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UA athletics secure 5th consecutive top-20 finish in Learfield Directors’ Cup standings
The Arkansas Razorbacks have earned a top-20 finish in the Learfield Directors’ Cup standings for a program-record fifth consecutive year, the university announced Thursday. The award is given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics. The Razorbacks ranked No. 5 […]

The Arkansas Razorbacks have earned a top-20 finish in the Learfield Directors’ Cup standings for a program-record fifth consecutive year, the university announced Thursday.
The award is given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics.
The Razorbacks ranked No. 5 in the Southeastern Conference and No. 11 overall in the final standings released by the NACDA, a news release said.
Arkansas earned a total of 966.7 points and is one of 11 league programs in the top 25 of the final standings.
Arkansas finished No. 18 in 2023-24, No. 13 in 2022-23, No. 7 in 2021-22 and No. 8 in 2020-21.
Arkansas has won eight NCAA championships and 39 Southeastern Conference team championships in the past seven years, including 31 conference titles in the past five years alone, the release said.
Both conference championship totals lead all SEC programs and the Hog’s 39 titles are more than seven other league programs combined in that same time-frame.
“Thanks to the dedicated efforts of our student-athletes, coaches, staff and the loyal support of our Razorback Foundation members, the University of Arkansas once again ranks among the nation’s top performing collegiate athletics programs,” Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Hunter Yurachek in the release.
“Our program has finished in the top 20 of the Directors’ Cup for a school record five years in a row, even while competing against programs that have far more than 19 sports. We are grateful for the loyal support of Razorback fans who have and will continue to play an integral part in our success as we move forward into a new era of intercollegiate athletics.”
Football
A win over Texas Tech capped the season in style as the Razorbacks won their fourth straight AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
The win was also the third bowl win under Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman, the release said.
Pittman is 3-0 as a head coach in bowl games at Arkansas, becoming the first Razorback coach to win his first three bowl outings. The victory earned Arkansas 45 Directors’ Cup points.
Baseball
The final Directors’ Cup standings include points awarded in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s beach volleyball, women’s bowling, men’s and women’s cross country, fencing, women’s field hockey, football, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s gymnastics, men’s and women’s hockey, men’s and women’s lacrosse, rifle, women’s rowing, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, skiing, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s indoor track & field, men’s and women’s outdoor track & field, men’s and women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s water polo and wrestling, the release said.
Arkansas ended a strong baseball season with its 12th appearance at the College World Series. Led by Golden Spikes Award winner Wehiwa Aloy, the Hogs swept through the NCAA Regional and Super Regional rounds at Baum-Walker Stadium to earn a trip to Omaha.
Arkansas finished tied for third at the CWS and ended one step short of the championship series. The Hogs finished the season with a record of 50-15 and earned a top-5 national finish for the seventh time in school history. For their baseball season, Arkansas earned 83 Directors’ Cup points, it said.
Basketball
New head coach John Calipari’s Razorback men’s basketball team made an improbable run into the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the Sweet 16 after starting SEC play winless in its first five games.
Arkansas finished the season with a 22-14 record, earned its 37th NCAA appearance and its 15th NCAA Sweet 16, including its fourth in the last five years, the release said.
The Hogs were a No. 10 seed and topped No. 7 seed Kansas (79-72) in the opening round, before upsetting No. 2 seed St. John’s (75-66) in the second round of the tournament.
Arkansas’ season came to an end to No. 3 Texas Tech (85-83). The Razorbacks earned 64 Directors’ Cup points for the NCAA Tournament run, it said.
Softball
Led by Bri Ellis, the Softball America and USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, Arkansas finished the 2025 campaign with a 44-14 overall record while making its fourth Super Regional appearance in program history, the release said.
The Hogs’ 44 wins were the most since 2022, with 48.
The Razorbacks were named the No. 4 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and won the NCAA Fayetteville Regional, before falling in game three of the Fayetteville Super Regional to Ole Miss. The Hogs earned 64 points towards the Directors’ Cup from softball.
Soccer
Razorback Soccer continued its recent run of success on the pitch. Arkansas earned a No. 2 seed in the 2024 NCAA Tournament and hosted three rounds of postseason play in front of capacity crowds at Razorback Field.
Head coach Colby Hale’s squad advanced to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in program history in 2024, including the third time in the past four seasons, it said.
The postseason success gained Arkansas 64 points in the Directors’ Cup standings.
Men’s track and field
The 2025 SEC Champion Arkansas men’s track and field team made a strong run at yet another national championship at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
A strong final day of performances clinched the Razorbacks a No. 3, just one point shy of two teams that tied for the national championship, the release said.
Head coach Chris Bucknam and the Razorback men in the past eight NCAA championships held in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field. Jordan Anthony starred for the Razorbacks, capturing the individual title in the 100m with a time of 10.07. This marked the seventh podium finish for Bucknam’s Hogs.
Arkansas collected 85 Directors’ Cup points for its top-three national finish in men’s outdoor track and field.
Women’s outdoor track and field
Arkansas women’s outdoor track and field tallied 70.5 Directors’ Cup points after the Razorbacks finished eighth at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
Led by a runner-up finish in the 4-x-400-meter relay and a bronze medal effort from Rosey Effiong in the 400 meters, the Hogs earned a top-10 finish at the national meet for Coach Chris Johnson.
This marked the fourth straight top-10 finish and the 10th time in the past 12 NCAA Outdoor meets, the Running Razorback women’s squad has accomplished that feat, it said.
Women’s golf
While making history, the Razorback women’s golf team pushed its way to a deep run in the postseason.
Arkansas advanced through the NCAA Regional and team stroke play at the NCAA Championship, before losing in the quarterfinals of match play competition to the eventual national championship team in Northwestern.
Sophomore Maria José Marin led the team and, in the process, became the third Razorback in history to win the individual national championships. For its NCAA quarterfinal finish, Arkansas scored 72.75 in Directors’ Cup points, the release said.
Men’s golf
Returning to a familiar place again in 2025, Arkansas men’s golf made the NCAA postseason. The Razorback men’s team played in its 17th straight NCAA Regional and competed as a team or with individuals in 31-of-36 Regionals held since 1989, it said.
Arkansas finished in the top seven as a team at the NCAA Amherst Regional and stumbled just short of qualifying for the NCAA Championship. For its regional appearance, the Razorbacks earned 33.5 Directors’ Cup points, it said.
Gymnastics
Razorback Gymnastics netted Arkansas 60.8 Directors’ Cup points in a strong season. The Hill’s Gymbacks advanced to the NCAA University Park Regional as a team before finishing one step shy of the NCAA Final.
Senior Maddie Jones and freshman Joscelyn Roberson moved to the NCAA Championship in individuals, with Jones competing on the uneven bars and Roberson competing in the all-around competition.
Men’s and women’s indoor Track and Field
Arkansas was on the podium following both the men’s and women’s competition at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Jordan Anthony won the 60-meter and a silver medal finish for Jack Turner in the heptathlon propelled the Arkansas men to a fourth-place trophy finish.
Anthony became the first Razorback to win the 60-meter at the NCAA Indoor, it said.
Turner’s score of 5,962 points placed second to Peyton Bair of Mississippi State in the heptathlon. The Running Razorbacks collected 80 Directors’ Cup points for the team finish.
Isabella Whittaker ran an amazing performance, producing an American and collegiate record in the 400-meter as she blasted a 2025 world-leading time of 49.24 seconds to lead the Razorback women, it said.
Arkansas finished in a three-way tie for fourth place in team standings with 31 points, earning 76.2 Directors’ Cup points.
Swim and dive
Freshman diver Maria Sanchez competed in three different events and led the Razorbacks to a 40th-place finish at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Sanchez-Moreno competed in the 1-meter (20th), 3-meter (13th) and platform (24th) dives.
Her performances at the national meet earned All-America Honorable Mention honors and earned Arkansas 26 Directors’ Cup points in women’s swimming and diving, the release said.
Cross country
The Razorback men’s cross country team earned the program’s first top-5 national finish of the year.
No. 3 Arkansas secured a third-place finish at the national meet with 202 points, it said.
Three Razorbacks earned All-America honors as the Hogs secured their 24th top-four NCAA Cross Country finish in school history. Bucknam’s squad earned 85 Directors’ Cup points for its championship performance.
Paityn Noe led the Razorbacks women’s cross country team recorded a top-20 finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, it said.
Noe crossed the line seventh in the individual race to earn All-America honors and lead the Razorbacks to a No. 17 team finish. Arkansas earned 57 Directors’ Cup points for the performance.
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Harlan Lopez – Men’s Cross Country Coach
Harlan Lopez joined Saint Mary’s as an assistant in the spring of 2018 and was promoted to Associate Head Coach prior to the 2019-20 season. In 2022-23, Lopez was named the Head Coach of both the Men’s Cross Country and Track and Field Programs. The 2024 cross country season proved to be the best to […]

The 2024 cross country season proved to be the best to date under Coach Lopez’s tutelage. His team finished within the top-five at the WCC Championship meet for the first time in his tenure at head coach. The team also picked up their first meet win under his guidance, taking home first place at the Pacific Invitational.
From July 2016 to March 2018, Lopez was the head men’s and women’s cross country/track coach at Holy Names University. He cultivated a culture of success through emphasizing commitment to teammates as well as investing in a goal setting atmosphere. He guided success for the program as he helped the men’s team to a fifth-place finish at the 2016 PacWest Cross Country Championships, the highest finish for any sports program in school history. Lopez also led efforts to the women’s team to a program best 11th-place finish.
Lopez’s coaching expertise continued to the University of Texas at Austin where he was an assistant for the men’s cross country and track team from 2012-13. Lopez worked directly with the steeplechase group where three athletes made the regional meet and one athlete made the national meet. He assisted the Longhorns to a 2nd place finish at the 2012 Big 12 Cross Country Championships, a 1st place finish at the South Central Regional Championship and a 9th place finish at the NCAA Cross Country National Championships.
In 2004 he was the head distance coach for the Diablo Valley Track and Field Club in Lafayette where he organizes travels, accommodates race entries for the Junior Olympics and most importantly introduces young athletes to encourage them to follow their passions while working in a holistic athletic lifestyle.
Lopez was a student athlete at the Northern Arizona University where he received his Bachelor of Arts in liberal studies in emphasis in Psychology. While attending NAU he was qualified for Big Sky Conference Indoor and Outdoor Championships and scored in the 10,000 meters in 2007. From 2010-11 Lopez attended San Francisco State University and received a single subject credential program in Physical Education and was also a recipient of the Athletics Honor Roll. Lopez not only coached at Holy Names University, he also completed a masters degree in Urban Education.
Lopez’s outstanding leadership and organization is a USA Track and Field Level 2 certified coach in endurance.
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U.S. Women’s U23 National Team Rolls Past Suriname at 2025 Pan Am Cup
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 28, 2025) – The U.S. Women’s U23 National Team dominated Suriname, 3-0 (25-10, 25-13, 25-7) at the 2025 NORCECA Women’s U23 Pan American Cup on Monday in León, Mexico. The U.S. (2-0) concludes pool play against Costa Rica tomorrow, Tuesday, July 29, at 3 p.m. PT. The U.S. outscored Suriname 75-30 and hit […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 28, 2025) – The U.S. Women’s U23 National Team dominated Suriname, 3-0 (25-10, 25-13, 25-7) at the 2025 NORCECA Women’s U23 Pan American Cup on Monday in León, Mexico.
The U.S. (2-0) concludes pool play against Costa Rica tomorrow, Tuesday, July 29, at 3 p.m. PT.
The U.S. outscored Suriname 75-30 and hit .521 (43 kills and only six errors in 71 total attacks). Suriname finished with more hitting errors (17) than kills (15). The U.S. registered the only five blocks in the match and 10 of the 11 aces.
Setter Caroline Kerr ran the nearly unstoppable U.S. offense while scoring five points on one kill, one block and a match-high three aces. Libero Emmy Klika totaled 18 digs and 12 successful receptions.
The top five scorers in the match were from the U.S., with each totaling at least nine points. Outside hitter Norah Sis hit .600 with 13 kills and only one error in 20 attacks, adding two aces for 15 points. Middle blocker Cara Cresse also reached double digits with 11 points on nine kills and two blocks.
Middle Raven Colvin (five kills with two blocks an aces), outside Ava Martin (seven kills and two aces) and opposite Lauren Rumel (eight kills and an ace) all totaled nine points.
A Cresse kill on a slide gave the U.S. an 8-3 lead early in the match. The U.S., which went on a 9-2 run for a 17-5 lead, took its biggest lead on the final point on an ace by Martin. Rumel recorded five kills with Sis (four kills) and Martin (three kills in addition to her ace) adding four points.
Suriname took its first leads of the match 2-1 and 3-2 in the second set. The U.S. scored five consecutive points, culminating with a Sis kill on a back row attack, to prompt a timeout. After the teams split the next 10 points, the U.S. went on a 5-1 run to take a 16-9 lead on a Rumel ace.
The lead reached double digits, 20-10, on a Kerr kill and moved to 11 (23-12) on a Kerr service ace. Colvin ended the set by putting a ball down after an overpass on one of the longer rallies of the contest. Sis produced five kills, Cresse scored five points on four kills and a block, and Colvin finished with four points on three kills and a block.
Two Kerr aces and a Colvin block led the U.S. to a 6-0 start to the third set. After Suriname put together three consecutive points for the first time in the match, the U.S. went on another 6-0 run that included a pair of aces by Sis.
Leading 16-5, the U.S. scored seven consecutive points and nine of the last 11 to close out the match. Sis led the way with six points on four kills and two aces.
USA Volleyball Women’s U23 Roster
Name, (Pos., Height, Hometown, College/Pro, Region)
1 Emmy Klika (L, 5-7, 2003, Novelty, Ohio, Pro Volleyball Federation, Ohio Valley)
3 Chloe Chicoine (OH, 5-10, 2004, Lafayette, Ind., Univ. of Louisville, Hoosier)
4 Cara Cresse (MB, 6-6, 2003, Ft. Wayne, Ind., Univ. of Louisville, Hoosier)
6 Raven Colvin (MB, 6-1, 2003, Indianapolis, Ind., Pro Volleyball Federation, Hoosier)
8 Eva Hudson (OH, 6-1, 2004, Ft. Wayne, Ind., Univ. of Kentucky, Hoosier)
9 Norah Sis (OH, 6-2, 2003, Papillion, Neb., Pro Volleyball Federation, Great Plains)
10 Averi Carlson (S, 5-11, 2003, Lucas, Texas, SMU, North Texas)
11 Ifenna Cos-Okpalla (MB, 6-2, 2004, Flower Mound, Texas, Texas A&M, North Texas)
13C Caroline Kerr (S, 5-11, 2004, Champaign, Ill., Univ. of Tennessee, Great Lakes)
15 Ava Martin (OH, 6-1, 2004, Overland Park, Kan., Creighton Univ., Heart of America)
16 Jurnee Robinson (OPP/OH, 6-1, 2004, Simpsonville, S.C., LSU, Palmetto)
18 Lauren Rumel (OPP, 6-2, 2003, Tucson, Ariz., Oregon State Univ., Arizona)
Alternates
7 Brooke Bultema (MB, 2004, Cincinnati, Ohio, Univ. of Kentucky, Ohio Valley)
12 Ella Swindle (S, 6-2, 2004, Columbia, Mo., Univ. of Texas, Heart of America)
14 Devin Kahahawai (OPP, 6-4, 2004, Kailua, Hawaii, Univ. of Texas, Aloha)
17 Marianna Singletary (MB, 6-4, 2004, Charleston, S.C., UCLA, Southern)
19 Maya Sands (L, 5-7, Rock Falls, Ill., Univ. of Missouri, Great Lakes)
Coaches
Head Coach: Marie Zidek (DePaul)
Assistant Coach: Kayla Banwarth (PVF, Olympian)
Assistant Coach: Danielle Scott (LOVB, Olympian)
Performance Analyst: Matthew Adams (Michigan)
ATC: Cherryl Bueno (Coast to Coast AthletiCare)
Team Lead: Taylor Marten (Ozark Juniors)
Schedule
All times Pacific
July 27: USA def. Dominican Republic, 3-0 (27-25, 25-19, 25-21)
July 28: USA def. Suriname, 3-0 (25-10, 25-13, 25-7)
July 29: USA vs. Costa Rica, 3 p.m.
July 30: Quarterfinals
July 31: Semifinals and Classification Matches
Aug. 1: Medal Matches and Classification matches
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Villanova Track & Field Stars Past and Present To Compete at National Championships This Week
VILLANOVA, Pa.—One of the biggest weeks of the summer track & field season is set to commence as countries from all parts of the globe hold their senior national championships in the final days of July and early days of August. There is added significance to national competition this year with these meets serving as […]

As is always the case on the national and worldwide stages, the Wildcats will be well represented by current student-athletes and alumni who are competing at the highest levels of the sport. Most notably, a group of eight athletes will be in action at the 2025 Toyota USATF Outdoor & Para National Championships in Eugene, Ore. starting on Thursday afternoon and continuing through Sunday afternoon. Coverage of the championships can be seen on NBC live and on-demand as well as USATF.tv on-demand. Visit the meet homepage for a full television schedule and live results.
Rising senior Marco Langon (Raritan, N.J.) and rising junior Dan Watcke (Hinsdale, Ill.) are each qualified for the USATF Championships in the 5000 meters and the 800 meters, respectively. Both are veterans of national and international competition and are coming off sensational collegiate seasons over the past year which included first team All-America performances in their respective events. Just over a month after closing out his record-setting collegiate career with a third straight appearance at the NCAA Championships, men’s distance runner Liam Murphy will be running the 1500 meters at the USATF Championships.
Veteran middle distance runner Sean Donoghue (Dublin, Ireland) will be running the 1500 meters this week at the Athletics Ireland National Outdoor Track & Field Senior Championships. Donoghue is returning to the Wildcats for a fifth collegiate campaign in 2025-26. During his collegiate career, Donoghue is a two-time BIG EAST champion and a two-time Penn Relays champion who ran the leadoff leg of Villanova’s 4xMile relay in 2024 which recorded the second-fastest time in world history. At home in Ireland, he was a two-time Irish U20 champion in the 1500 meters and advanced to the final of the event at the National Senior Championships.
The men’s 5000 meters at the USATF Championships consists of one championship race which is set for Sunday afternoon at 4:52 p.m. Eastern time (1:52pm Pacific time) at Hayward Field in Eugene. Langon is coming off a third place finish at the same venue in the NCAA Championships final last month. Earlier in the year he placed sixth in the 5000 meters and seventh in the 3000 meters at the indoor NCAA Championships, and he finished the 2024-25 collegiate competition season with All-America honors in cross county, indoors and outdoors. He most recently ran a lifetime best time of 13:12.89 in the 5K in Belgium on July 19.
Watcke will see a familiar face in the men’s 800 meters in Oregon as former teammate Sean Dolan is another entry in the event. The first round heats of the 800 meters are scheduled for Thursday at 6:07 p.m. Eastern time (3:07 p.m. PT), with the top finishers moving on to the semifinal round on Friday afternoon. Watcke earned first team All-America honors in the 800 meters with a fifth place finish at this year’s indoor NCAA Championships. It was his first collegiate NCAA Championships meet and the result came in his redshirt freshman indoor campaign. Watcke ran a lifetime best of 1:46.32 in the 800 meters at Penn State in January and recently set an outdoor PR with a time of 1:46.60 in Ireland on July 9.
Murphy finished the 2025 collegiate campaign as the all-time NCAA record holder in the event with a lifetime best of 3:33.02 set on March 27 at North Carolina State. Murphy set seven NCAA and/or school records while wearing the Villanova singlet, and in his final season as a collegian he tied the Wildcats records for career All-America honors (nine) and career BIG EAST titles (11) by a men’s athlete. Murphy has excelled on the big stage before. Last summer he made a remarkable run through the 1500 meters competition at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, becoming the first Villanovan since 1988 to make the final and ranking as the third collegiate runner to cross the finish line in the final.
Two of the top women’s middle distance runners in program history – McKenna Keegan and Angel Piccirillo – are each entered in the women’s 800 meters this week. They will get underway in the first round heats on Thursday at 6:37 p.m. Eastern time (3:37 p.m. PT) and will be vying to advance to the semifinal on Friday afternoon.
Men’s distance runner Casey Comber is competing in the 3000 meter steeplechase this week, beginning with first round competition on Thursday at 8:39 p.m. Eastern time (5:39 p.m. PT), with the event proceeding to a final on Saturday afternoon. Women’s high jumper Sanaä Barnes will be in action in the final of her event on Friday starting at 7:05 p.m. Eastern time (4:05 p.m. PT).
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Women’s Volleyball Set for 16 TV Matches During Regular Season – Penn State
UNIVERSITY PARK, — Fans of Penn State women’s volleyball will have plenty of chances to watch the defending national champions on national TV this season. The Nittany Lions are scheduled for 16 matches across three networks – FOX, BTN, and FS1 – during the regular season. Penn State’s first five matches of the season will […]

UNIVERSITY PARK, — Fans of Penn State women’s volleyball will have plenty of chances to watch the defending national champions on national TV this season. The Nittany Lions are scheduled for 16 matches across three networks – FOX, BTN, and FS1 – during the regular season.
Penn State’s first five matches of the season will air live national TV, starting with the season opener against Creighton on FS1. That match is part of the AVCA First Serve event and is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 23 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Nittany Lions’ second match of the event against Kansas in Sioux Falls, South Dakota will air on B1G Network on Monday, August. 25.
The Nittany Lions then have three straight matches on FOX. That stretch includes contests against Arizona State (Aug. 31) and TCU (Sept. 1) at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, and the team’s home opener against Kentucky on Friday, Sept. 5. The Nittany Lions are back on FOX later in the season when they host Nebraska on Friday, Oct. 3.
Penn State has 11 matches scheduled to air on B1G Network. In addition to the matchup with Kansas, that list of opponents includes Pitt, UCLA, Wisconsin, Washington, Oregon, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska and Iowa.
The 2025 Penn State women’s volleyball season is presented by Musselman’s.
Sport |
Day |
Date |
Visiting Team |
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Home Team |
Site |
TV |
Time (ET) |
Notes |
Volleyball |
Saturday |
August 23, 2025 |
Penn State |
vs. |
Creighton |
Lincoln, NE |
FS1 |
6:00 PM |
AVCA First Serve |
Volleyball |
Monday |
August 25, 2025 |
Kansas |
vs. |
Penn State |
Sioux Falls, SD |
BTN |
6:30 PM |
Sanford Pentagon |
Volleyball |
Sunday |
August 31, 2025 |
Penn State |
vs. |
Arizona State |
Pittsburgh, PA |
FOX |
5:00 PM |
|
Volleyball |
Monday |
September 1, 2025 |
Penn State |
vs. |
TCU |
Pittsburgh, PA |
FOX |
5:00 PM |
|
Volleyball |
Friday |
September 5, 2025 |
Kentucky |
at |
Penn State |
University Park, PA |
FOX |
8:00 PM |
|
Volleyball |
Wednesday |
September 17, 2025 |
Pittsburgh |
at |
Penn State |
University Park, PA |
BTN |
7:00 PM |
|
Volleyball |
Sunday |
September 28, 2025 |
UCLA |
at |
Penn State |
University Park, PA |
BTN |
12:00 PM |
|
Volleyball |
Friday |
October 3, 2025 |
Nebraska |
at |
Penn State |
University Park, PA |
FOX |
8:00 PM |
|
Volleyball |
Friday |
October 10, 2025 |
Wisconsin |
at |
Penn State |
University Park, PA |
BTN |
7:00 PM |
|
Volleyball |
Friday |
October 17, 2025 |
Penn State |
at |
Washington |
Seattle, WA |
BTN |
10:30 PM |
|
Volleyball |
Saturday |
October 18, 2025 |
Penn State |
at |
Oregon |
Eugene, OR |
BTN |
10:00 PM |
|
Volleyball |
Friday |
October 31, 2025 |
Penn State |
at |
Michigan |
Ann Arbor, MI |
BTN |
6:30 PM |
|
Volleyball |
Sunday |
November 2, 2025 |
Indiana |
at |
Penn State |
University Park, PA |
BTN |
4:00 PM |
|
Volleyball |
Sunday |
November 9, 2025 |
Penn State |
at |
Illinois |
Champaign, IL |
BTN |
4:30 PM |
|
Volleyball |
Friday |
November 28, 2025 |
Penn State |
at |
Nebraska |
Lincoln, NE |
BTN |
6:30 PM |
|
Volleyball |
Saturday |
November 29, 2025 |
Penn State |
at |
Iowa |
Iowa City, IA |
BTN |
TBD |
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Look at the most terrifying World Championship
Big news friends, I’m MOVING TOMORROW! It’s SO EXCITING!!!!! And also I DID NOT GET ANY SLEEP BEFORE WRITING THIS!!!!! and have DECIDED TO PERMANENTLY STAY IN MY NEXT HOUSE TO AVOID THIS HELLISH EXPERIENCE EVER AGAIN!!!! I did, however, make sure to carve out time to watch unusual sporting events in the middle of […]

Big news friends, I’m MOVING TOMORROW! It’s SO EXCITING!!!!! And also I DID NOT GET ANY SLEEP BEFORE WRITING THIS!!!!! and have DECIDED TO PERMANENTLY STAY IN MY NEXT HOUSE TO AVOID THIS HELLISH EXPERIENCE EVER AGAIN!!!!
I did, however, make sure to carve out time to watch unusual sporting events in the middle of the move.
Do you rank sports based on how likely you would die if you participated? Or perhaps on how much merely watching a sporting event makes your body shudder in horror? Let me introduce you to the most NOPE event in all of international sports: The high diving competition at the World Aquatics Championships. They pre-populate the pool with emergency rescue divers, just in case. (See the little guys all the way down there in the pool?)

And it just so happens that this year’s high diving world championship also featured an absolute thriller of a duel, a surprise American gold medal, and another W for a niche sports GOAT.
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The championship was held at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, where they include just about every water-related event. They have Katie Ledecky racing against Summer McIntosh, just like in the Olympics, as well as diving and water polo. But it’s also got a bunch of fringe events, like multiple forms of open-water swimming, solo artistic swimming, and the high dive.
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They need to build a separate high diving venue because the platform is NINETY FEET IN THE AIR. And the pool needs to be extra deep so the divers do not die when they hit the bottom.
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All the dives are feet first, because it’s too dangerous to expose your head to impact at those high speeds.
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And the scuba team is there in case impact with the water knocks a diver unconscious.
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In the men’s 27m competition, Team USA’s James Lichtenstein won his first World Championship on the final dive of the competition … although it would be almost as accurate to say Spain’s Carlos Gimeno lost it. The two attempted the exact same dives throughout the competition and Gimeno led the whole way, but a sliiiiight over-rotation on the final dive gave Lichtenstein a 3.6-point win and the first American championship since 2017. Here’s Gimeno after the scores popped up:

England repeated as Women’s Euros champions, the greatest thing to happen to England in nearly two weeks since the Oasis reunion tour started. The Lionesses beat Spain on penalty kicks in the final, and for the second-straight game and the second-straight Euros, the winner came off Chloe Kelly’s foot. (Her signature run-up with the little crow-hop … iconic.)
And I’m going to be honest, I’m so mad about it. I’m just so mad about it. The English won back-to-back-to-back knockout stage matches in which they looked clearly worse than their opposition, stealing this tournament like it’s a priceless artifact they’re going to put in the British Museum and refuse to return to its original country because the 17th Earl of Chestwick-Hampstershire “found” it on an expedition in 1847.
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England led for exactly one minute during its three knockout round matches. You’ve probably taken about three minutes to read this far into the newsletter, which is about three times as long as England held a lead in the knockout stages.
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England trailed for 174 minutes in the knockout stages, almost an hour per match. That’s the length of “The Godfather.” (Don’t worry, this newsletter is not 174 minutes long.)
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England finished the tournament fourth in XG/90, behind Spain, France and Sweden … two of which they beat on penalty kicks.
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So OK, maybe you’re thinking they were great on penalty kicks. BUT THEY WEREN’T! They only hit six of 12 penalty attempts between the two shootouts. And I can’t even give goalkeeper Hannah Hampton all the credit—while Hampton made some saves between the two shootouts, England’s opponents also missed the net entirely on four of their 11 attempts—two over the crossbar, and two wide.
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Long story short … USWNT is going to win the 2027 World Cup.
OK, I fear I have been too mean to England. To make it up to the lads and lasses, I am going to talk about The Darts: 18-year old Luke Littler won the World Matchplay championship in stunning fashion, coming back from huge deficits in the semifinals and the finals.
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The YouTube title for this video says “THE SECOND-GREATEST LEG OF ALL TIME?” which seems awfully specific. So I had to search “greatest darts leg of all time” and sure enough the channel posted that video two years ago. Even more electric.
Respect to The Darts for maintaining discipline in YouTube titles, something I cannot attest to. (My NCAA March Madness picks were not, in fact, The Most Accurate.)
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In the final, Littler again lost the first five legs. But of course, the finals at the World Matchplay are best-of-35—you know, best-of-35, that other classic format we all know and love—and Littler rallied back to win 18-13.
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At 18 years old, Luke the Nuke has now won the Triple Crown of Darts—the World Championship, the World Matchplay, and the Premier League. And The Darts is a sport where middle-aged men can shine. His opponent in Sunday’s final, James Wade, is 42. The World Matchplay winner in 2021, Peter Wright, was 51 at the time.
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2-time Olympic gold medal-winning fencer Lee Kiefer won her first-ever gold at the World Championships, rallying back from an 11-4 deficit in the quarterfinals, surviving, advancing, and totally dominating the semis and the gold medal match.
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Kerry dominated the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship to win their 39th title, the most of any county. That means this shirt I bought at the SuperValu in Dingle celebrating Kerry’s 37 All-Ireland championships is now two championships out of date.

(I would take a picture of me wearing the shirt, but, like I said, I’m moving tomorrow, and I have no clue where it is. Probably 3/4ths of the way down a box also containing towels and winter clothes.)
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Canada’s Summer McIntosh won the 400m freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships in her first head-to-head battle against Katie Ledecky of the meet … but that was broadly expected. (McIntosh set a world record and won gold last year in Paris; Ledecky won bronze.) The real showdown is the 800m later this week.
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Tadej Pogačar coasted to his fourth Tour de France title, putting him just one away from tying the all-time record, because NOBODY HAS EVER WON MORE THAN FIVE. REMEMBER THAT GUY WHO WON MORE THAN FIVE? NO, YOU DON’T. Pogačar also won the Mountains Classification but didn’t get to wear the polka dot jersey because he was already wearing the yellow jersey.
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The green jersey for the Points Classification went to Jonathan Milan of Lidl-Trek, which I am mentioning because that’s the team our new editor Louis Bien works for during his day job. (Ed. Note: <3)
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Nick Kurtz went 6-for-6 with four home runs in one of the greatest individual games in baseball history.
The #4 pick in the 2024 draft, Kurtz is just the 20th player in MLB history to hit four dingers in a game, and the first rookie.
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Former Alabama softball star Montana Fouts powered the Talons to the first AUSL title with a shutout win in Tuscaloosa. The Talons won the game 1-0 on a sixth-inning home run and this unreal solo double play in the seventh:
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Bubba Wallace won NASCAR’s Brickyard 400, which gets a big “hell yeah” from me.
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Team USA won the most medals at the World University Games—which, you know, makes sense, because we do the most college sports. (Japan and China did have more gold medals, though.)
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You can catch world championship swimming and diving every day this week. The diving gets started really early, while the swimming kicks off at 7 a.m. Eastern. That’s gonna be on Peacock.
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But make sure you lock in for the main event: Ledecky vs. McIntosh in the 800m free on Saturday morning.
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Also on this week: The Tour de France Femmes. Unlike the men’s race, which takes nearly a month, this one takes 10 days. They’ll get into the mountains this weekend. That’s also on Peacock!
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The USA Track and Field Championships will start Thursday in Eugene, Ore. I am not going to look it up but I feel like that should also be on Peacock.
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The NFL Hall of Fame Game is Thursday night, and as much as I love football I genuinely feel it should not exist in the month of July.
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Wabash earns USTFCCCA honors | Journal Review
For the Journal Review The Wabash College track and field program and student-athletes Haiden Diemer-McKinney and Quinn Sholar have been honored for their academic and athletic excellence by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association following the 2024-25 season. The Little Giants were named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team, one of 115 NCAA […]

For the Journal Review
The Wabash College track and field program and student-athletes Haiden Diemer-McKinney and Quinn Sholar have been honored for their academic and athletic excellence by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association following the 2024-25 season.
The Little Giants were named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team, one of 115 NCAA Division III men’s programs to receive the honor. Wabash posted a cumulative team grade point average of 3.36, surpassing the 3.10 threshold for recognition.
Diemer-McKinney, an economics major, and Sholar, an art major — both rising seniors — were among 512 individuals named USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes. To earn the distinction, student-athletes must hold a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher and rank among the top 50 nationally in an individual event or be part of a top-35 relay.
Diemer-McKinney earned All-North Coast Athletic Conference honors in both cross country and track and field. He placed 15th at the 2024 NCAC Cross Country Championships to secure third-team all-conference recognition. During the indoor season, he finished second in the 800-meter run and ran the leadoff leg on the Little Giants’ runner-up distance medley relay and 4×400-meter relay teams to collect three All-NCAC performances. He added a fifth all-conference honor in the outdoor season with another second-place finish in the 800 meters at the 2025 NCAC Outdoor Championships.
Sholar captured the NCAC title in the weight throw at the 2025 indoor championships and placed third in the shot put to earn additional all-conference recognition. In the spring, he secured second-place finishes in both the shot put and discus at the NCAC Outdoor Championships, earning two more All-NCAC honors. Sholar qualified for the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships in the discus and finished 20th in the event.
“I am very proud of our team and the individuals for earning Academic All-American honors from the USTFCCCA,” said Clyde Morgan, Director of Track and Field and Cross Country at Wabash. “This is always one of our program’s goals, so to see them achieve academic greatness is phenomenal, especially at a prestigious place like Wabash College. Congratulations to all of our young men and coaches, as well as the rest of the Wabash community, who have poured into our team not just as scholar-athletes, but as young men.”
The honors cap a successful 2024-25 campaign for Wabash, which included an NCAC Outdoor Championship team title and multiple NCAA Championship qualifiers and All-American performances across cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field.
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