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HARRISONBURG, Va. – The Texas State men and women swept the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, contested at Sentara Park on the campus of James Madison in Harrisonburg, Va., for the first time in school history.

The Texas State men won the program’s second Sun Belt title with nearly 100 points on the final day of competition to lead the field with 145. Arkansas State finished second with 126 as Louisiana finished third with 114. The Texas State women nearly doubled their score on the final day to earn the program’s fourth outdoor title and repeat as champions with 119 points. Louisiana finished second with 108 points as Southern Miss finished third with 97.

Texas State’s Abigail Parra was named the women’s top meet scorer with 23 points with her performance across the distance races. Arkansas State’s Jacob Pyeatt and App State’s Ethan Lipham were named men’s co-top meet scorers with 20 points as the pair each earned two gold medals.

Over the three day championship, there were 268 personal-best performances with 110 season-best times and marks.

The women’s discus started the final day in Virginia, as Louisiana’s Kimola Hines earned gold in the fifth round with a mark of 49.26m/161-7. The men’s triple jump was decided in the sixth round, as Louisiana’s Jeremy Nelson leapt to the top spot on the podium with a distance of 15.98m/52-5.25. The women’s high jump podium featured a trio of personal-best performances with Alana Simon from Southern Miss earning the gold with a personal-best clearance of 1.77m/5-9.75.

Arkansas State’s Menachem Chen launched himself atop the podium in the men’s discus in the sixth round with a mark of 54.05m/177-4. The women’s triple jump also saw a podium full of personal-best marks as Imani Moore from Georgia Southern earned the gold with a distance of 12.81m/42-0.5.

The final field event of the day did not lack in dramatics as Texas State teammates Aiden Hayes and Kason O’Riley both set personal-best marks, and tied both the Sun Belt and Championship Meet record in the event. A record that had remained untouched since 1994 was challenged as the pair of Bobcats finished first and second clearing 2.25m/7-4.5.

As the championship moved to the track, both the men’s and women’s team races were margined in the single digits. Georgia Southern came out blazing with a new Sun Belt and Championship Meet record time of 43.73 in the women’s 4x100m relay. The Louisiana men captured the title in 39.55, which sits just 0.10 from tying the Meet Record.
Parra claimed the top spot in the women’s 1500m in 4:23.76 as Lipham won his second gold medal of the championships on the men’s side in 3:50.83. The women’s 100m hurdles featured Amanda Kinloch from Coastal Carolina powering through in 13.16 to claim gold. Arkansas State’s Colby Eddowes claimed the top podium spot in the men’s 110m hurdles in 13.51.

The women’s 400m saw a pair of Southern Miss athletes finish atop the podium as Kennedi Sanders won the gold in 53.22. Louisiana’s Lawson Jacobs led a podium filled with personal-best marks for the men’s 400m with a personal-best time of 45.57.

Georgia Southern’s NaJ Watson ran a personal-best 11.30 in the 100m to claim the gold medal. Troy’s Tydreke Thomas entered the championships with a seeded time of 10.13 and ran a 10.14 in the finals to earn gold.

Jaellene Burgess led the 800m from wire to wire in 2:07.41 to finish first as Louisiana’s Joseph Patterson claimed gold in the men’s 800m in 1:50.46. ULM’s Katerina Natsiopoulou earned the gold medal in the women’s 400m hurdles in 59.55. South Alabama’s Kendal White ran a personal-best 50.02 in the men’s 400m hurdles to finish atop the podium.

Georgia Southern swept the women’s 200m podium as Devine Parker ran 23.07 to finish first. Texas State’s Drew Donley won the men’s 200m final with a time of 20.75. Coastal Carolina’s Molly Jones captured a season-best time of 16:52.56 in the women’s 5000m to win gold. Arkansas State’s Pyeatt set a new Championship Meet Record in the men’s 5000m with a time of 13:50.83.

Down to the final relay events, the Southern Miss women’s 4x400m relay team ran a season-best time of 3:36.08 to set a new Championship Meet Record. On the men’s side, Louisiana’s relay team captured the final gold medal with a time of 3:08.65.

The 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field preliminaries will run from May 28-31. The East preliminary will be hosted by the North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla., while the West preliminary will be hosted by the Texas A&M in College Station, Texas. The selection will be announced the week prior to First Round competition on Thursday, May 22.

The top 48 declared student-athletes will be accepted into the preliminary competitions for each individual event. The top 24 declared relay teams will be accepted into the preliminary competitions for each relay event.

Combined events do not attend the preliminary meets. For combined events (Heptathlon and Decathlon), the top 24 declared student-athletes in each event based on their position on the national descending-order list will be accepted directly into the championships.

The NCAA outdoor track and field championships run from June 11-14. Both the men’s and women’s championships will be run simultaneously at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Ore.

2025 Sun Belt Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 10, 2025)

Men’s Team Scores (Final):
1. Texas State (145)
2. Arkansas State (126)
3. Louisiana (114)
4. South Alabama (108)
5. App State (97)
6. Southern Miss (72)
7. ULM (67)
8. Troy (40)
9. Coastal Carolina (36)
10. Marshall (9)

Women’s Team Scores (Final):
1. Texas State (119)
2. Louisiana (108)
3. Southern Miss (97)
4. Georgia Southern (91)
5. Arkansas State (69)
6. South Alabama (68)
7. Coastal Carolina (63)
8. App State (50)
9. Troy (43)
10. Marshall (36)
T11. ULM (30)
T11. James Madison (30)
13. Georgia State (15)

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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

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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.

The other matchup in the Austin Regional will pit second-seeded Stanford and third-seeded Wisconsin against each other. Their match will begin 30 minutes after the conclusion of IU’s. The winners of both regional semifinals will meet on Sunday (Dec. 14) afternoon for a spot in the national semifinals in Kansas City.

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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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Aug. 29: Louisville 3, Auburn 0
Aug. 31: Louisville 3, Morehead State 0
Sept. 1: Louisville 3, St. John’s 0
Sept. 7: Louisville 3, Illinois 1
Sept. 10: Texas 3, Louisville 2
Sept. 12: Louisville 3, Creighton 1
Sept. 13: Louisville 3, UNI 1
Sept. 14: Louisville 3, Rice 1
Sept. 18: Kentucky 3, Louisville 2
Sept. 22: Louisville 3, Western Kentucky 0
Sept. 26: Louisville 3, Boston College 0
Sept. 28: Louisville 3, Syracuse 0
Oct. 3: Louisville 3, California 0
Oct. 5: Louisville 3, Stanford 1
Oct. 10: Louisville 3, Virginia Tech 0
Oct. 12: Louisville 3, Virginia 1
Oct. 17: SMU 3, Louisville 2
Oct. 19: Pitt 3, Louisville 2
Oct. 24: Louisville 3, Duke 0
Oct. 26: Louisville 3, North Carolina 1
Oct. 29: Louisville 3, Notre Dame 0
Nov. 1: Louisville 3, Notre Dame 0
Nov. 7: Louisville 3, N.C. State 0
Nov. 9: Louisville 3, Wake Forest 1
Nov. 13: Louisville 3, Florida State 1
Nov. 16: Louisville 3, Miami 2
Nov. 21: Louisville 3, Georgia Tech 1
Nov. 23: Louisville 3, Clemson 0
Nov. 26: Pitt 3, Louisville 0
Nov. 29: Stanford 3, Louisville 2
Dec. 5: Louisville 3, Loyola Chicago 0 (NCAA Tournament First Round)
Dec. 6: Louisville 3, Marquette 2 (NCAA Tournament Second Round)
Dec. 11: Louisville vs. Texas A&M (NCAA Tournament Regional Round)

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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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