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Twins Daily Minor League Report (5/17)

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May 18, 2025

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Baseball sometimes helps write its own storylines. This week, two such stories have presented themselves to the Twins. Out of bad, comes good. Carlos Correa and Byron Buxton went on the concussion list. Ryan Fitzgerald was called up on Friday. Carson McCusker will be called up on Sunday.

CURRENT W-L Records
Minnesota Twins: 26-20
St. Paul Saints: 21-20
Wichita Wind Surge: 21-17
Cedar Rapids Kernels: 22-15
Fort Myers Mighty Mussels: 18-20
FCL Twins: 6-4
DSL Twins: Scheduled to start on June 2.

TRANSACTIONS
Late last week, the Minnesota Twins signed 26-year-old right-handed relief pitcher Eston Stull. A native of Indiana, Stull spent four years at NAIA Indiana-Kokomo where 28 of his 68 appearances were starts. In 2022, he was a graduate student player and worked on his masters at Southeastern University, an NAIA school in Lakeland, Florida. He spent the 2022-2024 seasons with Sussex County in the independent Frontier League, though he pitched just two innings in 2023. He returned in 2024 and in 49 1/3 innings, he had 16 walks and 77 strikeouts. This year, he had signed to play for the Sioux Falls Canaries in the American Association. He had four strikeouts in three scoreless innings to start the season. The Twins signed him and sent him straight to Cedar Rapids. As a starter, he was in the 89-91 range. As a reliever, he is more consistently 93 and 94 mph. He also has a curveball, slider and changeup.

A day after joining the Saints, Jaylen Nowlin returned to Wichita. Lefty Christian MacLeod was promoted to St. Paul and made the Saturday start.

SAINTS SENTINEL
St. Paul 9, Iowa 10
Box Score
Saints grab huge lead and still get walked off.

Down in Des Moines, the Saints started out fast start against new Cubs starter, Kenta Maeda. Edouard Julien led off by being hit by a pitch. He moved to second on a Mickey Gasper single. Julien scored on a Jose Miranda double. Mike Ford walked. A Jeferson Morales sacrifice fly to give the Saints the 2-0 lead. Emmanuel Rodriguez walked to load the bases. Jair Camargo drove in two with a double and gave the Saints a 4-0 lead.

In the top of the fourth inning, Armando Alvarez led off with a home run. Will Holland walked and went to second on a wild pitch. He scored on a Julien single. With two outs, Ford singled Julien to third base, and the French Canadian scored on a wild pitch to make it 7-0 Saints.

Christian MacLeod started and threw three zeroes on the board. In the fourth inning, he got the first two outs but was charged with an unearned run. He had four walks to go with his five strikeouts. Ryan Jensen came in and after a walk, he got a strikeout. He gave up two runs in the fifth inning largely due to three walks. Brady Feigl got the sixth and gave up four runs on four hits and a walk. Jacob Bosiokovic then gave up two eighth inning runs on two hits and a walk. Through eight, the Saints were now down by a score of 9-7.

With one out Rodriguez and Camargo had back-to-back singles and Alvarez walked to load the bases. Will Holland singled to score two and tie the game at 9-9. The I-Cubs walked it off in the bottom of the ninth.

Camargo went 3- for-5 with his sixth double and two RBI. Armando Alvarez was 3-for-4 with a walk and his third homer. Holland was 2-for-4 with a walk. Julien went 2-for-5 and stole a base. Jose Miranda hit his second and third doubles.

The Iowa Cubs are the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. This roster is filled with top prospects despite recent promotions of RHP Cade Horton and C/1B Moises Ballesteros to the big leagues. For more on the Cubs, check out our sister site, North Side Baseball. Here are their Top 20 Cubs prospects.

WIND SURGE WISDOM
Wichita 11, Arkansas 2
Box Score
Back-to-back, three-run innings trend this from a 2-2 game to an 8-2 game, and then they kept adding on.

Darren Bowen started and gave up two runs on two hits and two walks over four innings. He struck out four batters. Mike Paredes struck out five over three scoreless innings to improve to 5-0. Jarret Whorff tossed two more innings with a couple of zeroes going on the board to hold the Saints large lead.

With one out in the bottom of the first inning, Ricardo Olivar walked and scored on a Kyler Fedko double. After a walk by Kala’i Rosario, Aaron Sabato singled in Fedko.

The score was 2-2 going into the bottom of the fifth. Jake Rucker and Tyler Dearden walked, but with two outs hadn’t moved. Fedko came up and drilled his seventh home run to make it 5-2.

Then in the bottom of the sixth inning, Sabato led off with a walk and advanced to second on a single by Ben Ross. Andrew Cossetti got an RBI on a fielder’s choice. With two outs, Dearden doubled to drive in Cossetti, and then scored on a Tanner Schobel single.

Kala’i Rosario led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a walk. He stole second. With two outs, he scored on Andrew Cossetti’s third homer of the season. The Wind Surge led 10-2 after seven innings. Tanner Schobel led off the bottom of the eighth inning with his fifth home run.

Fedko went 2-for-5 with his sixth double and seventh home run of the season. He had four RBI. Schobel was 2-for-5 with his fifth homer. Rucker and Rosario each had two walks.

KERNELS NUGGETS
Cedar Rapids 5, Peoria 6
Box Score
They had a chance, right to the end, but the Kernels were unable to make the full comeback.

Ty Langenberg started the game and gave up five runs on seven hits over 3 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out three. Wilker Reyes got the next four outs without any further damage. Jack Noble gave up an earned run in his inning. Jacob Wosinski gave up two hits over three shutout innings. He had two strikeouts.

Kyle DeBarge had a big game. He went 2-for-3 with two walks. He knocked his seventh double and stole three bases, giving him 20 on the season. Khadim Diaw was 2-for-4 with his first triple of the year. Kaelen Culpepper hit a single and walked twice.

MUSSEL MATTERS
Fort Myers 6, Jupiter 5 (12 innings)
Box Score
After missing one start, lefty Dasan Hill returned to the mound for the Mussels on Saturday.

Hill started and went the first 2 1/3 innings. He gave up no runs and no hits. He walked two and had two strikeouts. He had left his previous start early with some minor, non-arm-related tightness. On this night, he threw 41 total pitches, though just 21 were strikes. More importantly, he made a start and left the start healthy.

Fellow starter Eli Jones came into the game out of the bullpen. He gave up three runs on four hits over 5 2/3 innings. He had seven strikeouts and no walks.

Brennan Oxford came on for his second outing. He struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth inning. In the 10th inning, he gave up a fly out that advanced the Manfred Man from second to third. He then got another fly out that drove in the run. He then got a ground ball. He faced six batters, got all six outs, and was charged with an unearned run.

Ivran Romero pitched the 11th inning and also gave up the unearned run. He came back out for the 12th inning and kept the Manfred Man from scoring and protected the lead for his team.

The game remained scoreless until the bottom of the sixth innings when Jupiter put a three on the board. Down 3-0 going to the eighth inning, the Mussels responded. Angel Del Rosario started the inning with a bunt single. Rayne Doncon hit an infield single. The next two batters flew out. Trying to make something happen, a double steal put runners on second and third. Jose Rodriguez, hit his fourth home run of the season to tie the game at 3-3.

Rodriguez hit .125 in April. He is now hitting .136 in May. However, he has hit in four of his past five games, and is 4-for-18 (.222) with two walks in that stretch.

In the top of the 10th, Dameury Pena scored on a Jefferson Valladares sacrifice fly. In the top of the 11th, Yasser Mercedes scored from third when Rodriguez struck out but a throw had to be made to first base to record the out. In the top of the 12th inning, Maddux Houghton started at second base and then stole third base. With one out, Dameury Pena flew out to right field, deep enough to drive in Houghton with the go ahead run.

Payton Eeles made another rehab start. He went 0-for-2 and had a walk before his day came to an end. Rayne Doncon was 2-for-4.

COMPLEX CHRONICLES
FCL Twins 7, FCL Red Sox 2
Box Score
A five-run fifth inning pushed the Twins to a win against their cross-town rivals.

Joel Garcia made the Saturday morning start. He gave up one run on three hits over three innings. He had three strikeouts and no walks. Hendry Chivilli went the next two innings. He gave up no runs on one hit. He had no walks, struck out two, and improved to 2-0. Andrew Huffman had two strikeouts in a scoreless inning. It was his first outing of the season after pitching in just two games a season ago. Will Armbruester gave up a run on two hits in the seventh inning.

The Twins got on the board first in the top of the third. With two outs, Eduardo Beltre walked. He went to third base on a throwing error on a pickoff attempt. He then scored on a wild pitch.

The fifth inning started with Carlos Silva being hit by a pitch. Then Ricardo Paez was hit by a pitch. Then, Eduardo Beltre walked to load the bases. Daiber De Los Santos flew out to drive in Silva, but Paez was thrown out at third base. After a throwing error, Bryan Acuna walked. Jayson Bass followed with a single to right that drove in Beltre and Acuna. Lis Fragoza doubled to drive in Bass. Following a Ramiro Dominguez walk, Irvin Nunez singled to drive in Fragoza and make it 6-1. In the sixth inning, Acuna singled in Paez (who walked and stole two bases) with the team’s seventh and final run of the game.

The Twins scored their seven runs on six hits, seven walks and three hit batters.

Luis Fragoza led the offense, going 2-for-4 with his second double of the season. He stole his fourth base. Beltre and Paez each walked twice. Dominguez hit his third double and also walked. Acuna was 1-for-2, was hit by a pitch, and walked.

PLAYERS OF THE DAY
Hitter of the Day
Kyler Fedko (Wichita): 2-for-5, 2B(6), HR(7), 2 R, 4 RBI.
Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids): 2-for-3, 2 BB, 2B(7), 3-SB(20), 2 R,

Pitcher of the Day
Darren Oxford (Fort Myers): 2 IP, 0 H, 1 R, OER, 0 BB, 3 K.
Jacob Wosinski (Cedar Rapids): 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K.
Mike Paredes (Wichita): 3 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 5 K.

PROSPECT SUMMARY
Check out the Prospect Tracker for much more on our updated Twins Top 20 prospects after seeing how they did on Saturday.

#3 – Emmanuel Rodriguez (St. Paul) – 1-for-4, BB, R, 3 K
#6 – Kaelen Culpepper (Cedar Rapids) – 1-for-4, 2 BB, R, K.
#9 – Brandon Winokur (Cedar Rapids) – 0-for-4, BB, 2 RBI, 2 K
#10 – Dasan Hill (Fort Myers) – 2 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 41 pitches, 21 strikes (51.2%)
#11 – Kyle DeBarge (Cedar Rapids) – 2-for-3, 2 BB, 2B(7), 2 R, K, 3-SB(20).
#14 – Gabriel Gonzalez (Cedar Rapids) – 0-for-3, 2 RBI, K
#16 – Eduardo Beltre (FCL Twins) – 0-for-2, 2 BB, 2 R, K
#17 – Tanner Schobel (Wichita) – 2-for-5, HR (5), R, 2 RBI
#18 – Yasser Mercedes (Fort Myers) – 0-for-6, R, 2 K.
#19 – Carson McCusker (Minnesota) – Did Not Play. Got The Call!
#20 – Ricardo Olivar (Wichita) – 1-for-4, BB, R, K.

SUNDAY PITCHING PROBABLES
Minnesota @ Milwaukee (1:10 PM CDT) – RHP Zebby Matthews (FIrst MLB start of 2025)
St. Paul @ Iowa (1:08 PM CDT) – RHP Andrew Morris (0-1, 3.71 ERA)
Arkansas @ Wichita (1:05 PM CDT) – TBD
Peoria @ Cedar Rapids (1:05 PM CDT) – Chase Chaney (1-0, 3.18 ERA)
Fort Myers @ Jupiter (11:30 AM CDT) – RHP Jason Doktorczyk (2-1, 5.01 ERA)

Please feel free to ask questions about the teams, the roster, and discuss Saturday’s games, or anything else Twins minor-league related!

Interested in learning more about the Minnesota Twins’ top prospects? Check out our comprehensive top prospects list that includes up-to-date stats, articles and videos about every prospect, scouting reports, and more!

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Allick Joins LOVB Madison – University of Nebraska

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December 20, 2025

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LOVB Madison announced on Friday that Nebraska senior middle blocker Rebekah Allick will be joining their squad for the 2026 League One Volleyball season.

Allick will join former Husker Callie Schwarzenbach on LOVB Madison’s roster.

Allick concluded her Husker career with AVCA All-America Second Team honors, the first All-America honor of her career after being named All-Region three times. She also earned All-Big Ten First Team accolades for the first time after twice earning second-team honors.

Allick had the best season of her standout career with 2.56 kills per set on .450 hitting with a team-high 1.27 blocks per set. Her .450 hitting percentage ranked as the No. 4 single-season mark in school history, as well as the No. 4 mark in the country on the season.

She finished her Husker career at No. 5 in career blocks in the rally-scoring era with 543, and her career blocks per set average of 1.31 ranked fourth. Allick was on the AVCA Player of the Year Watch List at the midway point of the season. She was also named to the AVCA All-First Serve Team, and she was the AVCA National Player of the Week and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after two standout performances to begin the season against Pitt and Stanford.

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Women’s Volleyball Adds Two Transfers for 2026 Season

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December 20, 2025

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HONOLULU — University of Hawai’i women’s volleyball head coach Robyn Ah Mow announced the additions of two productive pin hitters who will join the Rainbow Wahine as transfers for the 2026 season.

Maëli Cormier, a 6-foot-2 opposite/outside hitter who spent her freshman year at Oregon State, and Panna Ratkai, a 5-foot-10 outside hitter who played at Dayton last season, have signed with the Rainbow Wahine and will enroll at UH for the spring semester. Cormier will have three seasons of eligibility remaining while Ratkai will spend her senior season at UH and both bring international experience with them to Mānoa.

“Both Maëli and Panna add a lot of maturity and competitiveness that will immediately upgrade our gym and culture the moment they step foot on campus,” Ah Mow said. “We are very excited to add them both to our ‘ohana and can’t wait to get to work when spring training begins.”

Cormier, originally from Les Îles de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada, earned a spot on the West Coast Conference’s All-Freshman Team after averaging 2.63 kills per set for Oregon State in the 2025 season. She played in 28 matches with 12 starts and finished second on the team with 266 total kills. She posted double-figure kills in 13 matches with a season-high 20 in a five-set win over Saint Mary’s. She hit better than .300 in 10 matches and went over .400 five times. She was also the starting opposite with Canada’s U-21 team at the 2024 NORCECA Continental Championship in Toronto and led the team with 35 kills in the tournament. She also played with Canada’s U19 team in 2022 and was selected to the National Excellence Program in 2022 and ’23. She played club volleyball for Élans de Garneau and was a 2025 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association All-Canadian selection.

Ratkai, originally from Budapest, Hungary, was a two-time Horizon League Offensive Player of the Year at Purdue Fort Wayne before spending the 2025 season at Dayton. After redshirting in 2022, Ratkai put away 1,048 kills and averaged 4.62 per set over her two seasons at Purdue Fort Wayne. She finished the 2024 season ranked 15^th in the nation with 4.57 kills per set and 19^th with 5.17 points per set and was an AVCA All-America Honorable Mention selection. She also had 586 digs and recorded 30 double-doubles in her two seasons with the Mastodons. Ratkai competed with the Hungarian National Team last summer and played in 41 sets and posted 82 kills and 71 digs at Dayton this past season.

Cormier and Ratkai join incoming freshmen Cameron Holcomb and Rachel Purser in UH’s signing class for the 2026 season.

2026 University of Hawai’i Women’s Volleyball Signees

Name	Pos.	Ht.	Yr.	Hometown (High School/Last School)
Maëli Cormier	OH/OPP	6-2	So.	Les Îles de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada (Cegep Garneau/Oregon State)
Cameron Holcomb	L/DS	5-8	Fr.	San Marcos, Calif. (San Marcos HS)
Panna Ratkai	OH	5-10	Sr.	Budapest, Hungary (Gödölloi Török Ignác Gimnázium/Dayton)
Rachel Purser	MB	6-3	Fr.	Henderson, Nev. (Coronado HS)

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Creighton volleyball adds second high-major transfer commitment in Ayden Ames

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December 20, 2025

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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Creighton volleyball is on a heater in the NCAA transfer portal, which opened Dec. 7 and closes Jan. 5.

Texas middle blocker transfer Ayden Ames committed to the Bluejays Friday.

A former Nebraska commit before flipping to Texas in 2023, Ames averaged 1.52 kills and 1.11 blocks per set with a .368 hitting percentage as a sophomore this season. She has two years of eligibility remaining.

Ames is the second transfer commitment this offseason, joining former Kansas setter Katie Dalton, who pledged to Creighton for her final season on Dec. 17.

Dalton helped lead the Jayhawks to a NCAA regional semifinal appearance, where they lost to Nebraska. She averaged 8.76 assists and 2.27 digs per set and earned All-Big 12 Second-Team honors.

Bluejays’ coach Brian Rosen has two AVCA Second-Team All-Americans to replace in outside hitter Ava Martin and middle blocker Kiara Reinhardt. They also lose Third-Team All-American setter Annalea Maeder.

Yet, the program still made an NCAA regional final this season despite losing seven seniors and two All-Americans from the 2024 roster.

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No. 1 seed Kentucky volleyball advances to National Championship after beating No. 3 seed Wisconsin in 5-set thriller – Kentucky Kernel

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December 20, 2025

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No. 1 seed Kentucky volleyball (30-2, 15-0 SEC) advances to the 2025 National Championship with a 3-2 win over No. 3 seed Wisconsin (28-5, 17-3 Big Ten) in the Final Four.

This will be Kentucky’s second National Championship appearance in program history, with the first coming in the 2020-21 season when Kentucky took home the title.

Kentucky Wildcats outside hitter Eva Hudson celebrates after scoring a point during the Final Four volleyball match against Wisconsin on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo. Photo by Will Luckett | Photo Manager

Wisconsin dominated the first set from start to finish, taking a 1-0 match lead with a 25-12 win in set one. Kentucky used a 6-0 run late in set two to pull ahead and even the match with a 25-22 set two victory. The Badgers attack simply overpowered Kentucky again in set three, allowing Wisconsin to win the set 25-21 and take a 2-1 lead in the match. Kentucky fended off a late comeback attempt by Wisconsin in set four, taking the set 26-24 to even the match at 2-2 and force set five. Kentucky got out to a 8-2 lead early in set five before taking the set 15-13, winning the match.

AVCA All-American First Team member Mimi Colyer was the driving force behind a Badger attack that kept the pressure on all night. She led the match with 32 kills and had a .348% hitting percentage.

Behind Colyer, Wisconsin totaled 77 kills and hit .375% in the match.

The Wildcats powerful outside hitter duo of Eva Hudson and Brooklyn DeLeye were the engine of Kentucky’s attack. Hudson had a team leading 29 kills for a new season high and hit .455%. DeLeye added 15 kills of her own and led the team in blocks with five and digs with 14.

The Wildcats totaled 65 kills with a .254% hitting percentage.

Set One

Wisconsin began the match with a 3-0 run, with back-to-back kills from Colyer.

The Badgers extended this lead to 8-2 with a 3-0 run, this forced Kentucky to take its first timeout early in the first set.

Wisconsin had seven kills with a perfect 1.000% hitting percentage at this point, the Badgers were overwhelming the Cats defense early.

The Badgers perfect hitting continued through 10 attempts, pushing Wisconsin ahead 15-6. This forced Kentucky to take its second timeout of the set.

The Wildcats defense has been a strength this season, but Wisconsin’s attack tore it up in the first half of set one.

Wisconsin continued to extend its lead following UK’s timeout, pulling ahead 21-9 with a 5-1 run.

The Badgers dominated set one, taking a 1-0 lead with a 25-12 set win.

Wisconsin recorded 15 kills in the first set with a .682% hitting percentage, the Badgers made zero attack errors.

Kentucky recorded just nine kills with a .056% hitting percentage, thanks largely to seven attack errors.

Wisconsin’s Colyer and Carter Booth both recorded seven kills in set one.

The Wildcats seemed to lack any answers for Wisconsin’s attack in the set, and couldn’t get their own going.

Set Two

Kentucky pulled out to a 3-1 in the second set, thanks to a kill and block assist from DeLeye.

This lead was extended to 6-3 after a 3-1 run by Kentucky.

Wisconsin mounted 6-2 run to take a 10-9 lead.

Wisconsin took a 15-14 lead into the media timeout after the set was tied at 10-10, 11-11, 12-12, 13-13 and 14-14.

a 3-0 Wildcat run allowed Kentucky to pull ahead 21-20, forcing Wisconsin to take its second timeout of the set.

Kentucky continued its run through the timeout, with another 3-0 run to force set point at 24-20.

Wisconsin stayed alive with a 2-0 run that shortened Kentucky’s lead to two points. Kentucky called its first timeout of the set as a result.

Hudson recorded her sixth kill of the set after the timeout, allowing Kentucky to win set two 25-22 and even the match at 1-1.

The Badgers attack cooled off in the second set, while Kentucky’s began to find its rhythm.

Wisconsin had 14 kills in set two with a hitting percentage of .229%. The Badgers had six attack errors after having none in the first set. The Badgers also recorded six service errors.

Kentucky had 13 kills with a .258% hitting percentage.

Hudson not only led UK in kills in the set, she also recorded two blocks and four digs.

Booth had five kills in the set, bringing her total to 12 kills at a .786% hitting percentage through two sets.

Set Three

Colyer recorded four straight kills as Wisconsin got out to a 4-2 lead in set two.

Another 4-2 run by the Badgers gave them a 8-5 lead, with Colyer accounting for five of those points.

An injury forced Wisconsin to call its first timeout of the set with an early lead.

Wisconsin mounted a 4-1 run after its timeout to pull ahead 12-7, this forced Kentucky’s first timeout of the set.

The Wildcats mounted a 4-1 run that shortened the Badgers lead to 15-13.

A 3-0 run by Kentucky allowed the Wildcats to pull within one, Wisconsin called its second timeout of the set with a 21-20 lead.

Wisconsin forced set point at 24-21, leading to the Wildcats second timeout of the set.

The Badgers won the first rally out of the timeout to win set three 25-21, taking a 2-1 match lead.

Colyer had 12 kills in set three, leading the Badgers oppressive attack. Wisconsin had 21 kills total and hit .386% in the set.

The Wildcats had their best attacking set of the match with 16 kills and a .326% hitting percentage, but they were unable to keep up with Wisconsin.

DeLeye and Hudson each had five kills in the set.

Kassie O’Brien assisted on 15 of the Cats 16 kills in the set, nearly doubling her match total.

Set Four

Kentucky got out to a 3-1 lead in set four, Wisconsin responded with a 4-1 run that put the Badgers ahead 6-4.

The Wildcats mounted a 3-0 run, taking a 7-6 lead with a service ace from Molly Tuozzo.

Wisconsin responded with a 3-0 run of its own to pull ahead 9-7.

Kentucky went into the media timeout on a 5-1 run, allowing the Cats to hold a 15-13 lead. Hudson was responsible for 3 of these points, with two kills and a service ace.

A 3-1 Wildcat run allowed Kentucky to extend its lead to 19-16.

Wisconsin took a timeout after Kentucky pulled ahead 20-17.

The Badgers pulled within one point twice but called another timeout when UK pulled ahead 23-21.

The Wildcats forced set point at 24-21, but the Badgers pulled back to within one and forced a Kentucky timeout.

Wisconsin evened the set at 24-24, but Kentucky scored on two consecutive rallies to win the set 26-24. This evened the match at 2-2, forcing a shortened fifth set.

Set Five

A service ace by Trinity Ward gave UK a 2-1 lead in set five, a solo block by Lizzie Carr brought the lead to 3-1. Hudson’s kill turned this into a 4-0 run that forced a Wisconsin timeout.

The Wildcats continued through the timeout, an error by Wisconsin and kill from DeLeye put UK ahead 6-1.

O’Brien recorded a kill then assisted Hudson to put Kentucky ahead 8-2 at the side switch.

Wisconsin came out of the side switch with a 4-1 run to shrink UK’s lead to 9-6.

DeLeye’s third kill of the set put Kentucky ahead 11-7, forcing Wisconsin to call a timeout.

Wisconsin mounted a 2-0 run out of the timeout, coming within two points.

A kill by Hudson forced match point at 14-11, but Wisconsin responded with a 2-0 run to cut the Wildcats lead to 14-13. This forced a timeout from Kentucky.

Kentucky came out of the timeout and forced a block error to win the match with a 15-13 victory in set five.

The Wildcats will take on No. 3 seed Texas A&M in the 2025 National Championship at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday, Dec. 21, at 5 p.m. ET.

It will be the first time in NCAA history that two SEC teams will face off in the National Championship. The Wildcats are the only team to win the National Championship as a member of the SEC.

The Wildcats went on the road to defeat Texas A&M in four sets on Oct. 8, 2025, en route to Kentucky’s undefeated SEC run and ninth consecutive SEC regular season title.

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Jackson, Reilly Take Home AVCA Positional Awards – University of Nebraska

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December 20, 2025

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Nebraska volleyball’s Andi Jackson and Bergen Reilly received top positional awards at the AVCA Awards Banquet at the Kansas City Convention Center on Friday.

Jackson was named the Middle Blocker of the Year, while Reilly was named the Setter of the Year. The AVCA positional awards are new this season.

Pitt junior Olivia Babock was named the AVCA Player of the Year for the second straight season, as well as Opposite of the Year. Wisconsin’s Mimi Colyer took home Outside Hitter of the Year, and Iowa State libero Rachel Van Gorp was Libero of the Year.

Reilly set the Huskers to a school-record .351 hitting percentage, as the Big Red concluded their season with a 33-1 overall record and 20-0 mark in Big Ten play en route to a third straight conference title. Reilly averaged 10.47 assists per set and 2.70 digs per set. She also totaled 73 kills, 67 blocks and 19 aces.

Reilly was named a first-team AVCA All-American, Big Ten Player of the Year, Big Ten Setter of the Year, AVCA Region Player of the Year and All-Big Ten First Team. NU’s .351 hitting percentage ranks first nationally and is the best hitting percentage by a Big Ten team since 2009 Penn State.

A junior from Sioux Falls, S.D., Reilly set Nebraska to a .400 or better hitting percentage nine times this season, a school record in the rally-scoring era. Reilly had double-doubles in all six of the Husker matches that went longer than three sets, and she had four double-doubles in sweeps.

A three-time AVCA All-American and one of four finalists for AVCA Player of the Year, Reilly ranks No. 3 in school history in career assists in the rally-scoring era with 3,723. Her career assists per set average of 10.70 ranks No. 4 among active Division I players and No. 2 in school history in the rally-scoring era.

Jackson was chosen to the AVCA All-America First Team for the second straight year, as well as the All-Big Ten First Team. She was also an AVCA Player of the Year Semifinalist and AVCA All-Region Team for the third straight year.

The junior middle blocker from Brighton, Colo., averaged 2.74 kills per set on .467 hitting with 1.12 blocks per set and 16 aces. Her .467 hitting percentage led the nation and was the No. 3 hitting percentage in school history for a single season.

In conference-only matches, Jackson hit .559 to break the Big Ten record for hitting percentage in conference-only matches in a season, which was .541 by Arielle Wilson from Penn State in 2008. Jackson ended her junior season with a career hitting percentage of .437, which is the No. 1 mark in school history and the No. 1 mark among active Division I players.

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YSU Collegiate Invitational Presented by Southwoods Health Meet Information

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December 19, 2025

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2026 Youngstown State University Indoor Track & Field 14th Annual Collegiate Invitational Meet Presented by Southwoods Health will start at 1 pm | Friday, Jan. 16

Entry Registration Opens up on Direct Athletics :

Friday, December 19 at 5pm

Time Schedule of Events

Running Events start at 1pm

All Field Events start at 1pm

Running Events — Rolling Schedule Women first, Men to Follow

1pm Women 5000M

Men’s 60M Hurdles Qualifying Round

Women’s 60M Hurdles Qualifying Round

Women’s 60M Dash Qualifying Round

Men’s 60M Dash Qualifying Round

Men’s 5000M

Men’s 60M Hurdles PRELIMS

Women’s 60M Hurdles PRELIMS

Women’s 60M Dash PRELIMS

Men’s 60M Dash PRELIMS

Women’s Mile Run

Men’s Mile Run

Women’s 400M

Men’s 400M

Women’s 60M Hurdles FINALS

Men’s 60M Hurdles FINALS

Women’s 60M Dash FINALS

Men’s 60M Dash FINALS

Women’s 500M Dash FINALS

Men’s 500M Dash FINALS

Women’s 800m

Men’s 800m

Women’s 200M Dash

Men’s 200M Dash

Women’s 3000M Run

Men’s 3000M Run

Women’s 1600M Relay

Men’s 1600M Relay

Field Events Start at 12noon

Seeded Women’s Pole Vault

Seeded Men’s Pole Vault

Unseeded Women’s Pole Vault

Unseeded Men’s Pole Vault

Women’s High Jump–Men’s High Jump to follow

Women’s Weight Throw–Men’s Weight Throw to follow

Men’s Shot Put–Women’s Shot Put to follow

Men (West Pit) and Women (East Pit)

Long Jump–Triple Jump follow 20 minutes upon completion of Long Jump

**Finals in field events will consist of the top Nine marks from the qualifying rounds.**

Meet : Open NCAA sanctioned Indoor Track & Field Competition.

Timing: Fully automatic FinishLynx system

Location: The Watson and Tressel Training Site (WATTS) on the YSU campus. The WATTS features a full-length Shaw Sportexe Power Blade HP+ synthetic turf system football field, a 300-meter state-of-the-art mondo track surface, two long-jump pits, a high-jump pit, four batting cages, protective netting, training room and locker rooms.

GPS address: 651 Elm St. | Youngstown, OH 44555

Entries: Entries are due by Tuesday, January 13 by 7pm on Direct Athletics, consisting of event entries with best marks from the previous year or realistic projected marks. All entries will be done on-line at www.directathletics.com.

Please visit the Direct Athletics website at your earliest convenience in order to familiarize yourself with how the entry process works.

Also, please limit FIVE athletes per event. If you have an event with more than five quality athletes, please text Brian Gorby at (330) 519-7591 and we’ll help to get more entry’s added, if needed.

We always try to help accommodate additional team /individual additional Entry’s.

**Note: Please check YSUsports.com after the entry deadline for changes or adjustments to the meet time schedule!

Internet Entry Lists: Final entry lists will be posted on our website, YSUsports.com on Thursday, January 15. Please check to make sure your athletes are entered correctly. If there are mistakes or scratches, please email bdgorby@ysu.edu & ysutrackmeets@gmail.com .

Entry Fees: $ 500 per each team, men & women genders are separate, consisting of 10 or more individuals in unlimited events are paid online, when you complete Entry’s on Direct Athletics or $ 25 per individual event entry & paid online at Direct Athletics.

ENTRY FEES

$ 25 per ENTRY (i.e. 2 events entered would be $ 50 ) Entry fees must be paid in advance online when you enter on DirectAthletics (all major credit and debit cards accepted).

Relay only Entry’s $ 7 per runner for a total of $ 28 per relay team.

REFUND POLICY

Outside of meet cancellation, there is a strict NO REFUND policy on entry fees.

Absolutely no refunds will be processed due to scratches, change of plans, inability to travel, illness, injuries, etc.

Spikes: ONLY 1/4 inch or shorter pyramid spikes will be allowed and all spikes will be checked prior to events. NO pin or needle spikes, spike elements, or any other type of spike will be allowed.

High Jump: All high jump competitions will be conducted on the Mondo surface.

Sections/Heats/Flights: Flights will be seeded by distance with best marks in the latest sections/flights.

Finals in field events will consist of the top nine marks from the qualifying rounds.

There will be prelims and finals in the 60 and 60h. All other races will be run as sections against time with the fastest heats being run first.

Implement Weigh-In: 30 minutes prior to event at the Throws area.

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