THIS WEEK'S EVENTS:

Fri., Jan. 24---WBasketball---UCSD vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills---5:30 PM
Fri., Jan. 24---MBasketball---UCSD vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills---7:30 PM
Fri., Jan. 24---MVolleyball---UCSD at Hawaii---9:00 PM

Sat., Jan. 25---WWaterPolo---UCSD at UCSB Tournament---11:50 AM
Sat., Jan. 25---WWaterPolo---UCSD at UCSB Tournament---4:30 PM
Sat., Jan. 25---WBasketball---UCSD vs. Cal State LA---5:30 PM
Sat., Jan. 25---MBasketball---UCSD vs. Cal State LA---7:30 PM

Sun., Jan. 26---WWaterPolo---UCSD at UCSB Tournament---8:00 AM
Sun., Jan. 26---WWaterPolo---UCSD at UCSB Tournament---1:50 PM
Sun., Jan. 26---MVolleyball---UCSD at Hawaii---7:00 PM


Don't miss Spirit Night—this Friday against Cal State Dominguez Hills.


TRITON MEN START FOUR-GAME HOME STAND VS. DOMINGUEZ HILLS ON SPIRIT NIGHT
Coach Eric Olen's Men's Basketball team will be looking for a turnaround when it returns to RIMAC Arena this weekend for a CCAA twinbill against Cal State Dominguez Hills (5-12/2-8) Friday and  Cal State L.A. (10-4/7-3) Saturday…After going 0-2 on a road swing to Northern California last weekend, the Tritons are now 7-7 overall, 3-7 in conference action and part of a three-way tie for seventh in the league standings…Cal State L.A.is tied for third and Dominguez Hills is tied for 10th...The top eight teams qualify for the CCAA's post-season tournament.

Senior guard James McCann registered 17 points, six rebounds and two assists at Sonoma State last Friday night but got little support as the host Seawolves, shooting 53.8% from the floor and 62.5% from beyond the arc, blitzed the Tritons, 79-54, curtailing the two-game win streak Olen's club brought in…UCSD was ice cold from long range, hitting just 3-of-24 three point tries…Paced by 15 points from sophomore Drew Dyer, the Tritons had five players score in double figures Saturday but the outcome was no better as San Francisco State, fueled by 49% shooting and a 38-25 edge on the boards, prevailed, 82-68…Nefi Perdomo poured in 29 for SFSU…McCann netted 14 points and had eight assists...For Men's Basketball news, click here.

WOMEN'S HOOPS TRIES TO EXTEND WIN STREAK VS. DOMINGUEZ HILLS, L.A.
The Women's Basketball team starts a four-game home stretch this weekend when Cal State Dominguez Hills (10-4/6-4) and Cal State L.A. (9-5/6-4) visit RIMAC Arena…Fresh off a Northern California sweep, Coach Heidi VanDerveer's cagers sit at 10-4 overall and 7-3 in the CCAA…That puts them in a three-way deadlock for second place in the league standings, just ahead of the two teams coming to town this week.

Megan Pery (18), Erin Dautremont (16) and Miranda Seto (16) combined for 50 points Friday night as UCSD used a second half barrage to bury host Sonoma State, 74-62…Down as much as 17 in the first half and still behind by 10 at intermission, the Tritons shot nearly 53% from the field in the second 20 minutes to catch and pull away from the Seawolves…All of Perry's markers came on treys as she accounted for six of UCSD's 11 in that category…The Tritons out-rebounded Sonoma State, 40-28, led by Dautremont with nine and junior Stephanie Yano dished out a career  high 10 assists….UCSD got its third consecutive victory Saturday, leading for all but two minutes of a 62-54 verdict at San Francisco State…Four players hit for double figures, led by Perry and junior McKennan Bertsch with 15 each…Perry also pulled down a career and game high 13 boards and Dautremont posted her own double double with 12 points and a like number of rebounds…The Tritons had their second straight big night on the glass, turning in a plus-14…Click here to get all your Women's Basketball updates.

       

SPIKERS LOOK FOR FIRST WIN ON TRIP TO ISLANDS
Still in pursuit of its first win of 2014, the Men's Volleyball team flies to Honolulu this week for a pair of Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) matches against No. 10 Hawaii…Coach Kevin Ring's crew, now 0-5 after dropping a pair last week, lost twice to the Rainbow Warriors at RIMAC Arena last season.

Bouncing back from a shoddy first set, UCSD had a road victory in its grasp but couldn't close the door, falling in five at Cal Baptist last Thursday…The Tritons had three match points and two swings for the win in the decisive fifth set before going down, 20-18…Senior lefty Johl Awerkamp had 18 kills, three aces and six digs in the contest while Mathew Schnitzer (13) and Nick Iorfino (12) also reached double digits in the kills column…Senior setter Mike Brunsting handed out 49 assists and had two aces…Back at RIMAC for their home opener, Saturday, the Tritons met a talented, fired up Brigham Young squad and the No. 8 Cougars put on a clinic---hitting .354, blasting 15aces and allowing just 48 points in a 3-0 triumph….Awerkamp topped UCSD with eight kills…Click here to find everything Men's Volleyball.

Watch Coach Kevin Ring's Saturday night post-match interview.

SWIM/DIVE SPLITS AT CAL BAPTIST; KORTH, CALKINS LEAD MEN TO WIN
The Swimming & Diving teams got mixed results from last Saturday's dual meet at Division II rival Cal Baptist…The eighth-ranked Triton men won 11 events while trampling the 17th-ranked Lancers, 178-122, while the sixth-ranked women fell, 174-126, to No. 14 CBU…The meet closed out the regular season for the UCSD men while the women will finish up at USD, Feb. 1…Both teams are then set to defend their team titles at the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference Championships, Feb. 12-15, at La Mirada.

As usual, senior Nick Korth was the key for the Triton men, continuing his yearlong domination in the breaststroke by winning the 100 (56.71) and 200 (2:04.02) while also posting a photo finish victory in the 100 butterfly (51.85)…Senior diver Luke Calkins was triumphant on the on both the 1m (292.80) and 3m (308.95) boards and the Tritons swept the sprints with seniors Reid McCallum (21.62) and Jack Galvan (46.50) capturing the 50 and 100 freestyles respectively…Galvan's 100 time was a lifetime best...On the women's side, UCSD got victories in the from senior Anji Shakya in the 200 backstroke (2:05.38), freshman Sierra Gage in the 1000 freestyle (10:38.81) and in the 400 freestyle relay (3:32.72)…For complete results, click here.

WOMEN'S POLO MAKES '14 DEBUT AT SANTA BARBARA TOURNAMENT
Coach Brad Kreutzkamp's Women's Water Polo team, coming off a season where it won a conference title and went to the NCAA Championships for the second time in three years, opens its 2014 campaign in Santa Barbara at the UCSB Tournament, Saturday and Sunday…Kreutzkamp & Co. will battle Concordia (11:50 AM) and Arizona State (4:30 PM) on the tourney's opening day before facing UC Santa Barbara (8:00 AM) and Cal State Bakersfield (1:50 PM) on day two.

The Tritons, 26-15 a year ago, return the entire roster including 2013 WWPA Player of the Year Sarah Lizotte, as well as fellow All-WWPA first teamers Courtney Miller (goalie) and Melissa Bartow and honorable mention choice Alexis Weisler…Senior Lizotte scored a UCSD single season record 92 goals as a junior while Weisler, Bartow and sophomore Julia Kirkland all topped 50…The Tritons play at home for the first time in two weeks, hosting the annual Triton Invitational, Feb. 8-9…To get the latest on Women's Water Polo, click here.

MEN'S SABRE SQUAD GRABS THIRD AT NORTH AMERICAN CUP
Coach Heidi Runyan's Fencing team will have the week free from competition in preparation for its annual Midwest trek to the Feb. 1-2 Northwestern Invitational…The Tritons finish up today in Virginia Beach at the four-day North American Cup…Highlight of the first three days was the bronze medal finish of the men's sabre squad which consisted of senior Bryson Abilay, junior Peter Meckling and sophomores Travis Tibbitts and Drew Dickinson…Click here for more about Fencing.

NEWS & NOTES
This week's edition of Triton Talk, UCSD's online radio show hosted by Craig Elsten, is scheduled to feature interviews with head coaches Eric Olen (men's basketball) and Brad Kreutzkamp (women's water polo)as well as junior Stephanie Yano (women's basketball) and sophomore  Eduard Zilikskiy (fencing)…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, got to ucsdtritons.com…Next game is Friday, Jan. 24 against Cal State Dominguez Hills with former Triton standout Shane Poppen handling color commentary.

For the latest in Triton athletic gear, make sure to visit ucsdtritonsgear.com…Run by UCSD Athletics' online partner Advanced-Online, ucsdtritonsgear.com provides a web-based, on-demand option for Triton Athletic apparel and merchandise...Fans have access to over 600 products which can be produced and shipped in 24 hours...Click here to check it out.

Nominations are being accepted for the 2014 class of the UC San Diego Athletic Hall of Fame…Click here to submit your nomination and check out the members of the inaugural class.

Coach Eric Newman's Baseball team will hold the second of its three pre-season preps Tuesday night when it hosts Cal State San Marcos for an exhibition contest at Triton Ballpark…First pitch is scheduled for 6:00 PM…The Tritons blanked San Diego Christian, 4-0, in their first exhibition outing last Friday night with four pitchers combining on a two-hitter.

The Softball team gets a dress rehearsal this afternoon (1:30 PM) when it hosts Concordia in a single game exhibition at Triton Softball Stadium…The regular season opener is set for Feb. 1 against Western Oregon.

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