AGGIE CALENDAR
TUESDAY, Nov. 22
VOLLEYBALL vs. SAN FRANCISCO (lost 3-2)
Women's Basketball at California (lost 67-58)
FRIDAY, Nov. 25
Men's Basketball at Dartmouth, 4 p.m.
Women's Basketball at Portland State, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY, Nov. 26
FOOTBALL vs. NORTHERN COLORADO, 1 p.m.
SUNDAY, Nov. 27
11/27 - Men's Basketball at Harvard, 11 a.m.
All times Pacific
Home events in CAPS
MEN'S BASKETBALL
2005-06 Record: 0-1
Last Week: lost at Northern Arizona, 78-50
Notes: The Aggies embark on a two-game road trip this weekend against Ivy League competition... UC Davis defeated Dartmouth last year in double-overtime... The Aggies have never played Harvard...Senior Phil Rasmussen led the Aggies with 14 points against NAU... Thomas Juillerat finished with 12.
Quote: "We're looking forward to going back east and playing at two challenging and difficult venues. Both the UC system and the Ivy League schools have the same mission. It's exciting for us to be competing with like-minded institutions." - Head Coach Gary Stewart.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
2005-06 Record: 0-2
Last Week: lost vs. Radford, 82-71; lost vs. Cal, 67-58 (Tue.)
Notes: W Jessica Campbell had 23 pts in opener vs. Radford for Aggies who led early before falling... UC Davis surprised Golden Bears by taking 10-pt lead in 1st half... P Lara Gray had 10 boards in tough loss... Aggies play Portland State for first time since Div. II era... Portland won by 3 at Hickey Gym last year.
Quote: "I'm really proud of (the team). I'm so proud. We didn't back down (vs. Cal ). I'm disappointed we didn't get the win but we didn't back down." - Head Coach Sandy Simpson.
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Last Week: Participated at USATF Club Championships
Notes: Chris Ferren-Cirino finished 76th in high-caliber race, leading Aggies at meet which featured some of the country's top cross country runners... Jorge Murrillo (79th) and Chris Pecot (82nd) finished close behind in 10K race in Rochester, N.Y... Race concluded season for Aggies... Tony Ahr is team's lone senior.
Quote: ""We ran decent. It didn't go great but they ran decent. They fought really hard at the end." - Head Coach Jason Jaques.
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Last Week: Participated at USATF Club Championships
Notes: UC Davis had its top 7 runners finish within 76 seconds of each other at national club race... Kim Conley finished 47th in 22:00 in 6K race... UC Davis also faced off against transitional schools North Dakota State & South Dakota State... Seniors Michelle Solone and Jenny Wilson concluded Aggie careers at race.
Quote: "It was our best team finish of the year. It was a solid one to end the year with. Everyone ran extremely smart and they really worked the second half of the race." - Head Coach Jason Jaques.
FOOTBALL
2005 Record: 5-5 overall, 3-1 (2nd) in Great West
National Rankings: Received votes in both The Sports Network and ESPN/USA Today Polls
Last Week: lost at Eastern Washington, 24-7
Notes: Aggies can claim co-championship of Great West Football Conference & secure 36th straight winning season with victory over Northern Colorado.. Eastern Washington scored 24 pts in 1st half... SLB Nolan de Graaff had 50-yd interception return... Coach Bob Biggs earned 100th career win with victory at UNC last year.
Quote: "I'm proud of our defense. They played hard in the second half and shut them out in the second half." - Head Coach Bob Biggs.
MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING
Record: 3-2 in duals
Last Week: Finished seventh out of 14 at the 2005 Speedo Cup swam at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach, Calif.
Notes: Nik Kemp had the top individual event finish for the Aggies over the weekend finishing fourth overall in the 200-yard freestyle with a mark of 1:40.77... Scott Weltz had two seventh-place finishes.. The first came in the 200 individual medley with a mark of 1:52.37 and the second in the 400 individual medley, clocking in at 4:00.35... The Aggies relays had a good showing placing third in the 400 freestyle relay, fifth in the 800 free relay, seventh in the 200 and 400 medley relays, and sixth in the 200 free relay.
Quote: "The returning swimmers are a little ahead of last year's pace and that is a good sign when your returners are making progress from year to year. Our newbies, (Scott) Weltz, (Alex) Arbios and (Evan) Kraus in particular, showed that they are going to be strong, contributing members of our team. Overall we are pleased with where we are at." - Head Coach Pete Motekaitis
VOLLEYBALL
2005 Final Record: 4-26
Last Week: Lost at Cal Poly, 0-3; lost at UCSB, 0-3; lost vs. San Francisco, 2-3 (Tue.)
Notes: Aggies' lone senior Jill McPheeters concluded career with finale vs. San Francisco... UC Davis faced three NCAA playoff hopefuls last week, all on the road... Freshman L Nichole Brown had career-high 36 digs, tying school-record... She also set single-season mark with 526... Sophomore S Katelyn Astruc finished 1 ace shy of UC Davis mark, concluding with 48.
Quote: "We've seen all year that when we play well, we can play with any team for long stretches of time. As always, the focus is not in terms of winning or losing but rather on playing well." - Head Coach Stephanie Hawbecker.
MEN'S WATER POLO
2005 Final Record: 16-15
Last Week: Finished fourth at WWPA Championships,
National Ranking: Ranked No. 11 on the Nov. 16 Collegiate Water Polo Association Top 20 Poll
Notes: The Aggies finished fourth at the Western Water Polo Association Championships for the third straight year... The Aggies defeated Air Force in the first game of the tournament before falling to the eventual tournament winner Loyola Marymount 9-6 in the semifinals... In the third place match-up UC Davis was upset 6-5 by Redlands, the tournament's No. 5 seed... Three Aggies were awarded All-WWPA honors, senior Patrick Jacobson was named to the first team while senior Conor Duignan was named to the All-WWPA second team... Sophomore goalkeeper Mike McGee was given a honorable mention nod.
Quote: "I think the guys had a good year overall, they showed alot of heart and dedication throughout the season. The seniors helped lead the team over the season, but in the last few games some of the younger guys really stepped up and showed promise for the future of the program." - Head Coach Steve Doten
WRESTLING
Record: 1-1 overall; 1-0 in Pac-10
Last Week: won at Cal State Fullerton, 25-9
Notes: Frank Richmond pinned Risto Marttinen of Cal State Fullerton 1:16 into the 165-pound match for the key victory in Friday's dual... the Aggies an additional six matches in the dual including Jeff Bristol's (141) 14-6 major decision over Titans' Teddy Astorga... UC Davis competed the next day in the California Open hosted by Fullerton where Omar Gaitan (133), Derek Moore (141), Jeff Bristol (141), Frank Richmond (165), Ken Cook (174) and Tyler Bernacchi (184) all wrestled their way into the championship matches of their respective weight classes.
Quote: "Cal State Fullerton is a pretty tough team and we won all but three matches so we felt really good about our performance and feel like there is quite a bit of potential developing. Over half of the Pac-10 teams were at the tournament on Saturday, so qualifying for that many finals is a really good sign." - Head Coach Lennie Zalesky
TIPS
• A free tour of the ongoing construction of UC Davis' new mult-use stadium will be offered to the public on Saturday at 10 a.m... Parking is available in Lot 56 at the Schaal Aquatics Center.
• Fans can stay on top of all Aggie results with eScores, a free service that delivers scores and news via email or cellphone text message... Fans can sign up at www.UCDavisAggies.com.
• All men's basketball games can be heard on either KSAC (1240 AM) or KHTK (1140 AM) with specific radio locations for each game available on team's schedule page at www.UCDavisAggies.com... All women's games are available on KDVS (90.3 FM)... Additionally, all men's & women's games can be heard on the internet at site listed above.
• Women's swimming and diving is idle until the Miami Invitational on Dec. 1-3.
