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Kade Blume and Kasey Ross recorded individual titles as Wartburg dominated the 2026 NCAA Division III wrestling championship, winning its 17th team title by a convincing 42 points.

Blume defeated defending champ Mark Samuel of Roanoke, 4-3, to win the 141-pound weight class. The first-year concluded his inaugural collegiate season at 25-2.

Ross capped a perfect 30-0 season with a 5-0 decision over top-seeded Ganon Smith of Elizabethtown.

Team Scoring. 1-Wartburg 110, 2-UW-La Crosse 68; 3-Augsburg 67.5;
4-NYU 65.5; 5-TCNU 58.5.

Individual Champions. 125: Christian Guzman (North Central); 133: Garrett Totten (TCNJ); 141: Kade Blume (Wartburg); 149: Cade Siebrecht (Central); 157: Peter Kane (Williams); 165: Tanner Gerber (UW-La Crosse); 174: Hunter Mays (TCNJ); 184: Kasey Ross (Wartburg); 197: Mohammed Talebi (NYU); 285: Josh Harkless (RIT) | Complete Brackets

The Rowan men and Washington U. women took home the team hardware at the 2026 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field championships.

The Profs won its first national team title by a single point over defending champion UW-La Crosse.

The Bears captured their first NCAA team title since 2017, outpointing runnerup Williams, 54-44.

» Individual Champions (M). 60: Lamont Victoria (Lynchburg), 6.71; 200: Rajahn Dixon (Rowan), 20.92; 400: Collin Conzemius (UWL), 46.76; 800: Trevor Richwine (Dickinson), 1:48.17; Mile: Jack Brown (Central), 4:14.01; 3K: Seth Clevenger (Rowan), 7:54.92; 5K: Clevenger, 13:35.55; 60 Hurdles: Gunner Meyer (Central), 7.89; 4×400 Relay: UW-La Crosse, 3:10.90; DMR: Geneseo, 9:42.65; High Jump: Connor Smith (OWU), 2.12m; Pole Vault: Collin Kao (UW-Oshkosh) 5.33m; Long Jump: Joshua Rivers (UWO) 7.48m; Triple Jump: Carter Pearson (UWL) 15.01m; Shot Put: Gage Stankiewicz (Eau Claire) 18.52m; Weight Throw: Gavin Fritsch (UWO) 20.78m; Heptathlon: Jacon Balcome (River Falls), 5487.

» Team Scoring (M). 1-Rowan 75; 2-UW-La Crosse 74; 3-UW-Oshkosh 64;
4-UW-Eau Claire 32; 5-Lynchburg 30 | Complete Team Scoring, Results

» Individual Champions (W). 60: Sydney Radigan (Calvin) 7.52; 200: Isabel Peterson (UW-Platteville) 23.78; 400: Sara Schmerhorn (Hope) 54.41; 800: Kate Delia (Washington U.) 2:07.69; Mile: Haley Schoenegge (Vassar) 4:42.69; 3K; Sophie Bull (Calvin) 9:32.19; 5K; Rujuta Sane (MIT) 16:45.22; 60 Hurdles: Ariyanna Garceau (UMass Boston) 8.25; 4×400 Relay: WashU 3:44.54; DMR: WashU 11:29.59; High Jump: Serena McNeilly (Centre) 1.79m; Pole Vault: Leah Zastrow (UW-Stout) 4.15m; Long Jump: Chloe Hein (Centre) 6.25m; Triple Jump: Elysse Cumberland (Tufts) 12.54m; Shot Put: Zoe Barnes (Southern Maine) 14.84m; Weight Throw: Caitlyn Cox (Loras) 21.00m; Pentathlon: McNeilly 3782.

» Team Scoring (W). 1-Washington U. 54; 2-Williams 44; 3- Centre 43;
4-UW-La Crosse 38; 5-Johns Hopkins 31 | | Complete Team Scoring, Results

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The four teams are set for the 2026 NCAA Division III women’s basketball semifinals after sectional play last weekend. Three of the top four teams advanced - No. 1 NYU, No. 2 Scranton, and No. 4 UW-Oshkosh - while No. 8 Denison dashed a top-four sweep with a win at No. 3 Washington and Lee.

» Schedule. THU: UW-Oshkosh vs. Denison, 5:00 | NYU vs. Scranton, 7:30

With the men’s title game scheduled for Indianapolis as part of a combined championship weekend, eight teams posted victories to advance to the national quarterfinals and semifinals in Fort Wayne, Ind. Three of the games will feature No. 1 seeds vs. No. 3 seeds, and the other is No. 1 vs. No. 2.

» Schedule. THU: St. Thomas vs. Christopher Newport, 1:00 | Emory vs. Illinois Wesleyan, 3:30 | Trinity CT vs. Tufts, 6:30 | Chicago vs. Mary Washington, 9:00

Home ice advantage ruled the day in the first round of the NCAA Division III Men’s Ice Hockey championship. Aurora, Hamilton, Utica, Saint Norbert and UW-Stout all posted home victories, while Norwich went on the road and eliminated Salve Regina.

The closest game of the six saw Jack Christen scored the game-winning goal with 12 seconds remaining to boost St. Norbert past U. of New England, 5-4.

» Quarterfinals (M). SAT: Aurora at Endicott | Saint Norbert at Hobart | Hamilton at Norwich | UW-Stout at Utica.

On the women’s side, it was a similar story as four of five teams sent the home crowd home happy as Amherst, Wilkes, Williams and Hamline posted victories. Only Augsburg was unable to defend home ice, falling to Elmira.

Amherst and Williams both needed extra time to advance. Gretchen Dann scored the game-winner 2:36 into overtime to lift the Mammoths past Saint Benedict, 2-1, while Savana Littlewood slid the game-winning tally into the net 3:18 into extra time as Williams downed Plattsburgh State, 2-1.

» Quarterfinals (W). SAT: Elmira at Amherst | Wilkes at Nazareth | Hamline at Norwich | Williams at UW-River Falls

» Paralympics. Former Saint Mary’s MN hockey player Josh Misiewicz was a member of the USA sled hockey team that won a fifth straight gold medal. He left Saint Mary's after two years to join the U.S. Marine Corps. He served as a machine gunner with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines in Afghanistan. In 2011, Misiewicz was injured by an improvised explosive device while on foot patrol, resulting in the loss of both legs.

» Fundraising. Pomona-Pitzer raised more than $500,000 from 1,389 donors during its Sagehen Athletics Giving Day. MIT’s 24-hour challenge brought in $451,910 from 3,210 donors. And Stevenson’s Annual Campaign for Mustang Athletics raised more than $273,000 from 1,966 donors.

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