The ball has been kicked and served in several different ways as the 2025-26 athletic campaign is officially underway at Valparaiso University.

Todd Ickow joins The Victory Bell founder Paul Oren to discuss the start of the year for Valpo’s volleyball, soccer and football programs. Ickow and Oren discuss several of Valparaiso’s new stars, including a pair of freshmen sensations on the soccer team.

Valparaiso men’s basketball assistant coach Matt Gordon later joins the pod to breakdown the 2025-26 nonconference slate after the schedule was released on Wednesday afternoon.

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Host: Paul Oren

Guests: Todd Ickow, Matt Gordon

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Valparaiso women’s basketball coach Courtney Boyd sits down with The Victory Bell: The Podcast to discuss her first summer on campus. Boyd walks through how she constructed the 2025-26 roster and discusses her philosophy heading into her first year leading the Beacons.

Paul Oren also previews some upcoming coverage and reflects on a weekend spent in Indianapolis surrounding the WNBA All-Star Game and TBT.

Host: Paul Oren

Guest: Courtney Boyd

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Who is on the Mount Rushmore of Valparaiso athletes in the 21st century?

Paul Oren and Todd Ickow discuss that very question as The Victory Bell looks back on the first quarter of the 21st century. Alec Peters is a pretty easy pick for the best men’s basketball player this century, but what about Jeanette Gray or Dani Franklin for women’s basketball? Kyle Gaedele or Kyle Schmack for baseball? Angie Porché or Rylee Cookerly for volleyball? This episode covers every sport at Valparaiso as both Todd and Paul give their Mount Rushmore for the last 25 years.

Host: Paul Oren

Guest: Todd Ickow

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The 2024-25 campaign was one of change for the Valparaiso athletic department.

A new permanent athletic director was installed at the start of the year while a trio of new coaches joined the Valpo family throughout the course of the year. There were also a ton of talented newcomers to join Valpo’s rosters as well as a litany of SportsCenter Top 10 plays.

Paul Oren and Todd Ickow take listeners on a year-in-review journey throughout the 2024-25 Valpo seasons. The pair highlight the highs and lament the lows in a wide-reaching hour that touches every corner of Valparaiso athletics.

Host: Paul Oren

Guest: Todd Ickow

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Darius DeAveiro walked across the court at the Athletics-Recreation Center for the final time as a student during Valparaiso’s commencement ceremony on Saturday.

On Sunday, DeAveiro sat down with The Victory Bell to reflect on his Valparaiso journey, including a detailed explanation of what happened when he suffered a knee injury in the final minutes of Valpo’s Arch Madness loss to Bradley in March.

Host: Paul Oren

Guest: Darius DeAveiro

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The story changed for Valparaiso after 72 hours in St. Louis.

Roger Powell Jr. has spent the last two years telling Valpo fans that the Beacons were going to tell a beautiful story that would culminate with cutting down nets. A new chapter was added at Arch Madness this weekend after victories over UIC and Northern Iowa as well as a gutting defeat at the hands of March nemesis Bradley.

The Victory Bell’s Paul Oren spends nearly an hour working through a variety of topics related to Arch Madness, including several that might not sit well with the league office or Valparaiso’s fan base.

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The Victory Bell: The Podcast returns with an “emergency pod” after Valparaiso’s 80-62 loss in Terre Haute on Wednesday night.

The game featured a dominant first 10 minutes from Cooper Schwieger, a record-setting output from All Wright, and maybe the most disappointing collective performance of the season as Valpo dropped its eighth straight game.

After driving home in silence for about an hour on Wednesday night, I decided to open up my phone, hit record and share my thoughts on what transpired. There’s no fancy intro or theme music. A couple of coughs made it on the air simply because this episode is as barebones as it gets. Just raw emotion after a difficult game to watch.

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It’s Christmas morning at The Victory Bell as the annual Valparaiso men’s basketball Over/Under podcast is here!

TVB founder Paul Oren is joined by The Voice of Valparaiso Athletics, Todd Ickow, to discuss a series of metrics surrounding the upcoming men’s basketball season.

How many assists will Darius DeAveiro have this season? Will Cooper Schwieger take a big jump in his sophomore season? How many wins Valley wins will Valpo collect this year?

All these topics and more are discussed in the return of The Victory Bell: The Podcast!

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Host: Paul Oren

Guest: Todd Ickow

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Valparaiso’s 2023-24 season started with a trip to the NCAA tournament and ended with a national championship. If only everything in the middle had been so fruitful.

The Voice of Valparaiso Athletics, Todd Ickow, joins the pod to discuss the previous 10 months with The Victory Bell editor Paul Oren. The pair attempt to navigate what went right and what went wrong for Valparaiso during the 2023-24 campaign.

The pair end the pod discussing Name, Image and Likeness and how NIL is massively shifting the college athletics landscape, particularly for mid-major programs.

Host: Paul Oren

Guest: Todd Ickow

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The Valparaiso women’s soccer team is heading to South Bend to take on Notre Dame in the 2023 NCAA tournament. The latest episode of The Victory Bell: The Podcast features interviews with a host of the Valpo women’s soccer players as well as longtime coach John Marovich and director of athletics Charles Small. Topics include potential opponents before the bracket was revealed and a look at the best and worst dancers on the team as Valparaiso prepares to go dancing in South Bend.

Host: Paul Oren

Guests: Molly O’Rear, Addy Joiner, Aubrey Ramey, John Marovich, Lindsey DuSatko, Charles Small, Allie Anderson, Cara Crompton, Nikki Coryell

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