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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Cedar Ridge swept Houston Cypress Woods to open the Texas state playoffs and solidify its hold on the No. 1 spot in the USA TODAY Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll. Tori McCann, Steph Elliott and Katy Repa all homered in the two victories for the (30-0) Raiders, who stay the top-ranked […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Central Oklahoma captured the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) title and strengthened its hold on No. 1 ranking in this week’s NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll.The Bronchos (41-5) collected 13 first-place votes and 394 points. No. 2 West Florida and No. 3 Texas A&M Kingsville received one and two first-place votes, respectively. […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Augustana’s Maggie Kadrlik and Florida Tech’s Melanie Murphy were named the final Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the Week honorees for 2019. The dueo was recognized for their outstanding play during the week of April 22-28.  Kadrlik hit an amazing .850 (17-for-20) with six home runs and 13 RBI […]

Luckin Coffee has Starbucks worried. The Xiamen-based upstart has opened 2,370 coffee shops across 28 Chinese cities since June 2017. And on Monday, it announced plans for a Nasdaq initial public offering (IPO) of around $17 a share—which, if successful, could value the company at $4 billion. It’s a clear challenge to the Seattle-headquartered global […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday a New York Times report that his businesses lost more than $1 billion from 1985 to 1994 was “highly inaccurate.” He contended the reported losses were “non monetary,” and that real estate developers like him during that period were entitled to take “massive write offs and depreciation” for […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two-time defending national champion Virginia Wesleyan University reclaimed the top spot in the NFCA Division III Top 25 this week after spending two weeks at No. 2. The (29-2) Marlins went 4-0 last week, and then swept Eastern Mennonite on Tuesday, to move back into the No. 1 position they had held […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Twenty-five student-athletes have been selected finalists for the 2019 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the Year awards. The winners will be announced following the conclusion of the 2019 season. Highlighted by 2018 winner Kylee Smith of North Georgia, the list of student-athletes is represented by 23 different programs and […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. –MacQuarrie Stone-Folmar of Notre Dame Catholic (Fairfield, Conn.), Kylee Pachel of Park Rapids (Minn.), Taylor Barrett of Harmony (Fla.), Riley Price of Edgewood (Texas) and Jennifer Cummings of Redmond (Wash.) were selected MaxPreps / NFCA National High School Players of the Week for their outstanding play during the week of April 22-28. East […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – West Florida was nearly the unanimous No. 1 as the top six teams remained steady in this week’s 2019 NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Argonauts (36-5) captured 15 of the 16 first-place votes and 399 points after sweeping Union in a three-game Gulf South Conference series.  No. 2 Central Oklahoma […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Perfect at the plate and unhittable in the circle, Michigan’s Faith Canfield and Jacksonville State’s Faith Sims garnered Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division I National Player and Pitcher of the Week of the Week honors for games played April 22-28. It marks the second plaudit for Canfield, while Sims in the first Gamecock to receive […]