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WICHITA STATE (0-0, 0-0 American)

Friday, August 29 (7:00 p.m. CT) vs. Kennesaw State (0-0, 0-0 CUSA)

Wichita, Kan. (Charles Koch Arena)

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Saturday, August 30 (1:00 p.m. CT) Arkansas (0-0, 0-0 SEC) vs. Kennesaw State (0-0, 0-0 CUSA)

Wichita, Kan. (Charles Koch Arena)

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Sunday, August 31 (1:00 p.m. CT) vs. Arkansas (0-0, 0-0 SEC)

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Wichita State opens the 2025 season with the Shocker Volleyball Classic, welcoming Kennesaw State and Arkansas to Charles Koch Arena, Aug. 29-31.

All Shocker matches will be streamed live on ESPN Plus. Live stats for all matches can be found at shockerstats.livestats.us.


SCENE SETTERS
• Wichita State opens their 50th season as an NCAA volleyball program by hosting the Shocker Volleyball Classic in Charles Koch Arena. The Shockers will host Kennesaw State on Friday and then on Sunday host Arkansas, a team receiving votes in the initial AVCA top 25 poll.
• The Shockers are coming off an 18-14 season in 2024 that culminated in a dominant run to the American Conference Tournament championship and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. 
• The Shockers appeared in the NCAA Tournament for the 12th time overall and the first since 2017.
• The Shockers were picked third in the American Conference preseason poll. Rice was tabbed as the conference’s preseason favorite, garnering nine first place votes to South Florida’s four. Brooklyn Leggett was named preseason all-conference.
• The Shockers are opening up the season at home for the first time since 2007.
• Head coach Chris Lamb enters his 26th season at the helm of the Shockers. Known affectionately as “Lambo,” the veteran head coach owns a career record of 526-250, good for a .678 winning percentage and the most wins in the American Conference.
• The 2025 version is the 16th iteration of the Shocker Volleyball Classic, which began in 2004. WSU seeks their first undefeated home tournament since 2009, when the Shockers bested North Carolina, Grambling State and Oklahoma.
 


WEEKEND PROMOS
• Friday is National College Colors Day and the Banner Drop. Rep the Yellow and the Black as the first 300 fans receive a “Long Wave the Yellow and the Black” T-shirt. Arrive early as the 2024 NCAA Tournament banner is unveiled. Sunday is the Replica Ring giveaway. All season ticket holders receive one replica ring per account and 150 rings are available to purchase for $10 a ring. The team will also be signing postgame autographs.
 


SEASON & HOME OPENERS
• Wichita State is 26-21-2 in season openers overall and 17-8 in season openers uner head coach Chris Lamb. In home openers, the Shockers are 30-18-1 overall and 19-6 under Lamb.
 


THREE STARTERS RETURN 
• Wichita State returns three starters and the libero from the 2024 team including senior outside hitters Brooklyn Leggett and Emerson Wilford, junior middle blocker Maddie Wilson and senior libero Katie Galligan
 


FRESHMAN TAKEOVER
• Wichita State is one of four teams in the country with at least 10 freshmen on the roster. The Shockers join St. Mary’s, Pacific and Holy Cross as they all have 10.
 


WSU-KENNESAW STATE SERIES
• The Shockers and Owls have two previous meetings, with Wichita State winning both matches last season in the all-time series. The Shockers won 3-1 and 3-2 on the opening weekend of the 2024 season in Kennesaw, Ga.
In the first match, Emerson Wilford led the Shockers with 15 kills, while Izzi Strand had 42 assists and Annalie Heliste added 14 digs. The Shockers hit .436 as a team in the four-set win.
In the second match, the Shockers needed a reverse sweep to come out with the win. Morgan Stout led WSU with 16 kills, while Strand had 40 assists and Heliste added 18 digs.
 


WSU-KENNESAW STATE MATCH-BY-MATCH

Date        Location    Results    Set Scores

8/31/2024        Kennesaw, Ga.    W, 3-2    20-25, 24-26, 25-17, 25-17, 15-12
8/30/2024         Kennesaw, Ga.    W, 3-1    21-25, 25-17, 25-16, 25-19
 


SCOUTING THE OWLS
• Kennesaw State went 14-17 in 2024 and fell in the ASUN tournament semifinal to close out the season. The Owls finished 10-8 in the regular season and finished fourth.
• The Owls top returners are outside hitter Manu Johnsen who earned first team all-conference honors in 2024 and averaged 3.79 kills per set and 4.33 points per set and middle blocker Olivia Burrage who averaged 2.16 kills per set, 0.91 blocks per set  and hit .368.
• Head coach Keith Schunzel is in his 13th season and has a career record of 208-127, all at Kennesaw State.
 


WSU-ARKANSAS SERIES  
• The Shockers lead the overall series with Arkansas 4-3. The series in Wichita is tied 1-1 with a Shocker win in 2004 and a Razorback win in 1999. The teams last met a season ago in Fayetteville, Ark., a 3-0 Razorback win.
• In the match last season, Morgan Stout led the Shockers with 12 kills and hit .407, while Izzi Strand had 28 assists and Annalie Heliste had 11 digs.
• Before the meeting last season, the two teams had not met since the first round of the NCAA Tournament in 2012 in Lawrence, Kan. The Shockers fell behind 0-2 in that match before rallying for a 3-2 win. Ashley Andrade led the Shockers with 23 kills, while hitting .564. Elizabeth Field added 14 kills, while Chelsey Feekin had 54 assists and 16 digs. WSU went on to defeat Kansas 3-1 the following day to advance to the Sweet 16.
 


WSU-ARKANSAS MATCH-BY-MATCH

Date        Location    Results    Set Scores

9/6/2024        Fayetteville, Ark.    L, 0-3    19-25, 18-25, 18-25 
11/30/2012    #    Lawrence, Kan.    W, 3-2    16-25, 25-27, 25-17, 25-23, 15-10
9/11/2004         Wichita    W, 3-0    30-26, 30-23, 30-18
9/21/2003        Fayetteville, Ark.    L, 1-3    29-31, 30-27, 15-30, 27-30
9/1/1999        Wichita    L, 1-3    17-15, 8-15, 11-15, 2-15
10/29/1977    #    Tulsa, Okla.    W, 2-0    15-1, 15-12
10/8/1976    #    Stillwater, Okla.    W, 2-0    15-7, 15-7

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SCOUTING THE RAZORBACKS   
• Arkansas finished 16-12 overall in 2024 and 6-10 in the SEC to finish 11th. The Razorbacks return four starters.
• Top returners for the Razorbacks include opposite Romani Thurman who averaged 3.09 kills per tset and hit .245, while outside hitter Jada Lawson averaged 2.57 kills per set and hit .149.
• Jason Watson is in his 10th season at Arkansas and has a career record of 349-262 overall and 149-114 at Arkansas.
 


2024 IN REVIEW
• The Shockers are coming off an 18-14 record in 2024 where they swept three-straight matches in the American Championship to advance to the NCAA Tournament.
Middle blocker Morgan Stout and setter Izzi Strand both earned first team all-conference honors.
 


UP NEXT
• The Shockers travel to Provo, Utah for the BYU Nike Invitational, Sept. 5-6. WSU plays Incarnate Word and host BYU on Sept. 5 and closes the tournament on Sept. 6 with Northern Colorado. 

 



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Haugen Sets Norwegian National Record at Youree Spence Garcia Invitational

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QUEENS, N.Y. – The St. John’s track and field team opened its indoor campaign by hosting the Youree Spence Garcia Invitational on Saturday afternoon at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island. Senior Nora Haugen started her indoor campaign by setting a program, national and facility record in the 600m. Her time of 1:26.91 is the fastest time in the NCAA as of Saturday evening. Haugen was named the Most Outstanding Track Performer of the Meet for her results. 

The Red Storm collected six event wins and 10 top-three finishes. In addition, five Johnnies etched their names on indoor top-10 all-time lists. 

On the track, Haugen’s program record is the first to fall at Ocean Breeze this season. Chinenye Josephine Onourah won the 400m in a time of 53.13, which sits number two on the indoor all-time list. St. John’s took first through fifth place in the 400m. Freshman Nia-Ruby Forbes-Agyepong kicked off her Red Storm career with a top five finish in the 60m hurdles, stopping the clock in 8.90.  

Both the 4x400m relay and the 4x800m relay quartets crossed the line first. The 4x400m squad finished 10 seconds ahead of second place, while the 4x800m group cruised to a 17 second margin of victory. 

In the field, senior Jamora Alves started her indoor campaign with a second place showing in the women’s shot put. Her toss of 14.30m (46ft 11in.) is her second-best season opening mark of her career and gives her another top-10 performance in program history. Linn Hertz Saebbo won the long jump on her final attempt, leaping 6.05m (19ft 10.25in). The mark sits third all-time on the indoor list. Freshman Tatiana Camilo also made the long jump final, with a jump of 5.45m (17ft 10.50in) and Nyla Branche placed second in the high jump with a 1.62m (5ft 3.75in) clearance. 

Youree Spence is regarded as one of the greatest track and field athletes in St. John’s history. She is an 11-time BIG EAST Champion and holds three top-10 performances across three disciples. The track and field legend and the meet’s namesake was in attendance, along with several other alumni. 

A portion of the team is set to compete next Friday, Dec. 12, back at Ocean Breeze in the Wagner Seahawk Shootout. 

 



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NCAA Tournament: Nebraska vs. Kansas State Volleyball Watch Thread

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#1 Nebraska vs. Kansas State

When: Saturday, December 6th, 7:00pm CST

Where: Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, NE

Both Kansas State and Nebraska won their 1st round matches to create an old Big 12 matchup for Round 2 in Lincoln, NE on Saturday night. Though the Huskers played a little later, they probably have the upper hand tomorrow since they only had to play 3 sets while Kansas State had to battle through 5 tough sets against San Diego earlier on Friday afternoon.

Since the match is less than 24 hours away, you’re only going to get the spark notes version for this Kansas State team and a quick recap of their match against San Diego. Kansas State could be bringing a good amount of fans tomorrow as they are only roughly 2 and half hours from Lincoln.

Kansas State finished the 2025 season going 18-9, 10-8 in conference play, in the Big 12 conference and getting ranked wins against North Carolina, Kansas, Colorado, Baylor, and Iowa State. The Big 12 was one of the most, if not the most, competitive conferences this year putting the most teams in the tournament in 2o25.

The stats get a little rough for K-State if you just look at the record between them and Nebraska. These two teams played their first match against each other in 1975 and the most recent one was in 2023 in the non-conference portion of the season. K-State is 4-81 against the Huskers, all time, with their last win coming in 2011 in the tournament. Nebraska hosted this match.

K-State’s top player, in their match against San Diego, was SR OH Shaylee Myers, who is a Lincoln Southwest graduate. She had 26 kills on 58 swings and hit .328%. She only recorded 7 errors.

RS-JR OH Aniya Clinton was another top Wildcat on Friday night, recording 19 kills in the 5 set match, hitting .304%. She also added 13 digs as well.

MB Jordyn Williams and Setter Ava LeGrand were the top blockers for K-State with Williams blocking 7 balls and LeGrand blocking 6. Brenna Schmidt is the Wildcats’ other middle blocker and she had a pretty good night defensively, but struggled offensively ending in the negatives with 2 kills and 3 errors. Schmidt had 4 assisted blocks and also had 1 of 2 solo blocks. Clinton had the other solo block.

Nebraska will look to continue their hunt for a national championship Saturday night against a Kansas State team that will be hungry to take out the only undefeated team left in D1 volleyball, and the predicted national champion. The match will begin at 7:00pm CST on ESPN+.

#1 Nebraska Cornhuskers (31-0, 20-0 B1G)

Kansas State Wildcats (18-9, 10-8 Big 12)



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Indoor Track and Field’s Mia Hoskins Breaks Weight Throw Record on Opening Weekend

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NEW YORK  — The Columbia track & field team began its 2025-26 season this weekend, competing in three meets in the New York City Area. The Lions had a successful start to the year, with many successful performances, which included a new program record. 

The weekend began at the Armory Collegiate Distance Carnival, where Columbia dominated in the field events. Tyler Yen and Madison Williams won the long jump events, posting 6.85m and 5.63m, respectively, to lead the pack. 

Viktoria Mihaylova picked up a win in the triple jump, posting a 11.97m jump. Rocco Carpinello took second in the men’s triple jump with a mark of 14.58m. 

In the distance events, Elia Ton-That had the top finish for the Lions, placing second in the 3000m with a time of 9:42.63. 

On Saturday evening, the Lions continued to compete at the Armory in the TCNJ Indoor Open. The highlight of the meet came in the mile run, where Jacob Van Orden (4:08.14) and Maggie Boler (5:02.17) both finished in first place. 

Moriah Luetjen took first in the 400m with a time of 57.09. In addition, Collin Moore (1.93m) and Norina Khanzada (1.68m) won the high jump events, Mignonne de Beer (5.72m) won the long jump, and Liam Wright (4.60m) and Lucy Markow (3.62m) won the pole vault. 

Elsewhere, Columbia sent its throwers to compete at the Army Crowell Open, where history was made. 

Mia Hoskins took second in the weight throw, setting a new program record with a mark of 17.94m. 

Marcus Blasucci also placed second in the shot put, with the second best mark in program history at 17.59m. 

Parker Kim won the weight throw with a throw of 19.70m. 

Full results from the Armory Collegiate Distance Carnival, including all of Columbia’s other top finishers, can be found HERE. 

Full results from the TCNJ Indoor Open, including all of Columbia’s other top finishers, can be found HERE. 

Full results from the Army Crowell Open, including all of Columbia’s other top finishers, can be found HERE. 

ON DECK: 

The Lions will be off the rest of December for the holidays, before returning to action in the new year on January 9 in the TCNJ Lions Invite at the Armory. 

Stay up to date on all things Columbia track & field by following the Lions on Twitter (@CULionsXCTF), Instagram (@culionsxctf) and on Facebook (@ColumbiaAthletics).



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Nebraska advances to Sweet 16 after sweeping Kansas State

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Nebraska hosted Kansas State in the second round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament on Saturday.The Huskers got on the board first thanks to Harper Murray.Virginia Adriano forced a Wildcat timeout after a solo block and a kill. Nebraska led 13-7.Check out this incredible play.Nebraska won set 1, 25-17.Kansas State got on the board first, but the Huskers bounced back quickly.The Huskers won set 2, 25-21.The Wildcats got out ahead of the Huskers, but Andi Jackson was able to tie things up at five apiece.Adriano with a kill made it 18-12 Nebraska.With a 25-16 set 3 win, the Husker swept Kansas State to advance to the Sweet 16 for the 41st time in program history.Nebraska will play Kansas in the next round of the tournament. The time and date have yet to be announced.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |

Nebraska hosted Kansas State in the second round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament on Saturday.

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The Huskers got on the board first thanks to Harper Murray.

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Virginia Adriano forced a Wildcat timeout after a solo block and a kill. Nebraska led 13-7.

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Nebraska won set 1, 25-17.

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Kansas State got on the board first, but the Huskers bounced back quickly.

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The Huskers won set 2, 25-21.

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The Wildcats got out ahead of the Huskers, but Andi Jackson was able to tie things up at five apiece.

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Adriano with a kill made it 18-12 Nebraska.

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With a 25-16 set 3 win, the Husker swept Kansas State to advance to the Sweet 16 for the 41st time in program history.

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Updated Dec. 6, 2025, 2:06 p.m. CT

The Nebraska volleyball team enters the second round of the NCAA tournament after sweeping Long Island on Friday. The Huskers now face the Kansas State Wildcats, who defeated San Diego in five sets.

Nebraska’s offense ranks first nationally with a .352 hitting percentage. The defense is equally impressive, ranking first nationally in opponent hitting percentage at .125. 

Junior Harper Murray leads the team with 3.55 kills and 2.15 digs per set and a team high 28 aces. Setter Bergen Reilly runs the offense at an elite level with an average of 10.31 assists and 2.73 digs per set. Middle blocker Andi Jackson is averaging 2.75 kills per set on .467 hitting with 1.13 blocks per set. 





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Segalla Shines at Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener

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BOSTON, Mass – Boston College Women’s Track & Field began the indoor season at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener on Saturday. Sydney Segalla highlighted the meet with a facility and school record.

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  • Ron-Niah Wright ran an 8.04 and Erin Finley ran an 8.47 in the 60m dash.
  • Segalla clocked a 37.40 to win the 300m event. Her time broke the BU Track & Tennis Center facility record by 0.04 seconds and the BC school record by nearly 2 seconds.
  • Gina Certo (38.65), Anna Sonsini (38.38), Anna Becker (39.19), and Ava Carter (40.22) also competed in the 300m, each setting top ten all-time marks.
  • Kyla Palmer and Yaroslava Yalysovetska competed in the 600m. Palmer finished sixth place overall, recording a new personal best of 1:33.13 and moving to second all-time in BC program history. Yalysovetska finished in eighth place at 1:35.52.
  • Iris Bergman ran a 4:52.06 in the mile for 13th place.
  • Imogen Gardiner torched her 5000m heat, taking first place with a time of 15:40.39. Her time placed her ninth overall and put her second on BC’s all-time top ten list.
  • Ella Fadil, Kyra Holland, and Molly FitzPatrick all set top ten program marks in the 5000m. Fadil ran a 15:53.04 for 26th place overall, while Holland finished 31st overall at 15:55.63, and Fitzpatrick finished 55th with a 16:08.26 mark.

Next Up: The Eagles return for the Suffolk Ice Breaker Challenge at the TRACK at New Balance on January 18.



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