BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — They have been teammates since the 2022 Bridgewater State University lacrosse season, combining for 284 goals and 133 assists.
Seniors Camryn Gonsalves (East Bridgewater, Mass.) and Erin McIntyre (Tewksbury, Mass.) are first and second in goals, assists and points for the Bears over the last four years.
They were both named to the All-Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference first team as juniors after being on the all-conference second team as sophomores.
Gonsalves, an attack, has registered 148 goals, 91 assists and 239 points in her 67 career games while McIntyre, a midfielder, has 136 goals, 42 assists and 178 points in 71 games.
There are a number of reasons for their success while at BSU, and one of them is the way Gonsalves and McIntyre work together.
They started forming a connection in the 2023 season when the duo became full-time starters as sophomores, and that connection has only grown since.
Gonsalves and McIntyre form a potent offensive force for BSU.
“I think they both kind of understand how each other plays and they understand the game and how defenses defend them,” said Bears coach Erica Adams. “They’ve kind of built a connection from (early on) and it’s just gotten better and better.
“When you’ve been around someone almost four years, you’re able to make that connection over time.”
There have been plenty of times over the past two seasons when Gonsalves and McIntyre have assisted on one another’s goals.
That helped McIntyre score a team-leading 60 goals as a junior in 2024, third-best in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, and helped Gonsalves register a conference best 65 goals this season.
Fourth-seeded BSU (14-4) is in the semifinal round of the MASCAC tournament and will play at top-seeded Worcester State (11-6) on Thursday at 6 p.m.
“It’s been great,” said Gonsalves, who has 40 assists and leads the MASCAC with 105 points. “I feel like me and Erin, once we started playing a lot, I felt like we had the same mindset on the field.
“We push ourselves as hard as we can. We always connect on the field because we just have that same mentality. We have played with each other for so long now that I feel like I just look up and Mac is always there or I can just find her on the field.
“I feel like we both know how each other plays and what we’re both looking to do. Sometimes I feel like I can just throw the ball in and she’s just there whatever direction I throw it.”
McIntyre appeared in 18 games as a freshman, starting 11, and had nine goals. Gonsalves started just one game and played sparingly in 12 games that first year.
But both were in the starting lineup in 2023 with Gonsalves scoring 30 goals with 15 assists and McIntyre getting 27 goals and six assists.
“Sophomore year we were living in the same dorm, doing things together,” said McIntyre. “We realized in the fall how well we worked together.
“We knew what the other person was going to do before they were even thinking about it. Building that connection off the field really helped transition on the field.
“It’s someone you can look at and rely on, not that I can’t rely on everyone else on the team. But we know what the other person is already going to do. We have that trust that I know if I throw the ball into space, she’s going to be there to get it and vice versa.”
Gonsalves’ 105 points this season are the second-highest total ever by a BSU player, behind only Shannon Manning (120 in 2010).
She ranks seventh in career assists with 91, 11th in career goals with 148, ninth in goals in a season with 65 and ninth in assists in a season with 40.
McIntyre, who began her career on defense before moving to the midfield, is 16th in career goals with 136 and 17th in points with 178. She is second in career draw controls with 275 and fifth in the MASCAC this season with 70.
There has been a lot of production from Gonsalves and McIntyre, who both started playing lacrosse in the fourth grade.
“They’ve both put in a lot of work,” said Adams. “I think they recognize that work is coming to fruition and being showcased on the field. Credit goes all to them for the work they’ve put in outside of our practices to be able to produce as much as they have.”
Once McIntyre moved from defense to the midfield, her numbers on offense increased with a 60-goal performance last season.
“Just working on my shot placement, just watching film and seeing how the people in front of me (as an underclassman) played and what they did to make themselves successful and learning from them when I was a freshman,” said McIntyre.
Gonsalves is having the best season of her time at BSU and recorded a career-best eight assists in the tournament opener against Salem State on Tuesday afternoon.
“I pushed myself even harder this year,” said Gonsalves. “I’d go to the gym four days a week, shoot for an hour and run on the other days. I made sure I did everything I possibly could before the season to be the best I could in my senior year.
“I want to win a MASCAC championship, so I wanted to make sure I did what I could for my team. I want to achieve everything I can as a senior and have the best last year.”
The Bears are two wins away from the conference title and a trip to the NCAA Division III tournament, something that hasn’t happened since 2016.
“It would just make everything so worth it, all of the tears, the injuries, the late nights, the soreness, everything,” said McIntyre. “Knowing all the work we’ve done was worth it in the end.”
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.
Kansas State is in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2021. Lincoln native Shaylee Myers averages 4.76 kills per set, which led the Big 12 Conference.
Nebraska is 83-4 against Kansas State. The teams are 1-1 head-to-head in the NCAA Tournament.
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Date: Saturday, Dec. 6
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The second-round NCAA volleyball tournament contest between Nebraska and Kansas State starts at 7 p.m. CT from the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Nebraska volleyball 2025 schedule (30-0, 20-0)
Aug. 22 – vs. Pittsburgh – WIN 3-1 (25-22, 25-11, 20-25, 25-23)
Aug. 24 – vs. Stanford – WIN 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-14)
Aug. 29 – at Lipscomb – WIN 3-0 (25-13, 25-21, 25-15)
Aug. 31 – vs Kentucky – WIN 3-2 (24-26, 20-25, 25-19, 25-23, 15-8)
Sept. 5 – vs. Wright State – WIN 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-20)
Sept. 7 – vs. California – WIN 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-12)
Nov. 28 – vs. Penn State – WIN 3-0 (25-14, 25-11, 25-14)
Nov. 29 – vs. Ohio State – WIN 3-0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-20)
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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.
Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener
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.
AUSTIN, Texas. — The No. 3 Texas Volleyball team swept No. 25 Penn State (25-16, 25-9, 25-19). The Longhorns are now 25-3 on the season and will compete in the third round of the NCAA Tournament for the 20th-straight season.
Longhorns saw junior Torrey Stafford record a match-leading 21 kills, along with five digs and three blocks. It marks Stafford’s fourth game hitting over .500 this season with a .556 hitting percentage. Freshman Abby Vander Wal added 10 kills and two blocks while hitting .474. Fellow freshman Cari Spears totaled nine kills with three blocks and three digs. Spears recorded her seventh game over .400 (.467) hitting percentage tonight.
The Longhorns defense put up nine blocks, led by Nya Bunton and Ayden Ames, who each recorded four. It marks the fourth highest total for blocks in a three-set match for Texas. The Lions were limited to a .124 hitting percentage and finished 22 errors. Texas hit .452 as a team, its sixth time this season hitting over .400.
Set One: Penn State was held to a .167 hitting percentage with four service errors and eight attacking errors. Stafford led the set with six kills while hitting .455. Ramsey Gary added five digs for the Longhorns on defense.
Set Two: Texas dominated the second after extending the lead to 19-7 on an 11-0 run, with two consecutive block effort from Spears, Nya Bunton and Stafford. Texas took set two, 25-9. The Longhorns hit .700 while limiting the Lions at -.065. Spears notched six kills while Ella Swindle put up 10 assists. Texas totaled four blocks in the set, with Bunton contributing three.
Set Three: The Longhorns completed the sweep over Penn State, winning the third set 25-19. Stafford registered 11 kills while hitting .611, and Gary added six digs on defense. Saturday’s win marked the 11th-ranked win of the season for the Horns.
Texas will face off against No. 15 Indiana in the third round of the NCAA Tournament with the game time and date TBD.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Highlighted by nine top 10 finishes, Austin Peay State University’s track and field team concluded its first meet of the 2025-26 indoor season at Vanderbilt’s Winter Commodore Challenge, Saturday, at the David Williams II Recreation & Wellness Center.
Saturday’s events began with throws, as Emma Tucker highlighted Austin Peay’s performances in the weight throw with a sixth-place finish. The mark was Tucker’s first of two top 10 marks, as she also went on to finish eighth in the shot put later in the afternoon. Freshman China Giaimo paced the Govs in the shot put, recording an 11.98-meter toss in her first collegiate meet.
Madelyn Kocik also finished the day with a pair of top 10 performances, beginning with an eighth-place finish in the long jump with a 5.61-meter leap – her best mark since finishing second at the 2025 Atlantic Sun Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships. A Portland, Texas native, Kocik later went on to finish fifth in the triple jump with an 11.97-meter mark – the second-best mark of her career and her longest jump since recording a 12.12-meter jump last season at Vanderbilt’s Commodore Challenge (Jan. 11).
Three Governors competed in the 600-meter for Austin Peay with all three finishing in the top 10. Sophomore Taylin Segree paced the trio with a 1:33.28 time and fifth-place finish, while Alexis Arnett (1:34.03) and Mia McGee (1:34.57) finished seventh and 10th, respectively. It was the first time that any of the Govs had competed in the 600 in their collegiate career.
Wrapping up the Govs’ events for the day, Taylah Upshaw placed fourth in the 1,000-meter, setting a personal best with a time of 3:01.03.
Up Next
Austin Peay returns to action in mid-January when it returns to Nashville to the Vanderbilt Invitational, Jan. 16-17, at the David Williams II Recreation & Wellness Center
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The UW-Oshkosh women’s volleyball team celebrates its semifinal win Thursday in the NCAA Division III Championship. Photo by Ashtin Elder of Kodiak Creative.
The University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh women’s volleyball team swept University of La Verne (California) Saturday to claim its first national title and the 51st for UW-Oshkosh.
The championship took place at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center in Bloomington, Illinois, where a busload of Titan students and staff arrived Saturday to cheer on their team.
UWO did not drop a set across its six wins in the national tournament, which is a first in 21 years.
Izzy Coon, Lauren Grier, Callie Panasuk and Samantha Perlberg (Most Outstanding) were all named to the All-Tournament Team.
The team is coached by Jon Ellmann of Neenah, who was inducted into the Wisconsin Volleyball Coach’s Association Hall of Fame in 2021.
DAVENPORT, Iowa– Members of the Wartburg indoor track and field program competed at the Frigid Bee Opener, hosted by St. Ambrose. Maddie Merna was victorious in the 5000m and Hannah Ramsey was victorious in the 800m.
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Women’s Results: 5000m
1 Maddie Merna 17:29.94
2 Karle Kramer 17:57.89
3 Lily Peterson 18:02.58
4 Claire Hoyer 18:09.55
5 Ava Vance 18:17.07
6 Morgan Engel 18:26.72
