’s pretty amazing to see when you see, you know, $11 million. It’s pretty amazing. And there’s so many different events.
Mike Eves: Let’s kind of talk about some of that. Yeah, I know we’ve had lots of high school events. The senior games have been great the past few years, and then we’ll get into some of the baseball events too at Gutches Slumber Sports Complex. But of course, one of the big ones is, has been the senior games.
Mike Eves: Cortland really has kind of become the home of the senior games. Right?
Machell Phillips: Right, So in 2011. New York State disbanded the department that used to handle the senior games, the Empire State Games, physically challenged in the winter games. And so they came to us and said, Hey, do you wanna take this over? And of course, me not knowing everything that’s involved, I said, sure. We’ll we’ll do it. Yeah. So it’s, it’s definitely been a learning experience, but I think we’ve got it down and, , yeah. You know, last year we welcomed over 1600 athletes here from all over the state. And that all over that was for the senior games and had a number of sports too.
Mike Eves: It was, yeah. You know, and you’re using, what’s great too is you’re using facilities that sometimes otherwise, you know, after Cortland leaves that facility’s just sitting there. We’re kind of reusing things and obviously the college loves to see it as well.
Machell Phillips: Yeah. I mean, we have things like badminton, archery. Cards we even added that we have bowling, track and field. You know, and of course. The biggest thing is pickleball.
Mike Eves: Yep. Pickle ball’s been really big. Yeah. If you ask my dad here, John Eves, he’ll tell you pickleball is, is a huge thing. And that, that’s a sport that’s kind of blown up nationally here in the last five years really. So it’s really kind of, it’s, it’s awesome to see that, you know, and having Cortland become, it’s like home turf where it’s, it’s, it’s been a lot of fun. And, and, and the other event that you guys really have kind of done is having some of the sectional and some of the championships, you know, where we’re getting, we’re getting high school teams at all the different divisions coming here to Cortland to use our facilities. And it doesn’t hurt, you know, or I mean, it helps that we are essentially located too.
Machell Phillips: Exactly, and so we host three state championships right now. Mm-hmm. And then. The semi-finals for boys lacrosse plus two sectional championships. Oh, wow. Girls lacrosse and girls soccer. So I think, , I’d have to double check this, but I’m pretty sure Yeah/ Our area hosts the most New York State Public High School Athletic Association events.
Mike Eves: And those are, those are pretty big draws. You know, if you’ve ever had a family member and, you know, they, they bring in the whole family, the immediate family, the grandparents, you know, everybody’s coming to, coming to check it out. And we, we have the facilities, Michelle, and, you know, we’ve got the restaurants and the grocery stores, and a lot of times this is in a, you know, at the end of the school, you know, and even coming into the summer, it’s not too really much of a busy time for our local economy.
Machell Phillips: Right. I think it shoulders nice with the college leaving and, you know.
Machell Phillips: The facilities are opened up a little bit. Yeah. You know, one of the things that, that we bid on and, and we won was the Flag Football Championships. And if you notice all the NFL advertising for that mm-hmm. During the games and during the Super Bowl, it’s becoming a big deal. Yeah. And so for us to say that, first of all, we host the, the first Yeah.
Machell Phillips: State championship for flag football and we’re gonna do it for another two years.
Mike Eves: Yeah. That that’s great. Pretty cool. You know, and that’s the other thing too, is I think some of these tournaments are in, you know, high school. You know, sectionals for the sports, they see, oh wow. Look what, look what they’re doing for girls’ soccer.
Machell Phillips: You know, because we have the facility. That’s the thing. We have, there’s plenty of enough facilities for all different kinds of events. Yeah. and as sports, it really has worked out well. And I, don’t think people even realize with the girls lacrosse championships, the high school girls lacrosse championships. We’re the only place that they’ve ever played those. So when you go beyond and you get into a coaching career, or you play, you know, at the next level. They think of Cortland, they had to come through Cortland to, to win their state championship.
Mike Eves: Yeah, no, that, that’s, that’s pretty, when you think about that, that, that’s pretty amazing.
Mike Eves: That’s going back a long time then, isn’t it?
Machell Phillips: It’s over 30 years now.
Mike Eves: That, that truly, it truly is amazing. Of course, a lot of the big focuses is on the Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex and, and what’s that bringing to the table as, while there’s some good long-term tournaments and some different teams, I know the high school’s love playing there. I know they’ve gotten some great tournaments, local tournaments for the baseball teams and, the softball teams eventually too. I mean, we’re not even at the halfway point of the, the full plans for Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex. I think you mentioned what 60 acres still left out there.
Machell Phillips: There’s still 60 or 70 acres left out there to develop. Yeah. And our hope is, you know, down the road at some point that we’ll have some multipurpose fields out there. Yeah. I mean, that’s the idea. But even the four fields that are there right now. When you look at the numbers that, that they’re generating. Yeah. I mean, it’s kind of mind blowing.
Mike Eves: Yeah. And then so you want to, let’s kind of get into some of the, you know, exactly what we’re kind of talking about. So it’s these baseball tournaments, it’s the prep baseball companies, you know, and these, some of these kids, I mean, baseball players, we’re getting some kids from, from around the country
Machell Phillips: all over.
Mike Eves: Um, you know, it’s a, basically it’s a talent showcase and we’ve, there’s scouts that come in and things, and obviously college recruiters are coming in to watch these kids too. And obviously they’re bringing their families and things too.
Machell Phillips: They are so. Basically April through August, is the time frame right now, and there’s 715 baseball teams that are gonna be coming in here, in that timeframe, you know, and there’s usually about 30 players a team, plus their parents. I mean, there could be bringing a couple hundred people in per team. You do the math on that really quick. That’s, that’s amazing. It’s, it’s astounding and I don’t think, , the general public understands what it brings to this community. You know, these people are, are buying things that. At Marshall’s, at Walmart, at Kinney’s, at, you know, downtown. They’re eating in the restaurants, getting gas.
Mike Eves: Yeah, yeah. No, it’s important. It’s good to, you know, for, to, you know, increase our local tax dollars and things too. Let’s kind of go over a little bit of the schedule there for Gutchess Lumber. ’cause I know they have. There’s so many different things going going on too. And we can even talk about, actually, let’s talk about the schedules for, high school sports and we can talk a little bit about the senior game schedules and things too.
Machell Phillips: Yeah. So most all this is posted on our website, which is Cortland sports.org.
Machell Phillips: Basically, it started last weekend out at Guchess with a high school tournament. Okay. And it’ll go every single weekend from now until the middle of August. With a tournament. So when you look at that. You know, it’s, it’s hard to argue against what they’re doing. Yeah. but we also host a couple of things out there that I don’t know if people are aware of, which is the National Club Baseball Regional Championships.
Machell Phillips: We host, division two and Division one out there. So there’s four teams that come in from across the country and play to go on to the national championships, and they have to come through Cortland for that.
Mike Eves: Oh, that, that, that’s pretty amazing. You know, that’s. That really is. Division one and Division two club baseball teams. That, that’s pretty good.
Machell Phillips: And then of course we move on into May with, things like, uh, state Cup, New York State West Youth Soccer Association. Okay. We host State Cup here, which are the travel teams. Okay. And they’re looking to move on from state cup to the regional and then to nationals. So a lot of times we’re that stepping stone to something else and people are really trying to get to that next level.
Mike Eves: Yeah.
Machell Phillips: So we have that going on. At the same time we’ll be hosting the girls lacrosse section three championships here. Yep. then we move right into flag football and the senior games.
Mike Eves: Oh yeah. Yeah. When do the senior games begin? Is that, that’s May.
Machell Phillips: so it will be June 2nd. June 2nd. Okay. June 2nd through the eighth this year. Yeah. Okay. So we have a schedule that gets posted. We do have a couple things that’ll be, offsite after that time. Tennis is gonna run a little bit later. Cycling’s gonna take place in July. We have ping pong that takes place in Utica, actually. Okay. That’ll be the following weekend. Okay. So it’s not always a compressed schedule.
Mike Eves: Right, right. And of course, yeah, we’ll be promoting the, the Regional Sports Council’s website and we’ll be putting together a schedule too. And letting our people know and, and things too. Yeah. So it’s really like a, you know, if you’re, you’re looking for some good sports too. Of course. They always are inviting the general public and things too.
Machell Phillips: Yep. Come out and watch some of these athletes and things too. So that’s, that’s awesome to see that those first couple weeks in June, , you know, as we end May and then get into June, we’ll be busy. I mean, there’s something almost every single day for two, almost three weeks.
Mike Eves: Oh wow. That’s. That’s huge. And we’re gonna see that with the restaurants being busier and things too. And it’s nice, you know, it’s nice to have a, you know, a heads up and things and people know what’s going on. Hey, why is it so busy? Well, they’ve gotten this, this huge tournament. Michelle, we’re almost outta time here, but, , what else? Anything, any final words you kind of want to say, or about the season or about, economic development or,
Machell Phillips: Well, I think, you know. People just need to be aware of the things that are, that are going on and be welcoming. I think that’s one of the reasons why teams like coming here. I mean, it’s rare to see events continue to return to the same place for 20 years. Yeah. And you know, we can say that we’ve got a lot of events that have been here almost the entire time the sports council’s been in existence.
Mike Eves: That’s that. Just that there alone show tells you just that tells you everything you really need to know.
Machell Phillips: Yeah. It’s been great and we appreciate the community support. I know sometimes it’s tough when you’ve got 20 buses trying to get down Main Street.
Mike Eves:Yep. You know, but that where, you know where a bus pulls in next to a restaurant and you’re going, oh man. You know, but no, I, think it’s good, you know, the restaurants need the support and everything too, so it’s, it’s good. And when you say, you know, $11 million, I mean, that’s, amazing.
Machell Phillips: Yeah, it’s been great. And that’s a good problem to have, so, yeah.
Mike Eves: No, it’s, yeah, definitely not a bad problem.
Mike Eves: Michelle Phelps, the Executive Director of the Cortland County Sports Council here on X 1 0 1, always classic. I’m Mike Eves.

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Track and Field Post Strong Performances at SVSU Holiday Invite
UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – The Adrian College track and field team traveled to Saginaw Valley State University for the Holiday Invite, showcasing strong performances across the board.
On the men’s side, Joseph Sheridan set a personal best in the 400m dash with a time of 51.06, earning 23rd place. In the mile, both Jessie Strickland and Nick Doerr set personal records, with Strickland crossing the finish line in 5:06.00 for 21st place and Doerr finishing 22nd in 5:07.95. Brandon Berry soared to a fifth-place finish in the high jump, clearing 1.94m and cementing his place in the program’s top-10. In the long jump, Ian Chavis claimed 10th with a leap of 6.15m (20-2.25), while Forrest Schroeder posted a solid 12th-place mark at 6.09m (19-11.75).
The women’s team also had notable performances. Abigail Raftis ran the 400m dash in 1:06.36 for 26th place, and Alayna Paeth set a personal best in the 800m with a time of 2:38.94, earning 22nd place. In the high jump, Alysia Townsend cleared 1.57m (5-1.75) to finish sixth. The long jump saw Piper Pierce take 23rd with a mark of 4.63m (15-2.5) and Emily Peterson finish 26th at 4.30m (14-1.25).
Up Next: The Bulldogs are back in action on Saturday, January 17th where they will head back to Saginaw Valley State University. The meet is scheduled to kick-off at 10:00 AM.
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Temple Begins Indoor Track & Field Season at UPenn This Weekend
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Previewing the Owls
- A total of 26 athletes will represent Temple across 11 events this weekend.
- Freshman Emilie Creighton, Aly Doyle, Kei-Mahri Hanna, Rian Johnson, Kenya Merritt, Kamryn Ohm, Janae Pettaway, Smilla Ranebro, and Adama Turay, will make their indoor track and field college debut this weekend.
- Nine Temple athletes will compete in the jumps: Emelie Beckman (pole vault), Doyle (long jump), Ohm (pole vault), Ranebro (high jump), Shalisha Robertson (long jump and triple jump), Reagan Schwartz (long jump and triple jump), Deja Scott (long jump), Inara Shell (long jump and triple jump), and Reece Sullivan (pole vault).
- For the sprints, Zayniah Ali, Pettaway, Turay, and Lila Ziegler will compete in the 60m dash. Also, racing in the 60m hurdles are: Ali, Doyle, and Turay.
- Competing in the 300m dash are Ali, Grace Hickman, Merritt, Pettaway, and Maliah Powell.
- Racing in the 600m are Jayla Green, Hanna, Mariah Jameson, Chole Smith, and Dicia Watkins.
- Laila Cottom and Maya Gomes will represent Temple in the 1,000m race. While, Creighton and Johnson will run the 3,000m race.
- To conclude the meet Temple will race three 4×400 meter relay teams.
Previewing the Field
Other schools that will be competing this weekend are Delaware, Georgetown, Hampton, Rider, St. Joseph’s, Penn, Princeton, Morgan State, and Villanova.
Up Next
Temple will return to the Ott Center to compete at the Penn Select hosted by Penn on Saturday, Jan. 10.
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Women’s Track & Field Sees Positive Performances at SVSU Holiday Open
RESULTS
UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. –
Three top 10 performances in program history put the Albion track & field team in good spirits at the SVSU Holiday Open.
Performing inside the vast field house with a 300m track, Caragh Dwyer placed 14th in the 400m (1:02.92) that was good enough to earn a top 10 mark in team history.
Maggie Sorrelle leapt for a mark of 2.82m in the pole vault, which was the fourth-best in Albion history and highest since 2020.
In the throws, Morgan Hurd’s 14.81m toss in the weight throw was fourth-furthest in Albion history and tenth overall among the field.
Mia Czarnowski (8.31, PR), Sorrelle (27.66) and Brianna Bennett (1:05.70, PR) were the best finishers for the Britons in the 60m, 200m and 400m, respectively.
Czarnowski posted a 4.77m in the long jump, while Zoey Bennett leapt a 9.45m in the triple jump.
As for other throwers, Kaylee Kopulos notched 10.42m and 12.43m tosses in the shot put and weight throw, respectively.
Up Next
Albion will be back in action during next calendar year, as they will head to Heidelberg’s brand-new indoor track for the Larry Brown Invitational on Friday, January 16.
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USC Women’s Volleyball Falls to Cal Poly in NCAA Second Round Bout
KEY PLAYERS
- Fr. OPP Abigail Mullen led all scorers with 21.5 points earned on a match-high 17 kills (7e, 39att, .256) to go with 10 digs for her eighth double-double. She also had five blocks and two service aces.
- Fr. S Reese Messer put up her 11th double-double with 46 assists and 11 digs. She also added six blocks (one solo) and had three kills on eight swings (.375).
- RS So. OH London Wijay had 10 kills (3e, 38att, .184) and 12 digs for her eighth double-double (17th career).
- RS So. MB Leah Ford had nine kills (1e) on 17 swings to hit .471 and led the team with seven blocks.
- So. MB Mia Tvrdy played just the last three sets but finished with eight kills on 10 swings (.800) and had two blocks, two digs and a two-handed jump-set assist on a kill by Mullen.
- Sr. MB Rylie McGinest had six kills (1e, 13att, .385) to go with one block.
- Fr. LIB Taylor Deckert led the team with 13 digs and added six assists. Sr. LIB Gala Trubint had four digs and a service ace.
- For the Mustangs, Emma Fredrick led with 17 kills and had 17 digs to lead all players. Kendall Beshear and Annabelle Thalken each had 12 kills. Beshear had 14 digs for the double-double and served a pair of aces. Emme Bullis put up 44 assists with 12 digs for a double-double.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Mustangs never trailed in the opening frame to grab a 25-19 win. Both teams registered 15.0 points, but the Mustangs committed fewer unforced errors to come out on top. The Trojans had 13 kills with five from McGinest but hit just .146 with seven errors on 41 swings. Cal Poly had just 11 kills but hit .258 and had a 3-1 edge in blocks. Both teams each served an ace, but the Trojans served six errors to the Mustangs’ two in the loss.
- The teams were tied 13 times and the lead changed hands five times before Cal Poly took a 2-0 lead with a 25-20 win in set two. Mullen had five kills to lead the Trojans, but USC totaled just 10 kills and hit .147 in the set. Both teams had three blocks apiece, but the Mustangs still hit .270 with 15 kills (5e) on 37 swings with five more kills from Beshear.
- USC secured a 25-20 set-three win on the second of two service aces from Dani Thomas-Nathan. Tvrdy came in and sparked the Trojans with the first kill of the frame and finished with five on just six swings. Mullen tallied six kills on 12 swings without an error and helped USC hit .326 (18k, 4e, 43att). The Trojans had four blocks to help hold the Mustangs to a .194 attack rate with 10 kills (4e) on 31 swings. USC never trailed and led by five twice before winning by five.
- Back-to-back Mustang errors broke the eighth and final tie of the fourth and put the Trojans in front, 11-9, en route to a 25-14 win. USC continued to push and moved in front by six, 17-11, on a block by Mullen and Ford. Back-to-back kills from Mullen put USC on top by seven, 19-12, and her tool kill made it a 10-point USC lead at 23-13. Mullen and Wijay each scored four kills in the fourth as the Trojans hit .448 (14k, 1e, 29att) and had three blocks to hold Cal Poly to a .081 hitting percentage with 12 kills (9e) on 37 attacks.
- Cal Poly broke a three-all tie in the fifth with a 6-0 run and was never threatened on the way to a 15-7 win to seal the 3-2 win. Beshear had a six-serve run that included a service ace to put the Mustangs on top by six, 10-4. The Trojans could get no closer than within five despite every effort. The Mustangs hit .316 with eight kills (2e) on 19 swings over USC’s .091 rate in the fifth with five kills (3e) on 22 attempts.
MATCH NOTES
- USC fell to 13-6 all-time against Cal Poly. The teams met for the first time since 2012.
- The Women of Troy fell to 15-4 at home this season and to 231-64 (.783) all-time at Galen Center, which includes a 21-5 mark in NCAA tournament matches.
- USC goes to 131-45 (.744) all-time in the postseason with an 85-38 (.691) mark in the NCAA tournament.
- The Trojans fell to 14-11 in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
For more information on the USC women’s volleyball team and a complete schedule and results, please visit USCTrojans.com/WVB. Fans of the Women of Troy can follow @USCWomensVolley on Facebook, X, TikTok, and Instagram.
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The Hoosiers hit .378 for the match and had an 11-2 blocking advantage against the Buffs. The serving pressure wasn’t there like it was against Toledo, but IU played solid defensively and were able to clinch its second Sweet 16 appearance — its other was 15 years ago in 2010.
Candela Alonso-Corcelles led the way with 16 kills with just one error on 27 swings, an efficient .556. Freshman Jaidyn Jager added 15 kills (.375). The middles did plenty of work with Madi Sell having seven blocks and Victoria Gray adding four. Avry Tatum also had five blocks with eight kills. Setter Teodora Krickovic had 29 assists, eight digs and three blocks.
Colorado hit .208 for the match, led by Ana Burilovi’s 19 kills (.239) and an efficient seven on 11 swings for Cayla Payne (.545). But nine service errors did not help the Buffs, particularly with five in the first set.
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The crowd at Wilkinson Hall erupts with each point during this 3-0 IU run to cut the Colorado lead to 22-20 in the third set, trying to keep a sweep alive.
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Colorado is playing its best set yet, tougher defensively and efficient offensively. It wins the race to the media timeout, taking a 15-13 lead on IU. The Buffs are hitting .471 to IU’s respectable .316.
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IU hit .458 in that set and Candela Alonso-Corcelles has a match-high 12 kills (.524). Their fast-paced offense has kept Colorado out of system. The Buffs are hitting .177 after an .062 in the second set. Ana Burilovi has 10 kills (.172).
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Steve Aird took a timeout and that set up Candela Alonso-Corcelles, who had a team-high seven kills (.538). IU benefitted from five service errors by Colorado, too. IU hit .353 to Colorado’s .300.
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Colorado uses early challenge after hot start against Indiana volleyball
Aaron Ferguson
The Buffaloes had a 4-1 start to this opening set but IU answered with a pair, though Colorado is looking for a block touch on a ball that sailed out.
6:01 pm ET December 5, 2025
First serve on deck for Indiana volleyball vs Colorado in NCAA tournament
Aaron Ferguson
Starting lineups are wrapping up and the match will be underway in minutes.
5:45 pm ET December 5, 2025
Indiana volleyball versatility makes IU difficult to defend against
Aaron Ferguson
From senior Candela Alonso-Corcelles to freshman Jaidyn Jager and her high school teammate Avry Tatum, the Hoosiers showed how versatile and multiple they can be, which gives coach Steve Aird a reason to be at ease.
5:30 pm ET December 5, 2025
How IU volleyball advanced played in first round of NCAA tournament vs Toledo
Here’s a look back at IU’s victory over Toledo on Thursday night, setting the program’s single season wins record in the process.
5:15 pm ET December 5, 2025
Charlotte Vinson’s miraculous journey from life support
Aaron Ferguson
Yorktown’s Charlotte Vinson has found a role as a serving specialist, pressuring teams with her top-spin serve. But she’s undergone a miraculous journey to even find the floor again after being placed on life support last year.
IndyStar’s Brian Haenchen followed Vinson’s journey to returning and wrapping up her high school career as the No. 21 recruit nationally.
5:00 pm ET December 5, 2025
IU volleyball has Kona Bear the dog that helps with mental health
Aaron Ferguson
Woman’s best friend, Kona Bear, has been an instrumental part to the makeup of the Hoosiers. A service dog trained to help with anxiety brings joy to IU volleyball.
4:45 pm ET December 5, 2025
Indiana setter Teodora Krickovic among talented freshmen
Aaron Ferguson
Teodora Krickovic, a freshman from Serbia, has been an integral part of IU’s growth and is one of the members of a talented freshman class. She, along with Victoria Gray, were an impressive of that standout recruiting class.
Here’s more on Krickovic and Gray, who were standouts in the Monon Spike match:
4:30 pm ET December 5, 2025
Candela Alonso-Corcelles is IU volleyball’s winningest player
Aaron Ferguson
The starting senior on the outside is Candela Alonso-Corcelles, who committed to IU because of the family feel. She’s also fostered that same culture into the Hoosiers as part of a historic run. She’s a native of Madrid, Spain, and is a rare fourth-year senior all at one school.
Here’s more on Alonso-Corcelles:
4:15 pm ET December 5, 2025
How did IU volleyball make NCAA tournament
Aaron Ferguson
A blend of freshmen — IU’s highest-rated class — and veterans make up a roster seeing unprecedented success on individual and team levels. They Hoosiers have reached a number of program bests in Big Ten play, and can set a single-season wins record by beating Toledo.
Here’s more insights from IU on how this happened:
4:05 pm ET December 5, 2025
What time Indiana volleyball play in the NCAA tournament? Start time for IU volleyball vs Colorado
First serve is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Holloway Gymnasium.
4:01 pm ET December 5, 2025
Where to watch Indiana volleyball in the NCAA Tournament; what channel is IU volleyball on tonight, Dec. 5?
Aaron Ferguson
ESPN+
Watch IU volleyball on ESPN+
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Kansas women’s volleyball vs Miami (Fl.): NCAA tournament final result
Updated Dec. 5, 2025, 8:26 p.m. CT
LAWRENCE — Kansas women’s volleyball went up against Miami (Fl.) on Friday at home during the second round of the NCAA tournament, and came away with a four-set victory to advance to the Sweet 16.
The Jayhawks entered as the No. 4 seed, after a three-set win at home in the opening round against High Point. The Hurricanes were the No. 5 seed, and arrived after a four-set win against Tulsa. KU was the host team for this contest.
Here is what happened inside the Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena:
UPDATE: 8:13 p.m. (CT): Kansas wins in 4 sets
4th Set
UPDATE: 8:11 p.m. (CT): Kansas wins 4th set 27-25
UPDATE: 8:05 p.m. (CT): Kansas leads 22-20 in 4th set
3rd Set
UPDATE: 7:34 p.m. (CT): Miami (Fl.) wins 3rd set 25-22
2nd Set
UPDATE: 7 p.m. (CT): Kansas wins 2nd set 25-22
UPDATE: 6:54 p.m. (CT): Kansas and Miami (Fl.) are tied 17-17
1st Set
UPDATE: 6:27 p.m. (CT): Kansas wins 1st set 25-17
UPDATE: 6:14 p.m. (CT): Kansas leads 7-5 in 1st set
Pregame
Here are the starters
Kansas prepares for matchup
Kansas women’s volleyball vs Miami (Fl.) matchup time
- Date: Friday, Dec. 5
- Time: 6 p.m. (CT)
- Location: Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena in Lawrence
What channel is Kansas women’s volleyball vs Miami (Fl.) matchup on today?
Kansas women’s volleyball’s NCAA tournament matchup against Miami (Fl.) will be broadcast on ESPN+ in 2025. The Jayhawks have a chance to advance in the NCAA tournament. Streaming options include ESPN+.
Kansas women’s volleyball vs Miami (Fl.) score
Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He was the 2022 National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas. Contact him at jmguskey@gannett.com or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.
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