April 6, 2006
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THIS WEEK
Friday, Apr. 7 - UC IRVINE, 7 p.m. ****Time Changed****
APR. 8-9 - 26TH-ANNUAL DAVIS SHOOTOUT
Saturday, Apr. 8 - COLORADO STATE, 10:10 a.m.
Saturday, Apr. 8 - UC SAN DIEGO, 3:35 p.m.
Sunday, Apr. 9 - UC SANTA CRUZ, 3:20 p.m.
Sunday, Apr. 9 - LOYOLA MARYMOUNT, 5:30 p.m.
LAST WEEK
Saturday, Mar. 25 - BROWN, W, 9-3
Sunday, Mar. 26 - at Cal State Bakersfield, W, 9-5
Sunday, Mar. 26 - at Cal State San Bernardino, W, 11-7
Monday, Mar. 27 - vs. Harvard, W, 7-1
Wednesday, Mar. 29 - at Loyola Marymount, L, 2-3
NOTES
UC Davis posted four straight wins over a three day span last week... The Aggies began their spring break with a 9-3 victory over Brown at Schaal Aquatics Center before hitting the road and taking conference wins over Cal State Bakersfield, 9-5 and Cal State San Bernardino, 11-7... The Aggies took a 7-1 victory over Harvard on Monday before falling in a tight 2-3 match-up with Western Water Polo Association rival Loyola Marymount on Wednesday... Sophomore Christi Raycraft posted a career-high six goals against Cal State Bakersfield on Sunday and had at least one goal in each of the Aggies' three victories last week... Junior Katherine O'Rourke is riding a nine game scoring streak, she continues to lead UC Davis in goals with 35 on the season and is ranked 43rd in the nation for goals scored... Sophomore Casie Mota scored in all of last week's games and also posted a hat trick versus the Coyotes of San Bernardino... Junior goalkeeper Amber Korner posted a career-high 13 saves in the 3-2 loss versus LMU... The Aggies are currently ranked third in the nation defensively behind UCLA and Stanford, in 22 games the Aggies have allowed just 99 goals which brings them to an average of 4.5 goals allowed per game... The Aggies currently boast an overall season record of 13-9 and a WWPA conference record of 7-2... UC Davis is ranked 15th this week in the Collegiate Water Polo Association's National Poll following six consecutive weeks at No. 14.
UPCOMING OPPONENTS
Following the four-game road trip, the Aggies return home to Schaal Aquatics Center on Friday to take on UC Irvine in a non-conference match-up at 7 p.m. The Anteaters are currently 14-10 overall and 4-5 in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play. The Anteaters posted back-to-back upsets last week as they defeated Arizona State, 9-6 and UC Santa Barbara, 11-5. With the wins, UC Irvine's national ranking has been lifted from No. 11 to No. 9.
Saturday and Sunday the Aggies will host the 26th-Annual Davis Shootout at Schaal. The tournament will feature ten teams and with the exception of No. 16 Indiana, all teams are members of the WWPA. The Aggies will face Colorado State and No. 14 UC San Diego on Saturday, game times are 10:10 a.m. and 3:35 p.m. On Sunday, UC Davis will face UC Santa Cruz at 3:20 p.m. before taking on No. 4 Loyola Marymount in the tournament finale at 5:30 p.m.
HEAD COACH Jamey Wright
"We are coming off of a relatively good road trip. I think we played well in adverse circumstances, just having finished finals and being on the road for an extended amount of time. Hopefully we will be able to take that momentum into this weekend."
"We have several challenging games this weekend and though these games don't determine if we go to nationals, they can affect our seeding into the WWPA tournament. This weekend will be the last significant test before conference and we need to make use of these games. We have a lot of reasons to be excited about this weekend."
