COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 30, 2025) – USA Volleyball announces the 14-player roster for the U.S. Women’s National Team that will compete in the opening week of the 2025 Volleyball Nations League (VNL), June 4-8 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The VNL brings together the world’s top 18 teams for three action-packed weeks of preliminary play, with each team competing in four matches per week. Only the top eight teams will earn a spot in the Final Round, where a VNL title will be on the line.

The U.S. roster features a fresh look, with 10 athletes making their VNL debut. Four returners bring valuable leadership and prior VNL experience to the court as the team begins its campaign against some of the top volleyball nations in the world.

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Outside hitters Madi Skinner and Roni Jones-Perry, and Liberos Morgan Hentz and Zoe Jarvis are the four players with VNL experience.

Although the other 10 players have no VNL experience, several have experience playing for the senior U.S. Women’s National Team. Opposite Olivia Babcock, setter Ella Powell, outside hitters Logan Eggleston and Sarah Franklin, and middle blockers Serena Gray, Amber Igiede and Molly McCage have all competed in senior NORCECA events.

Setter Saige Ka’aha’aina-Torres, middle blocker Anna Dodson, and opposite Logan Lednicky are part of the U.S. Women’s National Team roster for the first time.

The U.S. Women are the reigning Olympic silver medalists and ranked No. 3 in the world. They have won the VNL three times (2018, ’19, ’21) since its inception in 2018. In 2024, they lost in the quarterfinals to eventual Olympic champion Italy, who will be their first opponent in Brazil.

U.S. Women’s Week One Roster for 2025 VNL

No. Name (Pos., Ht., Hometown, College, USAV Region)
6 Morgan Hentz (L, 5-9, Lakeside Park, Ky., Stanford Univ., Pioneer)
9 Madisen Skinner (OH, 6-2, Katy, Texas, Univ. of Kentucky and Univ. of Texas, Lone Star)
13 Amber Igiede (MB, 6-3, Baton Rouge, La., Univ. of Hawaii, Bayou)
14 Anna Dodson (MB, 6-5, Fort Collins, Colo., UCLA, Rocky Mountain)
17 Zoe Jarvis (previously Fleck) (L, 5-6, Granada Hills, Calif., UCLA and Univ. of Texas, Southern California)
21 Roni Jones-Perry (OH, 6-0, West Jordan, Utah, BYU, Intermountain)
22 Sarah Franklin (OH, 6-4, Lake Worth, Fla., Univ. of Wisconsin, Florida)
24 Olivia Babcock (Opp, 6-4, Los Angeles, Calif., Pitt, Southern California)
27 Ella Powell (S, 6-0, Fayetteville, Ark., Univ. of Washington, Delta)
28 Logan Lednicky (Opp, 6-3, Sugar Land, Texas, Univ. of Texas A&M, Lone Star)
29 Molly McCage (MB, 6-3, Spring, Texas, Univ. of Texas, Lone Star)
32 Saige Ka’aha’aina-Torres (S, Honolulu, Hawaii, Univ. of Texas, Aloha)
33 Logan Eggleston (OH, 6-2, Brentwood, Tenn., Univ. of Texas, Southern)
43 Serena Gray (MB, 6-2, Temple City, Calif., Pitt, Southern California)

Head Coach: Erik Sullivan
Assistant Coach: Mike Wall
Second Assistant Coach: Brandon Taliaferro
Second Assistant Coach: Tayyiba Haneef-Park
Second Assistant Coach: Joe Trinsey
Team Manager: Rob Browning
Team Doctors: William Briner, James Suchy, Chris Lee, Andrew Gregory
Physiotherapist: Kara Kessans
Physical Trainers: Shawn Hueglin, Shannon Boone
Mental Performance Coach: Andrea Becker, Katy Stanfill
Performance Analyst: Virginia Pham

Week 1 Schedule: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Matches will be shown live and on-demand on VBTV.

All times PDT
June 4 at 10 a.m. vs. Italy
June 5 at 5 p.m. vs. Brazil
June 6 at 5 p.m. vs. Czechia
June 8 at 1 p.m. vs. Korea

Philomath High School senior Carson Winder earned a spot on the Oregon High School Boys Volleyball Association’s all-state first team following last weekend’s 4A tournament in Hillsboro.

Winder, outside hitter-middle blocker, helped the Warriors in their first-ever boys volleyball season to a 17-8 record, league co-championship and sixth-place trophy at state.

The other Philomath players also received recognition on the all-state honorable mention list — senior libero Raul Sanchez, senior setter Isac Marcelo and junior opposite hitter/defensive specialist Mayson Wallace.

Cascade senior Romel McCloud was named the 4A championship’s Most Valuable Player. McCloud plans to play collegiately at Maryland Eastern Shore. Molalla’s Lauree Nelzen was named Coach of the Year.

Joining Winder on the first team were Estacada’s Dallan Champma and Isaac Crandall, Crook County’s Hoyt Kudlac, Molalla’s Chester Smith, Cascade’s Zeben McCloud and Newport’s Becker Wills.

Philomath went 1-2 at the tournament with the win coming in the consolation bracket over Marshfield. The Warriors dropped matches to Cascade in the first round and to Newport in the fourth-/sixth-place match.

Girls track and field chasing history

In the history of Philomath High athletics, no sports program has ever won four straight state titles. The Warriors could pull off that feat this weekend in girls track and field at the Class 4A State Championships in Eugene. It would also be a first among 4A schools.

The meet begins Friday at 9 a.m. and Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Hayward Field.

“As of this date, no other girls 4A track and field team has won the state team title in the new Hayward Field,” Coach Joe Fulton wrote Thursday in an email to his team. “We plan to keep it that way.”

Here’s a rundown of the qualifiers for the girls:

• Janice Hellesto — 4-by-100, 100, 200, long jump
• Natalie Dunn — 4-by-100, 4-by-400, 400
• Kya Bolton — 4-by-100
• Petra Hernandez — 4-by-100, 300 hurdles
• Reagan Nuno — 800, 4-by-400, triple jump, 4-by-100 alternate
• Cassidy Smart — 1500, 3000, 4-by-400
• Adele Beckstead — 1500, 3000, 4-by-400
• Anneka Steen – High jump
• Hanna McDaniel – High jump
• Aspen Russell — Pole vault
• Hailey Eckhold – Triple jump
• Melea Lattin – 4-by-400 alternate
• Brooke McDaniel — 4-by-400 alternate
• Jordyn Hood — 4-by-100 alternate

The boys qualified several athletes as well and expect to be in contention for a top-six finish, possibly even a top-four trophy. Here’s a list of the qualifiers for the boys:

• Warwick Bushnell — 200, 400, 4-by-100, 4-by-400
• C.D. Nuno — 100, 200, 4-by-100, 4-by-400
• Dreyton Nuno — High jump, 4-by-100, 4-by-400
• Leo Pausch — 1500, 3000
• Kaden Howard — 4-by-100, long jump, triple jump, 4-by-400 alternate
• Lukas Hernandez — 3000, 1500, 4-by-400,
• Sam Hernandez — High jump
• Josiah Peters — Javelin
• Jamin Peters — Discus
• Blake Hauck — Pole vault
• Tiernan Bovbjerg — 4-by-400 alternate
• Galen Murch — 4-by-100 alternate
• Bryce Hruska — 4-by-100 alternate

For those planning to attend, tickets can be purchased in advance online ($9 for students, $18 for adults). 

Baseball team headed to Scappoose

The PHS baseball team will face a tough test on the road Friday with a trip to Scappoose in the quarterfinals of 4A playoffs. The sixth-seeded Warriors advanced with a 2-0 win over Tillamook while the third-seeded Indians moved on with a 4-1 victory over Stayton.

The first pitch has been scheduled for 5 p.m.

As reported in a story on the first-round victory, Philomath will be trying to improve at the plate while continuing to perform well on the mound. Coach Levi Webber threw junior Caleb Babcock vs. the Cheesemakers and if he continues to follow the rotation, senior Joe Barnes would be up next. Junior Wylie Griffith is also a possibility.

Philomath (21-6-1) and Scappoose (22-5) had played five common opponents this season and the Indians have fared slightly better. Against Marist Catholic, Gladstone, Junction City, Tillamook and Stayton, the Indians had a 7-1 record. Against those same schools, the Warriors had a 5-2 record.

(Brad Fuqua is publisher/editor of the Philomath News. He can be reached at News@PhilomathNews.com).

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NORTHRIDGE, Calif.—CSUN seniors Dorottya Telek and Anna Pal closed their respective collegiate careers with All-America Honorable Mention accolades on Friday, as announced the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches. 

Both natives of Budapest, Hungary, Telek and Pal join Marisa Young (2012-15) as the only four-time All-Americans in CSUN Water Polo history. 

“When I met Dodi (Telek) and Nusi (Pal) six years ago I never would have thought in my wildest dreams they’d have such prolific careers at CSUN,” said head coach Matt Warshaw. “They have exceeded every expectation, both in and out of the pool and are true Matadors. Leaving here with multiple degrees, four-time All-American selections, re-writing the record books, countless memories and lifelong friendships are more than all three of us could have hoped for.”

Telek’s fourth All-American award caps an exceptional and historic Matador career. She would lead the Big West for a fourth consecutive season in goals while shattering her own single-season record with a remarkable 104 goals on an efficient 58.1 percent shooting. Named to the All-Big West Second Team, Telek would also lead CSUN with 18 field blocks and 88 exclusions drawn while ranking second on the team in assists (45) and steals (47). In addition, the senior center scored once in at least 26 of 29 matches and recorded multiple-goal efforts 23 times. 

Telek leaves CSUN as the all-time record holder in career goals with 376 (147 more than second place). She also holds the Matador record for career field goal percentage (.537) and exclusions drawn (367) and ranks fifth in field blocks (61). On the single-season goals list, Telek is ranked first (104, 2025), second (101, 2023), third (84, 2024) and fifth (77, 2022) in CSUN history. She is also the record holder for the most goals in a single game with nine, which she reached on three separate occasions in her career. 

Pal would have another outstanding season in the pool, recording a career-high and a Big West-best 67 assists. An All-Big West Honorable Mention, the senior led the Matadors with a personal-best 51 steals while she was second on the team in goals scored at 59 and points at 126. Pal scored once in 23 of 29 total matches and finished with 20 multiple-scoring games. 

Pal also made Matador history this season by breaking the program’s all-time assist record and finishing with 209 total helpers. On the scoring side, Pal moved up to sixth place on CSUN’s all-time career goals list with 200 tallies while she climbed into ninth place on the field blocks list (34). Pal will also forever be known as the founding member of the 200-goal and 200-assist club in school history, reaching the milestone in the Matadors’ final match of the season. 

#GoMatadors

 

Hamilton College’s Keira Rogan ’28 (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Schuylerville Central School) earned 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field All-America honors on Tuesday, May 27 when the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released the complete list.

Athletes of USTFCCCA-member institutions who finished in the top eight of their respective individual events or as part of a relay at the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships were first team all-Americans. Those who finished ninth through 16th individually or ninth through 12th as part of a relay made the second team.

Rogan collected a first team award after she took third place out of 12 athletes in the final of the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase at SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio, on May 23. She eclipsed her own team record by more than three seconds with a time of 10:24.46.

This was Rogan’s third all-America honor in her first year with the Continentals. She also made the first team for finishing fifth in the 3,000-meter run at the NCAA indoor championships, and she was a cross country all-American after ending up in 15th place out of 290 runners at the 2024 NCAA championships.

Rogan is the first Hamilton all-American in women’s outdoor track & field since Maggie Hanson ’02 finished in fifth place in the 10,000-meter run at the 2002 NCAA championships.