WILLIAMSTOWN, MA. – The Wesleyan women’s track and field team competed at the Farley Inter Regional meet at Williams College on Friday and Saturday, braving the rain and wind as they returned home with five Top 20 finishes.

Alexandra Simon ’27 led the team with a third-place finish in the 3000m steeplechase. Simon crossed the line at 11:18.95. Earning a Top 15 finish, Juliette Sullivan ’27 placed 12^th in the women’s 200m dash, running a final 25.54.

Finishing the weekend with two top finishes, Jordan Walter ’25 first ran a 4:41.92 in the 1500m and placed 15^th before placing 20^th in the 800m with a final time of 2:18.74.

In the field events, Fiona Carroll ’25 took on the pole vault and placed 14^th with a final height of 3.42m.

The Cardinals return to action on Wednesday, May 14^th, when they travel back to Williams for the Williams final qualifier.

 

INDIANAPOLIS — No. 3 USC overcame an early three-goal deficit with a seven-goal run and held off No. 2 UCLA for a 15-13 win in the NCAA women’s water polo semifinal Saturday at IU Natatorium.

With the win, USC (29-4) advances to face top-seeded Stanford in Sunday’s national championship game. The Trojans will seek their eighth national title.

USC trailed 7-4 in the second period but cut the deficit to one by halftime. Tilly Kearns scored twice in the final minutes of the second quarter and added two more early in the third.

Ava Stryker and Rachel Gazzaniga also contributed key goals during USC’s third-quarter rally, which gave the Trojans an 11-7 lead. USC led 13-8 entering the fourth.

USC maintained at least a two-goal lead the rest of the way. UCLA closed the gap late with goals in the final two minutes, including one during a 6-on-4 advantage.

USC’s Anna Reed made multiple saves in the fourth quarter, while Kearns recorded a field block to help preserve the win.

Sunday’s NCAA championship game between USC and Stanford is scheduled for 12 p.m. ET.

AMHERST, Mass. (May 10, 2025) – The Stonehill College track and field teams finished out their seasons at the UMass Track & Field Complex, competing in New England (NEICAAA) Championships on Saturday.
 
The men’s team came in sixth out of 21 teams with 47.5 points, and the women’s team tied with Central Connecticut State for eighth place with 29 points. UMass won with 119.5 points on the men’s side while also winning on the women’s side with 136 points. Rhode Island finished as runners-up in both men’s and women’s.
 
WOMEN’S EVENTS

• Graduate student Abigail Larsson (Bayport, N.Y.) matched her second-best mark of the spring in the pole vault, finishing in seventh at 3.67m (12′ 0.5″).
• Junior Jordan Malloy (Colchester, Conn.) set a new personal record in the 1500-meter race, placing third out of 31 runners at 4:29.99.
• Senior Madison Rousseau (Canton, Mass.) came in sixth place in the 100-meter hurdles, crossing the finish line in 14.15 seconds.
• Graduate student Kaytlin Encarnacao (Reading, Mass.) podiumed in the 400-meter dash, finishing third at 55.64 seconds.
• Senior Emma Lawrence (Milford, Mass.) placed seventh in the 800-meter run at 2:16.38.
• Junior Grace Tyrrell (Cavendish, Vt.) had an eighth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles, clocking in at 1:05.29.
• The group of freshmen Emmy Belvin (Chepachet, R.I.) and Mallory Hildreth (Pittsford, N.Y.), Lawrence, and Malloy came in third place in the 4×800-meter relay race with a combined time of 9:13.87.
• Tyrrell, sophomores Madison Stott (Dartmouth, Mass.) and Katie Gibbons (Pembroke, Mass.), and Encarnacao came in sixth place in the 4×400-meter relay, finishing at 3:57.81.

MEN’S EVENTS

• Graduate student Jacob Pacheco (Merrimack, N.H.) finished runner-up in the pole vault, reaching 4.79m (15′ 8.5″), breaking a Stonehill program record that had been in place since 2013 (4.69m; 15′ 5″).
• Classmate Cody DeAngelo (Old Saybrook, Conn.) tied for fifth in the pole vault with a mark of 4.49m (14′ 8.75″), his best mark of the spring.
• Senior Parker Hagen (Newport, R.I.) came in sixth place in the triple jump, reaching 13.86m (45′ 5.75″).
• Graduate student Patrick Garratt (Westwood, Mass.) placed third in the 5000-meter race, crossing the finish line in 14:42.74.
• Also placing in the top-10 of the 5000m race was sophomore Dylan Brilliant (Plymouth, Mass.), who clocked in at 14:56.66 for a ninth-place finish.
• The squad of freshman Kauan Bento (Bridgewater, Mass.), freshman Miles Burr (Trenton, Maine), sophomore Jon Dougherty (Reading, Mass.), and senior Shea Drugan (Westfield, Mass.) came in third place in the 4×100-meter relay race with a time of 41.27 seconds.
• Senior Jace Hollenbach (Topsham, Maine) finished the 1500-meter race at 4:00.14, the ninth runner to cross the finish line.
• Sophomore Will Tinkham (Stoughton, Mass.) came in seventh place in the 110-meter hurdles, setting a new personal record of 14.47 seconds.
• Dougherty ran in the 400-meter dash after the relay race, tallying a seventh-place finish with a time of 48.93 seconds.
• Burr set a new personal record with a second place finish in the 100-meter dash, clocking in at 10.41 seconds, 0.02 seconds off the Stonehill program record. Burr also placed 1lth in the 200-meter dash at 21.93 seconds.
• Sophomore Colin Keane (Blackwood, N.J.) notched a 10th-place finish in the 800-meter run with a new personal best time of 1:56.21.
• After running as the anchor in the 4x100m relay, Drugan placed fifth in the 200-meter dash at 21.58 seconds.
• The team of sophomore Matthew Malora (Harrington, N.J.), freshman Nathan Binda (Auburn, N.H.), junior Thomas Forde (Mystic, Conn.), and Keane came in sixth in the 4×800-meter relay race with a time of 7:57.50.
• In the final event of the season, Stonehill came in fifth in the 4×400-meter relay race as the squad of freshman Matthew Anderson (Webster, Mass.), Bento, Burr, and Dougherty finished the 4x400m relay race in 3:25.81 to place seventh.

NEXT UP

• Stonehill Track and Field closed out its 2024-25 season and will be back in action next year in the Skyhawks fourth installment of Division I competition as members of the Northeast Conference.  

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Top-seeded Long Beach State toppled No. 5 seed Pepperdine, 3-1, in the 2025 National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship semifinals at the Covelli Center.  

After a slow start, the Beach showcased a strong offensive performance, recording a .482 hitting percentage with 66 kills and 65 assists, edging the Waves’ percentage of .421 in the match. AVCA and Big West Player of the Year Moni Nikolov set a new single-season record in national collegiate volleyball after serving up five aces to finish the night with 102 on the year, and counting.  

The Beach’s top performers include redshirt senior Nato Dickinson, who led the team in both total blocks with five and points with 21.5 after pounding 19 kills on .485 hitting. The strike tally was matched by freshman Alex Kandev who finished with 19 kills while hitting .533 for the match. The second set was a highlight for Kandev, who compiled nine kills while just committing one error to hit .667 in the frame. Nikolov’s standout night included a match-best 42 assists to go along with six kills and the handful of aces.   

 

In the first set, LBSU fell to the Waves by a score of 25-20, due in no small part to seven service errors and a match-low hitting percentage of .269 to go along with just a 70 percent sideout percentage. From the outset, the Waves were able to capitalize on every miscue to swing the momentum their way to grab the early advantage in the match. 

 

However, the second saw the Beach rally and regain form in the hotly-contested frame that featured 15 ties and six lead changes to even the team score. The set started with DiAeris McRaven scoring a kill at 1-0, assisted by Nikolov, to set the pace for LBSU. Still riding the wave from the first set, Pepperdine was able to respond with the set seeing early ties at every point.  

 

Long Beach State was able to gain the slight 15-13 advantage at the media timeout after a Kandev kill, but Pepperdine rallied to knot the frame at 16 apiece when Ryan Barnett’s serve found the floor. The Waves scored the next two unanswered to edge out in front but a kill for Dickenson was followed by a Nikolov ace to again knot the score. The last tie of the frame came at 20-all after Cole Hartke’s strike for the Waves, but the Beach were able to get back to the high side on the ensuing point and fittingly sealed the frame with Kandev’s ninth kill of the set. 

 

In the third set, the Beach secured a 25-19 victory against the Waves with Skyer Varga‘s five kills providing power to the LBSU offense. Nikolov’s instrumental play included back-to-back service aces to make the score 11 and later 12-8 to extend the lead. Kandev again pounded down the set’s final point, assisted by Nikolov in the Sofia, Bulgaria connection. The Beach offense was its most effective in the frame, hitting an eyepopping .720 with 18 kills on 25 swings and no errors. 

 

In the fourth set, LBSU came away with the 25-23 win to advance to the Championship match. Dickinson shined for the offense with eight kills and a pair of blocks, including the decisive point. The Waves were able to keep the set competitive throughout, tying the frame as late at 18-19 after Barnet was able to claim the point, but a kill for Isaiah Preuitt was followed by a big block for Dickinson and McRaven to give the Beach the two-point lead. Pepperdine was able to stave off the first match point attempt, but Dickenson closed the door on the Waves to send LBSU into the final.  

 

Pepperdine was paced by a trio of double-digit kills performance with Ilay Haver providing 14 and the pair of Cole Hartke and Ryan Barnett adding 13 apiece in the loss. Former UC San Diego setter Gabriel Dyer added 48 assists in the match. The Waves cap the year at 21-10 and an MPSF championship.   

DULUTH, Minn. –  Sydnee Serck of Augustana University earned the NSIC Elite 18 Award for women’s outdoor track & field. Serck was presented the award following the NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which concluded Saturday at James S. Malosky Stadium in Duluth, Minnesota. 

As part of the NSIC 25th Anniversary celebration during the 2016-17 academic year, the NSIC Elite 18 Award was instituted to recognize the true essence of the student-athlete by honoring the individual who has reached the pinnacle of competition at the NSIC Championship level in his or her sport, while also achieving the highest academic standard among his or her peers. The NSIC Elite 18 award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NSIC’s 18 Championships.

Serck is a sophomore majoring in biology and holds a 4.00 grade point average. The Yankton, South Dakota native competed in the 800m run at the NSIC Outdoor Championships. She is coming off an indoor season where she placed fourth in the 600m run. At the 2024 NSIC Outdoor Championships she placed 10th in the 800m with a time of 2:18.36. 

About the NSIC

The NSIC is a 15-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 27 team national championships and crowned 121 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II

The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes have the opportunity to earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.

 

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AMHERST, MA (May 10, 2025) – The Tufts University men’s track and field team finished 13th out of 30 teams in a mixed field of Division I, II and III squads at the NEICAAA Championships at UMass Amherst on Saturday.

Junior Josh Wilkie picked up a huge win in the 400m hurdles as he finished ahead of the rest with a personal best time of 52.35 and the fourth fastest finish in program history. Wilkie also picked up points for Tufts with a fifth place finish in the 110m hurdles with a 14.42.

First year Luke Benson was the only other Jumbo to earn points as he finished fourth in the triple jump. The rookie continued to show his strength in the event with a mark of 14.30m. 

Senior Noah Turner finished 11th in the 100m dash among an immensely competitive field of athletes. He set a new personal best time with a mark of 10.61.

The Jumbos will now shift their sights to the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Men’s Track and FIeld Championships at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio on May 22nd. 

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