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Jose Rodriguez Powers the Mussels; Six

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Image courtesy of William Parmeter, Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (photo of Jose Rodriguez)

I’ve been out for two weeks, 10 days of a nice vacation, and computer issues since I’ve been back. So, I apologize for the late posting os today’s minor-league report. Fortunately, there were a few position performances on Thursday. 

CURRENT W-L Records
Minnesota Twins: 41-46 (tied for 2nd in AL Central, 12.5 games behind Detroit.)
St. Paul Saints: 37-45 (7th place in the International League West Division, 10.5 games behind Indianapolis)
Wichita Wind Surge: 43-35 (2nd in Texas League North, 5.0 games behind Springfield.)
Cedar Rapids Kernels: 44-34 (2nd place in the Midwest League’s West Division, 3.0 games behind Quad Cities.)
Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 32-44 (6th place in the Florida State League’s West Division, 15.5 games behind Lakeland.)
FCL Twins: 26-14 (1st in FCL South, 3.0 games ahead of the FCL Orioles.
DSL Twins: 6-16 (7th place in DSL West)  

TRANSACTIONS
Jonah Bride cleared waivers and was outrighted to St. Paul.

SAINTS SENTINEL
St. Paul 4, Gwinnett 7
Box Score
The struggles continue for Cory Lewis this season. On Thursday, he gave up three runs on three hits over four innings. He struck out four, but he walked five batters. He has thrown more knuckleballs this season than he had in the past which certainly could be a cause. 

Trent Baker came on in relief and gave up three runs on five hits. In three innings, he walked one and struck out five batters. Kyle Bischoff pitched the eighth inning. He was charged with an unearned run on one hit.   

Down 2-0 after one inning, the Saints scored two in the top of the second inning. Anthony Prato singled and stole second. With two outs, he scored on a Will Holland single. The speedster stole second and went to third on a slow roller down the third base line by Noah Cardenas. Payton Eeles followed with a double to left field, but it only scored Holland and evened the score at two. 

In the third inning, the Saints scored two more to take a 4-2 lead. Carson McCusker led off the inning with a walk. He stole second. With two outs, Aaron Sabato drilled a home run, his third with the Saints. 

That was it for the Saints offense. The Strippers just pecked away, scoring in four of their final five innings on offense. 

Eeles led the offense, recording three hits and an RBI in the game. His double was his second since rejoining the team. Prato had two hits and stole his 12th and 13th bases. Cardenas went 2-for-3 and was hit by a pitch. 

WIND SURGE WISDOM
Wichita 10, Tulsa 6 (10 innings)
Box Score
A six-run 10th inning helped the Surge to a big win in Oklahoma on Thursday night. 

Wichita took the 1-0 lead in the top of the second innings. Ricardo Olivar walked and stole second base. He advanced to third on a Nate Baez single. With two outs, the Surge went with a double steal. Baez stole second and Olivar stole home.     

The Surge scored a single run in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings. In the fifth frame, Kaelen Culpepper singled to drive in Jose Salas, who had walked and stole second. The Drillers scored three in the bottom of the fifth to take a brief lead. In the top of the sixth, Kyler Fedko walked, stole second and third. After Olivar walked and stole second, Ben Ross hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game at 3-3. 

In the top of the 7th, Jorel Ortega led off with a double. He went to third on a ‘productive out, (grounding to second base) by Culpepper. Ortega scored on a wild pitch to tie the game at 4-4 which is how things remained until the top of the 10th inning. 

Ortega began as the Manfred Man, standing on second. Culpepper singled to left. Gonzalez walked. Walker singled to drive in Ortega. Fedko walked which drove in Culpepper. Olivar and Ben Ross each walked to drive in runs. Jose Salas was hit by a pitch to drive in a run. The sixth and final run of the inning scored on a ground out. 

Joel Cesar came on for the 10th inning. He gave up two runs (1 earned) on two hits but held the big lead.   

Connor Prielipp started and tossed three scoreless innings. He gave up one hit, walked two and had six strikeouts. He also hit a batter. Ricky Castro came in and gave up three runs on four hits and two walks in 1 2/3 innings. Jacob Wosinski gave up one run on one hit and one walk in 1 1/3 innings. He struck out… you guessed it, one batter. Tanner Andrews tossed two scoreless innings, and Cole Percival struck out two batters in a scoreless ninth frame. 

Kaelen Culpepper went 2-for-6 and stole a base. Ortega also had two hits including his seventh double. Olivar went 0-for-2, but he walked three times and had three of the team’s nine stolen bases in the game. Kyler Fedko, who walked twice, also had two stolen bases, putting him at 20 for the season.         

KERNELS NUGGETS
Cedar Rapids 3, Quad Cities 4 
Box Score
Through three innings (and five innings), the Kernels found themselves down by a score of 4-0. In the top of the sixth, Caden Kendle led off with a double. Kyle DeBarge pushed him to third base with a single to right. DeBarge then stole his 44th base. Both runners scored on a Billy Amick double to cut the deficit in half at 4-2.   

That’s how the score remained until the top of the ninth. With one out, Andy Lugo tripled. Kyle Hess struck out but the catcher had to make the throw to first base which allowed Lugo to score from third base and again cut the deficit in half, this time to 4-3. But that was as close as the Kernels got. 

The Kernels had seven hits and three walks. DeBarge went 2-for-3 with a walk. Amick went 1-for-3 with a walk. His double was his eighth. Kendle’s double was his 13th. 

Jose Olivares started and gave up four runs (3 earned) on five hits and two walks in just three innings. Jacob Kisting tossed two scoreless relief innings, and Kade Bragg had three strikeouts over three perfect innings.  

MUSSEL MATTERS
Fort Myers 9, Bradenton 2   
Box Score
The Mussels scored nine runs on 10 hits, but they were also helped by eight walks, a hit batter, and three Bradenton errors. That said, this was a 2-2 game until the sixth inning.

Jose Rodriguez put the Mussels on the board in the second on an RBI double scoring Blaze O’Saben. Rodriguez late scored on an error. 

Jump to the sixth inning. Recently-released Jack Noble is pitching for the Marauders. He gave up a solo home run to Yasser Mercedes to give Fort Myers a 3-2 lead. They broke things open with a three-run seventh inning. With one out, Dameury Pena walked and stole second. Bryan Acuna walked. Then Daniel Pena walked to load the bases. Mercedes drove in one run with a sacrifice fly. Caleb McNeely followed with a two-run double that made it 6-2. 

The Mussels added a single run in the eighth inning on Jose Rodriguez’s seventh home run of the season. In the ninth, they added a run on an Angel Del Rosario single. Later in the inning, Dameury Pena was the third consecutive Mussel batter to walk which drove in the ninth run. 

Dylan Questad was the beneficiary of the offensive support. He gave up two runs on three hits over five innings. He had five walks and five strikeouts. Ivran Romero and Brennen Oxford each threw two scoreless innings. Romero had four strikeouts and Oxford struck out three batters. 

Dameury Pena went 2-for-4 with two walks. He also had four stolen bases to give him 13 on the season. Mercedes went 2-for-4 with his fifth homer. Rodriguez was also 2-for-4 with his eighth double, seventh homer, and he had an outfield assist in the game. Del Rosario went 2-for-5.  

COMPLEX CHRONICLES
FCL Twins, FCL Orioles (DH)
Box Score
Rains caused the FCL games to be postponed. They hope to make up the games in mid-July. 

DOMINICAN DAILIES
DSL Twins 7, DSL Cardinals 12 
Box Score 
After five innings, the Twins found themselves trailing by a score of 12-1. They didn’t giver up, but they weren’t able to get with tying the game with two swings either. 

Elie Urena started and gave up two runs on zero hits in 2/3 of an inning. He had five walks and threw three wild pitches. Marlon Mirabal came on with the bases loaded and kept it from going beyond two runs. He went 2 1/3 innings and gave up four runs on four hits and two walks. Brandy Ceballos gave up six runs (5 earned) on four hits and three walks. He struck out four batters. Greidi Pina and Jensi Infante each threw a scoreless inning. Pina had three strikeouts. 

The Twins scored four runs in the seventh inning and two more in the eighth, but the efforts came up well short. 

Yovanny Duran led the offense. He went 4-for-5 with his second double. Teilon Serrano was 2-for-4 with a walk, his fourth double, and three runs scored. Haritzon Castillo’s fourth double of the season scored two of the three runs he drove in.

PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Hitter of the Day  
Jose Rodriguez (Fort Myers):  2-for-4, 2B(8), HR (7), R, 4 RBI

Pitcher of the Day 
Kade Bragg (Cedar Rapids): 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K.

PROSPECT SUMMARY
Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did on Thursday.

#1– Walker Jenkins (Wichita) – 1-for-5, R, RBI (DHd)
#4 – Kaelen Culpepper (Wichita) – 2-for-6, R, RBI, SB(3) (played SS)
#5 – Connor Prielipp (Wichita) – 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, HBP, 6 K, 62 pitches, 39 strikes (62.9%) 
#9 – Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) – 1-for-4, 2 K (started SS)
#10 – Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids) – 2-for-3, BB, R, K, SB(44) (played 2B)
#12 – Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids) – 1-for-3, BB, 2B(8), 2 RBI, K
#13 – Gabriel Gonzalez (Wichita) – 0-for-4, BB, R (played RF)
#17 – Cory Lewis (St. Paul) – 4 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, 80 pitches, 42 strikes (52.5%)
#18 – Ricardo Olivar (Wichita) – 0-for-2, 3 BB, 2 R, 1 RBI, 3-SB(8)
#19 – Danny De Andrade (Cedar Rapids) – 1-for-4, 2 K
#20 – Payton Eeles (St. Paul) – 3-for-5, 2B(2), RBI.

FRIDAY PITCHING PROBABLES
Tampa Bay @ Minnesota (3:10 PM CT) – RHP Chris Paddack (3-7, 4.70 ERA)
St. Paul @ Gwinnett (6:05 PM CT) – Marco Raya (0-4, 7.15 ERA)
Tulsa @ Wichita (6:35 PM CT) – RHP C.J. Culpepper (0-0, 0.84 ERA)   
Quad Cities @ Cedar Rapids (6:35 PM) – Cole Peschl (2-1, 3.86 ERA)
Bradenton @ Fort Myers (6:05 PM) – Eli Jones (2-7, 5.65 ERA)
FCL Twins @ FCL Red Sox (11:00 AM) – TBD
DSL Yankees @ DSL Twins (DH at 9:00 AM) – TBD, TBD 

Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the rosters, and discuss Thursday’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related!

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Wisconsin volleyball vs. Stanford NCAA tournament time, TV released

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Wisconsin volleyball’s NCAA tournament regional semifinal match now has an opponent, date, time and TV assignment.

The third-seeded Badgers will face second-seeded Stanford on Dec. 12 in Austin, Texas, the NCAA announced following the conclusion of the second round.

The Wisconsin-Stanford match will begin 30 minutes after the Indiana-Texas match, which starts at 11 a.m. CT. Depending on the duration of the first match, UW could potentially begin its match between 1 and 2 p.m.



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Florida’s Season Concludes in NCAA Second Round After Falling to No.2/7 SMU

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DALLAS, TX – The University of Florida volleyball team’s 2025 campaign came to an end on Saturday night, falling to the No. 2 seed and No. 7 ranked SMU in three sets (11-25, 21-25, 24-26) in Moody Coliseum.

On top of making the program’s 35th-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, first under new leadership of Head Coach Ryan Theis, the Gators concluded the 2025 season with an 16-11 overall record. Additionally, Florida posted a 9-6 record in SEC play, matching its preseason projection with a fifth-place finish.

Offensively, Florida registered more kills than SMU, 44-41, but totaled 25 hitting errors for a .156 hitting clip to the Mustangs’ .370 clip, as they recorded only seven attacking errors.

Setter Alexis Stucky dished out 40 assists and led three Gators to double digits offensively. Jordyn Byrd led the way with a team-high 14 kills for her fifth-consecutive match in double digits, while Aniya Madkin recorded her third-straight with 11.

At the net, Jaela Auguste and Alec Rothe each had two blocks, with Auguste added 12 kills and a team-best .273 clip and Rothe chipped in six kills.

In her final match wearing the Orange and Blue, senior Emily Canaan led the Gators backcourt with 10 digs. Freshman Libero Lily Hayes and Kira Hutson each finished with six digs, while both Stucky and Ella Vogel recorded five. After subbing in during the third set, Bella Lee contributed three digs.

Behind the service line, Hayes and Stucky recorded Florida’s two aces.

SMU’s Kennedi Rogers led the Mustang’s offense with 14 kills and a .440 hitting clip.

Records:

Florida (16-12, 9-6 SEC)

No. 2/7 SMU (27-5, 17-3 ACC)

 

All-Time Series record:

0-0 (0-1 under Theis)

3-set: 0-1, 4-set: 0-0; 5-set: 0-0

Home: 0-0; Away: 0-1; Neutral: 0-0

 

How It Happened

Set 1

  • After opening the set 0-4, a kill from Byrd put the Gators on the board, but SMU’s block allowed for a 2-8 lead and forced an early Florida timeout. Out of the huddle, the Mustangs strung together four points, but back-to-back kills from Byrd and Rothe helped cut the deficit to 4-12. The Gators continued to struggle to find any rhythm offensively and was unable to make the comeback, falling 11-25 in the first set.

  • Set 1 Team Stats | .000 Hitting %|10 Kills | 9 Assists | 13 Digs | 0.0 Blocks | 0 Aces

  • SMU Stats | .483 Hitting %| 14 Kills | 14 Assists | 15 Digs | 5.0 Blocks | 0 Aces

Set 2

  • A kill from Madkin put Florida first on the board, but the Mustangs responded with three straight to take a two-point lead. Back-to-back kills from Madkin and Auguste notched it up at five, as the two teams exchanged points until a block from Auguste and Vidacic followed by a kill from Vidacic gave the Gators a 13-10 lead and forced an SMU timeout. Out of the huddle, an ace from Hayes kept the momentum going, but the Mustangs tied it up at 17. With the race to 25 inching near, SMU went on an 8-4 scoring run to take a 25-21 second-set win and a 2-0 match lead.

  • Set 2 Team Stats | .222 Hitting %| 14 Kills | 12 Assists | 8 Digs | 2.0 Blocks | 2 Aces

  • SMU Stats | .333 Hitting %| 13 Kills | 13 Assists |12 Digs |4.0 Blocks | 3 Aces

Set 3

  • The Gators started set three with back-to-back kills from Madkin and Auguste, as the middle blocker recorded two more kills to give the Gators a 5-3 lead. The Mustangs went on a 3-0 scoring run to take a one-point lead, as the teams have five tied scores until the Gators strung three points behind attacks from Madkin and Auguste to head into the media timeout with a 15-12 lead. Following the break, two kills from Madkin stretched Florida’s lead to four (17-13), but SMU responded with another 3-0 run to inch back within one. Points from Byrd allowed the Gators to be the first to 20, but back-to-back kills from Kennedi Rogers allowed the Mustangs to clinch it up and take a 22-20 lead. With the race to 25 inching near, an attack from Rothe followed by a block from her and Hutson evened the score at 22, as the teams battled for points until SMU clinched the 26-24 victory.  

  • Set 3 Team Stats | .224 Hitting %| 20 Kills | 20 Assists | 16 Digs |2.0 Blocks | 0 Aces

  • SMU Stats | .306 Hitting %| 14 Kills |14 Assists |17 Digs | 6.0 Blocks | 1 Ace

Hear from Head Coach Ryan Theis:
“Congratulations and good luck to SMU… they earned it. I thought being down 0-2 on the road, I really enjoyed our spirit in the third set. It was fun to see Aniya get going for a little bit. We scored 20 and were in it in the end and obviously didn’t finish.”  

On his first year as Florida’s Head Coach…

“Transition is hard. This is my third time doing it and all of them have had challenges. Really a lot of my energy and time is spent making sure they are having a good time, a good experience and they are in a good space. It was difficult, but will continue to move forward.”

Outside Hitter Jordyn Byrd on her first year playing collegiate volleyball and her first year being a Gator…

“This season was definitely very special. We have talked about the changes this past year, so being able to do all of that with this group of girls was special to me. Coming from a different program, having everyone welcome me with such open arms meant a lot to me.”

Setter Alexis Stucky on her four years as a Gator…

“I am just super grateful. I had a wonderful experience and had such great coaching staff, such great teammates. Gainesville has given me a lot of great times and a lot of hard times. It has made me push through a lot of adversity and I am just really, really grateful for the people I have done it with.”

Notables

  • The Gators are now 28-6 in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament.

  • In the NCAA Tournament, Florida holds an 85-36 record.

  • UF moved to 6-4 in three-set matches this season and 56-16 in NCAA play.

  • Florida sits 6-7 in away matches during the 2025 campaign and is now 5-10 in the NCAA Tournament.

  • Florida’s record is 1-3 against ACC opponents.

  • When playing on a Saturday, Florida’s record sits 1-1.

  • In the month of December, UF finished with a 1-1 record.

  • Against AVCA Top-25 opponents, Florida’s record is 4-8.  

  • Three names recorded double-digit kills:

  • One Gator finished with double-digit digs:

  • Alexis Stucky ranks 9th for career assists in Program history with 3,047

2025 DI women’s volleyball championship schedule
All times listed in ET

  • Selection show: 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 30

  • First and second rounds: Dec. 4-5 or Dec. 5-6

  • Regionals: Dec. 11 and 13 or Dec. 12 and 14

  • Semifinals: Thursday, Dec. 18

  • National championship: 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 21 | ABC

 
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Women’s Indoor Track Starts Season at Utica Holiday Classic

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UTICA, N.Y. – The Union College women’s indoor track & field team got the 2025-26 season underway on Saturday afternoon at the Utica Holiday Classic, with a limited squad posting two conference championship qualifiers and two personal bests at the non-scoring meet.
 
First-year Eilis McKenna led three Union runners in the top-eight of the mile, earning a second-place finish with a time of 5:28.56 that qualified her for the Liberty League Championships. Classmates Kate Monaco (5:38.09) and Abbie Goodwin (6:11.12) placed fourth and eighth, respectively, for the Garnet Chargers as well.
 
Sophomore Charlotte Knight started her season with a career-best time in the 800 meters, finishing in 2:38.97 to place fourth out of 10 runners.
 
In the field events, junior Epephanie LaBoy qualified for the conference championship in the weight throw with a top toss of 10.19 meters. Sophomore Lauryn Johnson also competed in the event, posting a career-best mark of 7.75 meters.
 
First-year Leah Scopteuolo-Rosen cleared 1.43 meters in the high jump in her collegiate debut, and Johnson nabbed 37th in the shot put with a top mark of 8.07 meters.
 
The Garnet Chargers will take a few weeks off for winter break before returning to action on January 10 at the Middlebury Snowflake Invitational.
 



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Nebraska vs. Kansas State: 2025 NCAA volleyball second round highlights

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Watch full match highlights from the second round matchup between No. 1 Nebraska vs No. 9 Kansas State in the 2025 NCAA women’s volleyball tournament.

NOTE: As mentioned in the broadcast, ESPN was experiencing audio technical difficulties.



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Men’s Track and Field Opens Season at Suffolk with Several Strong Performances

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BOSTON, Mass. – The Bentley men’s track and field team began the 2025-26 indoor season at the Suffolk Relays on Saturday and had several strong performances.

Sophomore Michael Eddy won the one mile with a time of 4:32.97 which was almost three seconds better than the second place runner.

Senior Ryan Orr was second in the 800 at 1:56.07. Bentley had three runners in the top-five with William Reiser fourth and Anthony Cronin fifth.

The long distance races saw two Bentley runners have top-three finishes. Steven D’Alessandro was second in the 5000 (15:04.94) and Jeff Warnock was third in the 3000 (9:27.24).

In the field events, Donald Dumont was second in the long jump.

 



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Head Volleyball Coach in Hays, KS for Fort Hays State University

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Posted: 07-Dec-25

Location: Hays, Kansas

Type: Full-time

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Coaching – Volleyball

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Required Education:

4 Year Degree

Organize, develop, recruit and administer all functions of a D-II Women’s Volleyball program funded for national success.


Volleyball staff includes additional positions for a Full-time Assistant (w/ benefits) and Graduate Assistant.


Fundamental duties include, but are not limited to, coaching, recruitment of student-athletes, commitment to academic and athletic success of student-athletes, as well as student-athlete development, budget and scholarship management, and supervision of support staff. The Head Coach will manage day-to-day team operations, practice/game preparation, and team travel. This position collaborates with intercollegiate athletics staff members, Sports Medicine, academic support, compliance, and institutional partners. The Head Coach must appropriately represent the team, department, and University in public and media appearances. This position reports directly to the Director of Athletics.

  1. Provides leadership, organization, and supervision for all aspects of the women’s volleyball program.
  2. Supervises student-athletes during practices and games, observing and evaluating performance and demonstrating proper techniques.
  3. Hire, supervise, evaluate, and mentor full-time, graduate assistant, and student staff.
  4. Supports and monitors the academic performance of student-athletes in conjunction with the compliance and academic support staff.
  5. Design and implement the overall program recruiting strategy – identification, evaluation, recruitment, and retention of prospective student-athletes. 
  6. Direct oversight and management of the program’s finances and administration of athletic scholarships.
  7. Manages the women’s volleyball program within the parameters of the approved operating budget.
  8. Develops and engages in impactful fundraising activities in conjunction with the Athletics’ External Relations staff as needed.
  9. Represents the university and women’s volleyball program at professional meetings, alumni events, University Foundation events, and other events as necessary.
  10. Enhances the student-athlete experience through team expectations, personal development, and opportunities, such as but not limited to community service, team building, leadership development, etc.
  11. Assists in directing or directs camps and clinics.
  12.  Responsible for scheduling of non-conference competitions and practices, team and recruiting travel arrangements, preseason arrangements, and student-athlete meetings.
  13. Attends and participates in scheduled compliance seminars and complies with all  Athletic Department efforts to monitor compliance with NCAA regulations.
  14. Responsible for compliance with NCAA, MIAA, and institutional rules and regulations, ensuring program compliance.  
  15. Active member of the FHSU Athletic Department and University.
  16. Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS
Relevant, successful coaching experience, preferably at the collegiate level.  Proven ability to teach sport-specific skills and develop successful competitive strategies. Strong communication skills (written and oral), a high level of organization, and attention to detail required.  Public relations skills.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree in a related field.  Relevant, successful coaching experience is required.  Master’s degree preferred.

https://ncaamarket.ncaa.org/jobs/21888746/head-volleyball-coach



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