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    MIDDLETOWN, Ohio – The River States Conference Men's & Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete Teams recognize 87 men's and 115 women's student-athletes for the 2020-21 school year.
    The University of Rio Grande had five honorees on the men's side and three on the women's team.

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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Two University of Rio Grande softball standouts are among the 144 student-athletes from 64 programs to receive 2021 National Fastpitch Coaches Association NAIA All-Region accolades.
    Junior outfielder Taylor Webb (Willow Wood, OH) was named to the All-Region VI First Team, while freshman shortstop Caitlyn Brisker (Oak Hill, OH) earned Second Team honors.

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    RIO GRANDE, Ohio – The University of Rio Grande men's basketball program has announced its 2021 summer camp and shootout schedule.
    The highlight of the slate is the RedStorm Basketball Camp, which is scheduled for Sunday, June 20-Wednesday, June 23. The individual camp is for boys only, age 10-17.
    Cost is $275 per camper, with a $100 deposit required. Fees include lodging, all-you-can-eat meals, a reversible camp jersey and camp t-shirt, a locker room tour for pre-registered campers and the chance to interact with college basketball players and coaches.

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    GULF SHORES, Ala. – University of Rio Grande senior Dean Freitag won a national championship on Thursday night, taking top honors in the men's 5,000-meter race walk as part of the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships at Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium.
    The Magnolia, Ohio native finished in a time 22:05.79, topping Missouri Baptist's Jordan Crawford by just under 21 seconds.

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    RIO GRANDE, Ohio – Two student-athletes from the University of Rio Grande will be taking part in the 70th annual men's NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships, Wednesday-Friday, at Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium in Gulf Shores, Ala.
    Senior Dean Freitag (Magnolia, OH) and junior Cody Booth (New Philadelphia, OH) are slated to be in action as part of Thursday's schedule of events.

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    RIO GRANDE, Ohio – A pair of athletes will be representing the University of Rio Grande in the 41st annual women's NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships, Wednesday-Friday, at Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium in Gulf Shores, Ala.
    Both ladies will be competing on the opening day of the competition.

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    LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – Bailey Cantrell hit a two-out grand slam home run to cap a five-run first inning uprising and lift Milligan (Tenn.) University past the University of Rio Grande, 6-3, in the championship game of the Lawrenceville Bracket of the NAIA Softball National Championship, Wednesday afternoon, at Georgia Gwinnett College's Grizzly Softball Complex.
    Milligan, which was seeded third in the four-team double-elimination bracket, improved to 32-7 with the victory and advanced to next week's NAIA World Series in Columbus, Ga. for the first time in school history.
     Rio Grande, the No. 2 seed, finished its season at 47-16 with the loss. It also marked the third time under the national tournament's current format that head coach Chris Hammond's squad fell in the title game of the Opening Round bracket.
    The 47 wins equaled a single-season school record set in 2017.

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    LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – University of Rio Grande centerfielder Morgan Santos has made her fair share of dazzling defensive plays this season.
    None, though, were bigger than the one made by the Dayton, Ohio senior on Tuesday evening.
    Santos' diving grab of a two-out line drive off the bat of Georgia Gwinnett College's Camryn Currie in the bottom of the seventh inning preserved a 6-5 win over the Grizzlies in the loser's bracket final of the Lawrenceville Bracket in the NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round at the Grizzly Softball Complex.
    Rio Grande, which earlier in the day posted a 9-1 mercy rule-shortened victory over Georgetown (Ky.) College in another elimination contest, improved to 47-15 with the victory and equaled the single-season school record for wins.
    The RedStorm, the No. 2 seed in the four-team, double-elimination bracket, will face third-seeded Milligan University in Wednesday's championship first final at noon.
    A second final, if needed, would take place at 2:30 p.m.

Rio Grande Sports Information
    LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – Following his team's game against Milligan (Tenn.) University on Monday in the Lawrenceville Bracket of the NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round, University of Rio Grande head coach Chris Hammond said he felt like a football coach whose team was locked into one three-and-out after another.
    And rightfully so.
    Hammond's RedStorm managed just three hits and struggled to mount any serious offensive threat in a 4-0 loss to the Buffaloes at Georgia Gwinnett College's Grizzly Softball Complex.
    Rio Grande, the No. 2 seed in the four-team bracket, slipped to 45-15 with the loss and will face fourth-seeded Georgetown (Ky.) College in an elimination game on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.

Rio Grande/NAIA Sports Information
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. – University of Rio Grande senior midfielder Ewan McLauchlan and sophomore forward Sebastian Borquez are among those named to the 2020 NAIA Men's Soccer All-America teams.
    McLauchlan, who hails from Aroch, Scotland, was among those named to the third teaam, while Borquez (Santiago, Chile) was on the honorable mention list.