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World Championships: U.S. Men Fall to Serbia; Hungary Upends Croatia

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World Championships: U.S. Men Fall to Serbia; Hungary Upends Croatia

There will be a new World Champion this year in Singapore, with 2024 champ Croatia knocked out in Sunday’s quarterfinals by Hungary. Still in the hunt, though, is the reigning Olympic champion Serbia, which eliminated the United States.

The U.S. lost for the first time at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships, a 14-9 decision against the Paris Olympic champion. Instead of a rematch of the Olympic final, in which Serbia beat Croatia, it’ll be the Serbs against Hungary, which notched an 18-12 win to cap a surprisingly undramatic day of quarterfinals.

The day opened with Greece handling Italy, 17-11, in an all-Mediterranean affair. Spain disposed of Montenegro, 14-5, in the other quarterfinal.

That sets up the semis on Tuesday, Greece and Spain leading it off. Quarterfinal losers will fall into the 5-8 placement playoffs.

Greece jumped all over Italy, leading 6-1 after one quarter and 9-2 at half.

“It’s the mindset we want to keep in these games,” captain Konstantinos Genidounias said. “You have to start and let the opponent know that you’re here to win, and that’s what we did. The red card definitely helped us, but it’s part of the game and we took advantage of that. We took an eight-goal difference and we held it until the end.”

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Greece celebrates a win over Italy in the World Championships quarterfinals; Photo Courtesy: Singapore 2025/World Aquatics

Aristeidis Chalyvopoulos scored twice in the opening quarter, and the ejection of Matteo Iocchi Gratta didn’t help Italy’s cause. Stylianos Argyropoulos tallied four goals, Efstathios Kalogeropoulos and Genidounias paired two goals with two assists each and Panagiotis Tzortzatos made 14 saves in goal.

Lorenzo Bruni had a hat trick to lead Italy. Francesco Di Fulvio’s 2-for-10 shooting typified the frustration for Italy.

Unai Aguirre was massive for Spain, stopping 15 shots and holding Montenegro to just two goals in the final three quarters. Bernat Sanahuja cashed it in with six goals to lead the offense. Alvaro Granados added three goals and three assists for Spain.

“We played really good defense, and that was the key,” Aguirre said. “We didn’t do it in the group stage against Hungary, so we improved in that way. It was tough in the beginning, they started very well, but once we had a difference of three or four goals, we came in clutch to score the goals and I am happy for the team.”

Serbia jumped on the U.S. early and never let up. Radoslav Filipovic stopped 10 shots. Eleven players recorded a goal or an assist. Four players scored twice, led by two goals and two assists by Nikola Jaksic. Strahinja Rasovic, Milos Cuk and Nemanja Vico scored twice apiece.

Hannes Daube led the U.S. with two goals and two assists. Chase Dodd and Nicolas Saveljic scored twice each.

The Croatia-Hungary affair looked finely poised when it was tied 6-6 after one quarter. But two goals each from Krisztian Manhercz and Adam Nagy in the second quarter led to a 5-1 edge for Hungary to create space it never relinquished.

Manhercz finished with four goals and two assists. Nagy scored three times and added an assist, as did Marton Vamos. Kristof Csoma made 10 saves.

“Our blocks and defense were faster,” Manhercz said. “We started to focus so much and that was the key. After the second quarter, we could keep this distance against Croatia because they started to come back in the fourth quarter, so we really needed the heart in that moment. We had amazing shots from Vendel Vigvari, Adam Nagy and Marton Vamos. But the key to today’s game was our defense.”

Zvonimir Butic led Croatia with four goals and two assists. Konstantin Kharkov added two and two.



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NCAA Volleyball Regional Schedule Set

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The fourth-seeded Indiana volleyball team (25-7, 14-6 B1G) will play in the Sweet 16 for just the second time in program history. The NCAA announced start times and dates for next week’s regional semifinals on Sunday (Dec. 7) afternoon. The Hoosiers will play top-seeded Texas at Gregory Gymnasium on Friday (Dec. 12) afternoon at Noon ET on ESPN.

 

Following the greatest regular season in program history, IU was awarded a top-16 national seed and the chance to host the opening two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The Hoosiers made quick work of their first two matchups, sweeping Toledo and fifth-seeded Colorado in Bloomington to advance to the Sweet 16.

 

IU is one of five Big Ten programs remaining in the NCAA Tournament. Of the 16 schools left in the big dance, IU is one of two teams (Cal Poly) that didn’t make the big dance last year. The Hoosiers have already set a single-season program record for wins (25) and will attempt to advance to the regional final for the first time in program history.

 

The other matchup in the Austin Regional will pit second-seeded Stanford and third-seeded Wisconsin against each other. Their match will begin 30 minutes after the conclusion of IU’s. The winners of both regional semifinals will meet on Sunday (Dec. 14) afternoon for a spot in the national semifinals in Kansas City.



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Louisville volleyball NCAA Tournament bracket, Texas A&M vs UofL game

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Dec. 6, 2025Updated Dec. 7, 2025, 6:08 a.m. ET

After defeating Marquette 3-2 in the second round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament on Saturday night, No. 2 Louisville will travel to Lincoln, Nebraska, and take on No. 3 Texas A&M in the Sweet 16 at 7 p.m. Friday.

This will be the Cardinals’ seventh consecutive regional appearance but first with Dan Meske as head coach.

Here’s everything you need to know to keep up with the match from home:

No. 2 seed Louisville versus No. 3 seed Texas A&M will be broadcast live on ESPN or ESPN2.

Authenticated subscribers can access ESPN2 via TV-connected devices or by going to WatchESPN.com or the WatchESPN app.

Those without cable can access ESPN2 via streaming services, with Fubo offering a free trial.

Buy Louisville volleyball tickets here

After defeating Marquette, UofL will play Texas A&M in the Lincoln, Nebraska, Regional Friday at 7 pm. Here’s a look at the tournament schedule:

  • First and second rounds: Dec. 4-6
  • Regionals: Dec. 11-14
  • Semifinals: Dec. 18 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri
  • Championship: Dec. 21 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri



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Men’s T&F Opens Season at Diplomat Open

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Lancaster, PA (December 6, 2025) – The DeSales University men’s track & field team opened the 2025-26 indoor T&F season competing at the Diplomat Open at Franklin & Marshall College on Friday.

The Bulldogs posted 10 MAC qualfying times/marks in the meet.

Among the qualifying times were junior Bryce Guthier taking second in the 400-meters with a time of 52.08. It is the fifth fastest time in indoor history.  Senior Davis Trump also qualified in the 5K with a time of 16:20.32.

In the field events, DSU posted eight qualfying marks. Junior Weston Simak qualified for the MAC Championships in both the long jump (6.52m) and triple jump (13.72m). His triple jump mark was the second best in team history.  First-year Luke Heimann also qualfied in the triple jump (11.86m).

Junior Jonathan Castronovo took home first place in the long jump with a mark of 6.58m, the second best long jump in team history.

First-year John Amoretti qualified in the shot put (12.33m), seniors Jonathan Eudja and Giovanni Wellington qualified in the weight throw with marks of 14.85m and 14.23m. First-year Ryan Rodriguez also quallified in the weight throw (11.89m).

The Bulldogs won’t return to action till the New Year at the Blue and Grey Invitational on Jan. 17th.

 



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Women’s Track & Field Turns in Multiple High Marks to Begin Season at Cornell

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ITHACA, N.Y. –

The Ithaca College women’s track & field team opened its 2025-26 season over the weekend as the Bombers made the short trip across town to compete in the Greg Page Relays hosted by Cornell University on December 5-6.

Lola Gitlin posted a time of 10:25.57 in the 3000-meter run to finish third overall.

Rachel Larson was a fourth place finisher with a time of 8.58 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles. That time is currently No. 1 in Division III after the opening weekend of the season.

Aynisha McQuillar took fifth in the 200-meter dash in a time of 26.61 seconds. McQuillar also ran in the 60-meter dash and posted the 11th fastest time in DIII during the prelim with a performance of 7.78 seconds.

Lyla Powers was fifth in the 500-meter dash with a time of 1:21.75.

Lily Seyfert claimed fifth in the shot put with a heave of 12.78 meters, which is currently ninth in the nation.

Bree Boyle and Erin Eastwood each cleared 3.54 meters in the pole vault, which is tied for 11th on the Division III performance list.

Alexis Brown turned in a leap of 11.02 meters in the triple jump for the 17th best mark in the country.

Ithaca is off for the remainder of 2025 and will return to Cornell on January 10 for the Southern Tier Invitational.

 



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Men’s Track & Field Opens Indoor Season at Cornell Greg Page Relays

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RESULTS

ITHACA, N.Y. –

The Ithaca College men’s track & field team opened its 2025-26 season over the weekend as the Bombers made the short trip across town to compete in the Greg Page Relays hosted by Cornell University on December 5-6.

Anik Vossschulte claimed third in the 200-meter dash in a time of 23.32 seconds, while Jacob Antilety was seventh at 23.71 seconds.

Matt Lokshin posted a time of 8.65 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles to place third in the event. Aidan Irwin took fourth in the high jump with a mark of 1.70 meters.

Quinten Lewis posted a mark of 13.73 meters in the triple jump to place fourth and Sebastien-Oliver Lacrete was sixth at 12.68 meters, while Evan Cherry secured fifth in the long jump with a leap of 6.84 meters.

IC’s 4×400-meter relay team of Damian Simmonds, Griffin Lupes, Noah McKibben and George Nilson placed sixth in 3:34.49.

Luke Ellor finished sixth in the shot put with a mark of 14.40 meters.

Three Bombers finished within the top eight in the 500-meter dash as Brad Kellogg was sixth in 1:09.73, Peter Tysiak followed in seventh with 1:10.74 and Matthew DeJulio was next at 1:11.59.

Kaiden Chandler and Luke Ferrer posted times of 4:41.29 and 4:53.44 in the mile to finish in seventh and eighth.

Raf Campanile was seventh in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.25 meters.

Ithaca is off for the remainder of 2025 and will return to Cornell on January 10 for the Southern Tier Invitational.

 



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