THIS WEEK'S EVENTS:
Wed., Feb. 5---MTennis---UCSD at Concordia---2:30 PM
Wed., Feb. 5---Softball---UCSD vs. Cal Baptist (DH)---3:00 PM
Thu., Feb. 6---WTennis---UCSD vs. Concordia---2:00 PM
Fri., Feb. 7---WTennis---UCSD vs. Azusa Pacific---3:00 PM
Fri., Feb. 7---WBasketball---UCSD at Chico State---5:30 PM
Fri., Feb. 7---MVolleyball---UCSD at Stanford---7:00 PM
Fri., Feb. 7---MBasketball---UCSD at Chico State---7:30 PM
Sat., Feb. 8---WWater Polo---UCSD hosts Triton Invitational---All Day
Sat., Feb. 8---MTennis---UCSD vs. Azusa Pacific---10:00 AM
Sat., Feb. 8---Track & Field---UCSD hosts Blue-Gold Meet---11:30 AM
Sat., Feb. 8---Baseball---UCSD vs. Cal State LA---2:00 PM
Sat., Feb. 8---Fencing---UCSD hosts South Duals---2:30 PM
Sat., Feb. 8---WBasketball---UCSD at Cal State Stanislaus---5:30 PM
Sat., Feb. 8---MVolleyball---UCSD at Pacific---7:00 PM
Sat., Feb. 8---MBasketball---UCSD at Cal State Stanislaus---7:30 PM
Sun., Feb. 9---WWater Polo---UCSD hosts Triton Invitational---All Day
Sun., Feb. 9---Baseball---UCSD at Cal State LA---2:00 PM
EIGHTH-RANKED WOMEN'S POLO HOSTS TRITON INVITATIONAL
Fresh off a shiny, 4-0, start to the season and ranked No. 8 in the nation, Coach Brad Kreutzkamp's Women's Water Polo team shows is stuff at home for the first time in 2014, hosting the 16-team Triton Invitational, this Saturday and Sunday at Canyonview Pool…UCSD will open Saturday morning at 11:10 AM against Marist…Depending on the outcome, the Tritons will then play Loyola Marymount or UC Santa Barbara at either 4:30 or 5:50 PM…Sunday's schedule will be determined by Saturday's results…Among the teams in the field are nationally-ranked USC, Arizona State, San Diego State, UC Irvine, Long Beach State and Indiana…Click here to keep current on UCSD Women's Water Polo.
ROAD STRETCH LOOMS AS TRITON HOOPSTERS PUSH FOR CCAA TOURNEY BERTH
Coach Eric Olen's Men's Basketball (9-8) team plays six of its final eight regular season contests on the road, starting Friday night at Chico State (14-4/10-4)…The Tritons go to Cal State Stanislaus (13-5/9-5) Saturday…After splitting a pair of home contests last weekend, UCSD has won three of its last four, stands 6-8 in CCAA play and finds itself alone in seventh on the 12-team conference table, just one game shy of San Francisco State for the sixth and final berth in the CCAA Championship Tournament.
Friday night, 3-for-23 first half shooting doomed the Tritons in a 69-57 loss to Cal Poly Pomona, the CCAA's second place team…Down by 19 at intermission, UCSD outscored the Broncos by seven in the second 20 minutes but couldn't overcome its first half calamity…Despite being under the weather, senior guard James McCann delivered 21 points in a losing cause…McCann posted 17 more in Saturday night's,75-61, triumph over Humboldt State…He also dished out eight assists, giving him 422 in his career and surpassing Clint Allard as UCSD's all-time leader in that department…Soph Drew Dyer (17 pts.) and redshirt freshman Aleks Lipovic (16) supplied ample offensive back-up and Hunter Walker led the Tritons on the glass with 10 rebounds to go with nine markers…UCSD shot 46.2% for the night…For all things Men's Basketball, click here.
Watch Friday night's post-game interview with Head Coach Eric Olen.
Watch Saturday night's post-game interview with Head Coach Eric Olen.
Watch Saturday night's post-game interview with senior guard James McCann.
WOMEN CAGERS LOOK FOR ANSWERS IN NORCAL
The Women's Basketball team plays the first of four consecutive road contests at Chico State (13-5/9-5) Friday with the second coming 24 hours later in Turlock against Cal State Stanislaus (10-8/7-7)…The youthful Tritons, reeling after losing three-of-four at home, are now 11-7 overall, 8-6 in the CCAA and have skidded to sixth in the league standings just one game ahead of three pursuers.
Junior Miranda Seto racked up 25 points, six rebounds and four assists Friday night but didn't get nearly enough help in a 73-67 loss to CCAA-leading Cal Poly Pomona…The Tritons out-rebounded No. 17 Cal Poly, 36-31, but outside of Seto shot just 27.7% to the Broncos' 51.2%...Down 13 with 12:38 remaining, UCSD made it a one possession game in the final minute but couldn't complete the comeback…With Seto grounded due to injury, the Triton offense came up wanting the next night in a 63-50 loss to Humboldt State, an opponent UCSD had handled with relative ease on the road in December…Nineteen percent first half shooting for VanDerveer's charges put them in a 12-point halftime hole from which they never recovered…Junior Stephanie Yano scored a team high 11 points...Click here for more Women's Basketball information.
Watch Friday night's post-game interview with Head Coach Heidi VanDerveer.
Watch Saturday night's post-game interview with Head Coach Heidi VanDerveer.
WOMEN'S SWIM/DIVE ROLLS OVER USD TO CLOSE OUT DUAL SEASON
The focus is now strictly on the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference (PCSC) Championships for the Swimming & Diving teams after the UCSD women thrashed USD, 189.5-108.5, to close out the regular season Saturday…It was the Tritons' 11th win (with one tie) in the last 13 meetings with the Toreros…Senior Anji Shakya and freshman Jaimie Bryan were the stars for UCSD, touching first in three individual events apiece…Shakya won the 200 backstroke (2:07.96) as well as the 200 (1:51.95) and 500 (5:02.09) freestyles while also anchoring the victorious 200 freestyle relay team (1:36.53)…Bryan took both breaststroke events—100 (1:06.62) and 200 (2:23.01)—and added the 200 individual medley (2:11.24)…The Triton women are now ranked No. 5 nationally…Both the men and the women will be looking to defend team titles at the PCSC event, set for Feb. 12-15, in La Mirada...For more Swimming & Diving info, click here.
OFFENSIVE FIREWORKS POWER SOFTBALL TO PERFECT START; CCAA PLAY OPENS ON WEEKEND
The 21st-ranked Softball team blasted out of the gate last weekend, sweeping a four-game series with visiting Western Oregon, outscoring the Bears, 30-13, in the process…Coach Patti Gerckens' unit now takes on Cal Baptist for a mid-week twinbill before opening CCAA play the following weekend vs. Chico State.
In Saturday's opener, senior Kirsten Willmon roped a walk-off triple to right center, plating sophomore Callie Grant for a 4-3 come-from-behind win…TheTritons erased a three-run deficit in the sixth…UCSD pounded out 14 hits, three by sophomore Emma Schneider, including a two-run homer (her first as a collegian) while routing WOU, 11-3, in the nightcap…It was more of the same Sunday…Sophomore lefty Alexis Edwards, who won Saturday's opener in relief, went five innings and picked up her second “W,” 6-2, in game one…Willmon and Schneider continued their hot hitting, getting two knocks apiece and the latter drove in a pair…Soph DP Alissa Gutierrez also had two hits…Five Tritons had multi-hit games as UCSD concluded the weekend by belting 14 more hits in a 9-5 victory…Western Oregon took a two-run lead by scoring four in the top of the fourth but UCSD responded immediately with four of its own and won going away…The Tritons had 47 hits on the weekend…Click here to get the latest Softball updates.
Watch Kirsten Willmon's interview following Saturday's first game.
Watch Coach Patti Gerckens' Saturday post-game interview.
Watch Coach Patti Gerckens' Sunday post-game interview.
Watch sophomore Emma Schnieder's Sunday post-game interview.
BASEBALL OFF TO FAST START; NON-CONFERENCE HOME-AND-HOME UP NEXT
Following a successful Sunday debut, Coach Eric Newman's Baseball team plays an unusual three-game set against CCAA rival Cal State L.A. (0-2) this weekend---a match-up that will not count in the conference standings…The 39th-ranked Tritons, picked for sixth in the CCAA pre-season poll, will play a doubleheader at home against the Golden Eagles Saturday before concluding the series in Los Angeles with a singleton Sunday…CSULA, the defending CCAA Tournament champion, was tabbed for fourth in the conference by league coaches.
On Super Bowl Sunday, UCSD clubbed visiting Holy Names, 11-1 and 9-0, with six different hurlers (three per contest) surrendering just nine hits on the afternoon…The Tritons chalked up 12 hits in the opener with third baseman Troy Cruz leading the way…The sophomore had three hits, reached base four times and drove in four…Meanwhile, left fielder Justin Rahn went 2-for-5 with three RBIs…Rahn cracked two more hits in game two, one a two-run home run...For the latest Baseball news, click here.
Watch Coach Eric Newman's Sunday post-game interview.
ROAD TRIP TO STANFORD, PACIFIC ON DOCKET FOR SPIKERS
Still in search of its first win of 2014, Coach Kevin Ring's Men's Volleyball squad makes its first Northern California trek of the season to test No. 7 Stanford (5-4) and Pacific (1-8) in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation action…UCSD slipped to 0-9 on the season with a pair of conference losses last week.
The Tritons fell, 3-0, at home to No. 1 UCLA last Thursday but sported a much-improved offense from the last time they were at RIMAC Arena, hitting a solid .302 against the Bruins…Junior Garrett Dempsey handled the brunt of the setting chores, handing out 29 assists and fellow setter turned outside hitter Mike Brunsting shared top man honors with Nick Iorfino in the kills column, both posting 11…The Tritons couldn't match their encouraging performance against UCLA the next night at No. 8 UC Irvine, hitting just .049 while absorbing a 3-0 whitewash…Brunsting recorded nine kills, six digs and a pair of blocks in UCSD's seventh road game in its nine 2014 starts…Click here to get all Men's Volleyball updates.
Watch Thursday night's post-match interview with junior setter Garrett Dempsey.
MEN'S TENNIS TO HOST AZUSA PACIFIC SATURDAY
Coach Timmer Willing's Men's Tennis team continues its challenging pre-season schedule Wednesday at Concordia and then returns home Saturday, hosting Azusa Pacific Saturday on UCSD's North Courts…The results were encouraging despite a pair of losses in last Saturday's “doubleheader” debut against Division I USD and UC Irvine…Senior Mark Meyer, playing at No. 5 singles, picked up wins against both opponents and newcomer Alexander Miaule netted the Tritons other point vs. USD at No. 3…Both Meyer and Miaule went to three sets against the Toreros, winning 7-6 tiebreakers…Click here to get all the current news on Men's Tennis.
Watch Saturday's post-match recap with Head Coach Timmer Willing.
WOMEN'S TENNIS DIVIDES OPENING WEEKEND ENCOUNTERS
Coach Liz LaPlante's Women's Tennis team continues at home this week, hosting Concordia and Azusa Pacific for dual matches Thursday and Friday after splitting matches against Claremont and UC Davis during its opening weekend of play…The Tritons won 2-of-3 doubles matches before going 4-2 in singles to subdue Claremont, 6-3…Sophomore Kyra Scott, No. 2 last year on the singles ladder, proved formidable in moving up to No. 1, winning in straight sets after teaming with Paula Chou to get a point at No. 1 doubles…The combination of seniors Tara Vanooteghem and Laura Wilke prevailed at No. 3 doubles and the Tritons swept the bottom three spots on the singles ladder courtesy of Nava Nowamooz, Shannon Theisen and Kellie Taylor…Things were tougher Sunday against Division I UC Davis…Scott-Chou won, 9-8, in a tiebreaker at No. 1 doubles but that was all the scoring UCSD could muster, absorbing an 8-1 loss…Get all Women's Tennis news by clicking here.
Watch Saturday's post-match interview with sophomore Kyra Scott.
NEWS & NOTES
This week's edition of Triton Talk, UCSD's online radio show hosted by Craig Elsten, is scheduled to include interviews with head coaches Eric Olen (men's basketball) and Heidi VanDerveer (women's basketball) as well as senior Kirsten Willmon (softball) and sophomore Courtney Miller (women's water polo)…The show will be posted Wednesday afternoon at ucsdtritons.com.
The Track & Field team hosts its annual Blue-Gold Alumni Meet Saturday starting at 11:30 AM in the Track & Field Stadium…Coaches Tony Salerno and Darcy Ahner put their team into action for real Feb. 22 at Claremont's Rossi Relays...For more Track & Field, click here.
Click here to check out the UCSD Facebook page's “Throwback Thursday” feature with Baseball alumni Rick Nowak and Erik Judson.
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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.
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