2019 NCAA Winter Championships

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For the 5th consecutive year, Queens has won the national championship in D2 men's swimming and diving. They amassed 606 points, well ahead of runner-up Delta State with 364.5 points. When their streak of 5 in a row began in 2015, they had never won a title in program history before that point.

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Just like the men's team, Queens captured the D2 women's swimming and diving national title. Also just like the men's team, when the women's streak began in 2015, they had never won a national title before. Queens obliterated the competition with 707.5 points, followed by runner-up Drury with 345 points.

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The field for D1 women's basketball has been announced. For the first time in years, UConn will not be a #1 seed. First round games in the tournament will be on Friday and Saturday. The Final Four and Championship will be April 5 and 7 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. No teams from Ohio made the field, surprisingly enough Ohio U didn't make the field.

Bracket: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/basketball-women/d1/2019

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The bracket for D1 men's hockey was announced on Sunday. The top four seeds are as follows: St. Cloud State, Minnesota-Duluth, Minnesota State and Massachusetts. The first round and quarterfinals will be at one of four regional sites. First round play will be the 29th and 30th, quarterfinals on the 30th and 31st, Frozen Four on the 11th and Championship on the 13th on ESPN2.

Two teams from Ohio made the bracket: Bowling Green and Ohio State.

Bracket: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/icehockey-men/d1/2019

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Selections for the regional qualifiers in the women's gymnastics championships was announced on Monday. Michigan, Georgia, LSU and Oregon State will all serve as hosts for regional competition. Teams and individuals qualified for the regional play. Team play will go through a bracketed system to decide who qualifies for nationals, while individual scores will decide who qualifies for nationals.

Ohio State qualified as a team in the Ann Arbor Regional.

Individual qualifiers from Ohio colleges are as follows:
Dara Williams - Kent State - Uneven Bars (Ann Arbor Regional)
Abby Fletcher - Kent State - Floor (Ann Arbor Regional)
Jovannah East - Bowling Green - All Around (Baton Rouge Regional)
Lauren DeMeno - Bowling Green - Vault (Baton Rouge Regional)

Qualifiers: https://www.ncaa.com/news/gymnastics-wo ... s-regional
Bracket: https://i.turner.ncaa.com/sites/default ... ctions.pdf

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The championship field in bowling was announced yesterday. In collegiate bowling, only women compete as an NCAA sport. 12 teams qualify for the field, 8 conference champions and 4 at-large teams. Four teams will be placed into the bracket, with the remaining eight teams competing in opening- round matches to finalize the championship bracket.

The championship matches will be played April 11-13 at RollHouse Wickliffe in Wickliffe, Ohio. The Mid-American Conference and the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission are the hosts. The championship bracket will be a double-elimination, with each round consisting of a best-of-three match that includes the use of three team game formats- baker total pin fall, five-person team match and a best-of-seven baker match play. The champion will be determined using a best-of-seven baker match play. The championship final will air at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time, Saturday, April 13 on ESPNU.

Bracket: https://i.turner.ncaa.com/sites/default ... t_2019.pdf

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Columbia has claimed the national title in fencing, their first since 2016 and their 5th in program history. They did it by scoring 178 points, finishing ahead of runner-up Penn State with 166 points. Individual champions were as follows:

Women's Saber - Karolina Cieslar (St. John's)
Women's Foil - Sylvie Binder (Columbia)
Women's Epee - Anne Cebula (Columbia)
Men's Saber - Karol Metryka (Penn State)
Men's Foil - Nick Itkin (Notre Dame)
Men's Epee - Oliver Shindler (Ohio State)

Ohio State finished in 6th in the standings with 120 points.

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Denison has taken home another national title in D3 men's swimming and diving, their 5th in program history, 2nd in a row, and all coming since 2011. With that win, that means Denison and Kenyon has won ever national title in this event since 1980 (except once). Denison scored 562.5 points and were followed by Emory with 447.5 points.

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Wisconsin Stevens-Point has claimed the national title in D3 men's ice hockey, capping off an undefeated season (they tied twice). They become the first national champion to finish the season undefeated. This is their 6th title in program history and their first since 2016. Their path to the title included:

vs. St. Norbert - W 3-0
vs. Hobart - W 5-3
vs. Norwich - W 3-2 (OT)

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The same name remains as national champions in D1 women's swimming and diving, and that name is Stanford. They have won their 3rd consecutive national title and their 11th in program history. Their 456 points, narrowly escaped runner-up California, who tallied 418 points, ironically enough, that was their 3rd consecutive runner-up finish.

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In D3 women's swimming and diving, who else? Emory has claimed the national title with 488 points, their 10th consecutive national title, and 12th in program history. They just barely edged out Kenyon, who scored 479 points. Other than Emory and Kenyon, only Denison has won a national title in this event since 1983.

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Penn State has claimed yet another national title in D1 wrestling. It was their 4th in a row, 8th in the last 9 years, and their 9th in program history. They scored 137.5 points, topping national runner-up Ohio State, who scored 96.5 points. As expected, the Big Ten dominated the championships, with 7 teams finishing in the top 10 in the team standings. Individual champions were as follows:

125lbs - Spencer Lee (Iowa)
133lbs - Nick Suriano (Rutgers)
141lbs - Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell)
149lbs - Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers)
157lbs - Jason Nolf (Penn State)
165lbs - Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech)
174lbs - Zahid Valencia (Arizona State)
184lbs - Drew Foster (Northern Iowa)
197lbs - Bo Nickal (Penn State)
285lbs - Anthony Cassar (Penn State)

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For the first time since 2011 and the 5th time in program history, Wisconsin has won the national championship in D1 women's ice hockey. They defeated conference rival Minnesota 2-0 to claim the championship. Their path to the title included:

vs. Syracuse - W 4-0
vs. Clarkson - W 5-0
vs. Minnesota - W 2-0

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Just as expected, Northwest Missouri State has claimed the D2 men's basketball national championship. They capped off their season as the undefeated national champions, the first undefeated team to win the title since 2009 when Findlay went 36-0, Northwest Missouri State went 38-0 this season. It was just their second national title in program history, both coming within the last three years. Their path to the title included:

vs. Minnesota State - W 91-62
vs. Southern Nazarene - W 70-59
vs. Missouri Southern State - W 82-70
vs. Mercyhurst - W 55-51
vs. Saint Anselm - W 76-53
vs. Point Loma - W 64-58

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It took numerous upsets throughout the tournament, but Lubbock Christian won the national title in D2 women's basketball, their second title in program history, with the other coming in 2016. Their path to the title included:

vs. Tarleton State - W 84-53
vs. Colorado Mesa - W 56-53
vs. Angelo State - W 76-70
vs. North Georgia - W 99-54
vs. Drury - W 69-60
vs. Southwestern Oklahoma - W 95-85 (2OT)

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California clinched the D1 men's swimming and diving national title over the weekend. It was their 6th title in program history, and their first title since 2014, with this win they broke up Texas' string of four straight national titles. The Golden Bears won the title with 560 points, followed by Texas with 475 points and Indiana in third with 385.5 points.

Cal won titles in the 200 Free Relay, 200 IM, 50 Free, 200 Free and 200 Breast.

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Baylor won the national title in D1 women's basketball on Sunday. The Bears were one of the #1 seeds in the tournament, and they defeated another #1 seed in Notre Dame for the title, 82-81. Baylor trailed by 1 with 16 seconds left, and held the ball until Chloe Jackson drove the lane and hit a lay-up with 3.9 seconds left, Baylor took the lead, and the rest is history, what a game!! This marked the third consecutive year that UConn did NOT make it to the national championship game, their longest stretch without an appearance since 2006-2008.

For Baylor, it was their third national title in program history, and their first since 2012. Their path to the title looked like this:

vs. Abilene Christian - W 95-38
vs. California - W 102-63
vs. South Carolina - W 93-68
vs. Iowa - W 85-53
vs. Oregon W 72-67
vs. Notre Dame - W 82-81

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It was a game where both teams were looking for their first ever national title....Texas Tech vs. Virginia, for the 2019 D1 men's basketball national championship. Virginia held the lead for the majority of the game, at times it looked like they would pull away, but the Red Raiders held in there. When it came to winning time, Texas Tech really showed up in this one, and forced the game to go into overtime, the first title game to go into overtime since 2008. But the Cavaliers were too much for the Red Raiders in the bonus period, as they won 85-77 to secure their first title in program history.

Here was their path to the title:

vs. Gardner Webb - W 71-56
vs. Oklahoma - W 63-51
vs. Oregon - W 53-49
vs. Purdue - W 80-75
vs. Auburn - W 63-62
vs. Texas Tech - W 85-77

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The qualifiers for the national qualifying session on Friday has been announced, which will be competed on April 19 on the campus of Illinois. Three teams and the top three all-around competitors not on one of the qualifying teams, plus the top three individuals on each event not already qualified on a team or as an all-around competitor, will advance from each pre-qualifying session to the finals session. Finals competition will take place April 20, also at Illinois. There will be two pre-qualifying sessions on Friday.

Ohio State is the only team from Ohio to qualify.

Qualifier List: https://www.ncaa.com/news/gymnastics-me ... -announced

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Stephen F Austin had plans on Saturday that contradicted what #1 Vanderbilt wanted to, which was a repeat back-to-back national championships. Although SFA entered the competition as not even being ranked one of the top 2 seeds, they came out with a national title in dominant form defeating Vanderbilt 4-1. It wasn't an easy road for Vanderbilt, as the #1 overall seed lost their first match in bracket play, but then regained their footing and cruised all the way to the title match.

For SFA, they never gave up ground, defeating Sam Houston State in the first round, #2 McKendree in the second round, Maryland Eastern Shore in the semifinal, and then eventually dominating Vanderbilt in the title series.

For Stephen F Austin, it was their 2nd title in program history, with their first coming in 2016.