THIS WEEK'S EVENTS:

Tue., Apr. 22--Golf---UCSD at CCAA Championships---All Day

Wed., Apr. 23---Golf---UCSD at CCAA Championships---All Day

Fri., Apr. 25---WWater Polo---UCSD hosts  WWPA Championships---Noon
Fri., Apr. 25---Track & Field---UCSD hosts Triton Invitational---10:00 AM
Fri., Apr. 25---Softball---UCSD vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills (DH)---1:00 PM

Sat., Apr. 26---WCrew---UCSD at WIRA Championships---All Day
Sat., Apr. 26---Track & Field---UCSD hosts Triton Invitational---10:00 AM
Sat., Apr. 26---WWater Polo---UCSD hosts WWPA Championships---11:00 AM
Sat., Apr. 26---Softball---UCSD vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills (DH)---Noon
Sat., Apr. 26---Baseball---UCSD vs. Azusa Pacific (DH)---2:00 PM

Sun., Apr. 27---WCrew---UCSD at WIRA Championships---All Day
Sun., Apr. 27---WWater Polo---UCSD hosts WWPA Championships---11:00 AM


POLO WINS HARPER CUP OVER SDSU; SEEKS WWPA CROWN THIS WEEKEND
Coach Brad Kreutzkamp's 14th-ranked Women's Water Polo team hosts the 2014 Western Water Polo Assn. (WWPA) Championships Friday through Sunday at Canyonview Pool…The 24-10 Tritons come in as the top-seed and, as such, have earned a first round bye, meaning they will open tourney play at 3:00 PM  Saturday against the winner of that morning's loser's bracket clash…The tournament champion, to be crowned Sunday afternoon (1:00 PM start), advances to the NCAA Championships, May 9-11, at USC.

UCSD comes into the WWPA event on a high after toppling No. 19 San Diego State, 8-5, in the 13th annual Harper Cup last Friday night at Canyonview…The Tritons, who had lost the first 12 editions of the crosstown cup rivalry, stormed out to a 5-0 first half lead and never let the Aztecs get closer than two goals…The game's MVP, senior Leah Gonzales scored a pair of goals and added an assist…Junior Jolene Guiliana and sophomores Alexis Wieseler and Julia Kirkland also connected for two goals each…Soph goalie Courtney Miller was stellar in the cage, rejecting 13 Aztec shots and displaying catlike quickness off her line to stifle several SDSU forays in front of the cage…For all Women's Water Polo updates, click  here. 

Watch Friday night's post-game interview with Head Coach Brad Kreutzkamp.
Watch Friday night's post-game interview with sophomore Courtney Miller. 

BASEBALL CLINCHES CCAA TOURNAMENT BERTH; APU HERE FOR SATURDAY TWINBILL
The 18th-ranked Baseball team struggled to split a four-game series at San Francisco State last weekend but there was a silver lining as its two wins, coupled with a Saturday Cal State East Bay loss assured a spot in the CCAA Championship Tournament…The Tritons will now take a week's respite from conference hostilities when they host D-II regional foe Azusa Pacific for a Saturday doubleheader…Coach Eric Newman & Co. sport a 27-13 overall record after last week's tussle  in San Francisco and find themselves third  in the league standings at 23-9, two games behind front-running Chico State...They close out the conference regular season next week with a four-game series vs. Cal State San Bernardino…The CCAA Championship Tournament, May 8-11, in Stockton, will feature the top four teams in the conference regular season standings. 

UCSD rallied for two ninth inning runs but came up one short last Thursday in dropping the series opener to San Francisco State, 7-6…Freshman center fielder  Jack Larsen (four hits) was the offensive star as the Tritons outhit the Gators, 13-9…A relatively rocky outing by ace Justin Donatella and four errors doomed Newman's club…The two teams split a Friday doubleheader…UCSD smashed SFSU, 17-3, in game one, pounding 18 hits…Redshirt freshman Brandon Shirley's leadoff homer sparked an 11-hit, 11-run explosion in the ninth…Justin Rahn accumulated five RBIs…Lefty Trevor Scott went six innings while picking up his fourth victory…Sophomore Troy Cruz had three hits in game one and two of the Tritons' four in a 3-1 loss in the night cap…Both squads scored once in the first but starter Blake Fassler saw a solid outing spoiled when SFSU  plated a pair of two-out runs in the bottom of the sixth…UCSD left nine runners stranded…The Tritons earned a series split Sunday, racking up 14 hits in a 6-4 decision…UCSD parlayed four hits and a Gator error into three fourth inning runs that proved to be the difference…Cruz went six innings on the hill to secure his sixth victory while Shirley and junior second baseman Erik Lewis, batting 1-2 in the lineup, had identical lines with three hits, two runs scored and one RBI each…Click here to find the latest Baseball news.

SOFTBALL HOSTS CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS IN REGULAR SEASON FINALE
After leading the CCAA for most of the season, the No. 15 Softball team slipped into third place with one weekend remaining, following a winless trip to Humboldt State last weekend…Cal State Monterey Bay and Humboldt State now occupy the 1-2 slots respectively…The top four teams will advance to the conference's championship tournament, May 2-4, in Stockton…UCSD now hosts Cal State Dominguez Hills (16-32/10-22) for a pair of doubleheaders this Friday and Saturday…The Toros are coached by former UCSD standout Kim Aggabao.

The trip to Humboldt State got off to a poor start Friday as the eight-ranked Lumberjacks used big innings to sweep the Tritons, 9-2 and 6-3…In game one, HSU got five of its 10 hits, including a pair of homers, in a seven-run third inning that chased starter Alexis Edwards…Sophomore center fielder Amani Proctor accounted for two of UCSD's six hits…Both squads had nine hits in game two, but the Lumberjacks got the big one, taking the lead for good on Tonya Walker's three-run round tripper in the fourth inning…Proctor, fellow soph Katie Saunders and senior Kirsten Willmon all had a pair of knocks for UCSD…In Sunday's, 2-0, opening game loss, Edwards surrendered just three hits in her six-inning stint but two came in the third when Humboldt State plated the only two runs of the game…The Tritons out-hit HSU, 5-3, but were never able to put together a multi-hit inning…The frustration continued in the series finale as the Lumberjacks pushed across a run in the bottom of the 13th inning to snatch a 6-5 win and sweep the four-game set …UCSD smacked 14 hits, stole seven bases and played errorless ball in the field but it was not enough…The Tritons were up, 2-0, early but needed a Proctor single in the top of the seventh to drive home Willmon with a run that forced extra innings…Proctor, who moved into the leadoff role, had a monster game with five hits, giving her 10 for the weekend…Edwards threw seven strong innings in relief of Jennifer Manuel but got tagged with the loss, dropping her record to 17-7…For more information on Triton Softball, click here.

      

ROSE SETS UCSD 200 M. MARK; ANNUAL TRITON INVITE SET FOR FRIDAY, SATURDAY
More than 1,000 competitors are expected to invade Triton Track & Field Stadium for the annual Triton Invitational this Friday and Saturday…Coaches Tony  Salerno and Darcy Ahner plan to send out full squads on both sides.

Last week, UCSD had athletes competing all-around Southern California at several different events…The highlight of the weekend was junior Keith Rose shattering his own school mark in the 200 m. with a time of 21.51 at the Soka Peace Invitational Saturday…Earlier in the week at the California Invitational, featuring multi-event performers, Veronica Bradley (heptathlon /4,618 pts.) and Dan Golubovic (decathlon /6,720 pts.) each posted personal bests that were NCAA provisional qualifiers and No. 3 all-time at UCSD…Running at the annual Mt. SAC Invitational, distance standouts Carlos Bojorquez (1,500 m./3:50.16), Scott Acton (10,000 m./30:51.86), Tanner Collins (5,000 m./14:2719) and Tareq Alwafai (5,000 m./4:31.88) all registered best times and NCAA provisional qualifiers as well…On the Triton career list, Bojorquez is now No. 2, Acton No.4 and Collins/Alwafai Nos. 3-4…For complete Track & Field results, click here.

GOLFERS HEAD TO STOCKTON FOR CCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Coming off a ninth place finish at the 41st annual Hanny Stanislaus Invitational in Turlock last week, Coach Jim Ragan's Golf team returns to Northern California for the CCAA Championships, slated at Brookside Country Club in Stockton…The eight-team field will play 36 holes Tuesday and finish up with 18 Wednesday…UCSD was fifth in this event last year with current sophomore Clayton Yamaguchi turning in a third place individual finish.

Junior Jay Lim's was UCSD's top individual, placing 26th at the Hanny Stanislaus tournament…Lim fired a 10-over 226 on the 6,641-yd., par 72 Turlock Country Club course…Team-wise, UCSD posted a 54-hole total of 906 which left it 36 strokes behind team titlist Cal State Monterey Bay but just six out of sixth place…The Tritons were sixth among the CCAA schools and all eight were on hand in Turlock…Yamaguchi tied for 29th at 227 while senior Lewis Simon and sophomore Daniel Yang were part of a tie for 35th at 229…Yamaguchi's second round 71 was UCSD's top round in the tournament…Click here for more Golf news

WOMEN'S CREW HEADS TO NORCAL FOR WIRA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Hanging on to hopes of reaching the NCAA Championships, Coach Colin Truex's Women's Rowing team will face off against all of its top West Coast rivals this weekend at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Assn. (WIRA) Championships on Lake Natoma in Rancho Santa Fe.

Last year, the Tritons had the varsity eight, JV eight and varsity four all reach the podium with the V-8 garnering an at-large invitation to the NCAA Championships…Click here for more Women's Rowing news.

TRITON ROWERS SHOW POTENTIAL AT STANFORD REGATTA
Aiming to continue finding additional speed in the latter half of the season, Coach Zach Johnson's Men's Crew showed progress last weekend at the Stanford Invitational in Redwood Shores…After dropping three Friday night match-ups with Stanford, the Tritons' three boats all split two dual races the following day…The varsity eight fell to USD by a mere 3.6 seconds but then blasted UC Davis by well more than half a minute…The JV eight was also second to USD, just under seven seconds back, before besting Santa Clara by five and a half seconds…The novice eight posted an open water win over UC Davis but lost in similar fashion to high-powered Cal.

The Tritons will now take a competitive hiatus until the Western Invitational, May 17, in Rancho Cordova, where an invitation to the IRA National Championships could be in the balance…Click here to find more information regarding Men's Rowing.

MEN'S TENNIS AWAITS VERDICT ON NCAA PLAYOFFS
After concluding its regular season with a 5-0 road loss against No. 11 (Division I) UCLA last Wednesday, Coach Timmer Willing and his Men's Tennis team awaits word on its post-season fate…The NCAA D-II Championships are scheduled for May 14-17 in Altamonte Springs, FL and the field will be announced Tuesday, April 29 at 5:00 PM…Junior Mark Meyer put in a creditable afternoon's work vs. UCLA…He and teammate Rajeev Herekar were tied, 5-5, at No. 3 doubles when the match was terminated after the Bruins clinched the doubles point…He was up, 6-2, 2-1, at No. 6 singles when that was called under similar circumstances…To keep current on Men's Tennis, click here.

TRITONS EASE BY CAL STATE STANISLAUS IN SEASON TENNIS FINALE
Coach Liz LaPlante's Women's Tennis team closed out its 2014 campaign in fine fashion, crushing visiting Cal State Stanislaus, 9-0, Friday afternoon…The Tritons second win of the season over Stanislaus left them 9-16 on the year…Led by the senior duo of Tara Vanooteghem-Laura Wilke's, 8-0, romp at No. 3, UCSD ran up a combined score of 24-5 in sweeping doubles…They then won five of the six singles matches—Kyra Scott, Paula Chou, Nava Nowamooz, Vanooteghem and Wilke—in straight sets…Freshman Shannon Theisen captured No. 5 in three sets…Click here to keep current on Women's Tennis.

Watch Friday's post-match interview with seniors Laura Wilke and Tara Vanooteghem.

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 Tony Salerno (track & field) and Patti Gerckens (softball) as well as senior Leah Gonzales (women's water polo) …The show will be posted Wednesday afternoon at ucsdtritons.com.

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