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No criminal charges have been filed against Reina in Sacramento County as of Thursday morning, according to a search of the county’s criminal case portal. Updated 4:56 p.m. CapRadio made no fewer than four attempts to reach Reina’s lawyers, Bird & Van Dyke, Inc., for a response to the lawsuit, but did not hear back […]

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'Golf course fees, fine dining and college tuition'

No criminal charges have been filed against Reina in Sacramento County as of Thursday morning, according to a search of the county’s criminal case portal.
Updated 4:56 p.m.
CapRadio made no fewer than four attempts to reach Reina’s lawyers, Bird & Van Dyke, Inc., for a response to the lawsuit, but did not hear back as of Thursday afternoon.

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Though he was the only individual identified by name, Reina is not the only defendant of the lawsuit. CapRadio is also suing an additional 50 individuals, referred to as “DOES 1 through 50” (in reference to John/Jane Doe) in the complaint.
What followed has been an extensive look into CapRadio’s finances, sparked by an audit commissioned by the California State University Chancellor’s Office detailing years of financial mismanagement by previous leadership at the public media station — which is an auxiliary of Sacramento State.
These details span nearly 130 pages of exhibits and attachments, as well as the names of all subjects, board members, individuals and businesses included in the examination.
Two months later, CapRadio laid off 12% of its staff and canceled four longtime music programs.
Reina was hired by CapRadio in 2007 as its chief financial officer. His role grew in 2013 to include chief operating officer and he was subsequently promoted in 2020 to executive vice president and general manager. He resigned in June 2023.
The public media station in November also explained progress on its debt repayment plans. Most of CapRadio’s debt — an estimated .7 million — is owed to Sac State, which it will pay back a portion of through hourly on-air messaging promoting the university. The agreement does not technically require CapRadio to spend any money, in what’s called an “in-kind” service.
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The lawsuit was filed in Yolo County Superior Court last month in connection with a 2023 audit that found significant financial mismanagement at the public media station.
In November 2024, CapRadio released its audited financial reports, revealing million in debt — the majority of which is tied to two costly Downtown projects.
Key details that were blocked out upon initial release in August — like credit card statements and emailed correspondence between Reina and others — were included in Wednesday’s update.

CapRadio’s main allegations

As Chief Financial Officer, and later while holding all of CPR’s executive titles, Reina had access and control over CapRadio’s bank accounts, station lawyers argued. Reina is accused of opening corporate credit cards in CapRadio’s name, over which he gave himself exclusive access and control, without the knowledge or authority from CapRadio’s Board of Directors.
Reina is accused of transferring more than $370,000 of CapRadio funds to his personal accounts from 2017 until his resignation in 2023 as well as using corporate credit cards to pay for family plane tickets and vacations, personal memberships and golf course fees, fine dining, personal groceries and alcohol, home utilities, personal vehicles, charitable donations in his name, college tuition, entertainment tickets, as well as home mortgage payments and taxes.
In addition, Reina is accused of using CapRadio credit cards to pay for more than $100,000 in improvements to his West Sacramento home.
CapRadio lawyers argue Reina hid his unauthorized use of the public media station’s bank accounts and credits, submitting no expense reports or supporting receipts for nearly all of his personal use of corporate credit cards.

Response from Jun Reina

When asked for a response to the lawsuit and allegations against Reina, Eytcheson said in an email, “This is the first I’ve heard of it. I really can’t comment.”
CapRadio is an auxiliary of Sac State. The university holds the licenses to the public media station, which includes CapRadio Music, North State Public Radio (NSPR) based at Chico State and KHSU at Cal Poly Humboldt.

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After an August 2024 forensic examination of the station’s finances that found Reina had received nearly 0,000 in unsupported payments, Mary Ann Bird, his attorney, emailed a statement suggesting all of CapRadio’s management “needs to be scrutinized” and that “the issues are under investigation and NO charges have been filed.”
As for the lawsuit against Reina and Does 1 through 50, a case management conference is scheduled for April 21.

Sac State response

Some information in the document is still redacted, including the names of four individuals listed as Witness #1-4.
On Wednesday, Sacramento State released a mostly-unredacted version of the forensic examination it first released in August 2024.
The release comes after lawyers for The Sacramento Bee in December sent a letter to the university demanding the release of the full document, which was prepared by the Roseville firm CliftonLarsonAllen.

One of the two projects is a Downtown office space CapRadio had planned to make its new headquarters. The station scrapped plans to make that move this year. The other project is a live event space on 8th Street. CapRadio is partnering with Sac State to use it as a learning lab when it opens sometime this year.

Others played role in station accruing debts

Both the university and the CapRadio Board of Directors are charged with overseeing the station’s financial management. The board during the time of Reina’s employment included several Sac State administrative officials, including the university’s former chief financial officer and a director of academic affairs resources.
“Our intent has always been to update the site once law enforcement confirmed that the release of the information would no longer hamper their investigation,” university spokesperson Lanaya Lewis said in an email.
In August 2024, a spokesperson for the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to CapRadio it was investigating Reina, but would not give further details about the basis of the investigation. CapRadio reached out to the Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday for an update on the investigation, but did not get a response.

Sac State releases largely-unredacted forensic examination

The complaint says CapRadio is seeking at least 0,000 in damages, as well as for Reina’s home to be placed in a trust.
Bruno said CapRadio management officials would not comment further, citing the ongoing litigation.
When CapRadio reporters asked Sac State to comment on the lawsuit this week — and discuss how one employee became the sole executive at the public media station, plus clarify what checks and balances were in place during Reina’s tenure — the university declined to comment.
The 0,000 CapRadio is seeking in the lawsuit is a fraction of the overall debt the public media station faces following years of financial missteps.
Reporters reached out to CapRadio attorneys for comment. They declined, adding they were “bound to the attorney-client privilege” and “must maintain the confidentiality of any advice I have given the client as to what will occur in the future regarding this and/or any other claims my client may have against others not named in this lawsuit.”
The West Sacramento home is currently for sale. Attorneys for CapRadio believe Reina may leave the state with proceeds from his residence, according to the lawsuit.
“Sacramento State is not a party in this litigation and won’t be commenting,” university spokesperson Lanaya Lewis said in an email.
The lawsuit was filed in Yolo County, where Reina owns a home and lives. Reina is identified in the suit by his full name, Fidias “Jun” Reina, Jr.

Next steps

Capital Public Radio has filed a lawsuit against its former general manager Jun Reina, alleging he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the NPR member station “to secretly enrich himself,” using the station’s funds for “personal expenses that had no business purpose,” including home improvements, family vacations and mortgage payments, according to the civil complaint.
You can read our independent ongoing coverage of financial issues at Capital Public Radio here.
“CapRadio is actively pursuing all avenues to ensure that there is remediation and accountability for past actions that have impacted the station,” Chris Bruno, CapRadio’s chief marketing and revenue officer said in an emailed statement.
Sac State published an earlier version of the largely-unredacted forensic examination — without the exhibits or attachments — on their website by Dec. 23.

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Reina’s attorneys did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Station lawyers wrote that they will update the complaint when they have more information about these 50 individuals. They added that CapRadio management “is informed and believes” each of these people or groups “was in some manner responsible for the debt” accrued by the station.
“The names and capacity of the Defendants sued herein as DOES 1 through 50 … are unknown to the Plaintiff at this time, and therefore, the Plaintiff sues said Defendants by such fictitious names,” the complaint reads. Lawyers added that these 50 defendants could include individual people, corporations or associations.
Following NPR’s protocol for reporting on itself, no CapRadio corporate official or news executive reviewed this story before it was posted or broadcast.
Editor’s note: CapRadio is licensed to Sacramento State, which is also an underwriter.
Andrea Clark, who led CapRadio’s Board of Directors during Reina’s time as general manager, did not respond to a request for comment.
CapRadio also reached out to Rick Eytcheson, who was the president and general manager of the station from 2006 until retiring in 2020, then served as President Emeritus until 2023.
Disclosure: This story was reported and written by Insight Host Vicki Gonzalez and Politics Editor Chris Nichols. It was edited by Assignment Manager Claire Morgan, Producer Sarit Laschinsky and Producer Jen Picard.

CapRadio also requested the full forensic examination under the Public Records Act on Aug. 5. The request was denied on Aug. 15.

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Four Men’s Track and Field athletes set for NCAA Division II Championship, action begins Thursday

Story Links PUEBLO, Colo. – The Lock Haven men’s track and field team is set to send four athletes, Matthew Muthler (Decathlon), Eric Zalar (Hammer), Ryan Miller (400-Meter) and Peter Bellomo (Javelin) to Pueblo, Colorado to compete on the biggest stage in the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championship hosted by Colorado State […]

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PUEBLO, Colo. – The Lock Haven men’s track and field team is set to send four athletes, Matthew Muthler (Decathlon), Eric Zalar (Hammer), Ryan Miller (400-Meter) and Peter Bellomo (Javelin) to Pueblo, Colorado to compete on the biggest stage in the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championship hosted by Colorado State University-Pueblo.

The NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships will take place at the CSU Pueblo Thunder Bowl in Pueblo, Colorado, hosted by Colorado State University–Pueblo on May 22-24.

“Our teams have had a historic season and to have four men qualify for the NCAA Championships is the icing on the cake,” head coach Aaron Russell said. “It is such an amazing opportunity for each of them to capitalize on the hard work they’ve put in over the last 12 months. Both Matthew and Ryan returned for graduate school this year to use their final year of eligibility, so to see their sacrifice and dedication pay off is really heartwarming. They’ve both contributed so much to our programs and I’m really excited to see them leave their mark on the national stage. Sophomores Peter Bellomo and Eric Zalar might be making their outdoor national debuts as well, but nobody should count them out from making runs at All-America accolades. Both have been at or near the top of every competition they’ve competed in this year, and I think you’ll see that experience pay off in Colorado.”

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2025 Pennsylvania State Athletic Championships (PSAC) Indoor Champion and All-American in the Heptathlon, Matt Muthler, is seeded fourth going into the championship week after his record setting performance of 7355 points, which was a new point total for the PSAC All-Time, PSAC Championship meet, and a new Lock Haven program record.

Muthler will start the championship meet for the Bald Eagles when he competes in five of the decathlon events on Thursday (May 22). The following events on day one of the two-day decathlon will 100-Meter at 10:30 a.m. (12:30 p.m. EST), Long Jump at 1:15 p.m. (3:15 p.m. EST)*, Shot Put at 2:25 p.m. (4:25 p.m. EST)*, High Jump at 3:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m.)* and 400-Meter at 5:15 p.m. (7:15 p.m.)*.

On Friday (May 23) Muthler will compete in the 110-Meter Hurdles at 9:30 a.m. (11:30 a.m. EST)*, Discus Throw at 10:20 a.m. (12:20 p.m. EST)*, Pole Vault at 11:30 a.m. (1:30 p.m. EST)*, Javelin Throw at 1:50 p.m. (3:50 p.m. EST)* and 1500-Meter at 2:55 p.m. (4:55 p.m. EST)*

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In the hammer throw, Eric Zalar earned his trip with a throw of 200-1 at the Penn Relays. The throw was the second furthest in program history. Zalar goes into the championship seeded 15th out of 22. He will throw on Thursday (May 22) at 3:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. EST).

Ryan Miller is seeded 20th after his time Lock Haven program record time of 46.74 in the 400-meter. The 400-meter preliminary round will be on Thursday (May 22) at 5:55 p.m. (7:55 p.m. EST). The finals for that event will be on Saturday (May 24) at 6:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. EST).

Peter Bellomo threw his best javelin throw at the Lock Haven Qualifier with a mark of 213-5, which is the fifth-best throw in program history. The throw from the Lock Haven Qualifier puts P. Bellomo 21st going into the NCAA Championship and will throw on Saturday (May 24) at 2:45 p.m. (4:45 p.m. EST).

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Calvary Chapel boys volleyball falls in CIF championship — The Downey Patriot

NORWALK — After a history-making run through the CIF-Southern Section D9 Boys Volleyball playoffs, the season came to an end for the Calvary Chapel (Downey) team Saturday (May 17). It was an unprecedented run for the Grizzlies, as they made school history by advancing to their first-ever championship match. After a monumental come-from-behind semifinal victory […]

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NORWALK — After a history-making run through the CIF-Southern Section D9 Boys Volleyball playoffs, the season came to an end for the Calvary Chapel (Downey) team Saturday (May 17).

It was an unprecedented run for the Grizzlies, as they made school history by advancing to their first-ever championship match.

After a monumental come-from-behind semifinal victory over Beverly Hills, the Grizzlies fell short to the California Academy of Math & Science (CAMS), in straight sets, 3-0, in the final.

CAMS defeated the Grizzlies, 25-16, 25-20, 25-19.

Calvary finished the season at 7-12 overall.

The Grizzlies, however, have a bright future, as they will graduate only four seniors and will have two seniors and six underclassmen (four sophomores, two juniors) leading the way in 2026.

“That’s one of the good things about them, is having such a senior core that was able to teach and uplift these upcoming freshmen,” Calvary third-year head coach Jeremiah Mitte said. “They are the future, and I think my boys understood that as well and they did their best to try to protect and uplift as they went through (the season). My players played their hearts out.

“I’m proud for my boys and proud of everything that we were able to accomplish. It (the loss) stings, because of how everything played out and they gave everything that they had, and they are just so much stronger. (Saturday) was just not our day.”

Calvary interim athletic director Nathan Tachin, who was holding the runner-up plaque, said of the team, “I’m really proud of the boys,” he said. “They worked really hard for this. They did what they did and still am very proud of them.

“League play helped us big time and having the tie breakers really helped us, seeding-wise in the division. Even getting the runner-up is still a blessing and getting a banner in general to say, “CIF Finalists.”

Tachin had great things to say about his third-year head coach. “I’m really proud of coach (Jeremiah) Mitte,” he said. “I’ve known him for about 15 years. He actually coached me while I was in junior high and high school. He’s been put in many positions and has strived in every one of them.”

Senior outside hitter Jonah Heinz led the Grizzlies with five kills in the match, while sophomore opposite Andrew Rubio had four kills. Freshman middle blocker Blake Roemheld, junior setter Luke Neff and senior outside hitter Corey De Wit added two kills each. Senior middle blocker Alejandro Sactic had one. As a team, the Grizzlies had only 16 kills in the match.

“I’m proud of the team,” Heinz said. “We should have won that game. It wasn’t a team that we should have lost to.”

CAMS totaled 37 kills as senior opposite Alfredo Lopez led with nine kills, while freshman middle Joseph Cha and freshman outside Anay Saran added eight and seven kills, respectively.

The first set saw the Grizzlies take an early, 7-2 lead behind two kills from Heinz. The Coyotes then went on an 11-1 run to lead, 13-8. They never trailed the rest of the way.

Calvary closed to within four points, 15-11 on errors by the Coyotes. CAMS ended the set on another run, outscoring the Grizzlies, 7-2, with Heinz added his third kill in that run for Calvary.

Senior libero Stephen So led the Grizzlies with eight digs, while Heinz added five. Neff led with six assists.

The second set was even for the most part through the first 34 points, as it was tied, 17-17. Trailing, 15-8, the Grizzlies got right back into the set with four consecutive points, all while Neff was serving. He started the 4-0 run with a kill, as he tipped the ball over for a point.

That was followed by three errors by CAMS to trail by three, 15-12.

After a couple of points by the Coyotes, Calvary won three points on three more errors by CAMS, to trail, 17-16. With Roemheld serving, Sactic had a block for a kill to even the set at 17-17.

After a service error by CAMS, De Wit had a kill to trail, 20-19. However, the Coyotes finished off the set with a 5-1 run to win, 25-20 and take a 2-0 lead in the match.

Heinz and Rubio lead with two kills each in the set. The Coyotes had 11 kills to lead the way. So and De Wit led with eight and five digs each, while Neff added five assists.

With their backs against the wall and needing a win to get back into the match, the Grizzlies matched CAMS point-for-point all the way through a 15-15 tie. De Wit and Rubio had the only kills of the set for Calvary up to that point.

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How The Plague Uses Horror to Capture Male Adolescence

“The Plague” filmmaker Charlie Polinger simply wanted to make a film that actually reflected his adolescent experiences. “I see a lot of movies about 12 year old boys that are often either a little more ‘Goonies’-style biking around at night [that are about] this kind of carefree feeling or a little more bro-y hangout kind […]

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“The Plague” filmmaker Charlie Polinger simply wanted to make a film that actually reflected his adolescent experiences.

“I see a lot of movies about 12 year old boys that are often either a little more ‘Goonies’-style biking around at night [that are about] this kind of carefree feeling or a little more bro-y hangout kind of movies. My sense of being 12 was it was more like [a] social anxiety hellscape,” Polinger told Executive Awards Editor Steve Pond at TheWrap’s Cannes Conversations in partnership with Brand Innovators.

“You see that [represented] more commonly, I think, in movies about women or about young girls, [movies] like ‘Carrie’ and ‘Raw’ and ‘Eighth Grade.’ You don’t see it as often in films about boys because there’s a certain vulnerability to [being] the object of terror or to [feel] insecurity in your body. There’s sort of a fear of that vulnerability being shown [when it is] centered around masculinity,” Polinger observed. “I thought it could be exciting to kind of take a genre that I’ve seen more with women and apply it to a story about boyhood.”

The resulting film, “The Plague,” marks Polinger’s feature directorial debut. It follows Ben (Everett Blunck), a young boy at a water polo summer camp for boys headed by an adult male instructor (Joel Edgerton). Ben quickly finds himself torn between his fear of being ostracized and his conscience when the camp’s other boys begin to bully Eli (Kenny Rasmussen), a fellow campmate whose skin condition prompts his bullies to declare that he has “the plague” and run screaming loudly in the other direction whenever he comes near.

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“I’m actually a very bad swimmer,” Polinger revealed with a laugh when asked how he conceived the film’s story. “It came from experiences I had going to some all-boys summer camps, and my experiences at those and my experiences being that age in school and in general — and wanting to tell a story that felt like it really immersed the audience in the subjective experience of being a 12-year-old boy and all of the sort of chaos and anxiety that comes with that.”

Polinger wrote the film while he was staying at his parents’ house during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it was not until Edgerton agreed to star in it years later that Polinger was finally able to put “The Plague” together. “I think at first [Joel] was actually inquiring about directing it, and I was like, ‘I really have to do this one,’” Polinger recalled. “He was [then] generous enough to offer to act in it and help produce it, just to help get it made. That was really the thing that took us over the edge and [helped us find] the financing.”

While Polinger notes that “The Plague” is not a “traditional horror film,” the thing that always excited him about the project was the chance it would give him to immerse viewers in its young protagonist’s perspective — where things that adult viewers might not think are a big deal feel like they have “like and death stakes.” “That’s where the genre stuff came from,” Polinger said, before revealing that he even looked at war films for reference.

“Every single glance and every whisper feels dangerous,” the director explained. “I really was just trying to think about how Ben, the protagonist, would feel in any given moment, and [I tried to] find ways to cinematically evoke his interior state through the external world.”

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Hannah Caiola Named NE10 Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year

Story Links NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Southern Connecticut Women’s Outdoor Track & Field standout Hannah Caiola was named The Northeast 10 Conference Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year for the 2025 season, as announced by the conference on May 20th. Caiola completes the season sweep of the award after also being […]

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Southern Connecticut Women’s Outdoor Track & Field standout Hannah Caiola was named The Northeast 10 Conference Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year for the 2025 season, as announced by the conference on May 20th.

Caiola completes the season sweep of the award after also being named the NE10 Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. She has been absolutely dominant on the track this season. Coming off a decorated indoor season, she broke the SCSU Outdoor Record in the 400m Dash with a time of 52.36. That is currently the #2 time in all of Division II, and ranks in the top-40 across all divisions. She brought home three golds at the 2025 Northeast-10 Conference Championships, winning the 200m, 400m, and 4×100, and was named the meet’s Most Outstanding Track Performer. Most recently, she won the New England Championships in the 200m Dash with a personal-best time of 23.81, which ranks 35th in all of Division II. It is also the second-fastest 200m time in program history. She was also an All-East Region performer in four events (200m, 400m, 4×100, 4×400).

Caiola will compete in her third-straight NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships in Pueblo, Colorado from May 22nd-24th.

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Track and field show out at ACC Outdoor Championships

In its ACC Championship debut last weekend, Stanford track and field finished in ninth-place with 46 points on the women’s side and 11th-place with 38.5 points on the men’s side. Junior Alyssa Jones led the charge for the Cardinal women in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, scoring 19 of the team’s 46 points across four events. On […]

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In its ACC Championship debut last weekend, Stanford track and field finished in ninth-place with 46 points on the women’s side and 11th-place with 38.5 points on the men’s side.

Junior Alyssa Jones led the charge for the Cardinal women in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, scoring 19 of the team’s 46 points across four events. On Friday, she defended her conference crown in the long jump with a winning mark of 21-5½ (6.54m), adding to her ACC title from the indoor season.

Jones followed up with a personal best in the 100-meter prelim to advance to Saturday’s final, where she finished fourth — Stanford’s highest conference finish in the event since 2012. To round out her Saturday triple, Jones placed ninth in the high jump and helped the 4×100-meter relay team to fifth place in a 14-team field. Senior Teagan Zwanstraa, also a member of the relay squad, had placed third in the long jump behind Jones with a personal best of 20-6½ (6.26m).

In the 800-meters, junior Roisin Willis, the reigning ACC indoor champion, led from the gun before falling to third in a furious battle on the home stretch with Clemson’s Gladys Chepngetich and UNC’s Makayla Paige. Willis clocked a season’s best time of 2:00.43 to dip 0.27 seconds under the previous meet record.

Also in the middle distances, sophomore Leo Young closed the 1500-meter with a 52.06 final lap to place third — his best finish at a postseason meet yet. Young was just 0.60 seconds shy of UNC’s ACC record holder Ethan Strand, who won the event.

On the distance side, sophomore Sophia Kennedy claimed second in the 5,000-meters, holding her ground behind NC State junior Grace Hartman despite racing the 1,500-meters just two hours earlier. In the following men’s 5,000-meters that saw yet another meet record fall, graduate student Cole Sprout secured third with a season’s best time of 13:39:46.

The Cardinal closed out the weekend with a dramatic performance in the first heat of the men’s 4×400-meter relay. A fumbled handoff after the second leg left Stanford chasing Notre Dame, but freshman Ryan Reynolds’ posted a 45.97 anchor leg, slingshotting off the final curve and outkicking the Fighting Irish for the heat win and fifth-place finish overall.

Next, Stanford track and field will compete in College Station, Texas for the NCAA West Prelims on May 28-31 before heading to the NCAA Outdoor Championships just two weeks later.

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WATCH: 2025 Men’s Volleyball Season Recap

Story Links CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard men’s volleyball team recorded historic performances, faced some of the top teams in the nation, and again reached the EIVA Tournament as it had a strong showing in 2025. The Crimson opened its season 5,000 miles from home and set high expectations for its season […]

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard men’s volleyball team recorded historic performances, faced some of the top teams in the nation, and again reached the EIVA Tournament as it had a strong showing in 2025.

The Crimson opened its season 5,000 miles from home and set high expectations for its season as it pushed the No. 4 nationally ranked University of Hawaii to five sets in its second match up.

After the trip, Harvard returned home for several straight weeks and added five wins to its record. Of those wins were a historic victory over No. 17 Penn State and two sweeps of Sacred Heart to start EIVA 3-1 for the second straight season.

The Crimson eventually clinched the No. 6 seed in the EIVA Tournament to earn a spot in the postseason for the fourth straight year. Harvard’s season then came to an end as it battled against Penn State in the opening round.

Harvard finished the year with an overall record of 9-15 and had four players earn All-EIVA honors. James Bardin and Logan Shepherd represented the Crimson on the second team while Zach Berty and Owen Woolbert received honorable mention honors.

At the conclusion of the 2025 season the Crimson says goodbye to seven seniors including Andrew Lobo, James Bardin, Callum Diak, Xuanthe Nguyen, Cooper Ribman, Logan Shepherd, and Owen Fanning. The seven made impacts both on and off the court that have impact Harvard immensely over the past four season and will continue to show in the coming years.

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