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Quinnipiac vs. Mount St. Mary’s
Sunday, April 13, 2025 | 12:00 PM
QU Softball Field | Hamden, Conn.
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HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac softball team is returning home to host Mount St. Mary’s this weekend in a three-game MAAC series. 

Friday’s doubleheader will begin at 2:00 PM with game two starting approximately 4:00 PM. Game three is set for Sunday at noon but is subject to change due to impending weather. 

SCOUTING MOUNT ST. MARY’S

  • Mount is 8-28 and 3-12 in the MAAC with wins over Manhattan, Canisius, and Niagara. 
  • Tristin Koerner leads Mount in batting average at .296 while also leading them in RBIs with 13. 
  • Ellie Meier has a 3.96 ERA with a 4-6 record in the circle. 
  • QU is 20-11 versus Mount since 2001, with the Mountaineers taking last season’s series. 

LOSS AT CANISIUS

  • In game one, QU scored first on a sac fly by Natalia Apatiga in the first and then Ella McGalliard homered in the second to push the lead to three.
  • Canisius would come back with five runs in the third to make it 5-3.
  • Apatiga came back with a solo homer to cut into the lead but Canisius would add another in the sixth and win 6-4. 
  • Her homer was the 100th hit of her career.
  • Game two was halted due to a facility curfew and will be finished on Monday, April 28th, resuming play tied 3-3 after nine innings. 

DOMINANT DOUBLEHEADER SWEEP OVER NIAGARA

  • In game one, QU fell behind 1-0 in the second inning but fought back to win 8-5.
  • They took an 8-1 lead in the fifth inning after exploding with six runs, including homers from Madison Waltke and Sofia Vega.
  • Niagara would get runs back in the seventh but it wouldn’t be enough. 
  • In game two, the Bobcats and Purple Eagles were tied until the fourth inning when Aryn Bombery hit a two-run double to right center to take a 3-1 lead.
  • QU added six more runs in the fifth and sixth to take a 9-1 lead an win in six innings. 
  • Natalia Apatiga led the way with three RBIs while Sydney Horan pitched six innings while only allowing one run to move to 8-12 in the circle. 

RANKINGS

  • QU ranks 26th in the nation in triples per game and second in the MAAC at .34.
  • Sofia Vega ranks second in the MAAC in total triples with four.
  • Vega is 28th nationally in the same stat. 
  • Sydney is currently fourth in the MAAC in strikeouts with 84 and first in innings pitched with 128. 
  • Kennedy DeMott ranks second in the MAAC in caught stealing by, with nine putouts. 

SWEPT BY MARIST

  • QU fell in both of its games to Marist this past Sunday in a non-league doubleheader. 
  • The Bobcats fell in game one despite exploding for nine runs, including a five-run fifth inning. 
  • In game two they were shutout 9-0. 

MAAC SWEEP OVER RIDER

  • In QU’s doubleheader with Rider they took both games by scores of 4-1 and 6-4. 
  • Sydney Horan notched her fifth win of the season and 30th of her career.
  • Madison Waltke had the first multi-hit game of her career.
  • Natalia Apatiga had two RBIs to bring her season total to 11, second on QU.

DOUBLEHEADER SPLIT WITH SIENA

  • On Tuesday’s doubleheader, QU split the two games, losing game one 8-4 and winning game two by the same score. 
  • In game one, Sofia Vega notched her first career homerun.
  • Sydney Horan won her fourth game of the season in game two, striking out 11 batters, matching her career-high. 
  • Mary Fogg and Sofia Vega each had RBI triples in game two.

QU SWEPT BY IONA

  • The Bobcats fell in all three games to Iona this past weekend to open MAAC play.
  • In Sunday’s game, Sydney Horan tied a career-high with 11 strikeouts. 

TRIP TO MIZZOU

  • QU fell in all four of its games at the Mizzou Invitational a week ago. 
  • The Bobcats were able to garner one win in Missouri, playing Kansas City in a standalone game on Sunday morning, shutting out the Roos 8-0. 
  • Mary Fogg extended her team-leading on base streak to 10. 
  • She also leads the Bobcats in multi-hit games, notching her fourth of the season. 
  • Sydney Horan pitched her second complete-game shutout of the season. 

100-HIT MILESTONES

  • Both Mary Fogg and Brooke Hilliard have reached the 100-hit milestone this season.
  • Fogg’s came against Mizzou on March 15th while Hilliard reached it against Pitt on Feb. 21.

SPLIT IN DELAWARE

  • QU went 2-2 in their four games at the Blue Hen Invitational two weekends ago. 
  • They defeated Morgan State 10-2 (Five innings) and Syracuse 4-1.
  • Their win over Syracuse was the program’s first win over a Power 4 team since April 2010 against Pitt. 
  • Jaelyn Gonzalez had a career-weekend, batting .500 while knocking six RBIs on two doubles, two walks, and she scored one run. 

TWO WINS IN ORLANDO

  • The Bobcats took down Columbia and FGCU in the Space U Invitational last weekend in Orlando, fla. 
  • QU had a 14-run outburst in the game against Columbia, their first time scoring 14 runs in a game since April 2014.
  • Natalia Apatiga led the way with five RBIs and Jaclyn Gonzalez allowed only one run on three hits.
  • Against FGCU, Sydney Horan pitched seven scoreless innings and Noelle Reid scored on a walk off passed ball. 

RAINED OUT IN NASHVILLE

  • The Bobcats were able to play two games last weekend in Nashville, Tenn. before weather could cancel the rest of the tournament. 
  • In game one against TSU, QU fell 3-1 with the lone run coming from a Sofia Vega RBI triple.
  • Sydney Horan also struck out nine batters, the second highest total of her career in a single game and most since fanning 11 against UAlbany on March 1, 2024. 
  • In the second game on Friday, the Bobcats fell in extra innings to Illinois after taking a late lead.
  • Mary Fogg went 3-4 with two runs scored while Natalia Apatiga had an RBI. 
  • Mia Rubirosa also scored two runs. 

WELCOME TO THE PACK

STRONG RETURNING GROUP

  • The Bobcats return 18 from a season ago, including the team’s two main starting pitchers in Sydney Horan and Jaclyn Gonzalez.
  • Amanda Engel, Ella McGalliard, and Jaclyn Gonzalez were also named as captains ahead of the season.
  • Natalia Apatiga returns after a stellar Second Team All-MAAC season, leading the Bobcats in nearly every batting category and starting all 45 games alongside Sofia Vega. 
  • 2023 All-MAAC First Team and Rookie Selection Mary Fogg returns to the outfield as well for the Bobcats. 
  • Brooke Hilliard who led the team in runs scored also returns for the Bobcats. 

LAST SEASON

  • QU is coming off its best season since 2018, winning 20 games.
  • It finished 9-15 in the MAAC, also their best finish since 2018. 

MAAC COACHES’ POLL

  • QU has been picked tied for ninth in the 2025 MAAC Coaches’ Poll with Merrimack.

LEADING THE BOBCATS

  • Head Coach Hillary Smith enters her seventh season with the Bobcats after being named the eighth coach in program history.
  • Coach Smith has brought in eight new faces to the program.
  • Assistant coach Mandie Perez enters her third season with the Bobcats.
  • Perez helped Smith see the Bobcats earn one All-MAAC honor in the 2024 season.

To stay up-to-date with Quinnipiac Softball news, follow the Bobcats on Twitter/Instagram @QU_SOFTBALL or visit www.gobobcats.com 

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Serve receive dooms Arizona Wildcats volleyball 2nd rd NCAA Tournament

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Arizona Wildcats volleyball players Haven Wray (8), Carlie Cisneros (12), and Brenna Ginder (3) smile during a Second Round NCAA Tournament match against Stanford on Dec. 6, 2025

Arizona Wildcats volleyball players Haven Wray (8), Carlie Cisneros (12), and Brenna Ginder (3) smile during a Second Round NCAA Tournament match against Stanford on Dec. 6, 2025
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The Stanford Cardinal didn’t have their starting setter against Arizona on Saturday evening, but they did have a powerful serve. The Wildcats couldn’t handle or match it in a 3-1 (25-16, 25-27, 25-17, 25-20) loss in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

It wasn’t a disappointment for Arizona head coach Rita Stubbs, who was making her first appearance in the tournament as a head coach and leading the program to its first since 2018. The Wildcats won a match, giving them their first win in the tourney since 2016. They just couldn’t make it to the Sweet 16 for the first time since the same year.

“We took each day and the challenge that was before us, and we just gave it everything we had, which is exactly what you want,” Stubbs said. “You know, you want to battle and compete the entire time. And I like to think we exposed some issues that Stanford has, so that’s exciting.”

But that serve and pass game wasn’t one of them. Stanford had eight aces against nine service errors. The Wildcats committed 10 errors without serving a single ace.

“Before I went in, I was like, it’s all about the serve and pass,” Stubbs said. “And we were missing too many balls to the libero when we did serve it in, and then the serves just weren’t tough enough. And so I told them in the fourth set before we started, I was like, I don’t care if we miss a serve, we just got to be aggressive. And we missed the serve and wasn’t aggressive.”

The Wildcats still fought through it despite starting just one senior and one junior. The starting group of four sophomores and a freshman, along with the three seniors and one junior who subbed in, never let go of a set even when they looked to be buried by the Cardinal.

“It wasn’t for lack of effort,” Stubbs said. “It was just you got to be used to it,and then what I shared with them is that we have to go through things like this to get to our next. So much of this is still new for us with this group. The difference is your seniors are finished, and so now it’s about competing and doing better than we did this year next year to honor the seniors. That’s the direction we’re going.”

Stanford led wire-to-wire in the first set. The Cardinal never went on a big run. The biggest run was four points, but by that time they had put enough small runs together to build a nine-point lead at 22-13. It was the largest of the set and ended as the final margin.

Arizona didn’t fold despite Stanford running out to a 4-0 lead in the second set. The Wildcats used their own 4-1 run to tie the set at five points each. It stayed tight throughout, but Arizona got to set point at 24-23.

The Cardinal wiped away two set points, but they couldn’t string two points together to earn one of their own. The Wildcats put their third one away to even the match with a 27-25 second set.

Arizona never really bothered Stanford in the third. The Cardinal were able to put together larger runs and eventually led by 10 at 22-12. The Wildcats cut into the lead a bit, but they still dropped the set by eight and were one set from ending their season.

Things were tight early in the fourth set, but a critical call went against Arizona and seemed to turn the tide. At 7-5, Stanford’s Elia Rubin hit an attack that was called out. The television replay didn’t appear to show a touch by Arizona. It certainly didn’t appear to show anything definitive enough to overturn the call on the floor.

Stanford challenged and won the challenge. The call was overturned and the point went to the Cardinal. A one-point gap became three points. From there, they went on an 8-2 run to take a 16-7 lead.

The Wildcats knew it was their last chance. They continued to fight. The teams traded points for a while, then Arizona started to string a few together. A 5-1 run cut the lead to four points at 23-19.

The service errors raised their ugly head again. Giorgia Mandotti’s error gave Stanford several match points. Jordan Wilson’s final kill of her college career saved one, but that’s as far as it went. Jordyn Harvey put the next point away to win it for the home team.

Wilson finished her college career with a match-high 17 kills, seven digs, and two total blocks (one solo). That gave her 499 kills, 269 digs, 26 aces, 10 assists, and 44.0 total blocks in 108 sets this season. The outside hitter took over 9th place in total kills in a season, surpassing Kendra Dahlke’s 496 in 2016, the last year Arizona won an NCAA Tournament match. She also grabbed 10th in kills per set in a season with 4.62, knocking out Barb Bell’s 1994 season (4.51 k/s).

In her three years as a Wildcat, Wilson had 1,191 kills, 593 digs, 55 aces, 27 assists, and 127 total blocks in 310 sets over 86 matches. Her 3.84 kills per set (minimum of 200 sets played) over her Arizona career place her fifth in Wildcat history, surpassing the 3.82 of Tiffany Owens (2007-10).

Carlie Cisneros had 12 kills on .275 hitting, committing just one hitting error in four sets. Her nine digs kept her just shy of a double-double. It was the third straight match with 10 or more kills for Cisneros and the eighth in the last nine matches.

The development of Cisneros as a regular scoring threat was huge for the Wildcats in the tournament and down the stretch of the regular season. It also gives Stubbs hope for next season when Wilson is gone.

“That happened at Kansas, as well,” Stubbs said. “When Jordan struggled, she stepped up. It happened against Texas Tech when Jordan didn’t play. So, you know, she definitely wants to be the go-to player, and has shown that she’s capable of doing it.”

As has so often bee the case this season, it was a true team effort. Twelve members of Arizona’s 17-player roster made an appearance in the match, including all four seniors. Six players had at least two kills. Seven had at least one block. Eight had at least one dig.

“I was pleased with us and how we competed and how people that went in tried to make a difference and did a good job,” Stubbs said.

Journey Tucker once again showed that she can be a dominant force in the middle. The junior had four kills on .400 hitting and led the team with five total blocks.

Fellow junior MB Sydnie Vanek didn’t start, but she also made an impact when she came in. Vanek also had four kills. She tied for second on the team with three total blocks.

The match may have ended the season and the college careers of Wilson, Haven Wray, and Ana Heath; Mandotti still has a year of eligibility left either at Arizona or elsewhere. There were still a lot of positives to walk away with.

“I’m just grateful,” Stubbs said. “I’m grateful for the fact that Haven did it five times, and that Jordan transferred in, and that Ana stuck with it through the ups and downs of not having a position, per se. After her setting years, made the commitment to say, ‘Hey, I’m going to do this and commit to it.‘ It just says a lot about who they are as people, and you just always want the best for them, which is why I told them not to hang their heads. The best thing we can do to honor them is to be good from here on out, so that this was not for naught.”



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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The fourth-seeded Indiana volleyball team (25-7, 14-6 B1G) will play in the Sweet 16 for just the second time in program history. The NCAA announced start times and dates for next week’s regional semifinals on Sunday (Dec. 7) afternoon. The Hoosiers will play top-seeded Texas at Gregory Gymnasium on Friday (Dec. 12) afternoon at Noon ET on ESPN.

 

Following the greatest regular season in program history, IU was awarded a top-16 national seed and the chance to host the opening two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The Hoosiers made quick work of their first two matchups, sweeping Toledo and fifth-seeded Colorado in Bloomington to advance to the Sweet 16.

 

IU is one of five Big Ten programs remaining in the NCAA Tournament. Of the 16 schools left in the big dance, IU is one of two teams (Cal Poly) that didn’t make the big dance last year. The Hoosiers have already set a single-season program record for wins (25) and will attempt to advance to the regional final for the first time in program history.

 

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After defeating Marquette 3-2 in the second round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament on Saturday night, No. 2 Louisville will travel to Lincoln, Nebraska, and take on No. 3 Texas A&M in the Sweet 16 at 7 p.m. Friday.

This will be the Cardinals’ seventh consecutive regional appearance but first with Dan Meske as head coach.

Here’s everything you need to know to keep up with the match from home:

No. 2 seed Louisville versus No. 3 seed Texas A&M will be broadcast live on ESPN or ESPN2.

Authenticated subscribers can access ESPN2 via TV-connected devices or by going to WatchESPN.com or the WatchESPN app.

Those without cable can access ESPN2 via streaming services, with Fubo offering a free trial.

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After defeating Marquette, UofL will play Texas A&M in the Lincoln, Nebraska, Regional Friday at 7 pm. Here’s a look at the tournament schedule:

  • First and second rounds: Dec. 4-6
  • Regionals: Dec. 11-14
  • Semifinals: Dec. 18 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri
  • Championship: Dec. 21 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri



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Lancaster, PA (December 6, 2025) – The DeSales University men’s track & field team opened the 2025-26 indoor T&F season competing at the Diplomat Open at Franklin & Marshall College on Friday.

The Bulldogs posted 10 MAC qualfying times/marks in the meet.

Among the qualifying times were junior Bryce Guthier taking second in the 400-meters with a time of 52.08. It is the fifth fastest time in indoor history.  Senior Davis Trump also qualified in the 5K with a time of 16:20.32.

In the field events, DSU posted eight qualfying marks. Junior Weston Simak qualified for the MAC Championships in both the long jump (6.52m) and triple jump (13.72m). His triple jump mark was the second best in team history.  First-year Luke Heimann also qualfied in the triple jump (11.86m).

Junior Jonathan Castronovo took home first place in the long jump with a mark of 6.58m, the second best long jump in team history.

First-year John Amoretti qualified in the shot put (12.33m), seniors Jonathan Eudja and Giovanni Wellington qualified in the weight throw with marks of 14.85m and 14.23m. First-year Ryan Rodriguez also quallified in the weight throw (11.89m).

The Bulldogs won’t return to action till the New Year at the Blue and Grey Invitational on Jan. 17th.

 



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