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Here's a list of all the Tritons competing in La Jolla this week:
Thursday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. » Women's Basketball vs Cal State Bakersfield
Saturday, Feb. 15 at 11 a.m. » Women's Tennis vs UC Davis
Saturday, Feb. 15 at 4 p.m. » Men's Basketball vs UC Davis
Sunday, Feb. 16 at 11 a.m. » Women's Tennis vs Utah
GIVEAWAYS
Thursday, Women's Basketball vs Cal State Bakersfield » Celebrating Black Excellence Game (T-shirt giveaway)
Saturday, Men's Basketball vs UC Davis » Celebrating Black Excellence Game (T-shirt giveaway)
AWARDS
Big West Player of the Week »
Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones (MBB)
Big West Preseason Coaches' Team »
Emiliano Gonzalez (BSB)
UCU Athletes of the Week »
Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones (MBB) and
Kelly Leung (WTEN)
MEN'S BASKETBALL (20-4, 10-2 BIG WEST)
This Week » UC San Diego travels to Cal State Bakersfield Thursday night but are back in LionTree arena to play UC Davis on Saturday.
Last Time Out » The Tritons secured a convincing 85-67 victory over UC Irvine in front of a sellout crowd at Bren Events Center and a national television audience on Saturday night.
Need to Know » UC San Diego is now tied for first place in the Big West standings after Saturday night's win vs UC Irvine.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (11-13, 7-5 BIG WEST)
This Week » UC San Diego stay at home on Thursday night for a game against Cal State Bakersfield and will head to UC Davis for a game on Saturday.
Last Time Out » The Tritons went 1-1 last week, beating UC Riverside 72-49 and losing to UC Irvine 49-56.
Need to Know » Sumayah Sugapong has led the Tritons offensively 21 times this season.
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL (9-2)
This Week » The Tritons head to Phoenix on Friday and Saturday to play a pair of non-conference matches at Grand Canyon.
Last Time Out » Friday's night match against Vanguard came down to five sets and the 13th-ranked UC San Diego men's volleyball team prevailed with a 3-2 victory.
Need to Know » The Tritons have won in straight sets seven times this season.
SOFTBALL (1-3)
This Week » UC San Diego will travel north to the Silicon Valley Classic in the Bay Area hosted Feb. 14 thru 16. The Tritons will play five games against UIC, San Jose State, Colorado State, and Santa Clara.
Last Time Out » The Tritons hosted the La Jolla Invitational and went 1-3 for the weekend.
Need to Know » The Triton's win vs Portland State on Sunday was head coach Nikki Palmer's first win since taking over the UC San Diego program.
BASEBALL
This Week » The Tritons will begin their season in Stockton for a three-game series against Pacific starting Friday.
Last Time Out » In 2024, the Tritons finished 30-23 overall and 17-13 in conference play. UC San Diego's fifth-place finish would have qualified the Tritons for the Big West Championship had the department been eligible for postseason competition.
Need to Know » UC San Diego baseball's catcher
Emiliano Gonzalez has been named to the Big West Baseball Preseason Coaches' Team and the Tritons were picked to finish fifth in the Coaches' Preseason Poll.
TRACK & FIELD
This Week » UC San Diego will wrap their indoor season at the Don Kirby Invite on Feb. 14 and 15 in Albuquerque, N.M.
Last Time Out » In Reno, the Triton women posted several first place finishes with
Julia Di Silvestri winning pole vault,
Feyi Olukanni taking the shot put, and
Makena Bailey winning the high jump.
Need to Know » This is only the second year the Tritons are competing indoors.
WOMEN'S TENNIS (2-4)
This Week » The Tritons host another two matches this weekend. They play UC Davis on Saturday and Utah on Sunday.
Last Time Out » UC San Diego hosted Long Beach State for the Big West opener on Saturday. The Triton women trailed 3-0 in the match before rallying to defeat Long Beach State, 4-3.
Need to Know » UC San Diego grad student
Julia Haynes is ranked No. 49 nationally in singles by the ITA in their first rankings of the spring season.
MEN'S TENNIS (1-2)
This Week » The Tritons will be taking a road trip to Arizona, Feb. 15-17, where they will play Montana State, Northern Arizona and Grand Canyon.
Last Time Out » The Triton's last scheduled road trip was postponed due to weather. The make-up dates for the matches against Santa Clara, Pacific, and Sacramento state are still to be determined.
SWIM
This Week » UC San Diego will head to Houston, Texas for the Big West Swimming and Diving Championships, Feb. 12-15.
Last Time Out » The Tritons concluded their regular season with a victory over the USD Toreros when they won 13 out of 14 events for a score of 187 to 100.
Need to Know » UC San Diego swim teams were both selected by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association (CSCAA) as one of the 781 teams named to the CSCAA Fall Scholar All-America list for their outstanding academic standing in the Fall 2024 semester.
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.
