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LOUISVILLE, KY - MAY 01: Gorgui Dieng a member of the 2013 NCAA basketball champion University of Louisville Cardinals wears a jockey's helmet, whip and safety vest during the morning training for the 2013 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 1, 2013 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was at the barn of Goldencents which is owned by University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino.
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Getting my first NCAA win was a great feeling ... After looking at the draw later that day and seeing many of the top seeds had lost, I knew every player here was good but beatable also. I knew I needed to play well to beat Anderson.
I want to host. This was huge. We’ve got to keep building and building and make it really hard for the NCAA not to let us host a regional.
I was floored. It was the last thing in my mind ... I thought when (Johnson) called, it was going to be about NCAA investigations or who knows what? I was speechless. ... It was a great, wonderful feeling and brought about a time to reflect.More quotes »
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Olivia Galati allows a rare run, but Hofstra earns NCAA softball bid
Colonial Athletic Association title and NCAA bid were on the line -- Hofstra took care of that in a 2-1 victory over James Madison -- but because Hofstra softball is so much about star pitcher Olivia Galati, the play of the game turned out to be the out that Read more »
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Demmianne Cook sets tournament, school records as Stony Brook beats Vermont, 18-4
The pass came from Claire Petersen and Demmianne Cook drilled it into the net. The scenario had occurred countless times before, but this moment was special in several ways as the Stony Brook women's lacrosse team beat Vermont, 18-4, Friday in the semifina Read more »
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Pletcher, Pitino and Kentucky Derby storylines
Few scenes can equal a Derby week morning on Churchill Downs ' packed backstretch. On Wednesday you could see NCAA champion coaches Rick Pitino and Denny Crum , magnificent thoroughbreds and hundreds of visitors milling about, looking confused but still co Read more »
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Watch NCAA Women's Golf
holes at the 2013 NCAA Championship in Athena, Ga., today and tomarrow. No rank or record available © 2013 All information, content and images on ArkansasRazorbacks.com are copyright of Arkansas Athletics, University of Arkansas. All Rights Reserved 2013 30 m ago from Arkansas Football Headline News Read more »
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Tribe Men’s Gymnastics NCAA Championships Video Features
Penn State last month. Links to all three video features are available below. Funiciello and Courter earned All-America honors on rings and vault, respectively, while Potemski posted the program’s all-time best finish in all-around at the national meet. 31 m ago from Athletics at William & Mary Read more »
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NLL Fan Fest & Tailgate Party at NCAA Championships Set for Saturday
23, 2013 - National Lacrosse League (NLL) The National Lacrosse League will have several players featured at the LaXperience Fan Fest and will host the NLL Tailgate Party at XFINITY Live! for the 2013 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships at Lincoln Financial 38 m ago from Our Sports Central Read more »
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2013 Super-Regionals Get Underway Tonight
The NCAA super-regionals begin tonight. At the bottom of this write-up is a chart of the match-ups, on which I will list the winners of each game. The SEC is guaranteed a team in the Women's College World Series (the winner of the Alabama vs. Tennessee sup 57 m ago from Alan's College Softball Blog Read more »
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General News. Naval Academy Announces Major Athletic Award Winners
Vice Admiral Lawrence Sword for Women, which is presented to that woman of the graduating class who is considered by the Association's Athletic Council to have personally excelled in women's athletics during her years of varsity competition. Gorinski was the 3:45 PM from NavySports.com Read more »
