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The crown has been presented in DIII Softball, Virginia Wesleyan swept St. John Fisher by final scores of 5-0 and 1-0 to take the title. This was the first title in program history for Virginia Wesleyan.

The DIII Baseball national championship series went the full distance of 3 games, with Cal Lutheran claiming the championship over Washington and Jefferson. The series went in order (Cal Lutheran listed first): 2-12; 12-4; 7-3. This was the first title in program history for Cal Lutheran.

In DI Men's Golf, Oregon failed to defend their national title as they fell to Oklahoma 3-1-1 in the match play championship round earlier today. The 2nd ranked Sooners had a tough match play series to get to the title:

vs. #7 Baylor - W 3-2
vs. #3 Illinois - W 3-1-1
vs. #5 Oregon - W 3-1-1

This is the second title in program history for Oklahoma and their first since 1989.

West Chester is the DII Baseball national champions after defeating UC San Diego 5-2 in the national title game as they breezed through the rest of the tournament. Their road to the title included:

vs. North Georgia - W 9-4
vs. Lindenwood - W 5-2
vs. Colorado Mesa - W 1-0
vs. UC San Diego - W 5-2

That is the second title in program history for West Chester and their first since 2012.

Oklahoma has defeated Florida 2 games to none in the Women's College World Series. The games went 7-5 and 5-4. Oklahoma was nearly eliminated early in the regional round before going on a winning spree. Their tournament went:

vs. North Dakota State - L 3-2
vs. Arkansas - W 5-3
vs. North Dakota State - W 10-2
vs. Tulsa - W 6-4
vs. Tulsa - W 3-0

vs. #7 Auburn - W 4-0
vs. #7 Auburn - W 5-2

vs. #15 Baylor - W 6-3
vs. #6 Washington - W 3-1
vs. #3 Oregon - W 4-2

vs. #1 Florida - W 7-5
vs. #1 Florida - W 5-4

This is the 4th title in program history for Oklahoma and their second straight year winning the title.

Men's Track and Field Top 5 after Day 2 (10,000m, Hammer, Pole Vault, Javelin, Long Jump, Shot Put, Decathlon):

Texas A&M - 31.5 points
Virginia - 20 points
Florida - 18 points
Georgia - 18 points
Akron - 15 points

Women's Track and Field Top 5 after Day 2 (10,000m, Hammer, Pole Vault, Javelin, Long Jump, Shot Put):

Georgia - 24.2 points
Kentucky - 14 points
Arizona State - 13 points
Kansas - 12 points
Arkansas - 11.2 points

Tomorrow will be men's finals in:

4x100m
1500m
3000m Steeplechase
110m Hurdles
100m
400m
800m
400m Hurdles
200m
5000m
4x400m
High Jump
Discus
Triple Jump

Women's Heptathlon (first half):

100m Hurdles
High Jump
Shot Put
200m

Florida is the DI Men's Track and Field National Champions for 2017. The Gators scored 61.5 points to edge second place Texas A&M at 59.5 points and Virginia in third with 36 points. Florida earned titles in the 110m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles, Triple Jump and Long Jump. This was the 4th title in program history for the Gators, and their second consecutive. All four of their titles have come since 2012. The women's championship will wrap up today.

Oregon has claimed the DI Women's Track and Field National Championship for just the third time in program history, but the second time in the last three years under coach Robert Johnson. The Ducks scored 64 points just ahead of the leader after day 2 in Georgia, who scored 62.2 points. Following that in third place was USC with 43, Kentucky with 40 and Florida with 39. Oregon claimed national titles in just the 800m and the 4x400m, which the relay secured their title. What really allowed the Ducks to win at all again this year was depth! They scored at least one athlete, if not two in nearly every running event.

The DI baseball CWS Final will be between #3 Florida and #4 LSU beginning Monday where they will play a best out of 3 series. LSU got there by defeating #1 Oregon State and Florida go there by defeating #6 TCU.

Game 1 of the CWS Finals goes to Florida as they defeated LSU 4-3. They play game 2 tonight at 8pm where Florida will earn the title or LSU will extend it to game 3.

A little late on this one, but Florida also defeated LSU in the second game for a sweep by the final score of 6-1. This was the first title in program history for the Gators. For Florida, their NCAA Tournament went as follows:

Regionals:
vs. Marist - W 10-6
vs. South Florida - W 5-1
vs. Bethune Cookman - L 6-2
vs. Bethune Cookman - W 6-1

Super Regionals:
vs. Wake Forest - W 2-1
vs. Wake Forest - L 8-6
vs. Wake Forest - W 3-0

CWS:
vs. TCU - W 3-0
vs. Louisville - W 5-1
vs. TCU - L 9-2
vs. TCU - W 3-0

CWS Finals:
vs. LSU - W 4-3
vs. LSU - W 6-1