THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: Friday, Oct. 19---Women’s Soccer---UCSD vs. Chico State---4:30 PM
Friday, Oct. 19---Men’s Water Polo---UCSD vs. UC Davis---6:00 PM
Friday, Oct. 19---Men’s Soccer---UCSD vs. Chico State---7:00 PM
Friday, Oct. 19---Women’s Volleyball---UCSD vs. Cal State Stanislaus---7:00 PM Saturday, Oct. 20---Men’s Crew---UCSD at Head of the Charles (Boston, MA)---8:00 AM
Sunday, Oct. 21---Women’s Crew---UCSD at Head of the Charles (Boston, MA)---8:00 AM
Saturday, Oct. 20---Cross Country---UCSD at CCAA Championships at Turlock---9:00 AM
Saturday, Oct. 20---Women’s Volleyball---UCSD vs. Chico State---7:00 PM Sunday, Oct. 21---Men’s Crew---UCSD at Head of the Charles (Boston, MA)---8:00 AM
Sunday, Oct. 21---Women’s Crew---UCSD at Head of the Charles (Boston, MA)---8:00 AM
Sunday, Oct. 21---Fencing---UCSD at Irvine Collegiate Open---9:30 AM
Sunday, Oct. 21---Men’s Soccer---UCSD vs. Cal State Stanislaus---12:00 PM
Sunday, Oct. 21---Women’s Soccer---UCSD vs. Cal State Stanislaus---2:30 PM HOMECOMING 2007 IS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 – For schedule and other information, check http://ucsdtritons.com. | 
| Junior Rebecca Bailey leads the Women's Volleyball team in a pair of crucial home matches this weekend.
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NO. 23 VOLLEYBALL HOME FOR TWO AFTER PAIR OF KEY WINS
After
a great bounce back week, Coach Tom Black’s Women’s Volleyball team
faces a tough home doubleheader as Cal State Stanislaus (Friday) and
Chico State (Saturday) visit RIMAC Arena...The No. 23 Tritons come into
the week’s play 12-6 overall and 6-4 in the CCAA after defeating Cal
State L.A. and Cal State Dominguez Hills last week...UCSD is now tied
for third in the conference standings...Chico State (14-6/7-3), 20th in
the country, is second in the CCAA while Cal State Stanislaus
(5-17/1-10) sits in a tie for ninth.. Coming off an upset loss at Sonoma State the previous
week, Black’s club claimed a gritty, 3-2 (30-23, 30-23, 28-30, 31-33,
15-7) win on the road over 19th-ranked Cal State L.A. Wednesday...The
Tritons out-hit the Golden Eagles (.191-.157) with Rebecca Bailey
leading the way...The talented junior blasted a match high 23 kills to
go with four aces and five blocks...Middle blocker Sylvia Schmidt had
15 kills while Amber Ries and Casey Wilson chipped in with 13 and 12
respectively...Sophomore setter Elaine Chen handed out 61 assists and
senior libero Natalie Facchini had 18 digs and matched Bailey’s four
aces...While the Tritons used late runs to win games one and two, they
took command from the outset of the decisive fifth as a pair of aces by
Michelle Torres helped them to a 3-0 lead which was extended to 8-3 and
13-4 before Bailey’s final kill clinched it. Things were much easier back in La Jolla Saturday, as
the Tritons raced past Dominguez Hills, 3-0 (30-26, 30-17,
30-13)...After pulling away from a 19-19 tie in the first set, UCSD was
never seriously threatened...Bailey was again the kill leader with 12,
followed by Wilson (9) and Ries (8)...Karen Reis came off the bench to
rifle four of UCSD’s 13 aces and the Tritons hit a sizzling .310 as a
team while holding the Toros to a negative percentage. |
TRITONS TAKE ON WWPA LEADER UC DAVIS FRIDAY AT CANYONVIEW
With
its sights still set on the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA)
Championships, four weeks away in Colorado Springs, Coach Denny
Harper’s young Men’s Water Polo team gets an opportunity to see the
probable top seed for that event up-close and personal Friday night
when No. 9 UC Davis invades Canyonview Pool...The 13th-ranked Tritons
will bring a 10-11 mark into that contest after going 1-3 at the annual
SoCal Tournament in Irvine last weekend...UC Davis is 14-5. UCSD suffered a 10-5 defeat at the hands of host UC
Irvine in the SoCal opener last Saturday...Depth and experience told
the tale in this one as the Tritons owned a 3-2 advantage at halftime
but were out-pointed, 3-1 in the third period and overwhelmed, 5-1, in
the fourth... Daniel Garcia added to a solid sophomore campaign with
three goals and redshirt freshman goalie Mark Stemler registered nine
saves...After a sluggish start, UCSD rallied to nip No. 16 Princeton,
10-9, in game two as Garcia’s fourth goal of the game with 58 seconds
left proved to be pivotal...Down, 6-2, at the break, the Tritons
responded with five unanswered goals, two by Garcia, to take a one-goal
lead...It was back-and-forth from there and Princeton was on top, 9-8,
until Garcia converted a man-up situation to deadlock it and then
provided the clincher...Soph Steven Donohoe was UCSD’s only other
multi-goal scorer. The Tritons took a step backward Sunday, losing to
both No. 12 St. Francis (16-8) and No. 14 Pacific (16-11) in
disappointing fashion...Against St. Francis, UCSD again dug itself a
big hole but this time was unable to escape as the Terriers racked up
seven first quarter goals...Donohoe and Peter Gresham each notched two
goals...The Pacific loss left the Tritons 12th in the 16-team
tourney...One month ago at the NorCal Tournament, UCSD had handled the
Tigers, 14-9, in a similar second day scenario...Senior Curtis
Williamson (4), Donohoe (4) and Garcia (3) accounted for all of the UC
scoring in this one...UCSD had its chances, but UOP goalie Brian
Domecus had 14 saves. | 
| Senior Curtis Williamson scored four goals vs. Pacific Sunday.
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TRITON WOMEN HOLD CCAA LEAD; CHICO STATE, STANISLAUS IN NEXT
Ranked
sixth in the country but no longer undefeated, the Women’s Soccer team
starts a four-game, regular season-ending home stand that will find it
battling not only Chico State (7-2-1) and Cal State Stanislaus (6-2-2),
the top two teams in the CCAA’s North Division, but injuries and a very
thin roster...Coach Brian McManus and Co. are 11-1-1 overall and their
8-1-1 conference record is still the best in the CCAA.
Wednesday night, the Tritons suffered their first
loss of the year, a heartbreaking, 1-0, defeat at the hands of visiting
Cal State Dominguez Hills...A taut contest that featured good chances
for both clubs was decided with 43 seconds to go in regulation when the
Toros’ Renee Haynes connected on a sharp-angled blast from the right
side...UCSD led in both shots (16-14) and corners (5-4) and keeper
Jessica McGovern turned in five saves.
Friday night, in the difficult environs of Cal State
L.A.’s Jesse Owens Stadium, the Tritons put Wednesday’s defeat in the
rear view mirror, emerging with a 1-0 triumph over Cal State
L.A....Senior Ali Lai, who has scored three of UCSD’s last four goals,
delivered the game-winner in this one, snapping up an Amanda Esquivel
rebound and connecting from short range for her sixth of the
season...The two teams were nearly even in shots (9-8 UCSD) but the
Tritons led in corners (7-3) and McGovern had three saves in the club’s
eighth shutout of the year.
MEN’S SOCCER LOOKS TO CONTINUE TURNAROUND AT HOME
With
the CCAA Championships still a mathematical possibility, the Men’s
Soccer team hosts conference North Division foes Chico State (Friday)
and Cal State Stanislaus (Sunday) after splitting a pair of league
contests last week...The Tritons, now 3-9-2 overall and 2-6-1 in the
CCAA must virtually win out and hope for some help to reach the
post-season...Chico State is third and Stanislaus fifth in the CCAA
North race.
After playing well through four games on the road for
interim Head Coach Paul Holohan, the Tritons gave a flat performance at
home Wednesday and paid for it in the form of a 5-1 pounding at the
hands of perennial CCAA power Cal State Dominguez Hills...The Toros
out-shot UCSD, 19-8, on the night and recorded the first three
goals...UCSD showed some spark with a score a 57:30...Senior Joe Shah
started the play, delivering the ball down the line for sophomore Tony
Choi...Choi took the ball deep, turned inside, then laid it off to an
oncoming Brandon Yee and the freshman found the far post with his left
foot...It was Yee’s first collegiate goal...The key sequence of the
game happened three minutes later...The Tritons, suddenly on the
offensive, had another point blank chance but Choi’s finish, which
would have made it a one-goal contest, went inches wide left and the
Toros countered immediately, scoring a back-breaking goal that rolled
in untouched after a miscommunication on the defensive end by UCSD.
Holohan’s unit showed its mettle Friday, going up to
Los Angeles and knocking off the CCAA South Division-leading Golden
Eagles of Cal State L.A., 1-0...Freshman David Bakal was the hero,
netting his first collegiate goal in the 71st minute...The
difference maker came following a ball that skipped across the box to
Jonathon Sawyer...The junior dropped it to Bakal at the top of the box
and the charging midfielder did the rest...Keeper Peter Akman recorded
five saves for his third shutout of the year...Cal State L.A. had
beaten UCSD, 2-1 in OT, three weeks earlier.
CONFERENCE CROSS COUNTRY TITLES UP FOR GRABS SATURDAY
The
first step of post-season comes Saturday morning for rookie Coach Nate
Garcia’s Cross Country teams which travel to Turlock for the 2007 CCAA
Championships, hosted by Cal State Stanislaus on its campus
course...The Tritons, then under veteran mentor Ted Van Arsdale, were
third in both the men’s and women’s divisions in 2006...Defending
champion Chico State is favored on the men’s side (8K) and Cal State
L.A. figures to be the one to beat in the women’s 6K race.
UCSD’s men will be paced by four
underclassmen—juniors Daniel Anderson, Kevin Klein and Jake LeVieux and
sophomore Jesse Morrill...Also on the 10-man CCAA roster will be 2006
all-conference performer Greg Geldman and last fall’s CCAA Freshman of
the Year Max Mullender...The Triton women will again count on the
senior threesome of Diane Dunn, Emily McGregor and Amanda
Burkhardt...Dunn and McGregor were All-CCAA in 2006 as was current
junior Ashleigh Montgomery...The top five will score for each squad.
PERDEW LEADS GOLD, SIMS PACES BLUE IN INTRASQUAD
Six
meet records fell as Coach Scott McGihon’s Swimming & Diving teams
tested each other in the traditional season-opening Blue-Gold
intrasquad meet Saturday at Canyonview...For the record, the Gold was a
122-116 winner on the men’s side with junior Dan Perdew capturing three
events (50 free/20.95, 100 free/47.32 and 50 butterfly/24.37)...Fellow
junior Steven Hardy took three for the Blue (50 backstroke/24.97, 150
backstroke/1:26.47 and 300 IM/3:09.11).
The Blue prevailed, 143-96, in the women’s section as
junior Jennifer Sims was victorious in three races...Sims won the 50
butterfly (27.33), 150 butterfly (1:33.59) and 300 IM (3:29.56)...
Meanwhile, freshman Anju Shimura was first in three events for the
gold—100 freestyle (53.60) 200 freestyle (1:56.49) and 50 backstroke
(28.52).
UCSD ROWERS AT HEAD OF THE CHARLES
The
Men’s & Women’s Crew teams will send boats to Boston this weekend
for the prestigious Head of the Charles (HOC) Regatta...Coach Pattie
Pinkerton’s women will field a varsity eight and four in the collegiate
division which will feature Division II and III crews...The Triton
eight is seeded 13th in the 44-boat field while the four will be
competing at the Head of the Charles for the first time...While this is
the first race for the Tritons, the HOC typically marks the end of the
fall racing season on the East Coast.
Additionally, two UCSD alumni women will be on the
water—Marika Page in the championship singles and current assistant
coach Liz Record in the championship doubles...All races can be seen
via webcast at http://www.hocr.org.
RUBENS-MEISTER WIN ITA DOUBLES CROWNS
UCSD’s
senior duo of Eric Rubens and Blake Meister defeated Dagoberto Darezzo
and Edwards Horne of South Carolina-Aiken, 7-6, 3-6, 10-8, to win the
Division II Doubles Championship at the ITA Championships in Mobile, AL
last weekend...Rubens-Meister, who qualified by winning the ITA West
Region title earlier this month, then advanced to the ITA Super Bowl of
Small College Tennis (featuring the champs of Division II, III, NAIA
and Junior College) and won that as well, knocking off Matt Carroll and
Vicente Joli of Fresno Paciic in the finals... Sophomore Bijan Moallemi
lost in the first round of singles play but rebounded to win both
consolation matches and finish fifth in the D-II division.
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