INDIANA, Pa. — The IUP men’s and women’s outdoor track & field teams gear up for the 2025 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships, scheduled for May 8-10 at Slippery Rock University. 

 

MEET DAY CENTRAL 

2025 PSAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships – Thursday, May 8 – Saturday, March 10 – William C. Lennox Track at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium – Slippery Rock University – Slippery Rock, Pa.  

Thursday (May 8): 11:00 a.m. start | Saturday (May 10): 11:00 a.m. start 

Meet Coverage: Live Video (PSAC Digital Network) – Live Results – Championship Central – Heat Sheets – Schedule – Accepted Entries

Social Media Updates:  @PSACsports and @PSACTF on X (formerly Twitter) 

  

TICKET INFORMATION (All sales final per PSAC policy – tickets for Friday available now. Tickets for Saturday will be available Friday afternoon.) 

Purchase Tickets Online Here  

•  All tickets will be digital tickets this year. No cash purchases. Please purchase your tickets online the day before or morning of the event. 

•  Thursday: No admission fee – FREE for all 

•  Friday: $10 for adults, $5 for students K-12. 

•  Saturday: $10 for adults, $5 for students K-12. 

•  FREE for college students from PSAC institutions with valid ID 

  

See below for the complete list of IUP qualifiers 

Women 

• Renee Simmonds | Heptathlon, Shot Put, 4x100m 
• Hannah Weaver | 10,000m, 5,000m 
• Seasia Lovell | High Jump 
• Cahsia Page | 4x100m, 4x400m, 100m, 200m 
• Emma Laughlin | 4x100m, 100m, 200m 
• Sterlene Scott | 4x100m, 4x400m, 100m 
• Bryna Kelly | 100mH 
• Bella Brozeski | 100mH, 400mH, 4x400m 
• Nataiah Robertson | Long Jump, 4x100m 
• Grace Bogacz | 800m, 4x400m 
• Macenzie Kirsch | 4x400m 
• Alyssa Hoover | 800m 
• Gwyn Keith | 3,000m Steeplechase 
• Stella Kuntz | 3,000m Steeplechase 
• Julia O’Brien | 3,000m Steeplechase 
• Kaylla Williams | Javelin 
• Torrence Spicher | Pole Vault 
• Jahnaya Trotter-Wimberly | Triple Jump 
• Hannah Yeykal | Long Jump 

Men 

• Demitrius Carter | 4x100m 
• George Jennings | 4x100m, 4x400m 
• Justin Egizio | 4x100m, 4x400m 
• Steve Combary | 4x100m, 110mH, 4x400m 
• Taimir Lobban | 110mH 
• Ashton Botzan | Pole Vault 
• Gabe Pacyna | 800m, 4x400m 
• Alex Amador | 800m, 4x400m 
• Nolan Dunnum | 4x100m 
• Brendon Ward | 800m 
• Nate Kuntz | 3,000m Steeplechase 
• Marco Cardone | 3,000m Steeplechase, 1,500m 
• Matthew Cusatis | Long Jump, Triple Jump 
• Elijah Lingenfelter | Decathlon, Javelin 
• Evan Loro | Triple Jump 
• Mike Formica | 1,500m, 5,000m  
• Tom Brady | 1,500m 
• Adam Wood | High Jump 
• Nathan Kociela | 5,000m, 10,000m 
• Dan Gibney | 5,000m 
• Sam Moffat | 10,000m 

IUP Notes 

• The IUP women’s squad features 19 qualifiers, and the men boast 21 qualifiers for a total of 40 athletes. 
• Cahsia Page is seeded fifth in the 100m (12.10) and eighth in the 200m (25.07). 
• Bryna Kelly is seeded fourth in the women’s 100m hurdles (14.75). 
• Hannah Weaver is seeded third in the women’s 10,000m (37:57.54) and will also be competing in the women’s 5,000m. 
• The women’s 4x100m relay is seeded fifth and consists of Simmonds, Scott, Page, Laughlin, Robertson. 
• In the women’s javelin throw, Kaylla Williams is seeded third (45.49m). 
• Renee Simmonds is seeded fourth in the women’s heptathlon. 
• Mike Formica is seeded first in both the men’s 1,500m (3:45.62) and the 5,000m (14:24.51). 
• In the men’s 3,000m steeplechase, Marco Cardone is seeded fifth and Nate Kuntz is sixth.  

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Head coach Matt Ulmer has announced two additions to the Kansas Volleyball program, as international standouts Selena Leban and Aurora Papac have signed with the Jayhawks for the upcoming 2025 season.
 
Leban is a 6-0 pin hitter from Nova Gorica, Slovenia. She has competed for Slovenia on the national stage since 2019, beginning with the U16/U17 European Championship. The European Golden League in 2024 was her 10th competition within the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV). In 42 career CEV matches, Leban has recorded 289 kills, 52 service aces and 32 blocks. She has also competed in the 2020 and 2023 European Cups for her club.

 

“Selena is extremely talented in every phase of the game, and we are so excited to welcome her to Kansas,” Ulmer said. “She has competed against some of the best competition in the world and has thrived. Beyond that, Selena has a magnetic personality and great sense of humor which makes her a great fit for Kansas Volleyball.”

 

Papac is a 6-4 middle blocker from Požega, Croatia. She is also experienced on the international circuit, having competed for Croatia in the U19 World Championships in 2023, European Championships in 2019, 2022 and 2024 and the U20 MEVZA Qualification in 2024. Papac was chosen as the best middle blocker at MEVZA and at the U19 World Championships in 2023.

“Aurora is a great addition to our program, and she comes to Kansas as one of the best blockers in the world for her age,” Ulmer said. “She has a presence at the net that can have a large impact on a match. She has a great combination of length and quickness plus high-level international experience with her national team.”

 

With the additions of Leban and Papac, Kansas has now signed six players since Ulmer was hired in January. The duo joins Logan Bell (Beech Grove, Indiana) as freshmen in the signing class, while Kansas also added transfers Cristin Cline (Oregon), Ryan White (Oregon State) and Audra Wilmes (Washington).

 

Courtesy WorldAquatics.com

The official team draw for the Men’s and Women’s Water Polo Tournaments at the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 took place Wednesday evening at the World Aquatics interim office in Budapest, setting the stage for the battle for global supremacy in aquatic team sport.

With just over two months to go until the tournament begins, all qualified nations now know their group-stage opponents for the 22nd edition of the World Aquatics Championships.

The draw ceremony was hosted in Budapest by players Laura Ester Ramos of Spain and Filip Filipovic of Serbia, alongside World Aquatics President Captain Husain Al-Musallam and Singapore 2025 Co-Chair and Olympian Mark Chay.

Croatia and the United States will begin their title defenses in the men’s and women’s tournaments, respectively. The Croatian men arrive in Singapore off the back of a silver medal finish at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and are targeting their fourth world title, having previously won in Doha (2024), Budapest (2017), and Melbourne (2007).

The U.S. women, meanwhile, will look to bounce back from a fourth-place finish in Paris—where their quest for a fourth straight Olympic gold came to an end—and a disappointing World Cup campaign, in which they failed to qualify out of the Division 1 tournament to the final.

In other story lines, Serbia enters Singapore as the reigning Olympic champion in the men’s tournament, claiming gold at three consecutive Games. Spain, fresh from securing its first-ever Olympic gold medal in women’s water polo at Paris 2024, will aim to continue its momentum.

Men’s Draw Results

Croatia begins its journey to defend its World Championship title from Group D, where it will compete against Greece, Montenegro, and the People’s Republic of China.

 

In Group A, Serbia, the reigning Olympic champions, will face Italy, the four-time World Champions, along with Romania and South Africa.

 

Spain, the 2025 Men’s Water Polo World Cup champions, aims to add an even larger trophy to their collection from Group B, where they will take on Hungary, the 2023 World Champions, as well as Australia and Japan.

 

The host nation, Singapore, is in Group C, where it will compete against Team USA, the bronze medalists from the Paris 2024 Olympics, along with Brazil and Canada.

Group A

Serbia

Italy

Romania

South Africa

Group B

Spain

Hungary

Australia

Japan

Group C

United States

Brazil

Canada

Singapore

Group D

Croatia

Greece

Montenegro

China

Women’s Draw Results
Team USA, the defending World Champions, was drawn in Group B for the tournament. In this group, they will face the 2023 World Champions from the Netherlands, the People’s Republic of China, and Argentina.
 
Olympic champions Spain will compete in Group D, where they will battle against Great Britain, South Africa, and France.
 
Olympic silver medalists Australia will begin their campaign in Group A, taking on Italy, New Zealand, and the host nation, Singapore.
 
In Group C, Greece and Hungary, the gold and silver medalists from the Women’s Water Polo World Cup 2025 Final, will also compete against Japan and Croatia.
 

Group A

Australia
Italy
Singapore
New Zealand

Group B

People’s Republic of China
Argentina
United States
Netherlands

Group C

Croatia
Greece
Japan
Hungary

Group D

Great Britain
South Africa
France
Spain

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – William & Mary Athletics recorded strong numbers in the latest Academic Progress Rate released by the NCAA on Tuesday. The Tribe saw an increase in both perfect APR scores and NCAA Public Recognition Awards, while ranking second nationally among all public universities in both categories.   
 

W&M programs garnered 14 Public Recognition Awards, which were the most in the CAA and the state of Virginia. The Tribe ranked sixth overall nationally for awards. It marked W&M’s second most awards in the program’s 21-year history, up two from last year, and most for the university since it had 18 for the cohort ending in 2004-05. Only the University of Michigan’s 15 Public Recognition Awards among public schools topped the Tribe nationally.
 

Public Recognition Awards go to teams earning multiyear Academic Progress Rates in the top 10% of all squads in their respective sport. The list of Public Recognition Award winners for W&M includes: Men’s Basketball, Men’s and Women’s Cross Country, Men’s and Women’s Golf, Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Women’s Soccer, Men’s and Women’s Swimming, Women’s Tennis, Men’s Track & Field, and Volleyball.
 

W&M has received 145 Public Recognition Awards all-time. Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics, and Women’s Golf have each produced a school-best 13 awards in the history of the APR.
 

As a department, W&M’s APR for 2023-24 was 996 among its 21 programs (indoor and outdoor track and field are combined), while its multiyear APR was 994.06, ahead of the national average of 984. The APR included data from the 2020-21 academic year through the 2023-24 academic year.
 
In total, 17 Tribe programs achieved perfect APRs in 2023-24 and 13 produced perfect multi-year APRs. Each of those totals was up one from the previous numbers in 2022-23. The Tribe’s 13 multiyear APRs ranked second among all Division I public schools, seventh nationally among all DI intuitions, and once again led the state of Virginia and the CAA.
 
The 17 teams that sported 1,000 APRs in 2023-24 included Men’s Basketball, Men’s and Women’s Cross Country, Field Hockey, Men’s and Women’s Golf, Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Men’s and Women’s Soccer, Men’s and Women’s Swimming, Men’s and Women’s Tennis, Men’s Track and Field and Volleyball.
 
Each academic year, every Division I sports team across the country calculates its APR using a simple and consistent formula. Each term, scholarship student-athletes can earn 1 point for remaining eligible and 1 point for staying in school or graduating. For schools that do not offer scholarships, recruited student-athletes are tracked.
 
The Academic Performance Program has established an essential framework for academic excellence. The program provides measurable goals to ensure schools are fulfilling their commitment of equipping student-athletes with the tools and resources necessary to achieve academic success.
 
In the past 21 years of the Academic Performance Program, nearly 22,000 student-athletes have gone back to school to earn their degrees and APR points for their former team. For football (6,428), baseball (2,416), and men’s (1,657) and women’s basketball (761), more than 11,000 former student-athletes have returned to college and earned degrees. These student-athletes are typically not counted in the federal graduation rate or Graduation Success Rate calculations. 
 

The APR is another example of the Tribe’s success in the classroom. During the fall, the Tribe achieved elite marks in the NCAA annuals ratings – graduation rates and the APR. During the fall, the Tribe led all Division I public institutions in Federal Graduation Rate for the 19th time in the last 20 years. W&M’s 88% FGR was well ahead of the national average for all student-athletes (68%). It ranked ninth overall among all Division I schools and was the highest in the state of Virginia. W&M had 14 teams report a 100% GSR (men’s and women’s basketball, women’s cross country and track & field, field hockey, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s gymnastics, lacrosse, women’s soccer, women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis, and volleyball).
 

Sport	2023-24 APR	Multiyear APR
Baseball	947	978
Men’s Basketball	1,000	994
Men’s Cross Country	1,000	1,000
Football	996	985
Men’s Golf	1,000	1,000
Men’s Gymnastics	1,000	1,000
Men’s Soccer	1,000	990
Men’s Swimming	1,000	1,000
Men’s Tennis	1,000	990
Men’s Track and Field	1,000	1,000
Women’s Basketball	982	995
Women’s Cross Country	1,000	1,000
Field Hockey	1,000	994
Women’s Golf	1,000	1,000
Women’s Gymnastics	1,000	1,000
Women’s Lacrosse	1,000	1,000
Women’s Soccer	1,000	1,000
Women’s Swimming	1,000	1,000
Women’s Tennis	1,000	1,000
Women’s Track & Field	991	998
Volleyball	1,000	1,000

 It’s Trophy Time! 

 Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!

The Big West will begin its quest for the title on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the 2025 National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship inside the Covelli Center in Columbus, Ohio on Thursday, May 8.  Second-seeded Big West champion Hawai’i (26-5) takes on No. 7 seed Penn State (15-15) at 10:30 a.m. PT/7:30 a.m. HT. The Nittany Lions advanced to the contest after winning their opening-round matchup last Friday, downing Daemen in three. Top-ranked and No. 1 seed Long Beach State (27-3) meets No. 8 seed Fort Valley State (16-9) at 2 p.m. PT.  

 

The Big West has been a finalist in each of the last six National Collegiate Championship brackets, claiming four of the last six national collegiate titles. Hawai’i hoisted consecutive trophies in 2021 and ’22 and Long Beach State earned the championship in both 2018 and ’19. In both 2019 and ’22, the championship finale featured both the Rainbow Warriors and the Beach in an All-Big West showdown for the title and should the bracket hold true, 2025 will see the same. 

 About the Bracket

The Big West will embark on the quest for the title owning the top two lines in the 2025 National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship. A third team, UC Irvine, was listed as the first team out of the fray after the second at-large bid in the bracket went to UCLA.

The Big West victor Hawai’i occupies the No. 2 position with regular-season champion Long Beach State claiming the No. 1 seed in the bracket with games slated at the Covelli Center in Columbus, Ohio. UH enters with an overall record of 26-5 on the season and is set to take on No. 7 seed Penn State. Hawai’i owns an 18-10 all-time record over the Nittany Lions, including a straight-set victory on O’ahu on the second day of the 2025 Outrigger Invitational back in March.  

Should UH advance in the bracket, the semifinal opponent will be the victor between defending champion and No. 3 seed UCLA and Belmont Abbey. The Rainbow Warriors saw Belmont Abbey back on Feb. 20 in a 3-0 road sweep. The last time UH met up with UCLA was back in 2023, a 3-1 win in the regular season followed by a loss in the championship match in Fairfax, Va. 

Top-seeded Long Beach State earned an at-large bid into the field after a stellar 2025 campaign with just three blemishes on the record. The Beach (27-5) opens up their quest for the title against eighth-seeded Fort Valley State (16-9) as the back-to-back SIAC champions. The two teams saw each other earlier this season back on Jan. 31 as the Beach swept through The quarterfinal match is set for May 8 at 2 p.m. PT. 

LBSU’s semifinal foe will be the winner of the No. 4/5 matchup between Loyola Chicago and Pepperdine. The Beach holds a 7-0 all-time series record over Loyola with the last meeting going five in Walter Pyramid back on Feb. 5, 2023. The last clash with the Waves came on Jan. 26 in Malibu, Calif., a 3-2 win for the Beach. 

The Big West has been a mainstay on the national stage since sport-sponsorship and 2025 is sure to be no exception. The league has combined for four national titles with both Long Beach State (2018, ’19) and Hawai’i (2021, ’22) going back-to-back for the crown. Two of those iterations were between the Beach and the ’Bows, one of the fiercest men’s volleyball rivalries around. At least one league team has been a national finalist in each of the last six seasons. 

UH won its first national title in 2021 at the Covelli Center, defeating BYU in straight sets with the 2022 title defense captured in Los Angeles against LBSU. The Warriors return to the national tournament after making four consecutive title match appearances from 2019-23.  

For Long Beach State, the championship victories came in consecutive seasons as well with one coming in an all Big West finale in 2019 as the Beach played host. All told, LBSU has been on the national postseason stage 15 times, with six appearances and two titles in The Big West era (2018, ’19, ’22, ’23, ’24) and another championship hoisting moment back in 1991. 

 League Superiority

The Big West has dominated the collegiate men’s volleyball landscape since the league began its sponsorship of the sport ahead of the 2018 campaign, laying claim to four of the last six national titles, with at least one national finalist in each season. 

Long Beach State went back-to-back in 2018 and ’19, first rallying past host UCLA, 3-2, and then Hawai’i, 3-1, at its own Walter Pyramid. After the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out the 2020 installment, Hawai’i claimed the crown in 2021 and ’22, both in straight sets, over BYU in Columbus, Ohio, followed by a rematch with the Beach at UCLA in ’22. In 2023’s installment, UH was vying for a three-peat, but fell just short with UCLA earning the title at George Mason in Fairfax, Va., defeating The Big West champions in four in the finale. Last season, UCLA was able to secure the repeat, with Long Beach State closing as national runners-up after hosting the Championship at Walter Pyramid.

 Real Recognize Real

The AVCA National Player of the Year has gone to a Big West player in each of the last four seasons and six of the seven years since the league began sponsoring men’s volleyball. Reigning award winner Hilir Henno is a senior at UC Irvine in 2025.

This year’s Player of the Year is set to be announced Friday evening from Columbus after the banquet. Big West Player of the Year and AVCA Newcomer of the Year Moni Nikolov is a prime candidate for selection. 

All-American Heroes

 After yet another stellar year on courts across the league, five programs from The Big West are represented in the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s (AVCA) 35th National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball All-America Team, unveiled on Monday. All told, the league boasts 10 on the first and second teams, over 40 percent of all honorees, and another 12 on the honorable mention listings.  

 

The 24 first- and second-team players sees representatives from 11 schools across the country, including five Big West member-institutions. League champion Hawai’i and national No. 1 Long Beach State each see a pair of players on the first team, and three total All-Americans. UC Irvine sports two honorees on the main listings with CSUN and UC San Diego claiming one apiece.  

 

The Big West comprises half of the first-team selections, headlined by 2025 Big West Player and Freshman of the Year Moni Nikolov. The setter from Long Beach State earns the first-team nod as well as AVCA Newcomer of the Year honors after an impeccable first season on the court. Nikolov is joined by Skyler Varga on the first-team listings with middle blocker DiAeris McRaven earning the second-team nod.

 

Hawai’i also claims a trio of selections with sophomore setter Tread Rosenthal up from the honorable mention listings last season. The international freshman attacking tandem of Adrien Roure and Kristian Titriyski made the first and second team listings, respectively. Heading into the Championship on a high from The Big West title, Roure was named the Most Valuable Player of The Hawaiian Islands presents the 2025 Outrigger Big West Men’s Volleyball Championship to get his first postseason started.

Honorable mention All-American players primed for the national postseason include ‘Eleu Choy (UH libero), Daniil Hershtynovich (LBSU RS), Kellen Larson (LBSU libero) and Nurt Nusterer (UH MB).