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Hawaii water polo team defeats Cal in NCAA quarterfinal

The Hawaii water polo team locked down Cal when it mattered and locked up a semifinal berth in the NCAA Tournament. Goalkeeper Daisy Logtens came up with several clutch stops in the fourth quarter as the fourth-seeded Rainbow Wahine rallied to win 8-7 over the Golden Bears, who knocked UH out in the 2024 national […]

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The Hawaii water polo team locked down Cal when it mattered and locked up a semifinal berth in the NCAA Tournament.

Goalkeeper Daisy Logtens came up with several clutch stops in the fourth quarter as the fourth-seeded Rainbow Wahine rallied to win 8-7 over the Golden Bears, who knocked UH out in the 2024 national semifinals.

First-year head coach James Robinson attained the first NCAA postseason win of his career after serving as an assistant to Maureen Cole the last two years.

“Talk about resiliency, being able to fight back in that fourth quarter and make stop after stop,” Robinson said in a video interview from the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Ind.

UH (22-4) takes on top-seeded Stanford (23-1) at 6 a.m. Hawaii time Saturday for a shot at the program’s first national championship match. It will be livestreamed at NCAA.com.

UH sprinted out to a 4-0 lead on Cal, but saw its advantage dwindle to 5-3 by halftime against the up-tempo Bears, whose Eszter Varro netted a hat trick. The MPSF team took a 6-5 lead entering the fourth quarter.

From there, Logtens, the Big West’s first-team goalkeeper from the Netherlands, batted away a series of balls put on frame by Cal. She finished with 12 saves, a program record in an NCAA Tournament game, bettering her own record of 11 from last year.

“To be honest, obviously the last moments are really important, but they don’t feel any different than any other moment in the game,” said Logtens, who was given the honor of applying Hawaii’s name to the final four in the poolside NCAA bracket.

Robinson, sitting between Logtens and Big West Player of the Year Bernadette Doyle on the interview table, smiled at the sophomore’s reserved response.

“When the moment is the biggest, she steps up when we need a huge save,” Robinson said moments before Logtens spoke. “One of the most cool, calm and collected individuals on the team. And I mean, she showed that, big stop after big stop, not getting rattled, just awesome performance all around, but that fourth quarter was special.”

Center Jordan Wedderburn tied it up in the opening seconds of the fourth. BWC Freshman of the Year Ema Vernoux then scored on a penalty shot drawn by Camille Radosavljevic. Doyle put her team in prime position to advance by lobbing in a goal for a two-goal lead with 4:35 remaining.

Cal (19-6) scored on a steal with nine seconds left, but UH drained the rest of the clock.

Doyle, Wedderburn, Vernoux and Alia Burlock scored two goals apiece for UH.

Doyle referenced the team’s disappointment falling to Cal 9-6 in last year’s tournament, falling agonizingly shy of the program’s first title game appearance. She also referenced teammate Tara Logan, who went home to Australia due to a family emergency.

“We really wanted this today. We wanted it for all our families. We wanted it for our teammate, Tara,” Doyle said. “We wanted it for the Hawaiian Islands, and we came up firing because we’re all so united as a team, and we’re stoked, especially after last year, which was a little bit heartbreaking. We came out and just wanted to prove to everyone how hard we’ve been working this year under Coach James.”

Stanford beat UH 12-7 on Jan. 18 in the second match of the season. The Cardinal, one of three programs to account for all NCAA women’s water polo national titles along with UCLA and USC, blitzed Wagner 28-6 in their quarterfinal.

“Stanford, obviously, is an amazing team, 1 in the country for a reason, a lot of Olympians,” Robinson said. “I think it’s going to take a lot of what we just did, and more. We’ve got to be smart. Can’t give them any transition opportunities, which is obviously a challenge in and of itself. Got to be willing to be aggressive and attack them right back. You can’t be passive against a Stanford team like this.”

Brian McInnis covers the state’s sports scene for Spectrum News Hawaii. He can be reached at brian.mcinnis@charter.com.

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University Northern Iowa

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Following a pair of third place team finishes at last week’s Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships, 15 athletes from the UNI roster have qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Meet in nine events. The NCAA Preliminary Meets serve as the first round site for the national postseason […]

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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Following a pair of third place team finishes at last week’s Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships, 15 athletes from the UNI roster have qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Meet in nine events.

The NCAA Preliminary Meets serve as the first round site for the national postseason meet, which will be held in Eugene, Oregon at Hayward Field, June 11-14. The two preliminary meets this year will be held in College Station, Texas, hosted by Texas A&M University, and Jacksonville, Florida, hosted by the University of North Florida, both of which will run May 28-31.

To qualify for the preliminary meets, athletes must rank in the top-48 in an individual event and top-24 for relays in their respective regions. Athletes competing in multi-event competitions (heptathlon and decathlon) will not compete at the preliminary site as the top-24 ranked competitors in the nation will automatically qualify for competition in Eugene. Top-12 finishers at the preliminary meets will earn qualification to the finals site in Oregon.

Among Northern Iowa’s qualifiers is a quartet of 2025 MVC outdoor champions, including Katie Fare (women’s shot put) and Brendan Safley (men’s pole vault), the Most Outstanding Field Athletes of last week’s conference championships, as well as Justice Miller (men’s javelin) and Carlie Jo Fusco (women’s 400-meter hurdles). UNI will also send a trio of men to compete in the shot put in David Russell, Spencer Kessel and Carson Lienau, while Drake Hanson and Chase Knoche both qualified in the men’s 800 meters.

Distance standout Emma Hoins qualified in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, while Josie Moreland punched her ticket in the women’s high jump. The Panthers will also see one relay run next week in Texas as Zack Butcher, Hanson, Parker Kiewiet and Jake Bosch run the men’s 4×400-meter relay (Zach Fall and Knoche as alternates).

Live coverage of the meet will be available on ESPN+.

UNI’s 2025 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifiers

2025 NCAA West Preliminary Schedule

Wednesday, May 28

2:30 p.m. CT – Men’s Javelin (First Round) [Safley]

5:30 p.m. CT – Men’s Pole Vault (Semifinals) [Miller]

6 p.m. CT – Men’s Shot Put (First Round) [Russell, Kessel, Lienau)

7:50 p.m. CT – Men’s 800m (First Round) [Hanson, Knoche]

Thursday, May 29

6 p.m. CT – Women’s Shot Put (First Round) [Fare]

8:20 p.m. CT – Women’s 400m Hurdles (First Round) [Fusco]

Friday, May 30

7:05 p.m. CT – Men’s 800m (Quarterfinals)***

8:45 p.m. CT – Men’s 4x400m Relay (Quarterfinals) [Butcher, Hanson, Kiewiet, Bosch]

Saturday, May 31

3:30 p.m. CT – Women’s High Jump (Semifinal) [Moreland]

5:40 p.m. CT – Women’s 3,000m Steeplechase (Quarterfinals) [Hoins]

7:25 p.m. CT – Women’s 400m Hurdles (Quarterfinals)***

*** Pending qualification

UNI track and field action can be followed all season long on social media on Facebook (UNI Track and Field), X (@UNITrackFieldXC) and on Instagram (@uni_tf_xc). Schedules and rosters, along with the latest Panther news and information can be found online at UNIpanthers.com.

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Vote for central Ohio’s top regular season player

The Ohio high school boys volleyball postseason is in full swing, so it is time to determine the top Columbus-area player for the regular season by voting for your choice. Here are the 12 candidates. The deadline is 4 p.m. May 28. All candidates and their statistics were submitted by area coaches. In addition, look […]

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The Ohio high school boys volleyball postseason is in full swing, so it is time to determine the top Columbus-area player for the regular season by voting for your choice.

Here are the 12 candidates. The deadline is 4 p.m. May 28.

All candidates and their statistics were submitted by area coaches.

In addition, look for the annual All-Metro teams for spring sports in the days following the Central Ohio High School Sports Awards show, which is June 18 at Upper Arlington High School.

Yashas Devulapally, New Albany

The 6-foot-5 junior middle hitter has 267 kills, 49 blocks, 47 digs and 18 aces.

Jordan Dyer, Pickerington North

The 6-3 senior outside hitter, a Lincoln Memorial commit, has 342 kills, 112 aces, 119 digs and 20 blocks. He helped the Panthers win the OCC-Ohio title and earn the top seed in Division I, Region 1.

A.J. Harvey, Watterson

The 5-10 senior setter powered the Eagles to the second seed in the Division II, Region 5 tournament. He has 691 assists, 143 digs, 34 kills, 21 aces and 12 blocks.

Dylan Johnson, Thomas Worthington

The 6-3 senior middle blocker and right-side hitter helped lead the Cardinals to the OCC-Cardinal title and the No. 1 seed in Division I, Region 3. The Wentworth Institute of Technology commit has 207 kills, 80 blocks, 31 digs and 22 aces.

Michael LaSusa, St. Charles

The 6-2 senior outside hitter was instrumental in helping the Cardinals capture the CCL title and earn the top seed in Region 5. He has 322 kills, 295 digs, 77 assists, 62 aces and 51 blocks.

J.T. McGuire, Thomas Worthington

The 6-1 senior outside hitter, a North Greenville, commit has 183 kills, 73 digs and 25 blocks.

Will Poth, Upper Arlington

The 6-6 senior outside hitter helped the Golden Bears earn a share of the OCC-Central title and the second seed in Region 3. He finished the season with 326 kills, 174 digs, 61 aces, 34 assists and 25 blocks.

Jahan Rasekhy, Dublin Jerome

The 6-0 junior outside hitter has 212 kills, 97 digs, 17 blocks and 13 aces.

George Smith, Watterson

The 5-11 senior outside hitter has 380 kills, 171 digs, 57 aces and 19 blocks.

Owen Varsanyi, Westerville North

The senior middle blocker helped the Warriors earn a share of the OCC-Capital title. He finished the season with 321 kills, 144 digs, 58 blocks and 50 aces.

Drew Vensko, Pickerington North

The 5-11 senior setter, a D’Youville University commit, has 645 assists, 90 digs, 46 kills and 39 aces.

Josh Weida, Olentangy Berlin

The 6-0 senior outside hitter played a key role in the Bears earning the No. 3 seed in Region 1. He has 249 kills, 91 digs, 20 aces and 15 blocks.

High school sports reporter Frank DiRenna can be reached at fdirenna@dispatch.com and at @DispatchFrank on X.

(This story was updated to add a photo gallery.)

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Behrend track-and-field athletes set records at outdoor championships

ERIE, Pa. — Members of the Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team set three program records at the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference Outdoor Championships in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The Lions placed fifth in a field of 39 teams. Brandon Konieczki, a sophomore from Erie, won the long jump, clearing a distance of […]

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Brandon Konieczki, a sophomore from Erie, won the long jump, clearing a distance of 7.36 meters.

Carter Tobin, a freshman from Irwin, set a Behrend record in the preliminaries of the 100-meter race. He finished in 10.52, placing second.

Konieczki and Tobin joined two other runners — Marshall Nock, a junior from Aliquippa; and Jake Egizio, a sophomore from Canonsburg — in the preliminaries for the 4×100 relay. They finished in 41.36, placing fourth.

On the women’s side, Caroline Lewis, a freshman from Erie, placed 17th in the javelin throw at the All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference Outdoor Championships. She completed a 32.83-meter throw.

Lindsey Hartle, a junior from Pittsburgh, placed 18th in the 10,000-meter race, finishing in 40:45.90.

The Behrend baseball team also concluded its season last week. Here are the scores and highlights:

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Penn State Behrend 14, Manchester 3
Keystone 11, Penn State Behrend 5
Keystone 13, Penn State Behrend 1

The Lions concluded their season with a 1-2 record in the NCAA Division III Regional Tournament. Daniel Boehme, a senior from Peters Township, hit home runs in the fourth and seventh innings against Manchester. Pitcher Colin Bolla, a sophomore from Fairview, struck out 12 batters — a career high.

Scores, updates and video links for Penn State Behrend athletics are posted at psblions.com.

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Nebraska volleyball to undergo full season ticket reseat

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UC Davis Holds Annual Endowment Dinner

Story Links DAVIS, Calif. – This past week on May 14, UC Davis athletics hosted its annual Endowment Celebration at the ARC Ballroom, a great event that brings together student athletes and the donors that have played important roles during their time at Davis. This year, close to 100 donors, student-athletes, […]

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DAVIS, Calif. – This past week on May 14, UC Davis athletics hosted its annual Endowment Celebration at the ARC Ballroom, a great event that brings together student athletes and the donors that have played important roles during their time at Davis.

This year, close to 100 donors, student-athletes, coaches and members of the senior administration were in attendance with the entire event being hosted by Director of Athletics Rocko DeLuca.

UC Davis athletics holds 76 endowments supporting grant-in-aid scholarships, programmatic needs and three coaching positions.

During the evening, student athletes and donors connected to share stories about how endowments and support of UC Davis athletics has impacted them positively. Providing opportunities to compete at the Division I level while also gaining an education from one of the top schools in the world.

Speakers during the event included Jamey Wright and Hodgens Family Director of Women’s Water Polo Kandace Waldthaler and former Aggie Jenn Thatcher O’Reilly. O’Reilly spoke about a new award her donations have gone towards, with the Jenn Thatcher ’88 Women’s Cross-Country award now available to assist future Aggies.

“The endowment dinner is always a special evening because it’s one of the few chances we get to connect donors directly with student-athletes,” said Senior Associate Athletics Director, Chief Development Officer Liz Gullett. “We not only use this opportunity to show how wonderful our student-athletes are to the people who support them, but we use this as an educational opportunity for our student-athletes to teach them about networking and etiquette in real time.

“At the end of the night, it is so great to see donors leaving feeling proud of UC Davis and the student-athletes gaining a better understanding of the support system they have around each of them.”

This story is an example of UC Davis Athletics’ commitment to the Ignite Strategic Plan Pillar of “Revenue Generation” by increasing the donor population and creating a best-in-class stewardship experience. Read more about our strategic plan here; IGNITE.

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Women’s Track and Field Receives 16 All-Region Awards

Story Links MEDFORD, MA (May 21, 2025) – The Tufts University women’s track and field team received even more postseason honors as the USTFCCCA All-Region awards were announced on Tuesday, May 20. Leading off the list of award-winners is Jordan Andrew, who was named to the All-Region team for both the […]

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MEDFORD, MA (May 21, 2025) – The Tufts University women’s track and field team received even more postseason honors as the USTFCCCA All-Region awards were announced on Tuesday, May 20.

Leading off the list of award-winners is Jordan Andrew, who was named to the All-Region team for both the long jump and the triple jump. Her performance at the Sunshine Classic helped her qualify for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships, as well as set a season high in the long jump and set a new personal best in the triple jump with a mark of 12.29m.

Elysse Cumberland was also named to the All-Region team for both the long jump and the triple jump. The 2025 National Division III Indoor Triple Jump Champion continued to shine in the outdoor portion of the season, setting a new personal best in both the triple jump and long jump at the Sunshine Classic. Her personal best mark of 12.66m in the triple jump set a new program record by 21cm.

Two Jumbos received All-Region honors for their performances in the 400m hurdles. Arielle Chechile had a great rookie campaign in the event, setting a personal best time of 1:00.64 in the final meet of the season to qualify for the NCAA Division III Championships. Emma Smith also had a strong senior season, setting a new personal best of 1:02.78 in the NEICAAA Championships.

The pole vault saw yet another pair of Jumbos combine with All-Region honors. Emma Gall and Nyla Thompson both were named to the All-Region team for their strong seasons in the pole vault. Gall’s new personal best of 3.57m was the best vault of any Jumbo this season, but Thompson was never very far behind. Thompson also set a new personal best this season, also landing a 3.57m.

First year Phoebe Bryar made an instant impact with the Jumbos as a middle-distance runner, and picked up All-Region honors for her stellar performance in the 800m run. She showed steady improvement throughout the season to earn a new personal record of 2:13.24 at the New England Division III Championships.

Lexi Dean picked up All-Region honors after a season competing in the 3000m steeplechase. The junior set a new personal best at the NESCAC Championships with a time of 11:15.00.

Elizabeth Donahue, the lone long-distance runner to pick up All-Region honors, made steady improvements throughout the season as well. She set a new personal best for herself in the event with a 36:05.44.

Mia Kurtz picked up the All-Region honors after a great debut for the Jumbos in the discus. The first year set a new personal best of 41.41m at the Emory Spring Break Classic. Ceci LaBarge also picked up All-Region honors, albeit in a different throwing event. Her award came for her performance in the hammer throw, which saw her land the fourth best mark in Tufts history with a 50.12m.

Harper Meek picked up All-Region honors after earning a berth to the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in the high jump. Her season was defined by consistency, with all but one of her jumps being above 1.60m. Her personal best just stayed intact from last season after her 1.66m jump was a single centimeter shy of her record.

Makayla Moriarty burst onto the scene this spring with a number of great performances in the shorter running events. She picked up the All-Region honors in the 400m dash after setting the fastest time in Tufts program history with a 55.21.

The final pair of Jumbos to earn All-Region honors is Lauren Zipoli and Tessa Player in the heptathlon. Both athletes set new personal bests at the New England D3 Championships, with Player taking the win with 4257 points and Zipoli in third with 4082.

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