LA JOLLA, Calif. — Kendall Thomas of the ninth-ranked UC San Diego women's water polo team was named the Big West Player of the Week Wednesday.

A senior center, Thomas was instrumental in two UC San Diego victories this past week.

Saturday, she helped lead the Tritons to their ninth consecutive Harper Cup victory against San Diego State. She scored four goals on six shots and added two drawn exclusions and a steal in the 18-16 win. For the third straight season, Thomas was honored as the Carin Crawford Most Valuable Player of the game.

The day prior, Thomas totaled four points on three goals and an assist as UC San Diego downed Big West rival UC Santa Barbara, 13-11, in the Tritons' final regular season game. In that win, Thomas also contributed three drawn exclusions and a steal.

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It's Big West Championship time. Fourth-seeded UC San Diego takes on fifth-seeded UC Davis in a quarterfinal game on Friday, April 25 at UC Irvine (12 p.m.). The winner will face the winner of the No. 1 Hawai'i/No. 8 Cal State Fullerton quarterfinal in a semifinal on Saturday (12 p.m.). The title game is set for Sunday at noon with the victor earning the Big West's automatic bid into the NCAA National Collegiate Championship. The semifinal and final rounds will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
 
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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.