THIS WEEK'S EVENTS:

Thu., Jan. 16---MVolleyball---UCSD at Cal Baptist---7:00 PM

Fri., Jan. 17---Fencing---UCSD at North American Cup---All Day
Fri., Jan. 17---WBasketball---UCSD at Sonoma State---5:30 PM
Fri., Jan. 17---MBasketball---UCSD at Sonoma State---7:30 PM

Sat., Jan. 18---Fencing---UCSD at North American Cup---All Day
Sat., Jan. 18---Swim/Dive---UCSD at California Baptist---Noon
Sat., Jan. 18---WBasketball---UCSD at San Francisco State---5:30 PM
Sat., Jan. 18---MVolleyball---UCSD vs. BYU---7:00 PM
Sat., Jan. 18---MBasketball---UCSD at San Francisco State---7:30 PM

Sun., Jan. 19---Fencing---UCSD at North American Cup---All Day

MEN'S CAGERS ON ROAD AFTER BACK-TO-BACK HOME VICTORIES
Sonoma State (1-11/0-8) and San Francisco State (7-4/5-3) furnish the opposition this weekend as Coach Eric Olen's Men's Basketball team takes to the road after playing six in a row at RIMAC Arena…The Tritons, with a modest two-game winning streak in tow after a conference home sweep last weekend, are 7-5 overall, 3-5 in CCAA play and have climbed into a tie for seventh in the conference standings...The top eight earn berths in the CCAA Championship Tournament.

The Triton defense held visiting Cal State East Bay to just two points in the final 5:10 to close out an 80-70 Friday night triumph…Senior guard James McCann had a mammoth stat line with 23 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists…Overall, five players scored in double figures as UCSD hit 47.5% from the floor and was plus-10 on the glass…On Saturday, sophomore Hunter Walker knocked down 9-of-14 shots en route to a season high 25 points as the Tritons cruised past Cal State Monterey Bay, 93-70…McCann chipped in with 22 points and eight assists and fellow senior MacKenzie McCullough posted a double double (15 pts./8 rebounds) before fouling out…As a team, UCSD shot a sterling 51.6% from the field and won the rebounding battle by 10 for the second consecutive night… To get all of your Men's Basketball news, click here.

Watch Friday night's post-game interview with Head Coach Eric Olen.
Watch Friday night's post-game interview with senior guard James McCann.
Watch Saturday night's post-game interview with Head Coach Eric Olen.
Watch Saturday night's post-game interview with sophomore Hunter Walker.

LAST SECOND WIN SENDS WOMEN'S HOOPS TO NORCAL ON HIGH NOTE
Trying to climb back into the CCAA race, Coach Heidi VanDerveer's Women's Basketball team heads to Northern California where it will tangle with Sonoma State (2-10/1-7) Friday and San Francisco State (8-6/4-4) Saturday…Following a home split last week, the Tritons are in a four-way third place deadlock on the CCAA ladder, sporting an 8-4 overall mark, 5-3 in league play.

Junior point guard Miranda Seto racked up 19 points, four rebounds, five assists and three steals but it was not enough Friday night vs. Cal State East Bay as the Pioneers pulled away in the second half for a 78-58 decision…FG pct. defense was a major issue as the visitors shot 56.6% from the floor…UCSD trailed by just two at the break but East Bay extended its lead to nine in the first five minutes of the second session and the Tritons never got closer than five the rest of the way…The numbers weren't pretty but grit prevailed Saturday night as UCSD came from behind late to eke out a 40-38 win against Cal State Monterey Bay…The Tritons shot a meager 29%, converted just four treys and were out-boarded, 48-36, but got some unlikely heroics down the stretch to come away with the “W”…Down four with 1:10 remaining, junior guard Stephanie Yano, who was 0-4 from behind the arc, pulled UCSD within one when she canned a three with 56 ticks left…After a defensive stop, the Tritons had the ball back and out of a time out with 21 seconds to go, got the rock to Dana Webster at the elbow and the 6-1 soph wheeled to the hoop for a lay-in plus one to provide the final margin…It was her only field goal of the night…Seto's nine points was high for UCSD…Click here to catch up on all Women's Basketball news.

Watch Friday night's post-game interview with Head Coach Heidi VanDerveer.
Watch Saturday night's post-game interview with Head Coach Heidi VanDerveer.
Watch Saturday night's post-game interview with Stephanie Yano and Dana Webster.

          

UCSD GETS BYU SATURDAY IN VOLLEYBALL HOME OPENER
Looking for its first win of the young season, Coach Kevin Ring's Men's Volleyball crew goes road-and-home this week, traveling to Cal Baptist Thursday and then returning to La Jolla to challenge No. 9 BYU, an upset winner over No. 1 Long Beach State last weekend, Saturday in its 2014 RIMAC Arena debut...UCSD is winless in its first three matches of the year.

Lopsided hitting numbers (.404-.205) doomed the Tritons in their MPSF opener Friday night at USC as the host Trojans prevailed in straight sets (25-17, 25-23, 25-22)…Scot Metzger and Mathew Schnitzer both collected six kills in the loss with the latter also chalking up five block assists…Saturday night in Malibu, UCSD suffered a second , 3-0, defeat as No. 6 Pepperdine used net dominance (13-4 blocking edge) to propel itself to victory…Senior outside hitter Johl Awerkamp bounced back from a rough Friday night outing to hammer 11 kills…Click here to get Men's Volleyball updates.

SWIM/DIVE TAKES ON CAL BAPTIST AFTER SOLID BAKERSFIELD SHOWING
Powered by a 1-3 finish in the final event, the 400 freestyle relay, the No. 8 UCSD Men's Swimming & Diving team nipped Division I host Cal State Bakersfield, 150-148, in Bakersfield Saturday…At the same meet, the sixth-ranked Triton women downed No.12 Alaska, 218-6,7 and D-I Loyola Marymount, 219-72, while falling to CSUB, 160-139…Coaches Corrie Falcon and Matt Macedo take their squad on the road again next Saturday, traveling to Cal Baptist.

At Bakersfield, the Triton quartet of Nick Korth, Alex Merrill, Jack Galvan and Julian Jacobs clocked 3:05.75 in the meet-clinching 400 free relay win...Overall, the UCSD men won eight of the 16 events…Korth touched first in both breaststroke races, capturing the 100 in 56.12 and 200 in 2:01.35…On the women's side, senior Anji Shakya accounted for two of the Tritons' six victories, taking the 200 freestyle (1:52.64) and 200 backstroke (2:05.69)…She was also second in the 500 freestyle…For complete meet coverage and all Swimming & Diving news, click here.

FENCERS GO CROSS COUNTRY FOR NORTH AMERICAN CUP
Coach Heidi Runyan will be sending a 16-athlete contingent to this weekend's North America Cup in Virginia Beach following a strong effort at the West Invitational last Saturday, hosted in Palo Alto by Stanford…At that event, the Triton men went 3-1 with victories over Florida (21-6), Air Force (17-10) and Cal Tech (24-3)…The lone loss was an 18-9 decision vs. Stanford…On the women's side, the Tritons wound up 2-3, defeating Florida and Cal Tech by identical, 22-5, margins but falling to Northwestern (20-7), Air Force (15-12) and Stanford (17-10)...Among the individual stars for UCSD on the men's side were foil specialists Mitchell Shulman and Eduard Zilinskiy who went 9-2 and 8-3 respectively...Soph Drew Dickinson was 7-2 n sabre competition and senior epeeist Luc Ginestet turned in a 9-3 record...In the women's division, senior Munira Gesner (9-5) and sophomore Karinne Caisse (8-4) were top performers.

The North American Cup, while primarily an individual tournament, will include college and club compoetition as well...It will feature many of the top fencers in North America.  Click here for more news on the fencing team.

NEWS & NOTES
This week's edition of Triton Talk, UCSD's weekly online radio show hosted by Craig Elsten, is scheduled to feature interviews with Men's Basketball Head Coach Eric Olen, junior point guard Miranda Seto from the Women's Basketball team and fencer Eduard Zilinskiy...The show will be posted Wednesday afternoon at ucsdtritons.com.

You can catch all UCSD Men's Basketball home games and selected road games on ESPN 1700 AM with Craig Elsten calling the action…For a full schedule, go to ucsdtritons.com…Next game is Friday, Jan. 24 against Cal State Dominguez Hills with former Triton standout Shane Poppen handling color commentary.

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With the start of the 2014 season just around the corner, the Baseball team will host its first exhibition game Friday night, facing San Diego Christian at 6:00 PM.

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