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2025 Volleyball Season Tickets on Sale Now

Story Links Season Ticket Information MADISON, Wis. – 2025 Wisconsin volleyball season tickets are available for order today! Don’t miss out on your opportunity to keep the tradition alive in the UW Field House.   Wisconsin volleyball is a model of consistency – finishing […]

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MADISON, Wis. – 2025 Wisconsin volleyball season tickets are available for order today! Don’t miss out on your opportunity to keep the tradition alive in the UW Field House.
 
Wisconsin volleyball is a model of consistency – finishing in the Top 10 nationally in 11 of the last 12 seasons and seven years in a row, and the Badgers have ranked No. 2 in national attendance in every season since 2018 (excluding 2020). 

This season, fans can catch Big Ten opponents Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska, Purdue, Minnesota, Michigan, Rutgers, UCLA, and USC in the Field House. Dates and times will be announced at a later date, in addition to the Badgers non-conference schedule.

 

The Badgers are excited to open the 2025 season with the Opening Spike Classic at the Kohl Center with matches against Kansas and Texas over Labor Day weekend. While this third-party showcase is not included in the 2025 season ticket package, season ticket holders will still enjoy the benefit of 15 home matches in their package, consistent with past years.

 

Secure your seat for 2025 today!

 

 



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GULF SHORES, Ala. – The No. 8 Florida State beach volleyball team is set to face No. 9 Long Beach State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday at 12:00 p.m. ET in Gulf Shores, Alabama. FSU has earned a spot in all nine NCAA Tournaments since the event’s inception and has […]

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GULF SHORES, Ala. – The No. 8 Florida State beach volleyball team is set to face No. 9 Long Beach State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday at 12:00 p.m. ET in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

FSU has earned a spot in all nine NCAA Tournaments since the event’s inception and has reached the National Championship match three times, most recently in 2022.

The Seminoles (25-12) enter the tournament following an appearance in the CCSA Championship in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, last weekend. Leading the way are Alexis Durish and Audrey Koenig, who were recently named AVCA First-Team All-Americans. The top pair compiled a 24-8 record this season and solidified their status among the nation’s elite.

Friday’s match marks the 13th all-time meeting between FSU and Long Beach State and their second of the season. The Seminoles lead the series 7-5 and won the previous matchup in March, 3-1.

Long Beach State (27-11) comes in as the Big West Champion, having defeated No. 6 Cal Poly 3-1 in Santa Monica last week. The Beach owns key wins this season over No. 9 Cal, No. 16 Washington, No. 17 Hawai’i, No. 14 Stetson, No. 6 Cal Poly, No. 16 North Florida, and No. 19 FIU.

For more information on the Florida State beach volleyball program, check Seminoles.com and follow us on social media at fsubeachvolleyball (IG) and @FSU_BeachVB (X). 



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Volleyball Announces 2025 Roster – Dartmouth College Athletics

By: Callie Cyr Story Links HANOVER, N.H. – Dartmouth Volleyball Head Coach Kevin Maureen Campbell has announced the addition of five student-athletes as part of the incoming Class of 2029.   “We are very excited to welcome this group of highly skilled volleyball players to The Woods and to Dartmouth. They […]

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HANOVER, N.H. – Dartmouth Volleyball Head Coach Kevin Maureen Campbell has announced the addition of five student-athletes as part of the incoming Class of 2029.
 
“We are very excited to welcome this group of highly skilled volleyball players to The Woods and to Dartmouth. They bring talent and deep knowledge of the sport of volleyball and will make an immediate impact to the program on and off the court,” said Campbell.
 
Zori Brown
5-11 | OH | Pembroke Pines, Fla. | St. Thomas Aquinas
 
Before Dartmouth: Four Years varsity in volleyball, Second Team All-County freshman year, First Team All-County junior and senior year, Varsity Offensive Player of the Year junior year, Season MVP senior year, Principal’s Honor Roll every quarter, Two-time state champion, 2025 ACVA All-American Third Team, National Athletic Honor Society, Rho Kappa, National Honor Society, College Board National African American Recognition Award.
 
Why Dartmouth? “My high school prides themselves on having a tight community. There are many resources for students to succeed as well as a support system of amazing teachers and administrators. I have always wanted to attend a college that valued having a close community. I visited Dartmouth at the beginning of April. As I met and spoke to more students and faculty, I realized how special Dartmouth is. The students all support each other and value one another. Getting the chance to be a part of a community like that would be an opportunity of a lifetime.”
 
 
Julia York
6-1 | S | Chicago, Ill. | Loyola Academy
 
Before Dartmouth: Three-year varsity letter winner and senior captain for Loyola Academy volleyball, four-year captain MOD Volleyball Club Blue Elite Team, three-year JVA Class of 2025 Watch List, three-year AVCA Class of 2025 Phenom Watch List, Prep Dig Shooting Star, Under Armour Next Volleyball Camp National Team Tryout Invitee, USVA NTDP Great Lakes Accelerator Invitee, LWC Autumn Nights Invite All-Tournament Team, Adidas President’s Day Classic St. Louis Open Division All-Tournament Team, Milwaukee Grand Slam Open Division All-Tournament Team, National Honor Society, Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica, Loyola Academy Humanities Dumbach Scholar, AP Scholar.
 
Why Dartmouth? “There are so many reasons why I chose Dartmouth. However, the two most influential reasons are the volleyball program under the leadership of Coach Kevin Campbell and the launch of Dartmouth Dialogues. I want to play for a school where athletics are supported, celebrated, and competitive and the coaches care about me as a human, not just as an athlete. I want to go to school where the students listen to each other and strive to understand different perspectives. I know in my heart that I will find both at Dartmouth. On the volleyball court and in the classroom, Dartmouth is where I will become the best version of myself.”
 
 
 
Elle McCreery
6-1 | MB | Phoenix, Ariz. | Xavier College Prep
 
Before Dartmouth:
Four-year volleyball varsity letter, All-Region First Team Recognition, All-Region Honorable Mention Recognition, Tournament MVP at NYC Juniors Collegiate Camp, All-Conference First Team Recognition, USA 18 National Division Champion with Arizona Sky, Named All-Tournament Team Honorable Mention, First Team All-Academic for all four years of high school, Honor Roll every quarter all four years, Student Athlete Scholars Merit Society.
 
Why Dartmouth? “I chose Dartmouth because of the high academics and the chance to play volleyball. Although the school also drew me in with its tight-knit community, the endless opportunities they provide for students to get involved, the vast alumnae group and aid they give students for the future.”
 
 
 
Riley Imamura
5-11 | OH/RS/MB | Carmel, Calif. | Carmel
 
Before Dartmouth: Four-year varsity letter winner in volleyball and track & field, All-Monterey County MVP (2024), All-Monterey County First Team (2022, 2023 & 2024), All-Gabilan League MVP (2024), Pacific Coast Athletic League First team (2022, 2023, & 2024), Highest Honor Roll (2021-2025), Top 100 Students (2021-2025).
 
Why Dartmouth? “I chose Dartmouth because of the unique academic opportunities and the amazing volleyball program. The remarkable sense of community I felt when I visited campus immediately made me feel at home. I know Dartmouth is a place where I will be challenged and supported to grow as an athlete, a student, and a person and I can’t wait for the next four years!”
 
 
 
Annika Roberson
6-2 | OPP | New Orleans, La. | Benjamin Franklin
 
Before Dartmouth: Three-year Varsity starter, two-time All-State selection, LHSCA All Star, 2024 Division II State Runners Up, Captain, National Merit Finalist, All Academic Composite Volleyball Team, National Honor Society.
 
Why Dartmouth? “I chose Dartmouth because of its strong sense of community. I attended camp the summer before my senior year of high school and immediately knew that I wanted to spend the next four years in Hanover. What stood out to me most was how genuinely welcoming and supportive everyone was—from the coaches and players to my admissions tour guide and the Dartmouth Coach driver. That spirit of support and camaraderie is woven into the culture at Dartmouth, and it made me confident that I would be joining a place where I could thrive. Dartmouth offers the unique opportunity to pursue both athletic and academic excellence within a supportive environment—one that will challenge me to grow not only as a student-athlete, but also as a person.”
 



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Daniela Alvarez: AVCA Collegiate Beach Player of the Year

Story Links FORT WORTH – In the second year of the award, Daniela Alvarez received the AVCA Collegiate Beach Player of the Year honor. The award comes after her First Team All-American accolade for the season.   Heading into the NCAA tournament, Alvarez has posted 123 career wins during her time at […]

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FORT WORTH – In the second year of the award, Daniela Alvarez received the AVCA Collegiate Beach Player of the Year honor. The award comes after her First Team All-American accolade for the season.  

Heading into the NCAA tournament, Alvarez has posted 123 career wins during her time at TCU, making her the most winningest individual in the program’s history. With partner Moreno, the two-time AVCA Pair of the Year (2022, 2023) became the winningest pair for TCU after they hit 100 wins together on April 18.  

Playing all matches from the No. 1 spot, Alvarez posts a 25-6 record on the season. With Moreno, the two have posted a record of 14-4, and with Hailey Hamlett a record of 10-1 on the season.   



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Twins Minor League Report (4/30)

Twins Video TRANSACTIONSRHP Cole Percival signed and assigned to A+ Cedar RapidsRHP Agustin Campusano assigned to DSL TwinsRHP Michael Ross activated from 7-day IL (A Fort Myers)RHP Will Armbruster assigned to FCL TwinsRHP Matt Canterino re-signed and assigned to they 7-Day IL of AAA St. Paul  So concludes our right-handed pitcher update. Saints SentinelSt. Paul […]

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RHP Cole Percival signed and assigned to A+ Cedar Rapids
RHP Agustin Campusano assigned to DSL Twins
RHP Michael Ross activated from 7-day IL (A Fort Myers)
RHP Will Armbruster assigned to FCL Twins
RHP Matt Canterino re-signed and assigned to they 7-Day IL of AAA St. Paul 

So concludes our right-handed pitcher update.

Saints Sentinel
St. Paul 8, Columbus 7 (11 Innings)
Box Score
Andrew Morris: 4 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
HR: Mike Ford (5)

Multi-hit games: Ryan Fitzgerald (2-for-5, 2B, 2 R, RBI, BB), Mike Ford (2-for-5, HR, R, 2 RBI), Patrick Winkel (2-for-5, 2B)

The Saints won in extras on Wednesday.

Who cursed Andrew Morris? After starting the season with back-to-back scoreless starts, the righty experienced his second clunker in his last three outings. The damage was immediate and consistent; he didn’t see his first 1-2-3 frame until the 4th, which proved to be his final inning. The good news is that he still struck out five and only walked one.

St. Paul’s offense favored democracy; only two starters went home without a hit, and five batters drove in at least one run. Most potent was the Carson McCusker/Mike Ford/Armando Alvarez run at the lineup’s heart; the three hitters combined for six RBIs, four hits, and three runs. 

Ford sure hits them high.

The Saints and Clippers traded Manfred Man runs in the 10th before St. Paul scored again in the 11th and held their counterparts at bay to win the game.

Rehabbing big-leaguer Royce Lewis went 0-for-5 with two strikeouts. He played nine innings at third base before being lifted for a defensive substitute. 

Rehabbing big-leaguer Michael Tonkin appeared for the first time since April 25th. He threw two innings, allowing a run while striking out two and walking two.

Columbus is the AAA affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians. First baseman C.J. Kayfus—ranked eighth on the team—served as their finest prospect. He homered and singled in five at-bats. 

Wind Surge Wisdom
Wichita 7, Frisco 0
Box Score
Trent Baker: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
HR: Aaron Sabato (2), Kyler Fedko (5)

Multi-hit games: Ricardo Olivar (2-for-2, 2 RBI, 2 BB), Aaron Sabato (2-for-3, HR, 2B, 3 R, RBI, 2 BB)

The Wind Surge smoked their competition on Wednesday.

Already one of April’s top performers, Trent Baker added to his resume with five brilliant innings, punching out four while blanking the RoughRiders. He allowed just three baserunners. It’s hard to make a better organizational impression than Baker, who joined the Twins following four seasons with the Cardinals. He was also a Mankato MoonDog back in 2019!

Baker handed the ball to Mike Paredes, who continued the pitching vibes with three shutout frames of his own. Joel Cesar concluded things to give Wichita their second shutout in five days (the other was also a 7-0 victory.)

Offensively, the Wind Surge scored early and often. Aaron Sabato blasted an opposite-field homer in the 2nd to kick off the festivities, and Andrew Cossetti singled in a run two frames later.

In the sixth, Kyler Fedko launched a moonshot to plate a third run, soon to become four after a Ricardo Olivar RBI knock in the seventh.

The eighth is when things got absurd. Four consecutive walks augured a run, which soon stacked into three with a Tanner Schobel single and Olivar sacrifice fly. 

The 16th-best prospect in MLB, Sebastian Walcott, played shortstop for Frisco on Wednesday and went 0-for-4 at the plate. 

Kernels Nuggets
Cedar Rapids 4, Iowa 3
Box Score
Chase Chaney: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
HR: Brandon Winokur (1), Kyle DeBarge (3)
Multi-hit games: Kyle DeBarge (3-for-4, HR, 2 R, RBI), Billy Amick (2-for-4)

The Kernels squeaked out a win on Wednesday.

Starter Chase Chaney’s outing was unique; unique in that starters in April don’t often reach six innings in the minors; unique in that he walked more than he struck out; and unique in that he only needed 78 pitches to do so. We may never see a start quite like this again—and the good news is that he also excelled in run prevention, with only two men scoring against him.

Nate Baez kicked off the scoring with an RBI double in the second, before Brandon Winokur extended the lead with a two-run shot the following frame, his first homer of the year.

The runs portended an extended streak of emptiness from both squads: starting with the fourth inning and running until the eighth, neither team scored, and they only ever mildly threatened to do so. Sometimes a man reached second. That’s as far as he would get. Lonely was the base paths; dull was the adventure. But that would eventually change.

In the eighth, Carter Trice homered for Iowa to knot the game at three, inspiring Kyle DeBarge to respond with an absolute tank. Minor-league cameras are never great, yet they usually at least find some semblance of the ball; good luck seeing where this one went.

Spencer Bengard shut the door in the ninth to cap off a brilliant three-frame outing out of the bullpen. His minor-league ERA over 110 career innings is now 2.05.

The best of the baby Cubs is mostly waiting on the franchise’s AAA squad, but Iowa does enjoy the presence of Jefferson Rojas, the team’s 7th-ranked prospect. He singled and drove in a run in four trips to the plate.

Mussel Matters
Fort Myers 6, Jupiter 5
Box Score
Michael Ross: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
HR: None
Multi-hit games: Will Holland (2-for-4, 2B, R, RBI), Poncho Ruiz (3-for-3, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 2 BB)

The Mighty Mussels walked off their opponent on Wednesday. 

Given his prolific day at the plate, it was only fitting that Poncho Ruiz was the man to deliver the win for Fort Myers: the catcher reached base all five times he stepped up to the plate, thrashing a pair of doubles and a single while working a pair of walks. Three of the game’s six runs scored thanks to his hits. The final two were ushered home off his game-winning smack deep into the left-center gap.

That was Fort Myers’ first walk-off since Brandon Winokur’s game-ending homer on August 27th, 2024. 

Starter Michael Ross made his second professional appearance on Wednesday, and his first since hitting the IL on April 6th. The Samford product—alma mater of just two big leaguers—worked two inefficient innings with an earned run allowed, displaying the kind of rust expected from a hurler who hadn’t pitched since the beginning of the month. 

Outside of Ruiz, the Mighty Mussels were remarkably balanced offensively: eight of the nine starters reached base at least once, and they took seven walks as a team. Ruiz wasn’t even the only batter to walk twice; Jose Rodriguez accomplished the same feat. 

As a team, Fort Myers went 3-for-17 with runners in scoring position, which is ghastly, but it’s also kind of impressive that they hit 17 times with someone in scoring position. 

The Hammerheads are an affiliate of the Miami Marlins. They employ the talents of the team’s 7th-ranked prospect, outfielder, and former 1st-rounder P.J. Morlando. He doubled and walked in five plate appearances. 

TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Trent Baker
Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Aaron Sabato ft. Poncho Ruiz and Kyle DeBarge

PROSPECT SUMMARY
Here’s a look at how the Twins Daily Top 20 Twins Prospects performed:
#5 – Andrew Morris (St. Paul) – 4 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
#7 – Kaelen Culpepper (Cedar Rapids) – 0-4
#8 – Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) – 1-4, HR, R, 2 RBI
#13 – Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids) – 3-4, HR, 2 R, RBI
#15 – Yasser Mercedes (Fort Myers) – 0-4, R, BB, 2 K
#17 – Billy Amick (Cedar Rapids) – 2-4
#18 – Kala’i Rosario (Wichita) – 0-5, 4 K
#19 – Gabriel Gonzalez (Cedar Rapids) – 0-4, K
#20 – Ricardo Olivar (Wichita) – 2-2, 2 RBI, 2 BB

THURSDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS
St. Paul @ Columbus Game One (11:05 AM) – RHP Cory Lewis
St. Paul @ Columbus Game Two – RHP Marco Raya
Wichita @ Frisco (6:35 PM) – RHP Pierson Ohl
South Bend @ Cedar Rapids (6:35 PM) – RHP Alejandro Hidalgo
Jupiter @ Fort Myers (5:05 PM) – TBD


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Keegan Cook pleased with Stella Swenson, etc.

Gilk (Champlin Park) and Garr (Rush City) were two of the top senior volleyball prospects in the state last year. Garr was considered the best libero in Minnesota’s high school ranks. The 6-2 Gilk was the No. 1 senior and ranked 27th nationally in the 2025 class. One of the biggest surprises this spring was […]

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Gilk (Champlin Park) and Garr (Rush City) were two of the top senior volleyball prospects in the state last year. Garr was considered the best libero in Minnesota’s high school ranks. The 6-2 Gilk was the No. 1 senior and ranked 27th nationally in the 2025 class.

One of the biggest surprises this spring was the 6-5 Taylor, a long and athletic middle blocker from Houston. Middle blocker Lourdès Myers, a graduate transfer from Purdue, was a key addition as well.

“This spring let us know we brought in some good freshmen,” Cook said. “[Myers] has certainly made an impact for us already.”

Top incoming freshman Kelly Kinney from Florida is the 11th-ranked senior in the country. The 6-2 All-America outside hitter won’t join the team until the summer, but Kinney and Taylor will play for Cook on the U.S. U19 team at the world championship in July.

The 6-1 senior from Prior Lake was named a unanimous all-league first-team performer, and she was an honorable mention All-American.



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