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Final Four 2025 Preview

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May 23, 2025

We find ourselves here once again. For the eighth-straight time, the Boston College women’s lacrosse program has made it to the Final Four. It’s been an incredible feat of consistency, and the Eagles are primed to defend their 2024 national title, this time on home turf at Gillette Stadium. The semifinal game against Northwestern will be played on Friday May 23 at 5:30pm. If the Eagles defeat the Wildcats, they will face either North Carolina or Florida in the national title game on Sunday May 25 at 12pm.

To read more about how BC’s season played out overall, you can take a look at our NCAA Tournament preview from earlier this month. Now let’s talk about this Final Four.

BC vs Northwestern

When you go to eight straight Final Fours, you tend to form rivalries. And that’s exactly what’s happened between Boston College and the Northwestern Wildcats. These two squads met in the 2023 national championship game, which NU took 18-6 and was punctuated by a late empty-net Northwestern goal rather than them letting the clock run out. BC had their revenge the following year, though, defeating Northwestern in the 2024 national championship game in a 14-13 nailbiter that featured a 6-goal Eagles comeback. So it’s only natural that these teams would face off against each other in the NCAA tournament for the third-straight year, this time in the national semifinal.

These two teams already met this season, way back in February. Boston College won that game in Illinois, 13-9, behind a very balanced scoring attack and an incredible defensive performance. The key feature of these Northwestern teams is usually their offense, and they sure are bringing a tough offense to Foxboro on Friday. NU’s Madison Taylor is the nation’s leader in goals with 105 total, just two more than BC’s Rachel Clark. The third place player has just 89, so these two players are in a class all by themselves nationally.

Madison Taylor also leads the nation in points by almost a 20-point margin. She is a dominant force on the field and orchestrated a Northwestern offense that was #7 in the country this season despite featuring only one primary goal-scorer. While Rachel Clark has been lifted by a terrific supporting cast around her that has been able to elevate BC’s offense to an elite level, NU’s offense runs completely through Taylor. If you combined the goal totals from NU’s 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-leading goal scorers, you still would not reach the total that Taylor has scored all by herself. But she still has managed to involve her teammates all over the field to create a dynamic offense that has led them to another elite season.

Madison Taylor is a machine, and it will be hugely important for the Eagles defense to stop her. In the NCAA tournament alone, Taylor scored 10 goals and 1 assist against Michigan, and then 6 goals and 4 assists against Penn. Incredible offensive output.

Once you get past the flashy offense, you realize that Northwestern also boasts the #3 defense in the country. You can attribute a lot of this to their offensive dominance and their incredibly impressive .643 draw control win rate, which is #4 in the nation. Wildcat goalie Delaney Sweitzer is also one of the best in the nation, posting a .482 save percentage. Even if the Eagles manage to win draw controls, they will have their hands full with the best defense they’ve faced outside of UNC.

Prediction

With BC having some early struggles against Stony Brook and Yale already in this tournament, it will be crucial for the Eagles to get out to a hot start against Northwestern. If NU gets the upper hand, it will be much more difficult to make goal-scoring runs like BC did against Yale to put the game away. When Yale and Stony Brook won several draw controls in a row, the stalwart BC defense was mostly able to stifle them and prevent the game from getting out of hand. But against the deadly Madison Taylor, stopping the bleeding will be much more difficult. Especially after watching her drop 10 goals on Michigan goalie Erin O’Grady, who has the 2nd-best save percentage in the NCAA, in a game that NU won 15-7.

That being said, Boston College has the most balanced offensive attack in the nation and can go on scoring runs unlike anybody else. And with an incredible defense on the other end of the field, they should be able to limit NU’s ball movement and focus in on stopping an unbalanced NU attack. In their regular season match-up, Madison Taylor was limited to just 3 goals and 3 assists and the NU offense only managed to score 9 goals total, despite winning the draw control battle 15-10. BC has the formula to defeat Northwestern, but with two elite teams at the top of their game, anything can happen.

Prediction: Boston College 12, Northwestern 11

National Championship Game

North Carolina

The favorites. And another bitter rival. UNC is undefeated this season, a perfect 20-0 entering the Final Four. Boston College is 19-2, with their only two losses coming against UNC in the regular season (12-11) and in the ACC title game (14-12). It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but the Tarheels have been just a tad better than the Eagles this season.

Of course UNC and BC clash yearly in conference play, but they are also no strangers to meeting in the Final Four. North Carolina won the 2022 national championship game over Charlotte North and Boston College in a brutal finish. BC eked out an 11-10 win over UNC in the 2021 Final Four on the way to the program’s first ever national championship. And even going back to 2019, the Eagles defeated the Tarheels in a one-goal game in the Final Four. All three of those match-ups were decided by just one goal, which goes to show you how close these two programs have been over the past several years. And how, despite two losses to UNC earlier this season, Boston College is still a huge threat to win a back-to-back national titles.

Now that the conference tournaments and first few rounds of the NCAA tournament are over, North Carolina has established themselves statistically as the nation’s #1 offense and #1 defense. That number on offense has just recently pushed them over BC, as UNC demolished Clemson and Princeton in the NCAA tournament, but both teams are still very close. The Tarheels offense is led by sisters Ashley and Chloe Humphrey. Freshman Chloe leads the team in goals with 79 total (4th in the nation), while older sister and grad student Ashley leads the team in points with 113 (4th in the nation).

It’s a goal-scoring duo that’s on par with BC’s combination of Clark and LoPinto. And their supporting cast is just as impressive as BC’s, with several players up and down the roster that can make an impact. Except in games against BC, UNC has scored at least 17 goals in each of their last seven games. BC held them to 12 and 14 goals in each of their two match-ups, respectively.

The North Carolina defense is what they truly hang their hats on. UNC has allowed just under 7 goals per game this season to its opponents. The only teams that have been able to score 10+ goals on the Tarheels this season are #2 Boston College (12, 14) and #3 Northwestern (12). For comparison, though BC boasts the nation’s #2 defense, the Eagles just let up 11 goals to Yale and have seen UNC, Virginia, and Duke get to at least 10 goals this season. It’s not a crucial distinction, seeing as BC won all of those games (except against UNC), but it does illustrate just how dominant this North Carolina defense has been.

If these two teams end up facing off for the 2025 national championship, you should expect fireworks. They always play each other close and the games almost always end in dramatic fashion.

Florida

Florida is a heavy underdog to North Carolina in their Final Four match-up, despite being the #4 seed in the tournament. The Gators also reached the Final Four last season but fell to Northwestern, 15-11. They have the country’s #6 offense and #6 defense, but play in the SEC, who has not been a power conference in women’s lacrosse akin to the ACC or Big Ten. In the tournament’s earlier rounds, they barely scraped by both Stanford and Duke, teams that UNC and BC had no trouble trouncing in the regular season. Nonetheless, Florida has worked their way through the bracket and find themselves in Foxboro with a chance to win a national title.

We’ve talked a lot about balanced scoring attacks from BC and UNC, but Florida’s is truly balanced. Junior attacker Gianna Monaco leads the team in goals with 73, which is #9 in the nation. But her supporting cast is very deep, with seven other teammates having racked up at least 20 goals this season. And they really excel at getting past tough goalies, boasting the nation’s #2 shot percentage, making every offensive opportunity count. On the defensive side, they are elite at clearing the ball and have a solid goalie in net. But Florida struggles to secure draw controls against better competition and some of their strengths are simply superseded by even better strengths of UNC’s. It will be an uphill battle for the Gators if they want to upset the Tarheels on Friday.

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Allick Joins LOVB Madison – University of Nebraska

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December 20, 2025

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LOVB Madison announced on Friday that Nebraska senior middle blocker Rebekah Allick will be joining their squad for the 2026 League One Volleyball season.

Allick will join former Husker Callie Schwarzenbach on LOVB Madison’s roster.

Allick concluded her Husker career with AVCA All-America Second Team honors, the first All-America honor of her career after being named All-Region three times. She also earned All-Big Ten First Team accolades for the first time after twice earning second-team honors.

Allick had the best season of her standout career with 2.56 kills per set on .450 hitting with a team-high 1.27 blocks per set. Her .450 hitting percentage ranked as the No. 4 single-season mark in school history, as well as the No. 4 mark in the country on the season.

She finished her Husker career at No. 5 in career blocks in the rally-scoring era with 543, and her career blocks per set average of 1.31 ranked fourth. Allick was on the AVCA Player of the Year Watch List at the midway point of the season. She was also named to the AVCA All-First Serve Team, and she was the AVCA National Player of the Week and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after two standout performances to begin the season against Pitt and Stanford.

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Women’s Volleyball Adds Two Transfers for 2026 Season

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December 20, 2025

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HONOLULU — University of Hawai’i women’s volleyball head coach Robyn Ah Mow announced the additions of two productive pin hitters who will join the Rainbow Wahine as transfers for the 2026 season.

Maëli Cormier, a 6-foot-2 opposite/outside hitter who spent her freshman year at Oregon State, and Panna Ratkai, a 5-foot-10 outside hitter who played at Dayton last season, have signed with the Rainbow Wahine and will enroll at UH for the spring semester. Cormier will have three seasons of eligibility remaining while Ratkai will spend her senior season at UH and both bring international experience with them to Mānoa.

“Both Maëli and Panna add a lot of maturity and competitiveness that will immediately upgrade our gym and culture the moment they step foot on campus,” Ah Mow said. “We are very excited to add them both to our ‘ohana and can’t wait to get to work when spring training begins.”

Cormier, originally from Les Îles de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada, earned a spot on the West Coast Conference’s All-Freshman Team after averaging 2.63 kills per set for Oregon State in the 2025 season. She played in 28 matches with 12 starts and finished second on the team with 266 total kills. She posted double-figure kills in 13 matches with a season-high 20 in a five-set win over Saint Mary’s. She hit better than .300 in 10 matches and went over .400 five times. She was also the starting opposite with Canada’s U-21 team at the 2024 NORCECA Continental Championship in Toronto and led the team with 35 kills in the tournament. She also played with Canada’s U19 team in 2022 and was selected to the National Excellence Program in 2022 and ’23. She played club volleyball for Élans de Garneau and was a 2025 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association All-Canadian selection.

Ratkai, originally from Budapest, Hungary, was a two-time Horizon League Offensive Player of the Year at Purdue Fort Wayne before spending the 2025 season at Dayton. After redshirting in 2022, Ratkai put away 1,048 kills and averaged 4.62 per set over her two seasons at Purdue Fort Wayne. She finished the 2024 season ranked 15^th in the nation with 4.57 kills per set and 19^th with 5.17 points per set and was an AVCA All-America Honorable Mention selection. She also had 586 digs and recorded 30 double-doubles in her two seasons with the Mastodons. Ratkai competed with the Hungarian National Team last summer and played in 41 sets and posted 82 kills and 71 digs at Dayton this past season.

Cormier and Ratkai join incoming freshmen Cameron Holcomb and Rachel Purser in UH’s signing class for the 2026 season.

2026 University of Hawai’i Women’s Volleyball Signees

Name	Pos.	Ht.	Yr.	Hometown (High School/Last School)
Maëli Cormier	OH/OPP	6-2	So.	Les Îles de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada (Cegep Garneau/Oregon State)
Cameron Holcomb	L/DS	5-8	Fr.	San Marcos, Calif. (San Marcos HS)
Panna Ratkai	OH	5-10	Sr.	Budapest, Hungary (Gödölloi Török Ignác Gimnázium/Dayton)
Rachel Purser	MB	6-3	Fr.	Henderson, Nev. (Coronado HS)

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Creighton volleyball adds second high-major transfer commitment in Ayden Ames

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December 20, 2025

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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Creighton volleyball is on a heater in the NCAA transfer portal, which opened Dec. 7 and closes Jan. 5.

Texas middle blocker transfer Ayden Ames committed to the Bluejays Friday.

A former Nebraska commit before flipping to Texas in 2023, Ames averaged 1.52 kills and 1.11 blocks per set with a .368 hitting percentage as a sophomore this season. She has two years of eligibility remaining.

Ames is the second transfer commitment this offseason, joining former Kansas setter Katie Dalton, who pledged to Creighton for her final season on Dec. 17.

Dalton helped lead the Jayhawks to a NCAA regional semifinal appearance, where they lost to Nebraska. She averaged 8.76 assists and 2.27 digs per set and earned All-Big 12 Second-Team honors.

Bluejays’ coach Brian Rosen has two AVCA Second-Team All-Americans to replace in outside hitter Ava Martin and middle blocker Kiara Reinhardt. They also lose Third-Team All-American setter Annalea Maeder.

Yet, the program still made an NCAA regional final this season despite losing seven seniors and two All-Americans from the 2024 roster.

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No. 1 seed Kentucky volleyball advances to National Championship after beating No. 3 seed Wisconsin in 5-set thriller – Kentucky Kernel

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December 20, 2025

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No. 1 seed Kentucky volleyball (30-2, 15-0 SEC) advances to the 2025 National Championship with a 3-2 win over No. 3 seed Wisconsin (28-5, 17-3 Big Ten) in the Final Four.

This will be Kentucky’s second National Championship appearance in program history, with the first coming in the 2020-21 season when Kentucky took home the title.

Kentucky Wildcats outside hitter Eva Hudson celebrates after scoring a point during the Final Four volleyball match against Wisconsin on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo. Photo by Will Luckett | Photo Manager

Wisconsin dominated the first set from start to finish, taking a 1-0 match lead with a 25-12 win in set one. Kentucky used a 6-0 run late in set two to pull ahead and even the match with a 25-22 set two victory. The Badgers attack simply overpowered Kentucky again in set three, allowing Wisconsin to win the set 25-21 and take a 2-1 lead in the match. Kentucky fended off a late comeback attempt by Wisconsin in set four, taking the set 26-24 to even the match at 2-2 and force set five. Kentucky got out to a 8-2 lead early in set five before taking the set 15-13, winning the match.

AVCA All-American First Team member Mimi Colyer was the driving force behind a Badger attack that kept the pressure on all night. She led the match with 32 kills and had a .348% hitting percentage.

Behind Colyer, Wisconsin totaled 77 kills and hit .375% in the match.

The Wildcats powerful outside hitter duo of Eva Hudson and Brooklyn DeLeye were the engine of Kentucky’s attack. Hudson had a team leading 29 kills for a new season high and hit .455%. DeLeye added 15 kills of her own and led the team in blocks with five and digs with 14.

The Wildcats totaled 65 kills with a .254% hitting percentage.

Set One

Wisconsin began the match with a 3-0 run, with back-to-back kills from Colyer.

The Badgers extended this lead to 8-2 with a 3-0 run, this forced Kentucky to take its first timeout early in the first set.

Wisconsin had seven kills with a perfect 1.000% hitting percentage at this point, the Badgers were overwhelming the Cats defense early.

The Badgers perfect hitting continued through 10 attempts, pushing Wisconsin ahead 15-6. This forced Kentucky to take its second timeout of the set.

The Wildcats defense has been a strength this season, but Wisconsin’s attack tore it up in the first half of set one.

Wisconsin continued to extend its lead following UK’s timeout, pulling ahead 21-9 with a 5-1 run.

The Badgers dominated set one, taking a 1-0 lead with a 25-12 set win.

Wisconsin recorded 15 kills in the first set with a .682% hitting percentage, the Badgers made zero attack errors.

Kentucky recorded just nine kills with a .056% hitting percentage, thanks largely to seven attack errors.

Wisconsin’s Colyer and Carter Booth both recorded seven kills in set one.

The Wildcats seemed to lack any answers for Wisconsin’s attack in the set, and couldn’t get their own going.

Set Two

Kentucky pulled out to a 3-1 in the second set, thanks to a kill and block assist from DeLeye.

This lead was extended to 6-3 after a 3-1 run by Kentucky.

Wisconsin mounted 6-2 run to take a 10-9 lead.

Wisconsin took a 15-14 lead into the media timeout after the set was tied at 10-10, 11-11, 12-12, 13-13 and 14-14.

a 3-0 Wildcat run allowed Kentucky to pull ahead 21-20, forcing Wisconsin to take its second timeout of the set.

Kentucky continued its run through the timeout, with another 3-0 run to force set point at 24-20.

Wisconsin stayed alive with a 2-0 run that shortened Kentucky’s lead to two points. Kentucky called its first timeout of the set as a result.

Hudson recorded her sixth kill of the set after the timeout, allowing Kentucky to win set two 25-22 and even the match at 1-1.

The Badgers attack cooled off in the second set, while Kentucky’s began to find its rhythm.

Wisconsin had 14 kills in set two with a hitting percentage of .229%. The Badgers had six attack errors after having none in the first set. The Badgers also recorded six service errors.

Kentucky had 13 kills with a .258% hitting percentage.

Hudson not only led UK in kills in the set, she also recorded two blocks and four digs.

Booth had five kills in the set, bringing her total to 12 kills at a .786% hitting percentage through two sets.

Set Three

Colyer recorded four straight kills as Wisconsin got out to a 4-2 lead in set two.

Another 4-2 run by the Badgers gave them a 8-5 lead, with Colyer accounting for five of those points.

An injury forced Wisconsin to call its first timeout of the set with an early lead.

Wisconsin mounted a 4-1 run after its timeout to pull ahead 12-7, this forced Kentucky’s first timeout of the set.

The Wildcats mounted a 4-1 run that shortened the Badgers lead to 15-13.

A 3-0 run by Kentucky allowed the Wildcats to pull within one, Wisconsin called its second timeout of the set with a 21-20 lead.

Wisconsin forced set point at 24-21, leading to the Wildcats second timeout of the set.

The Badgers won the first rally out of the timeout to win set three 25-21, taking a 2-1 match lead.

Colyer had 12 kills in set three, leading the Badgers oppressive attack. Wisconsin had 21 kills total and hit .386% in the set.

The Wildcats had their best attacking set of the match with 16 kills and a .326% hitting percentage, but they were unable to keep up with Wisconsin.

DeLeye and Hudson each had five kills in the set.

Kassie O’Brien assisted on 15 of the Cats 16 kills in the set, nearly doubling her match total.

Set Four

Kentucky got out to a 3-1 lead in set four, Wisconsin responded with a 4-1 run that put the Badgers ahead 6-4.

The Wildcats mounted a 3-0 run, taking a 7-6 lead with a service ace from Molly Tuozzo.

Wisconsin responded with a 3-0 run of its own to pull ahead 9-7.

Kentucky went into the media timeout on a 5-1 run, allowing the Cats to hold a 15-13 lead. Hudson was responsible for 3 of these points, with two kills and a service ace.

A 3-1 Wildcat run allowed Kentucky to extend its lead to 19-16.

Wisconsin took a timeout after Kentucky pulled ahead 20-17.

The Badgers pulled within one point twice but called another timeout when UK pulled ahead 23-21.

The Wildcats forced set point at 24-21, but the Badgers pulled back to within one and forced a Kentucky timeout.

Wisconsin evened the set at 24-24, but Kentucky scored on two consecutive rallies to win the set 26-24. This evened the match at 2-2, forcing a shortened fifth set.

Set Five

A service ace by Trinity Ward gave UK a 2-1 lead in set five, a solo block by Lizzie Carr brought the lead to 3-1. Hudson’s kill turned this into a 4-0 run that forced a Wisconsin timeout.

The Wildcats continued through the timeout, an error by Wisconsin and kill from DeLeye put UK ahead 6-1.

O’Brien recorded a kill then assisted Hudson to put Kentucky ahead 8-2 at the side switch.

Wisconsin came out of the side switch with a 4-1 run to shrink UK’s lead to 9-6.

DeLeye’s third kill of the set put Kentucky ahead 11-7, forcing Wisconsin to call a timeout.

Wisconsin mounted a 2-0 run out of the timeout, coming within two points.

A kill by Hudson forced match point at 14-11, but Wisconsin responded with a 2-0 run to cut the Wildcats lead to 14-13. This forced a timeout from Kentucky.

Kentucky came out of the timeout and forced a block error to win the match with a 15-13 victory in set five.

The Wildcats will take on No. 3 seed Texas A&M in the 2025 National Championship at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday, Dec. 21, at 5 p.m. ET.

It will be the first time in NCAA history that two SEC teams will face off in the National Championship. The Wildcats are the only team to win the National Championship as a member of the SEC.

The Wildcats went on the road to defeat Texas A&M in four sets on Oct. 8, 2025, en route to Kentucky’s undefeated SEC run and ninth consecutive SEC regular season title.

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Jackson, Reilly Take Home AVCA Positional Awards – University of Nebraska

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December 20, 2025

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Nebraska volleyball’s Andi Jackson and Bergen Reilly received top positional awards at the AVCA Awards Banquet at the Kansas City Convention Center on Friday.

Jackson was named the Middle Blocker of the Year, while Reilly was named the Setter of the Year. The AVCA positional awards are new this season.

Pitt junior Olivia Babock was named the AVCA Player of the Year for the second straight season, as well as Opposite of the Year. Wisconsin’s Mimi Colyer took home Outside Hitter of the Year, and Iowa State libero Rachel Van Gorp was Libero of the Year.

Reilly set the Huskers to a school-record .351 hitting percentage, as the Big Red concluded their season with a 33-1 overall record and 20-0 mark in Big Ten play en route to a third straight conference title. Reilly averaged 10.47 assists per set and 2.70 digs per set. She also totaled 73 kills, 67 blocks and 19 aces.

Reilly was named a first-team AVCA All-American, Big Ten Player of the Year, Big Ten Setter of the Year, AVCA Region Player of the Year and All-Big Ten First Team. NU’s .351 hitting percentage ranks first nationally and is the best hitting percentage by a Big Ten team since 2009 Penn State.

A junior from Sioux Falls, S.D., Reilly set Nebraska to a .400 or better hitting percentage nine times this season, a school record in the rally-scoring era. Reilly had double-doubles in all six of the Husker matches that went longer than three sets, and she had four double-doubles in sweeps.

A three-time AVCA All-American and one of four finalists for AVCA Player of the Year, Reilly ranks No. 3 in school history in career assists in the rally-scoring era with 3,723. Her career assists per set average of 10.70 ranks No. 4 among active Division I players and No. 2 in school history in the rally-scoring era.

Jackson was chosen to the AVCA All-America First Team for the second straight year, as well as the All-Big Ten First Team. She was also an AVCA Player of the Year Semifinalist and AVCA All-Region Team for the third straight year.

The junior middle blocker from Brighton, Colo., averaged 2.74 kills per set on .467 hitting with 1.12 blocks per set and 16 aces. Her .467 hitting percentage led the nation and was the No. 3 hitting percentage in school history for a single season.

In conference-only matches, Jackson hit .559 to break the Big Ten record for hitting percentage in conference-only matches in a season, which was .541 by Arielle Wilson from Penn State in 2008. Jackson ended her junior season with a career hitting percentage of .437, which is the No. 1 mark in school history and the No. 1 mark among active Division I players.

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YSU Collegiate Invitational Presented by Southwoods Health Meet Information

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December 19, 2025

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2026 Youngstown State University Indoor Track & Field 14th Annual Collegiate Invitational Meet Presented by Southwoods Health will start at 1 pm | Friday, Jan. 16

Entry Registration Opens up on Direct Athletics :

Friday, December 19 at 5pm

Time Schedule of Events

Running Events start at 1pm

All Field Events start at 1pm

Running Events — Rolling Schedule Women first, Men to Follow

1pm Women 5000M

Men’s 60M Hurdles Qualifying Round

Women’s 60M Hurdles Qualifying Round

Women’s 60M Dash Qualifying Round

Men’s 60M Dash Qualifying Round

Men’s 5000M

Men’s 60M Hurdles PRELIMS

Women’s 60M Hurdles PRELIMS

Women’s 60M Dash PRELIMS

Men’s 60M Dash PRELIMS

Women’s Mile Run

Men’s Mile Run

Women’s 400M

Men’s 400M

Women’s 60M Hurdles FINALS

Men’s 60M Hurdles FINALS

Women’s 60M Dash FINALS

Men’s 60M Dash FINALS

Women’s 500M Dash FINALS

Men’s 500M Dash FINALS

Women’s 800m

Men’s 800m

Women’s 200M Dash

Men’s 200M Dash

Women’s 3000M Run

Men’s 3000M Run

Women’s 1600M Relay

Men’s 1600M Relay

Field Events Start at 12noon

Seeded Women’s Pole Vault

Seeded Men’s Pole Vault

Unseeded Women’s Pole Vault

Unseeded Men’s Pole Vault

Women’s High Jump–Men’s High Jump to follow

Women’s Weight Throw–Men’s Weight Throw to follow

Men’s Shot Put–Women’s Shot Put to follow

Men (West Pit) and Women (East Pit)

Long Jump–Triple Jump follow 20 minutes upon completion of Long Jump

**Finals in field events will consist of the top Nine marks from the qualifying rounds.**

Meet : Open NCAA sanctioned Indoor Track & Field Competition.

Timing: Fully automatic FinishLynx system

Location: The Watson and Tressel Training Site (WATTS) on the YSU campus. The WATTS features a full-length Shaw Sportexe Power Blade HP+ synthetic turf system football field, a 300-meter state-of-the-art mondo track surface, two long-jump pits, a high-jump pit, four batting cages, protective netting, training room and locker rooms.

GPS address: 651 Elm St. | Youngstown, OH 44555

Entries: Entries are due by Tuesday, January 13 by 7pm on Direct Athletics, consisting of event entries with best marks from the previous year or realistic projected marks. All entries will be done on-line at www.directathletics.com.

Please visit the Direct Athletics website at your earliest convenience in order to familiarize yourself with how the entry process works.

Also, please limit FIVE athletes per event. If you have an event with more than five quality athletes, please text Brian Gorby at (330) 519-7591 and we’ll help to get more entry’s added, if needed.

We always try to help accommodate additional team /individual additional Entry’s.

**Note: Please check YSUsports.com after the entry deadline for changes or adjustments to the meet time schedule!

Internet Entry Lists: Final entry lists will be posted on our website, YSUsports.com on Thursday, January 15. Please check to make sure your athletes are entered correctly. If there are mistakes or scratches, please email bdgorby@ysu.edu & ysutrackmeets@gmail.com .

Entry Fees: $ 500 per each team, men & women genders are separate, consisting of 10 or more individuals in unlimited events are paid online, when you complete Entry’s on Direct Athletics or $ 25 per individual event entry & paid online at Direct Athletics.

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$ 25 per ENTRY (i.e. 2 events entered would be $ 50 ) Entry fees must be paid in advance online when you enter on DirectAthletics (all major credit and debit cards accepted).

Relay only Entry’s $ 7 per runner for a total of $ 28 per relay team.

REFUND POLICY

Outside of meet cancellation, there is a strict NO REFUND policy on entry fees.

Absolutely no refunds will be processed due to scratches, change of plans, inability to travel, illness, injuries, etc.

Spikes: ONLY 1/4 inch or shorter pyramid spikes will be allowed and all spikes will be checked prior to events. NO pin or needle spikes, spike elements, or any other type of spike will be allowed.

High Jump: All high jump competitions will be conducted on the Mondo surface.

Sections/Heats/Flights: Flights will be seeded by distance with best marks in the latest sections/flights.

Finals in field events will consist of the top nine marks from the qualifying rounds.

There will be prelims and finals in the 60 and 60h. All other races will be run as sections against time with the fastest heats being run first.

Implement Weigh-In: 30 minutes prior to event at the Throws area.

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