Shane Beamer knows he’s in a unique position as the football coach on a college campus that erected a statue for legendary South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley, who’s won three NCAA national championships in the last decade. But as California district judge Claudia Wilken weighs a revised House v. NCAA settlement that will usher in revenue sharing between schools and student-athletes, the balance of power on the Gamecocks’ campus will now come with a price tag.

What those numbers ultimately look like will be up to the South Carolina administration, including new athletic director Jeremiah Donati. That said, according to the settlement’s proposed distribution model, Power Four football programs are expected to receive roughly 75-percent of approximately $20.5 million in rev-share money while women’s basketball is slotted to get 5-percent of that, or less than $500,000 annually based on that initial $20.5 million figure.

“Our situation is different because of Coach Staley, not every football coach shares a campus with a women’s basketball coach that has a statue, and she’s till coaching. … You realize the impact that she has on our university and our community, and we’re extremely close,” Beamer said last week in Greenville. “Ultimately those decisions are up to Jeremiah Donati and our administration. And I’m a team player, and coach Staley is a team player. She’s extremely supportive of what we’re doing football-wise, and I’m extremely supportive of what she’s doing basketball-wise. We try to help each other in so many ways, and that’s not going to change. And ultimately what it looks like, she understands the revenue that football brings in, not just at South Carolina but everywhere. She understands that, but she also wants to win championships too, and she’s a competitive person also.”

Despite that clear financial discrepency, Beamer knows however South Carolina’s revenue-sharing finances are ultimately split up amongst the sports, it’ll all be for the betterment of the entire Gamecocks athletic department at large.

“As far as having specific conversations (about revenue-sharing), no, but I think she’d say the same thing and I’m saying the same thing,” Beamer continued, “we all want South Carolina to be great in every sport, whether it be women’s basketball, men’s basketball with Lamont (Paris), baseball with Coach (Paul) Mainieri, women’s golf with Kalen (Anderson), you name it. The best thing is for all of us to be successful.”

Shane Beamer endorses Nick Saban as co-chair of commission on college sports

A week after Nick Saban introduced President Donald Trump at an Alabama commencement event, On3’s Pete Nakos reported the legendary coach would be part of a commission on college sports. Saban is expected to be a co-chair of the commission, along with Texas Tech Board of Regents chairman Cody Campbell.

Speaking with reporters this week, Shane Beamer expressed his support for Saban’s involvement. The South Carolina coach endorsed Trump’s expected decision to name him co-chair.

Beamer pointed out Saban’s stature in college football as one of the greatest to ever roam the sidelines and how that translates to the future of the game. While he didn’t know many specifics about Trump’s commission on college sports, Beamer said Saban would be one of his first calls about changing the current landscape.

“I don’t know enough about it. I think if you’re looking for anyone to spearhead change or be in a leadership position when it comes to college football going forward, he’s the first person that would come to mind from my standpoint,” Beamer said on the “Welcome Home Tour” in Greenville. “I know a lot of people would say the same. Don’t know enough about it, but all for it.”

Yahoo Sports first reported Trump’s plans to form a commission focused on college sports. The Athletic also added the president will be “very engaged” because of the national importance he sees in college athletics.

— On3’s Nick Schultz contributed to this report.

By: Maddie Omana

NEW HAVEN, CONN. – The Dartmouth men’s and women’s track and field teams opened the Ivy League Outdoor Championships on Saturday, with many athletes qualifying for the finals in their respective events. 

Corinne Ahern put the women on the board with her 38.56 javelin throw, which was good for sixth place. 

Bella Pietrasiewicz ran a 4:35.93 in the 1500m preliminary, qualifying for the final. On the men’s side, Mac Hadden advanced to the 1500m final after recording a 4:02.29. 

Jada Jones, the indoor 200m Ivy League champion, qualified for the 200m final with a 23.66 in the preliminary. She will also be competing in the 400m final after finishing the first round with a 54.55 mark. For the men, Liam Murray advanced to the 400m final with a 47.20 finish in the preliminary. 

Andie Murray qualified for the 800m final with a time of 2:07.93. J’Voughnn Blake and DJ Matusz advanced to the men’s 800m final with times of 1:50.58 and 1:51.69, respectively. 

Bryce Thomas had a 10.46 finish in the first round of the 100m and will represent the Big Green in the final. Mariella Schweitzer was the runner-up in her 100m hurdles heat, clinching a spot in the final. Jack Intihar clinched four events in the decathlon and leads with 4030 points, while Jack Inglis remains in the top three with 3528 points. 

The Big Green will finish the Ivy League Outdoor Championships on Sunday, with the first event scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.

No. 16 Women’s Lacrosse at No. 6 Wesleyan
NCAA Tournament First Round

Sunday, May 11 | 1:00 p.m.
Smith Field | Middletown, Conn.

WHAT TO KNOW

• No. 14 Babson earned an at-large berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament and is making its third straight appearance and 11th in program history. 

• The winner of Sunday’s second round contest will advance to the Round of 16 next weekend.

SERIES HISTORY

•    Babson is 6-12 all-time against Wesleyan in a series that dates back to 1994.

•    The Cardinals have won eight in a row against the Beavers since 2015.

•    The Green and White enters Sunday’s contest looking for its first road win in the series since 2012.

LAST MEETING

•    Olivia Lai and Laura Baine both finished with four goals and one assist to help Wesleyan defeat Babson, 15-5, on March 8, 2023, in Middletown, Conn.

•    Chessy Greenwald contributed two goals and three assists and Julia Noyes scooped up five ground balls and added three caused turnovers for the Cardinals, built an early 7-1 lead and ended the game with seven unanswered goals to pull away. 

•    Emily Curtis M’23 scored three times and had two caused turnovers, Claudia Dodge ’23 chipped in with two goals and senior Kathleen Murphy made a then-career-high 14 saves for the Beavers, who were down just 8-5 midway through the third quarter. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS

NCAA Tournament Appearance: 11th

Best NCAA Finish: Round of 16 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2024)

• No. 16 Babson (15-3) has won 12 of its last 13 games after cruising past Worcester State 21-9 in the opening round of the tournament on Saturday afternoon.

• Senior Amelia Novitch finished with seven goals and six assists for a career-high 13 points, classmate Clare Connolly scored six times and matched her career high with 24 draw controls, and fellow senior Kathryn Blake added four goals and three assists for the Beavers, who took control of the game with a seven-goal first-quarter run and tallied nine straight markers in the second half to put the game away. 

• Novitch (41-41-82) and Blake (50-24-74) have both achieved new career highs in scoring, Connolly (58-3-61) leads the team in goals and ranks second in Division III in draw controls (235), and graduate student Ellie Hilsabeck (29-10-39), senior Jessica Evans (27-10-37) and classmate Michaela Downer (24-8-32) give the Green and White six players with at least 30 points.

• Evans is second on the team in ground balls (31), draw controls (27) and caused turnovers (17), graduate student Eileen Manning leads the defense with 25 caused turnovers and Murphy has a 9.00 goals against average and career-best .471 save percentage to go along with 18 forced turnovers.

SCOUTING THE CARDINALS

NCAA Tournament Appearance: 7th

Best NCAA Finish: National semifinalist (2019)

•    No. 6 Wesleyan (13-5) has won seven of its last eight games and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time since 2017 after falling 13-7 to No. 1 Tufts in the NESCAC final last Sunday. 

•    Elle Priesing and Dylan Green both scored twice, Bridget Horst led all players with three caused turnovers and Izzy Weintraub finished with 10 saves for the Cardinals, who trailed 6-5 early in the second quarter before the Jumbos scored seven of the next eight goals to pull away. 

•    Sam DeLeo (25-23-48) has a point in all but one game this spring and leads the team in assists, Priesing (30-13-43) has converted 9-of-13 free-position chances, Green (27-16-43) is second on the squad with 26 draw controls, and Kiara Tangney (29-6-35) has contributed a team-high 32 draw controls to go along with 16 caused turnovers on the year.

•    Madeline Johnson leads the defense with 29 forced turnovers, Lindsey Diomede has picked up 27 ground balls to go along with 24 draw controls and 21 caused turnovers, and Weintraub ranks 17th in Division III in goals against average (7.74) and 26th nationally in save percentage (.504).

2024 NCAA TOURNAMENT RECAP

• After receiving a first-round bye, No. 15 Babson held off a second half rally to defeat No. 14 Stevens Institute of Technology, 11-9, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on May 12, 2024 at Springfield College’s Stagg Field.

• Lily Ives M’24 and Evans scored three goals apiece and Murphy made 14 saves in the win. Novitch scored two goals, Blake added a goal and two assists, and Nicole Darveau ’24 and Michaela Downer scored once each for the Green and White, while Connolly grabbed five draw controls.

• Babson had its five-game winning streak snapped in a 15-10 regional semifinal lost to No. 5 Salisbury. Novitch scored three goals to lead the Beavers while Ives tallied a goal and two assists. Connolly, Evans and Blake notched two goals apiece and Connolly collected a game-high 10 draw controls.  

NCAA POSTSEASON HISTORY

• After making five straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 2007-11, the Beavers have competed in five of the last seven tournaments since 2017, compiling an aggregate record of 7-10 in 10 visits to the national tourney.

• The Beavers, have reached the Sweet 16 five times, recorded their first second round NCAA Tournament victory last season.

NINE BEAVERS EARN ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS

• Connolly was selected as the NEWMAC Offensive Player of the Year and Michelle Smith and her three assistants were honored as the Coaching Staff of the Year when the NEWMAC announced its postseason awards on Wednesday.

• Connolly was joined on the All-NEWMAC First Team by Manning, Murphy, Evans, Novitch, and sophomore Claire Jones, while Blake, senior Solana Fahey and sophomore Lyndsey Newsome earned Second Team honors.

RECORD-SETTING SATURDAY

• Novitch’s 13 points matched the Beavers’ NCAA Tournament single-game record set by Emily Curtis M’23, who put up eight goals and five assists in a 23-8 win over Westfield State in 2023. 

• Novitch also moved into second place on Babson’s single-season assists chart, and she and Blake became just the program’s sixth and seventh players over the last 12 years to surpass 70 points in a season.

• The Beavers recorded their 15th win of the year, which is tied with the 2007, 2009 and 2010 squads for the third most wins in a season behind only the the 2008 team that won 16 games and last year’s squad, which set a single-season record wtih 17 victories.

SENIOR MILESTONES

• Four Babson seniors have scored their 100th career goal this season, including Novitch (118), Blake (117), Connolly (116) and Evans (105), giving the program 23 100-goal scorers

• Connolly’s 758 draw controls are the most in Division III history and just 33 shy of the all-time NCAA record of 791 set by Maddie Jenner of Duke from 2019-23. 

• Novitch is now tied with Erin Jayne ’23 for fourth in school history with 77 assists and tied for 12th on the program’s career list with 195 points. has moved up to fifth on the career assist mark, and Blake (56) is 11th.

• Murphy owns the program records for victories with a 58-20 mark and minutes with 4212, and ranks fourth in saves (509). She currently ranks in the top-six all-time with a 9.29 goals against average and a .441 save percentage.

POSTSEASON NUMBERS

• Evans has recorded 32 points (26g, 6a) in 10 post-season games over the last three seasons, while Novitch has 23 points (17g, 6a) and Blake has 19 points (15g, 4a) in those 10 games.

• Connolly has collected 91 draw controls in 10 post-season games the past three years, and Manning has accumulated 16 caused turnovers and 22 ground balls over 12 career playoff games.

• Murphy has an 8-4 career record in 12 postseason starts with a 10.88 goals against average and a .428 save percentage.

BEAVER BITES

• Novitch has nine multi-goal performances in her last 11 games, totaling 13 games this season with at least two goals.

• Blake has scored at least two goals in 17 of her 18 games this spring, with a season-high five goals against both Coast Guard and Wellesley.

• Connolly has a team-high 12-game scoring streak, with multiple goals in 11 of those games.

NUMBERS TO KNOW

• Babson is 13-0 this season and 28-0 over the past two seasons when leading at halftime.

• The Beavers are 15-0 this season and 41-1 over the past three seasons when scoring 12 or more goals.

• The Green and White is 11-0 this season and 24-0 dating back to last season when recording more ground balls than their opponents.

• Babson is 9-2 away from Babson Park this season and 28-10 away from home since the start of the 2022 season.

UP NEXT

• The winner of Sunday’s game will face either 23rd-ranked Rowan or Western Connecticut State next Saturday. 

 

By: Ray Fisher


Sunday, May 11, 2025 | 11:01 AM

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Emily Reiner has engineered quite a career as a student-athlete at Quaker Valley.

And she has mapped out a unique blueprint for college.

A senior and fourth-year starting goalkeeper on QV’s girls lacrosse team, Reiner also is a standout hockey player. As such, she has committed to continuing her career on the ice at the Milwaukee School of Engineering.

“I had USA Hockey Nationals in Wisconsin last year,” said Reiner, a 6-foot-2 forward, “so I emailed the coach at the Milwaukee School of Engineering because I knew I wanted to do something in that field. She came to a game, and we talked a lot and during this hockey season.

“I got a chance to go back there and tour, and I immediately loved the campus and people surrounding the hockey team and just knew it was the place for me. This year was actually their first year in history that they had a NCAA D3 women’s ice hockey team. This was definitely a building year for them since it was their first season.”

Milwaukee School of Engineering’s women’s hockey team competes in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association, which operates in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Baylee Marabella was hired as MSOE’s coach in November of 2023. She played at the University of Wisconsin from 2014-2018. The Badgers made the Frozen Four in three of Marabella’s four seasons with the team.

The MSOE coach was not at a loss for words when talking about Reiner.

“I am so incredibly excited that Emily chose MSOE as her home for the next four years and cannot wait to see the growth and potential that she will exhibit,” Marabella said. “Emily is the kind of teammate who brings such a positive energy to every person lucky enough to cross her path. She leads by example in her relentless work ethic and willingness to learn and absorb everything she can, consistently aiming to be the best version of herself for her team.

“It’s no question that Emily is tall, a gift of hers that she has truly grown into this past year. Especially as a forward, this quality undoubtedly sets Emily apart from most, but it’s her ability to maintain the stick skills and skating talent that often is sacrificed. Emily is the opposite of what you would expect. She beautifully combines her height with her hands and scoring knack.”

The NCHA is an NCAA Division III hockey-only conference; members are St. Norbert, Adrian, Concordia Wisconsin, Lake Forest, Aurora, Marian, Trine, Lawrence, Dubuque and the MSE Raiders.

“The NCHA is a deeply competitive conference,” Marabella said. “It’s physical, demanding and challenging. Yet it is a conference in which each game is truly an opportunity to win, no matter where you are ranked. On any given day, those rankings can change drastically.

“Being in a conference against consistently nationally ranked opponents, we are often the underdog in our competitions within this league, and that’s the best place to be. Each game is weighted with the chance to change momentum, to prove ourselves to the rest of the teams — to make our presence known, respected and continue to push our way towards the top. I have the utmost confidence in Emily and next year’s team to make a true playoff push.”

The Raiders are a North American-based group. The states of Wisconsin and Minnesota were well-represented on the 2024-25 squad. Players also came from Missouri, Michigan, Wyoming, Tennessee, Colorado, Massachusetts, Florida and Nevada, along with Ontario and Manitoba.

Reiner will be the only player from Pennsylvania on next year’s team.

“Honestly, when I first started in this role, I imagined my team would primarily consist of Midwesterners. It was incredibly exciting to discover that was not the case at all,” Marabella said. “Our team entails a variety of individuals from so many different backgrounds and places — it certainly makes for a beautiful blend of a team culture.”

Reiner, 17, started playing hockey in the RMU learn to skate program at age 4 and began her lacrosse career during her summer before eighth grade, playing for SV Lax. She competed for the SHAHA Panthers in ninth and 10th grade and the Pittsburgh Steel City Selects in 11th and 12th grade.

“I also played lacrosse for PPLC in the summer of 2023,” Reiner said.

Reiner experienced an immediate attraction to the sport of hockey.

“I went to one of my cousin’s hockey games who played for Moon High School, and I loved it,” she said. “I begged my parents to let me play hockey; they signed me up for lessons at RMU and I’ve been doing it ever since.”

As a sixth grader, Reiner was one of 100 female 2007 birth-year players from around the world invited to take part in the Future Legends Hockey Hall of Fame Tournament in Toronto.

Reiner skated for the Pens Elite and Arctic Foxes 12U girls teams.

Reiner noted that her parents have been the biggest influence in her athletic career.

“Definitely my parents, by far,” she said. “Even though neither of them played ice hockey, they are the ones that have sacrificed and dedicated their time and money to me so I could even have the opportunity to play hockey now and in college. They have been my biggest supporters, and I will forever be grateful for that.”

Reiner is a leading skater in the PIHL girls division as a member of the West team.

“I did get the chance to see Emily play in person a few times,” Marabella said, “one of them distinctly in my mind because I remember she was terribly sick that weekend and somehow still managed to demand such a presence on the ice. I recall thinking, ‘This is the kind of player I want on my team.’

“She gave 110% effort despite not feeling her best, and it was a testament to not only her resilience as an athlete, but a reminder of her ‘team-first’ mentality.”

Continuing her hockey career while pursuing her long-range goals are two of the things that excite the long-limbed Reiner, an imposing player to opponents.

“It would be really cool to play in the PWHL,” she said, “but I want to really pursue the field of mechanical engineering and try to have a positive impact on the world through my field of work.

“I like keeping updated on the USA hockey girls and PWHL.”

One of Reiner’s early coaches on the PIHL West squad was Jeff Tindall, who was highly complimentary of the QV student-athlete.

“What a great kid and great hockey player,” he said. “She is taller than most of the girls, so she has a longer reach and definitely knows how to use her size. She’s an absolute joy to coach and a great teammate.”

Reiner has been playing hockey for two years with Steel City Selects. Her favorite on-ice memory with SCS was scoring the game-winner in overtime at last year’s MidAm finals to send her team to nationals.

“It was incredible,” Reiner said following the game. “It was such a big accomplishment beating our hometown rival, the South Pittsburgh Rebellion, 2-1, to win the championship.”

An outstanding student and hockey player, Reiner also is an accomplished goalkeeper in lacrosse. She racked up her 500th career save March 31 in the Quakers’ second game of the season against Mars.

“It was an incredible feeling,” Reiner said. “I knew I was very close last year, so it felt amazing to finally get it. It was really cool because my coach called a timeout when I got my 500th save and my whole team came running and cheering towards me to congratulate me.

“If someone would have told me I would have gotten 500 career saves when I was playing my first game as a freshman, I would have never believed them. It really all falls back on the people around me that push me every day on and off the field, without them I would have never had enough support to reach that milestone.”

Through May 5, Reiner had 104 saves this season, upping her career total to 574.

In the classroom, she has a 4.14 GPA, is a National Honor Society member and is a distinguished honor roll student at Quaker Valley.

“Emily is an extremely dedicated student,” Marabella said. “She exhibits the balance and time management needed to succeed at a school like MSOE and has a solid foundation in her family to support that.

“My expectation for her is to make an immediate impact on this team. I think, both academically and athletically, she is extremely prepared for the transition into the college atmosphere. I expect her to continue to excel in the classroom, as she has proven through her high school years, and be an integral part of our forward group and team-first culture.”

Reiner has been involved in the ACE Engineering Program and QV Creekers Environmental Club and has helped out a volunteer for Ohio River Sweep.

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It’s Mother’s Day Sunday and the tributes to moms all over are pouring in. Former LSU gymnast and viral influencer Livvy Dunne wished herself a Happy Mother’s Day with her dog Roux.

Now that Livvy Dunne’s five-year college gymnastics career has ended she has more time to spend with her White Golden Retriever. That is when she’s not traveling all over to watch boyfriend and Pittsburgh Pirates ace pitch, or doing “Riders Up” at the Kentucky Oaks in an elite pink dress followed by a black-and-white showstopper on Kentucky Derby day, or hitting the Florida beach with sister Julz Dunne in competing bikinis, or attending an alumni event from New York City in a Southern flavor fit.

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Dunne just completed her first semester of graduate school at Louisiana State University after earning her degree in interdisciplinary studies and loves to spend time with her girl Roux while going to school.

On Mother’s Day Sunday, Livvy first shared a mom team photo with her mother Katherine Dunne.

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She then shared a Happy Mother’s Day to herself with Roux on the dog’s IG page, where Livvy wrote, “Happy Mother’s Day to my mama… I woof you mama #woof #food #mom”

Livvy followed it up with a hilarious post with Roux in the womb instead of a baby.

Happy Mother’s Day to Livvy Dunne for Roux, and Kat Dunne, and all moms out there.

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