EUGENE, Ore. – Memphis throwers Gabriel Koletsi and Sascha Salesius Schmidt are set to make their NCAA Championships debuts on Wednesday, as both will compete on the first day of the NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships.  

The events will go from June 11 to 14 at historic Hayward Field at the University of Oregon. A full schedule, live results link and streaming information can be found above. 

Koletsi will be the first to represent the Tigers, with the men’s javelin set to begin at 7:15 p.m. CT. After reaching NCAA Regionals each of the last two seasons at UMBC, Koletsi qualified for his first Championships after placing 11th behind a 67.84-meter javelin throw at the East Regional in Jacksonville.  

Schmidt also will compete in his first Championships after coming up just short in each of his first two seasons at Memphis. His season-best shot put launch of 18.77 meters placed 12th in the competition to earn him a berth. His competition will begin at 8:10 p.m. CT.

Koletsi is the first javelin thrower to represent Memphis at NCAAs since Mona Jaidi and Ashley Pryke in 2018, and Sascha marks the first shot put qualifier in a decade (Vivian Brandhoff, 2015). 

How to follow the Tigers: For complete information on Memphis Tiger Cross Country and Track & Field, visit www.GoTigersGo.com and follow the team’s social media channels on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. 

FREMONT, Neb. – Midland University has released its 2025 volleyball schedule, which features 28 regular-season matches ahead of the postseason. The Warriors, under the direction of new head coach Micah Rhodes, will open their campaign August 21 at the Missouri Baptist University Invitational in St. Louis, Missouri.

Midland will face a challenging schedule right out of the gate, with seven of its first nine opponents having qualified for the 2024 NAIA National Tournament. In total, 11 of the Warriors’ matches will come against national tournament teams, providing early and consistent tests for a program that has made 11 NAIA Championship appearances in the past 12 seasons.

“We will be challenged, and I couldn’t be more excited to hit the ground running with this particular group of young women,” said Rhodes, who takes over the program following the retirement of longtime head coach Paul Giesselmann. “Opening the season down in St. Louis against four teams that advanced to the NAIA National Tournament final site is about as tough as you can get, but the team will be well-prepared. That level of competition is the standard these players have come to know and expect.”

The 2025 slate opens with four matches over two days in St. Louis, including matchups against perennial powers Viterbo and host Missouri Baptist. After their home opener against York University on August 26, the Warriors head to Omaha for the College of Saint Mary Labor Day Classic, where they will take on four more quality opponents including College of Idaho, Benedictine (Kan.), and The Master’s.

Rhodes has also emphasized growth and development through the junior varsity program, which includes a home JV/Varsity doubleheader against Grand View University and the addition of the program’s first-ever home JV tournament.

“I really want to embrace the concept of using the JV program as developmental for our younger athletes,” he said. “I’m also excited to have added a non-conference home JV/V doubleheader with Grand View to give our home fans another opportunity to see us play.”

Conference play begins September 6 on the road against College of Saint Mary. Midland will play 16 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) matches, concluding regular-season action at home against Hastings College on November 4.

“As always, our tough preseason and conference schedules are designed to prepare us for when it matters most, which is the postseason and our goal of advancing to Sioux City,” Rhodes said. “We aren’t playing for August and September, but instead for November and December.”

Rhodes also shared his outlook for the program’s new chapter, stating, “I’m excited for the players to embrace the change that comes with new leadership, while remaining true to who we are as a team and program. The standards and expectations are the same. We are competing for a national championship. But my hope is that the players will take pride in beginning a new era of Midland Volleyball.”

Postseason play is set to begin with the GPAC Tournament on November 8, with the NAIA National Championship Opening Round on November 22. The NAIA Championship Final Site will once again take place in Sioux City, Iowa from December 3-9.

Key returners from last year’s squad include All-GPAC First Team honoree and Freshman of the Year Brooklynn Snyder, as well as All-GPAC Honorable Mention selection Cameran Jansky.

2025 Midland Volleyball Schedule Highlights

• Season Opener: August 21 vs. Viterbo University (St. Louis, Mo.)
• Home Opener: August 26 vs. York University (Fremont, Neb.)
• Conference Opener: September 6 at College of Saint Mary
• Homecoming Match: September 27 vs. Dakota Wesleyan University
• Final Home Match: November 4 vs. Hastings College
• NAIA Championship Dates: December 3-9 (Sioux City, Iowa)

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Southern Connecticut Men’s Cross Country and Track & Field placed 12th for the USTFCCCA Damon Martin Program of the Year Award which is handed out to the top program in all of NCAA Division II. They finished the year with 95 points based on their finishes at the NCAA DII Cross Country, Indoor, and Outdoor Track & Field National Championships. 

The Owls ranked 12th among all Division II school, qualifying for the award by reaching each of three National Championships for the 2024-2025 season. They placed 33rd at the 2024 NCAA DII Cross Country National Championships, 30th at the 2025 Indoor National Championships, and 27th at the 2025 Outdoor National Championships. Cameron Belton was the standout, earning All-American honors for both the Indoor and Outdoor Championships after finishing third and second in the Shot Put, recording personal bests both times. SCSU was the only DII school in the entire northeast to place for the award, with the 11 teams preceding them coming from Colorado (3), California (1), North Carolina (1), Kansas (2), Michigan (1), Montana (1), Illinois (1), and Texas (1). 

To read more and view the full standings, click here. 

Once again Eastview made quick work of its opponent.

This time, the Lightning cruised past Hopkins 25-17, 25-12, 25-19 in a state boys’ volleyball quarterfinal Tuesday.

Jay Thammavongsa had 15 kills, and Brice Dehnel 27 assists for the second-seeded Lightning (28-3), who hae won via sweep in 25 of their 31 matches this season.

“We get pushed a lot in practice. Our bench is constantly making us get better, making us work harder. That prepares us for all our opponents, but also the tougher ones where we have to think more and adjust more … and make the game easier on ourselves,” said Colin Nathan, a middle blocker and opposite hitter.

No. 2 Eastview will face No. 3 Rogers in a Wednesday semifinal. The Royals needed five sets to take down sixth-seeded St. Paul Central.

Hopkins (17-9) is the No. 7 seed, but Eastview coach Ryan Dehnel would not let his team overlook the Royals, especially after the Lightning watched large parts of the Rogers win.

“We knew coming in that if we could execute, we had a great chance to win. But we also knew that if we fell asleep at all, they were good enough and passionate enough that they were going to stick it to us,” Dehnel said. “We’ve got to stay steady and execute no matter what.”

Eastview had a 16-3 run in the second set when Hopkins was forced into some lineup changes due to a senior captain getting with a bloody nose.

The Lightning finished the match with a .395 attack percentage.

“The whole season it’s been that we have to execute. It doesn’t matter who we play. … We have to make sure we play our game,” said outside hitter Owen Kunisaki.

Hopkins stayed within two points for most of the third set.

“We’ve got a lot of resolve,” said Royals outside hitter Joseph Rinaldi. “We’ve had a lot of games where we started down and slowly caught back up. I think we were kind of waiting for that to happen, but it just didn’t.”

Gannon University women’s lacrosse head coach Jenny Pawlowski has been elected to the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Board of Directors. Her term as a Division II Representative will officially begin on July 1, 2025.

Pawlowski, who has been leading the Golden Knights since 2020, was elected through a special vote to serve a two-year term on the IWLCA Board of Directors. She was appointed to the Board in August 2024 to fill an unexpected vacancy and has served in that role for the past year. With her formal election, she will continue her service on the Board through 2027.

Under Pawlowski’s leadership, the Gannon women’s lacrosse program has shown significant growth and success. She has guided seven Golden Knights to All-PSAC honors, including Makenna Woodworth, Macy Hepditch (Waterloo, Ontario/Resurrection Catholic), Caroline Stevens (Syracuse, N.Y./Liverpool), Brooke Hepditch, Haleigh Manning (Milton, Ga./Cambridge), and Alexandra Kehrig (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport), all of whom received second team recognition. In 2025, junior midfielder Charlie Hunter (Boston, N.Y./Hamburg) became Pawlowski’s first player to be selected for the All-PSAC West first team.

As a key member of the Gannon athletics community over the past five years, Pawlowski brings valuable coaching and administrative experience to the IWLCA Board, helping to shape the future of collegiate women’s lacrosse at all levels.

“I am looking forward to continuing to serve on the IWLCA Board of Directors for Division II,” Pawlowski said. “I hope to promote and support the sport of women’s lacrosse for our division and for the college athletics landscape as a whole.”

IWLCA President Kelly Gallagher announced Pawlowski’s election as part of the 2025 Board of Directors election results. The IWLCA Board includes representatives from all three NCAA divisions and the NAIA, as well as leadership focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

Pawlowski will continue her work with the Board while leading the Golden Knights into the 2025-26 season.

2025-26 IWLCA Board of Directors (terms begin July 1)

Kelly Gallagher – University of Tampa – IWLCA President

Gabby Capuzzi Solomon – United States Naval Academy – IWLCA Vice-President

Liz Beville – Le Moyne College – IWLCA Secretary

Kelsey Howard – Colby College – IWLCA Treasurer

Division I Representatives

Amanda Belichick – College of the Holy Cross

Jill Batcheller – Villanova University

Bill Olin – Clemson University

Division II Representatives

Megan Smith – Lee University

Shannon McHale – Colorado Mesa University

Jenny Pawlowski – Gannon University

Division III Representatives

Nora Fallon-Oben – Hartwick College

Alice Lee – Williams College

Kate Livesay – Middlebury College

NAIA Representative

Katelyn Sherman – Ave Maria University

DEI Representatives

Ashley Holdridge – SUNY Buffalo

Taylor Paige – Virginia Tech

 

 

 

 

AUSTIN, Texas – No. 11/13 Texas track and field are set to send 19 student-athletes to the 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championships at Hayward Field hosted by the University of Oregon from June 11-14.

The No. 13 women will send 10 women to Eugene, while the No. 11 men have nine.

Live Stats: https://hookem.at/q6h

Broadcast: Wednesday, Thursday – ESPN | Friday, Saturday – ESPN2 (all field events will be streamed on ESPN+)

Women’s Entries:

4×100 Relay – Carleta Bernard, Holly Okuku, Kenondra Davis, Ramaiah Elliott (Nita Koom-Dadzie, alternate) |

• The Longhorns posted a season best time of 42.85 at the NCAA West First Round to advance to its 14^th-straight NCAA appearance. Texas has advanced to the finals each season since 2019, having won back-to-back seasons from 2022-23.

200m – Kenondra Davis, Holly Okuku

• Kenondra Davis posted the fifth-fastest time (22.58) out of the West First Round and finished fourth at the SEC Championships at 22.68. It’s the second-straight season she’s reached the NCAA Championships in the 200m and finished 17^th last year.
• The freshman, Holly Okuku, also reached her first NCAA Championships in an individual event finishing 10^th in the quarterfinals with a time of 22.85.

100mH – Akala Garrett

• Sophomore Akala Garrett is the lone female Longhorn to compete in two individual events – the first, the 100mH. She still holds the third-fastest time in the NCAA (12.75) from the 97^th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.

400mH – Akala Garrett, Mackenzie Collins  

• Texas is one of three schools that have two athletes in the 400mH semis. It also marks the second-straight season Texas has sent a freshman to the NCAA Championships in the event after Garrett reached last year’s finals.

Long Jump – Aaliyah Foster

• Sophomore Aaliyah Foster has now reached the NCAA Championships all four times in her collegiate career in long jump. She finished 13^th at last year’s outdoor championships with a jump of 6.25m (20-6.25).

Shot Put – Chrystal Herpin, Nina Ndubuisi

• Nina Ndubuisi has also reached all four NCAA Championships in her young career in shot put. She was eighth at last year’s Championships and was fifth in this season’s indoor championships.
• Chrystal Herpin will compete in her second-straight outdoor championship. She was 13^th last year.

Men’s Entries:

4×100 Relay – Kendrick Smallwood, John Rutledge, Almond Small, Xavier Butler

• The 4×100 relay broke the Texas program record at the NCAA West First Round with a time of 38.57. It’s the ninth-fastest time in the NCAA this season. It’s the fifth-straight season reaching the NCAA Championships.

4×400 Relay – Kody Blackwood, Logan Popelka, Chris Brinkley, John Rutledge

• Longhorns make it four-straight years at the NCAA meet in the 4×400.

200m – Xavier Butler

• Ranks ninth in the country with a time of 20.02 – the new Texas program record time he set at the NCAA West First Round.

110mH – Kendrick Smallwood

• Kendrick has led the country with the fastest time in the 110mH since the Texas Relays with a time of 13.07w. He’s broken his own program record four times this season.

400mH – Kody Blackwood

• Kody ranks as the third-fastest to ever run the 400mH in Texas history with his time of 48.78. Only three others have ran faster than him this season.

High Jump – Osawese Agbonkonkon

• Osawese returns to Hayward Field for the first time since transferring from Oregon to compete at his first NCAA Championships. He’s the first Longhorn to make the meet since Sam Hurley in 2023.

Triple Jump – Kelsey Daniel

• After winning the NCAA indoor long jump title, Kelsey Daniel returns to the NCAA Outdoor meet in the triple jump as the No. 6 performer in UT history.