2021-22 NCAA Championships

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The Beach Volleyball national championship didn't become an NCAA sponsored sport until 2016, and USC has been dominant since then. Last week, the Trojans claimed their 4th national title in program history. They entered the tournament as the #1 overall seed, and proved everyone right in the double elimination tournament. Here was their path to the title.

vs. UT Martin - W 3-0
vs. Florida Atlantic - W 3-0
vs. Florida State - W 3-1
vs. UCLA - W 3-0
vs. Florida State - W 3-1

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Regional Championship selections were announced for D1 Men's Golf this week. Regional tournaments will take place at the following sites (host school): PGA National Resort - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida (Florida Atlantic), Ohio State Golf Club - Columbus, Ohio (Ohio State), Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club - Norman, Oklahoma (Oklahoma), The Reserve at Spanos Park - Stockton, California (Pacific), Traditions Club - Bryan, Texas (Texas A&M), and Yale Golf Course - New Haven, Connecticut (Yale).

Each regional will consist of 54 holes, and will take place May 16-18. The top 5 teams at each regional, and the top individual not on a top five team will advance to the NCAA Championships, which will be May 27 - June 1 at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, hosted by Arizona State.

The following teams from Ohio qualified for regional competition: Kent State, Ohio State, and Wright State.

The following individuals from Ohio colleges qualified for regional play: Sam Jean (Cincinnati).

Here is the full qualifier list: https://www.ncaa.com/live-updates/golf- ... -regionals

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D1 Women's Golf regional competition is now concluded, and the final qualifiers for the championship have been announced. The championship will be May 20-25 at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. The top four teams and top two individuals not on a qualifying team have advanced to the championship rounds.

Here is the final qualifier list: https://www.ncaa.com/live-updates/golf- ... ve-updates

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The bracket for the D1 Men's Lacrosse tournament has been released. Maryland has been granted the #1 overall seed, and will look to claim another title. Opening round play began last night with two matches for a berth in the first round. The final four and championship will be May 28-30 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut. Ohio State is the lone team from Ohio to make the field, they earned an at-large bid.

Bracket: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/lacrosse-men/d1/2022

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Qualifiers for the D1 Women's Lacrosse national tournament have been released, and the bracket has been set. North Carolina, Maryland and Boston College have been named the top three seeds for the tournament and will received first round byes. First round play will be on Friday (5/13), with second round play set to be on Sunday (5/15). The final four and championship will be May 27-29 at Homewood Field in Baltimore, Maryland.

Bracket: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/lacrosse-women/d1/2022

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Stanford has claimed their 8th national title in Women's Water Polo, and their first since 2019. After a first round bye as the top overall seed, here was their path to the title.

vs. Wagner - W 16-6
vs. UCLA - W 10-7
vs. USC - W 10-7

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Methodist is the D3 Men's Golf national champions, their 13th title in program history and first since 2018. They headed into the championship tournament as the #1 ranked team and clearly held up to that ranking. The final score for the team was a +20, outscoring the runner-up, Hampden-Sydney, by 8 strokes.

Coming as no surprise, the individual national champion was from Methodist as well, Andre Chi of Methodist won individual medal honors with a -4 for the tournament.

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For the first time in program history, Findlay has claimed the D2 Women's Golf national championship. The Oilers barely made the match play round, edging by in 8th place by just a single stroke, but clearly getting to match play is what matters. After that, Findlay kept pulling upsets to claim the championship.

vs. Dallas Baptist - W 3-2
vs. Barry - W 4-1
vs. Limestone - W 3-2

Anahi Servin from Academy of Art was able to claim the individual national championship, shooting a -5 for the tournament, outscoring her nearest competitor by 4 strokes.

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On their path to the first title in program history, Emory (the #1 ranked team coming in) left no doubt as they absolutely crushed the competition, outscoring the second place team by 26 strokes. Emory shot a team score of +23, the runner-up? Redlands shot a team score of +49.

The individual national champion this year in D3 was none other than a player from Emory, Ellen Dong who scored a +1, but her title didn't come easy. The took down Alison Takamiya from George Fox in a one hole playoff for the championship.

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The bracket for D1 Softball has been released, and what a dandy of a tournament we should be in for. Double elimination regional tournaments will take place the 20th through the 22nd at 16 different regional sites. From there, the winner of each regional will advance to the Super Regional, which are head-to-head best of 3's. Winners of each Super Regional will head to the Women's College World Series.

Both Miami (OH) and Ohio State made the tournament.

Bracket: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/softball/d1/2022

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Lee has claimed the national championship in D2 Men's Golf, their first title in program history. After three rounds of stroke play had concluded, Lee actually sat in third place, trailing Colorado State - Pueblo and Central Missouri in a tight contest. But, that's why they have match play. Here is how Lee claimed their national title.

vs. Barry - W 4-1
vs. Georgia Southwestern - W 3-2
vs. Oklahoma Christian - W 4-1

For individual competition, Joel Sylven of Missouri-St. Louis claimed the individual medalist honors as the national champion. He shot a -2 for the tournament.

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For just the second time in program history, Stanford has claimed the D1 Women's Golf national title, their other title came in 2015. There wasn't much doubt for the Cardinal in this tournament. They came in as the #1 ranked team in the country after regional play and didn't disappoint after stroke play, where they shot a +9, to earn the top overall seed for match play. Here is how match play went.

vs. Georgia - W 3-2
vs. Auburn - W 3-2
vs. Oregon - W 3-2

Just like her team as a whole, Rose Zhang left no doubt, as she entered the tournament as the #1 ranked individual player, the Stanford Cardinal claimed the individual national title as well, shooting an impressive -6.

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After an impressive season, and the #3 overall seed for the NCAA Tournament, Indianapolis has claimed their first ever national championship in D2 Women's Lacrosse.

vs. Lindenwood - W 13-8
vs. Grand Valley State - W 13-9
vs. Adelphi - W 11-6
vs. East Stroudsburg - W 11-9

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Virginia has claimed the D1 Men's Tennis national championship, their first since three-peating from 2015-17, and their 5th in program history. Here is the Caveliers path to the title.

vs. Fairleigh Dickinson - W 4-0
vs. VCU - W 4-0
vs. South Carolina - W 4-0
vs. Florida - W 4-1
vs. Tennessee - W 4-0
vs. Kentucky - W 4-0

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Barry has claimed the D2 Men's Tennis national championship, this is their 3rd consecutive title, and 6th title in program history. Here is how their title run went.

vs. Benedict - W 4-0
vs. West Florida - W 4-0
vs. Edinboro - W 4-0
vs. Indianapolis - W 4-1
vs. Flagler - W 4-0
vs. Wayne State - W 4-1

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In D3 Men's Tennis, Chicago has claimed their first championship in program history. Here was their path.

vs. Illinois Tech - W 5-0
vs. Gust. Adolphus - W 5-2
vs. Emory - W 5-0
vs. Tufts - W 5-4
vs. Case Western - W 5-2

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For the second consecutive season and 4th time in program history, Texas has claimed the national title in D1 Women's Tennis. Here is how they did it.

vs. Ball State - W 4-0
vs. Michigan - W 4-0
vs. Auburn - W 4-1
vs. Virginia - W 4-2
vs. North Carolina - W 4-2
vs. Oklahoma - W 4-1

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Just like their men's team, Barry has claimed the national title in D2 Women's Tennis. This is their 5th consecutive championship, and their 7th in program history. Here is how they did it.

vs. West Alabama - W 4-0
vs. Franklin Pierce - W 4-0
vs. Flagler - W 4-0
vs. Nova Southeastern - W 4-0
vs. Central Oklahoma - W 4-1

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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps has claimed the national title in D3 Women's Tennis, their second in program history and first since 2018. Here is how they did it.

vs. SUNY Oneonta - W 5-0
vs. Case Western - W 5-0
vs. MIT - W 5-2
vs. Wesleyan - W 5-0
vs. Chicago - W 5-1