2019 NCAA Winter Championships

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TCU wins it all in rifle! The Horned Frogs took home the title today with 4,699 points. They finished ahead of West Virginia, followed by Air Force. Murray State and Kentucky finished out the top 5. TCU entered the championships as the #2 seed behind the Mountaineers, who have become a powerhouse in rifle.

For TCU, it's their third national title in program history, all coming since 2010, but their first sinc 2012.

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Utah has claimed the national title in skiing. Their 530.5 points was enough to cruise to victory over second place Vermont, who tallied 476 points. This is the Utes 12th national title in program history, and their second in the last 3 years.

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Florida has won their second consecutive national title in D1 men's indoor track and field. They scored 55 points to claim the title, followed by Houston with 44, LSU with 31, then Stanford and Wisconsin tied for fourth with 30 points each.

The Gators won title in the 60 meter hurdles and the 60 meter, but claimed numerous All-American honors.

This is their 5th title in program history, all coming since 2010.

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Ashland has claimed the national title in D2 men's indoor track and field. They claimed the title with 38 points, just edging out runner-up Adams State with 37, Tiffin rounded out the top 3 with 34 points.

Ashland only claimed one individual title, in the 400 meter. What really sealed the deal for Ashland was all their All-American honors in the weight throw.

This is their first indoor title in program history.

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After finishing runner-up last year, North Central (Ill) has claimed another national title in D3 men's indoor track and field. Scoring 55 team points, Mount Union and Wisconsin-La Cross tied for runner-up with 39 points each.

This is their 6th national title in school history.

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In D1 women's indoor track and field, Arkansas claimed the national title with 62 points. USC finished as runner-up with 51 points, followed by Oregon with 32 and Ohio State with 28.

This is the Razorbacks 2nd title in program history.

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Adams State claimed the national title in D2 women's indoor track and field. They blitzed everyone else by scoring 87 points, followed by Grand Valley State with 64 points and Lincoln with 47.

This was their 4th title in program history and second in the last three years.

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In D3 women's indoor track and field, Williams claimed the national title with 42 points, edging out second place Washington-St. Louis with 40 and George Fox with 29.

This was their second title in program history and first since 2007.

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St. Cloud State has won the national title in D2 wrestling with 95.5 points. Wheeling Jesuit was second with 87.5, followed by McKendree with 83 and Notre Dame (OH) with 77.5.

This is their second title in a row, and their 4th overall, all coming in the last 5 years.

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The last championship of the weekend came in D3 wrestling, which went to Augsburg who destroyed the competition with 130 points. Loras finished runner-up with 66, followed by Johnson & Wales with 63.

This was their 13th title in program history.

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The National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey Committee announced today the field of eight teams that will compete in the 19th National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey Championship. Quarterfinal competition will be conducted on the campuses of the participating institutions, while the 2019 NCAA Women’s Frozen Four will be hosted by Quinnipiac University on March 22 and 24 at the People’s United Center in Hamden, Connecticut. Eight teams are selected for the championship. Of the eight teams, the top four teams are seeded. Wisconsin will be the #1 overall seed in the tournament. The quarterfinals will kick off on March 16.

Bracket: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/icehockey-women/nc/2019

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The bracket has been released in D2 men's basketball. The first round of the tournament will be on March 16 and the second round will be on March 17. The final four and championship will be March 27-30 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.

Several teams from Ohio qualified for the field, including: Findlay, Walsh, Ashland and Notre Dame.

Bracket: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/basketball-men/d2/2019

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The final bracket for the day was in D2 women's basketball. The first round of the tournament will be on March 15, followed by the second round on March 16. The final four and championship will be March 26-29 at Alumni Hall in Columbus, Ohio.

Teams from Ohio to show up in the bracket are Ashland and Walsh.

Bracket: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/basketball-women/d2/2019

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NCAA Men’s and Women’s Fencing Committee has announced the field of 144 competitors who will participate in 2019 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Fencing Championships. Twenty-six member institutions will be represented at this year’s fencing championships. Cleveland State and Greater Cleveland Sports Commission will co-host championships at Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio, March 21-24, 2019.

National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Fencing Championships include individual events in each of six weapons (men’s épée, men’s foil, men’s sabre, women’s épée, women’s foil and women’s sabre). Fencers will compete in a round-robin format of five-touch bouts. After round robin, top- four finishers in each weapon will fence in semifinal 15-touch bouts, with winners fencing to determine first and second places, and non-advancing fencers being awarded a tie for third place. An institution’s place finish in championships will be based on points earned by each individual.

Ohio State earned 2 qualifiers in the men's epee, 2 in the men's foil, 2 in the men's sabre, 1 in the women's epee, 1 in the women's foil, and 1 in the women's sabre.

Qualifiers: https://www.ncaa.com/news/fencing/2019- ... rticipants

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The NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Committee announced today the swimmers who qualified for the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships. The championships will be held March 27-30 at the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas. The University of Texas at Austin will serve as the host.

A total of 270 participants (235 swimmers and 35 divers) will compete in the championships. Swimmers qualified for the championships by meeting the established minimum time for the events in which they entered. Divers will be determined by performances achieved at the Zone Diving meets March 11-16. Divers that have qualified will be added to the psych sheets on March 18.

Psych Sheets: https://www.usaswimming.org/Home/times/ncaa-information

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The 2019 NCAA Division I wrestling championships will take place March 21-23, hosted at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 330 qualifiers for the 2019 DI NCAA wrestling tournament were announced Tuesday, March 12, with brackets and seeding revealed on Wednesday, March 13. Of that qualifying list, 286 earned automatic bids based on their finishes in their respective conference tournaments. All 33 athletes in each of the weight classes will be seeded.

Numerous athletes were selected from Ohio colleges, including Ohio State's full lineup and 4 wrestlers from Ohio U.

Bracket: https://i.turner.ncaa.com/sites/default ... ackets.pdf

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The D1 men's basketball bracket was released on Sunday. Duke, Virginia, North Carolina and Gonzaga all received #1 seeds. The Big Ten has the most representatives with 8. The First Four will get underway on the 19th, and the championship game will be April 8 at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Schools in the bracket from Ohio are: Ohio State and Cincinnati.

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

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Wisconsin-Oshkosh has claimed the national title in D3 men's basketball, after finishing as runner-up last season. This is their first title in school history. Their path to the title included:

vs. Lake Forest - W 86-62
vs. Northwestern St Paul - W 108-86
vs. Loras - W 86-75
vs. Guilford - W 82-79
vs. Wheaton - W 104-85
vs. Swarthmore - W 96-82

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In D3 women's basketball, Thomas Moore has claimed the national title and an impressive undefeated season. They also cruised through the tournament, playing just one game within single digits. This is their third national title in program history, all since 2015 and all with undefeated records (the last 7 national champions had undefeated seasons). Their path to the title included:

vs. St. Vincent - W 79-54
vs. Trine - W 67-59
vs. Transylvania - W 89-74
vs. Washington-St Louis - W 87-72
vs. Scranton - W 69-56
vs. Bowdoin - W 81-67

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Plattsburgh State has claimed the national championship in D3 women's ice hockey. It's their 5th title in the last 6 years and their 8th title in program history. Their path to the title included:

vs. Endicott - W 3-2 (OT)
vs. Williams - W 5-3
vs. Adrian - W 4-1
vs. Hamline - W 4-0