2019 NCAA Winter Championships

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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.

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In D1 men's hockey over the weekend, Minnesota Duluth claimed their second consecutive national title and their third in program history. The only team that even challenged the #2 ranked Bulldogs was Bowling Green in the first round. Their path to the title looked like this:

vs. Bowling Green - W 2-1 (OT)
vs. Quinnipiac - W 3-1
vs. Providence - W 4-1
vs. #4 UMass - W 3-0

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What an upset! Stanford has claimed the D1 men's gymnastics national title with a team score of 415.222, to unseat the 4-time defending national champions Oklahoma, who scored 414.556, who finished runner-up. This was Stanford's first national title since 2011 and their 6th in program history. The individual events winners are as follows:

All Around - Brody Malone (Stanford)
Floor - Brody Malone (Stanford)
Pommel - Alec Yoder (Ohio State)
Rings - Alex Diab (Illinois)
Vault - Anthony McCallum (Michigan)
Parallel Bars - Shane Wiskus (Minnesota)
High Bars - Brody Malone (Stanford)

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Oklahoma has claimed the national title in D1 women's gymnastics, they scored a team score of 198.3375 to outscore LSU who tallied 197.8250. It was the Sooners 4th national title in program history, and the third in the last four years. Individual champions are as follows:

Vault - Brenna Dowell (Oklahoma)
Bars - Sarah Finnegan (LSU)
Beam - Maggie Nichols (Oklahoma)
Floor - Maggie Nichols (Oklahoma)