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Oregon Selected to Host 2022 NCATA National Championships

The University of Oregon will host the 2022 National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association National Championships scheduled for April 28–30 at Matthew Knight Arena, the second time that the Ducks have hosted the national championship. Oregon last hosted in 2011, the association’s inaugural event. Oregon was slated to host the 2020 meet before the event […]

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Peach Belt Conference Utilizes Mobile App

The Peach Belt Conference has started utilizing a new mobile app in an attempt to streamline communication and championship event coordination throughout the league. Moxtra is the league’s client collaboration platform starting this fall. Conference coaches and administrators are connected via a custom mobile app that allows for communications when it comes to fan sections, […]

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NCAA to Expand Beach Volleyball, Women’s Hockey Brackets

The NCAA intends to expand the bracket sizes for its National Collegiate Beach Volleyball and Women’s Ice Hockey championships. The move came after a decision by the Division I Competition Oversight Committee that will be forwarded for a formal vote. The move for the Beach Volleyball Committee to double in size — to 16 teams from […]

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Greg Sankey: Expanding the SEC, the College Football Playoff and NCAA Gender Equity

Greg Sankey has been the commissioner of the Southeastern Conference since 2015 and is generally regarded as one of the more powerful people in collegiate athletics, given the SEC’s dominance over college football. But Sankey’s career spans multiple regions and divisions across the NCAA, from working in Central New York as the director of intramural […]

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Love’s Travel Stops Contributes Lead Gift for New Oklahoma Softball Stadium

The University of Oklahoma has received the biggest single gift toward a women’s program in its history to give the Sooners softball program a new venue that will overhaul the stadium and training facilities. Love’s Travel Stops has provided the lead and naming gift for the University of Oklahoma’s new softball stadium. The company has […]

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Second NCAA Gender Equity Report Recommends More Combined Championships

The second part of a report by a law firm hired by the NCAA to investigate gender equity issues issued recommendations that include the potential for a combined championship structure for men and women in multiple sports. “We have seen that combining at least some portion of the men’s and women’s championship for a given […]

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SpotOn Expands Concession Technology to Collegiate Facilities

Appetize, now part of SpotOn, has announced 11 new partnerships to use its point-of-sale technology for college stadiums and arenas starting this fall. The newest group of partners join SpotOn’s roster of over 50 education campuses that improve safety, security, and convenience for students, staff and guests. SpotOn’s platform includes point-of-sale devices designed with “tap-to-pay” […]

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Noah Johnson, esports student-athlete, poses for photographs on Mountaineer Field, October 19th, 2021. (WVU Photo/Brian Persinger)

West Virginia Prepares to Offer Esports Minor, New College Team

West Virginia University will offer an esports minor by the fall of 2022 and will start up a collegiate esports team, the school has announced. Students will have the option of pursuing a 15 credit minor in esports with video games played in highly-organized and competitive environments across campuses in Morgantown, Beckley and Keyser. “As part of our […]

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Shane Wiskus competes on the pommel horse during the men's U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials on June 26, 2021, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

USOPC Think Tank: Combine NGB and NCAA Championships

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee College Sports Sustainability Think Tank has released seven recommendations to address college sports programs that have faced financial challenges, including a call to combine national governing body and NCAA championships in certain sports. When the United States sent 613 athletes to Tokyo, 463 of them — more than […]

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Launch Esports Announces Fall Competition Schedule

Launch Esports, a joint venture between esports tournament software and management company Mainline and Steel Planet Esports (an affiliate of Steel Curtain U), has announced a full schedule of its roster of Division II, Division III, NAIA, and community college conferences and universities. The schedule includes more than 180 participating schools, beginning with fall conference […]

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