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Five from women’s track and field post top-10 program marks at Ole Open

Story Links NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Five members of the St. Olaf College women’s track and field team had five performances that ranked on the program’s all-time top-10 list at the Ole Open on Saturday afternoon at Klein Field at Manitou. Junior Isabel Wyatt, junior Ashlyn Jore, first year Logan Paulsen, […]

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NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Five members of the St. Olaf College women’s track and field team had five performances that ranked on the program’s all-time top-10 list at the Ole Open on Saturday afternoon at Klein Field at Manitou.

Junior Isabel Wyatt, junior Ashlyn Jore, first year Logan Paulsen, first year Izzi Jaeckle, and senior Emma Johnson accounted for the five top-10 performances, as St. Olaf compiled 22 top-five finishes at the unscored meet. The meet was the team’s final competition before the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Outdoor Track & Field Championships. After the meet, the program honored its senior class at the conclusion of their final home meet.

Running in the event for just the second time, junior Isabel Wyatt recorded the fastest time in the conference this season in the 1,500-meter run (4:34.25), a time that ranks ninth on St. Olaf’s top-10 list. Senior Alison Bode was the runner-up to Wyatt in 4:35.42, a time topped only by Wyatt’s in the MIAC this season.

Senior Sophie Abernethy led a 1-2-3 finish for St. Olaf in the 800-meter run in 2:17.54 for the fifth-fastest time in the conference this season. Senior Jules Fromm (2:18.11) and sophomore Siri Erickson (2:20.06) were the next two finishers after Abernethy.

Junior Aries Mendez added a win in the javelin throw with a mark of 32.59 meters (106′ 11″) to lead the way for the Oles in the field events. First year Logan Paulsen was second in the discus throw with a distance of 41.34 meters (135′ 7″), which ranks fourth in the conference and sixth in program history.

Junior Ashlyn Jore moved up to fourth on the Oles’ all-time list in the long jump with a runner-up performance of 5.50 meters (18′ ½”), which sits third in the conference. Sophomore Mara Larson registered the second-highest clearance of the day in the high jump (1.53m, 5′ ¼”).

St. Olaf’s other top-10 program marks came from senior Emma Johnson in the hammer throw, as Johnson had a mark of 42.23 meters (138′ 6″) to sit fifth all-time, and first year Izzi Jaeckle in the 200-meter dash. Jaeckle clocked in at 25.45 seconds to shoot all the way up to third in program history with a fourth-place finish.

The MIAC Outdoor Championships will get underway at Macalester Stadium on Friday, May 9, with field events at 2 p.m. and track events at 2:45 p.m.

 



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Women’s basketball replenishes roster – The Daily Texan

After Texas’s first Final Four appearance in 22 years, head coach Vic Schaefer got back to work days after its April 4 loss to South Carolina. The Longhorns signed five new players to strengthen their roster. Texas lost key players in seniors Shay Holle and Taylor Jones, but one new addition isn’t as fresh on […]

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After Texas’s first Final Four appearance in 22 years, head coach Vic Schaefer got back to work days after its April 4 loss to South Carolina.

The Longhorns signed five new players to strengthen their roster. Texas lost key players in seniors Shay Holle and Taylor Jones, but one new addition isn’t as fresh on Texas’s side of the portal.

Breya Cunningham spent the last two seasons at Arizona before entering the transfer portal on March 25. Less than a month later, she committed to Texas — but Cunningham had considered a career at the Forty Acres before. Coming out of high school, Texas was her second offer and among her top choices. Schaefer’s familiarity with the 6-foot-4-inch forward turned out to be instrumental the second time around.

“I’ve always had a great relationship with Coach,” Cunningham said. “This time after leaving Arizona, I just wanted to go somewhere where I obviously knew the coach, knew how he coached, knew what the team ran, how the team would perform … so it felt natural to pivot back to a school I already kind of knew.”

Last season, Cunningham was a Big 12 All-Conference honorable mention, having her best season yet, shooting 56% from the field, while averaging 11 points and seven rebounds. Coach Schaefer expects that the transfer will pick up right where she left off.

“I recruited her two years ago out of high school when she was the No. 2 ranked player in the country in the 2023 class,” Schaefer stated in a press release. “Breya will bring experience and inside presence, as well as the ability to impact our program immediately.”

Cunningham has already built chemistry with the 2025 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year, Madison Booker. Their friendship dates back to the 2023 McDonald’s All-American game and the 2023 FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup, in which Cunningham and Booker both took home gold medals.

“I think Madison is a great passer inside,” Cunningham said. “She’s a great shooter, so I think that’ll be great for us. She’ll pass it to me, and if I’m doubled or I can’t make the shot, I know exactly where Madison is and I know I trust her to shoot those.”

Texas loses a production of 263 rebounds from Jones, 87 rebounds from Aaliyah Moore, who will miss the upcoming season due to injury, and 108 rebounds from Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda, who transferred to Vanderbilt. Luckily for Cunningham, she wasn’t the only reinforcement Texas brought in for this upcoming season.

Teya Sidberry transfers to Texas for her senior season after spending time at Boston College and Utah. During her time in the ACC, she was in the top 15 in offensive and defensive rebounding. The forward also scored 20 or more points in nine games.

“When addressing our needs, we really felt Teya could bring grittiness, a knack for rebounding and an ability to finish and score in multiple ways,” Schaefer announced when Sidberry signed to Texas on April 28.

Additionally, Texas snagged a player from a conference foe. Ashton Judd, a Missouri native, comes to Texas after three seasons in her home state playing for the Tigers. Judd is expected to play a combination of guard and forward this season. The Longhorns also added international players to the roster in freshman guard Grace Prenter from Ireland, and FAU sophomore transfer from Sweden, Lovisa Asbrink Hose, who will play center.



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AAU Boys’ National Championships 2025 – Wave 1 Final Day Recap

What a last day of wave 1.  18s, 16s, 13s, 12s champions were crowned but not before some drama unfolded.   Volleyball Mag Championship Bracket Pick-em  (join us in trying to pick winners of 2025 16 and 18 open championship brackets) was interestin   16 Open – challonge.com/nt05vizt18 Open – challonge.com/zp0yfzha 18 Open – Results | Standings #1 MB […]

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What a last day of wave 1.  18s, 16s, 13s, 12s champions were crowned but not before some drama unfolded.  

Volleyball Mag Championship Bracket Pick-em  (join us in trying to pick winners of 2025 16 and 18 open championship brackets) was interestin  

16 Open – challonge.com/nt05vizt
18 Open – challonge.com/zp0yfzha

18 Open – Results | Standings

#1 MB Surf won the national championship after a dominating Day 4 run in which they did not drop a single set and did not give up more than 21 points in any set.  In quarterfinals they beat #5 SCVC 2-0 and in a very similar fashion then went on to beat #3 Bay to Bay in the semi finals.  In the final, they beat #2 Balboa Bay in the final in a comfortable fashion (2-0) (25-18, 25-15) 

Match of the day was the quarterfinal match of #2 Balboa Bay vs. #5 WPVC with Balboa winning 2-1 (25-27, 25-19, 19-17) in a crazy finish featuring some nervous play by both teams.   Balboa then went on to beat #3 SPVB 2-0 (25-18, 25-22), who earlier beat #5 Adversity South in the all Illinois battle.  

16 Open – Results

While 18s went mostly according to the script, 16s Open was completely unpredictable 🙂

In Quarterfinals, MOD B16 Blue beat AZ Fear 2-0, avenging an earlier loss in the tournament.  Aspire 16 Spiderman beat HPSTL B16 Royal 2-0 while Pulse 16-G beat SASVBC B 16 Jayce and so the Cinderella story finally ended for the Hawaiian team.  In the last quarterfinal, Bay to Bay 16-1 beat GVA Boys 16u Dark Blue.  

In the semis, MOD B16 Blue finally ran out of gas and Aspire used their size to win 2-0 and Pulse continued their great play by defeating Bay to Bay 16-1 2-0.

In the final we got to witness a great match that went to overtime in all three sets as Pulse 16-G prevailed 16-14 in the 3rd set after Aspire missed a serve on a championship point with a 14-13 lead.  Pulse was seeded 10th in the tournament coming in and not many people had them going all the way but they proved everyone wrong (including everybody who voted in our bracket pick-em).  As recently as 2 weeks ago at the SoCal Cup Showcase they made it to gold only to lose to to Coast 16s and interestingly their only loss at nationals was to Coast who unfortunately did not make the Gold bracket.  Pulse played amazing over the last 3 days and deserved every bit of this victory!

Thats it for now, we will have a lot more Nationals coverage over the next few days and list out some players of the tournament, etc… but wanted to thank you all and congrats to all the Wave 1 Winners!

12 Club – GVA Boys 11u Dark Blue (PU)

12 Open – MB Surf ASICS 12’s 1 (SC)

13 Club – PREVA 13-1 Carlos Rivera (PU)

13 Open – Bay to Bay 13-1 (NC)

16 Club – Balboa Bay 16Red (SC)

16 Select – SMBC Shack 16 Molten (SC)

16 Elite – OCVC 16-1 (SC)

16 Premier – LVC 16BLACK (WE)

16 Open – Pulse 16-G (SC)

18 Club – Pilipa’a 18’s (MK)

18 Select – SPVB B18 Bravo (GL)

18 Elite – PEVA Boys 18 Elite (KE)

18 Premier – Niagara Frontier 18 Gold (WE)

18 Open – MB Surf ASICS 18’s 1 (SC)

Follow the nationals here!

AAU Nationals Wave 1 – Orlando, Florida – Schedule | Watch 

For more data on boys’ nationals please take a look at this spreadsheet: 

Boys National Championships DataSheet

 

 

 



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Schwepker announces pair of international signees for Murray State volleyball | Murray State

MURRAY — Murray State Head Volleyball Coach David Schwepker announced a pair of international signings for the 2025 team earlier this week.  The Racers add Elita Foti and Burcu Gulomur to their roster ahead of the new season. A native of island nation of Cyprus off the Greek coast, Foti competed for the Cypriot junior […]

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MURRAY — Murray State Head Volleyball Coach David Schwepker announced a pair of international signings for the 2025 team earlier this week. 

The Racers add Elita Foti and Burcu Gulomur to their roster ahead of the new season.



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Cal’s New Co-Athletic Directors Will Not Oversee Football

In their July 2 introduction as Cal’s new co-athletic directors, Jay Larson and Jenny Simon-O’Neill noted the innovative leadership model they will carry out during their 12-month stint in co-athletic directors. But one sentence tells most observers what they need to know about their responsibilities: In addition to our Co-AD paired leadership model, we are […]

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In their July 2 introduction as Cal’s new co-athletic directors, Jay Larson and Jenny Simon-O’Neill noted the innovative leadership model they will carry out during their 12-month stint in co-athletic directors.

But one sentence tells most observers what they need to know about their responsibilities:

In addition to our Co-AD paired leadership model, we are looking forward to partnering with Ron Rivera, the general manager of our football program. In this new model, Ron will directly oversee the football program, including personnel and the operating budget, while we will be responsible for the supervision of the other 29 sports and the department support units.

In short, Rivera will have the final word on all Cal football situations, including the hiring and firing of a head coach as well as personnel and budget decisions.

Larson and Simon-O’Neill will deal with all other sports, which includes men’s and women’s basketball. In some ways this seems like a three-AD model.

Larson said in the video below that football is a major priority of the Cal athletic department:

“We really want to partner with Ron to elevate the football program and continue to elevate that program,” Larson said. “That’s a top priority for us.”

The new athletic directors and Rivera must deal with the new era of college sports, ushered in by the approval of the NCAA House settlement, which allows universities to make payments directly to athletes. Schools are allowed to pay up to $20.5 million to athletes in all sports in the upcoming school year. A majority of that sum is expected to go to football players, as Cal tries to keep up with the country’s elite football programs in the biggest revenue-generating sport.

These financial demands have led to five Cal sports – rugby, men’s golf, women’s golf, men’s water polo and men’s swimming and diving – becoming endowed based on contributions directed to those sports. Cal is attempting to make more of its sports endowed, hoping the university does not have to consider the possibility of eliminating sports.

One other important sentence in the co-athletic directors’ statement addresses this:

During the year to come, it will be our responsibility, working in concert with the campus, Cal Athletics leadership and our community of supporters, to build a sustainable financial model – including philanthropy, campus funding, and the creation of new revenue generation streams. 

Their full statement is available here.

Here is a short interview with the new co-athletic directors:

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Volleyball Announces Finalized Schedule for 2025 Season

Story Links MOSCOW, Idaho- Summer is in full swing, and the 2025-26 year has begun in the world of athletics.  With this, the time of year comes when college sports fans find out who their favorite teams will be playing in the upcoming season, and Idaho Volleyball is the latest to announce […]

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MOSCOW, Idaho- Summer is in full swing, and the 2025-26 year has begun in the world of athletics. 

With this, the time of year comes when college sports fans find out who their favorite teams will be playing in the upcoming season, and Idaho Volleyball is the latest to announce its finalized schedule for 2025. With her interim tag removed, head coach Romana Redondo Kriskova and staff have brought in a total of eight newcomers from all levels of college and prep volleyball to pair with five returners hungry to bring success to Moscow.

NON-CONFERENCE
For the third time since 2021, the Vandals will host a home tournament, inviting the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles, the Portland Pilots, and the Cal State Fullerton Titans to Memorial Gym for a round-robin series of six games, where each team will face off. The first day will feature four contests, including the season opener for the Vandals against ORU at 10am on August 29th at 10AM, followed by an evening contest vs. Cal State at 6PM. The following morning will conclude the home series, with the Vandals and Pilots tipping off at 1PM. 

Throughout the rest of the non-conference slate, Idaho will travel to three more non-conference tournaments similarly formatted to the season opening contests. The Vandals will head to Seattle, WA to compete on SU’s home court, facing off against the Manhattan (NY) Jaspers, the host Redhawks, and Cal State Fullerton From September 4-6. 

The following week will take UI to Fargo for contests against North Dakota State on Sep. 11, UTSA on the 12th, and North Dakota on the 13th. The Non-Con schedule will conclude in Nashville with a doubleheader on Sep. 19 vs. Indiana State and Tennessee State and a morning matinee with Chattanooga the following day. 

CONFERENCE PLAY
The Vandals will return from Nashville to begin prep for the conference season. Four of the first five contests to begin the slate will be on the road, with the Big Sky home opener scheduled for Sep. 27 against the Montana Grizzlies. 

The first home week of the season will feature Northern Colorado and Northern Arizona travelling to Moscow on Oct. 16 and 18, respectively. Following a pair of road contests the week after, the Vandals will play three matches at home in the span of eight days, hosting Eastern Washington on Nov. 1, Weber State on Nov. 6, and Idaho State on Nov. 8. 

To conclude the regular season, Idaho will travel to Montana to face the Griz and the Bobcats before finishing off conference play at home vs. Portland State on Nov 19 and Sacramento State on Nov. 21. Idaho will be looking to secure its first berth to the Big Sky Championships since 2020. The postseason tournament, hosted by the previous year’s regular season champion, is set for Nov. 24-26 in Greeley, Colorado.

2025 IDAHO VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE
*Home Matches Marked in Bold

8/29- vs Oral Roberts – 10:00 AM // vs Cal State Fullerton – 6:00 PM
8/30- vs Portland – 1:00 PM

9/4- at Manhattan – 3:00 PM
9/5- at Seattle U – 4:00 PM
9/6- at Cal State – 10:00 AM

9/11- at North Dakota State – 7:00 PM
9/12- at UTSA – 12:00 PM
9/13- at North Dakota – 11:00 AM

9/19- at Indiana State – 10:00 AM // at Tennessee State – 6:00 PM
9/20- at Chattanooga – 11:00 AM

9/25- at Northern Arizona 
9/27- Montana 
10/3- at Eastern Washington 
10/9- at Idaho State 
10/11- at Weber State 
10/16- Northern Colorado 
10/18- Northern Arizona 
10/23- at Sacramento State 
10/25- at Portland State 
11/1- Eastern Washington 
11/6- Weber State 
11/8- Idaho State 
11/13- at Montana 
11/15- at Montana State 
11/19- Portland State 
11/21- Sacramento State

FOLLOW THE VANDALS
To stay up to date on the schedule and all things Vandal Volleyball, follow the team on Instagram (vandalvolleyball), X (IdahoVolleyball), and visit govandals.com



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West Plains’ Aaniyah Kitchen verbally commits to McNeese State volleyball

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – West Plains’ upcoming senior, Aaniyah Kitchen, announced her verbal commitment to McNeese State volleyball. The middle blocker has been on varsity for the past three years, and was a part of the Lady Wolves’ team that both won the district championship and made it to the regional finals. Aaniyah Kitchen and […]

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AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – West Plains’ upcoming senior, Aaniyah Kitchen, announced her verbal commitment to McNeese State volleyball.

The middle blocker has been on varsity for the past three years, and was a part of the Lady Wolves’ team that both won the district championship and made it to the regional finals.

Aaniyah Kitchen and the West Plains Lady Wolves volleyball team on Saturday, Oct. 26.
Aaniyah Kitchen and the West Plains Lady Wolves volleyball team on Saturday, Oct. 26.(Maya Kitchens)

West Plains head volleyball coach, Kaitlyn Cornelius, says Aaniyah’s commitment was always an achievable goal.

“That’s been something that she’s been working towards since I’ve known her and it’s really cool to see,” said Cornelius. “I’m so extremely proud of her and all the just the work that she put in…puts in in our gym, but also behind the scenes and all the extra reps that she gets. You can just tell this is something that she has wanted…this is something that she has worked for. So again, that kind of just makes it that much sweeter it it was one of those things where she sought after it and she did everything that she needed to do. She’s one of the most deserving people and I know she’s gonna do big things at McNeese, and we’re so proud of her.”

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