DAVIS, Calif. — A quick look around UC Davis athletics for the week of Nov. 15-21. Information is subject to change and links to follow along with the various events will be linked here as well as the sports' respective schedule pages at UCDavisAggies.com when available.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
NOV. 17: UC DAVIS AT PEPPERDINE (FIRESTONE FIELDHOUSE – MALIBU, CALIF.), 7 p.m.
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NEWS & NOTABLES: Two wins over NCAA Tournament teams from a season ago have the Aggies rolling out of the gate as UC Davis heads to Southern California for a clash against Pepperdine on Wednesday in Malibu. A road upset of Utah State tipped off the Aggies season in stellar fashion, finishing 7-of-8 from the line down the stretch and getting clutch baskets from Ezra Manjon and Elijah Pepper in the final minute to hold off the Utah State comeback attempt. Three nights later, UC Davis ran away and hid en route to a big win over Eastern Washington, leading by as many as 21 points at one point in the first half in an 84-76 victory. For the week, Christian Anigwe averaged 16.5 ppg and 9.0 rpg while shooting 11-for-14 (.786) from the field, including a 19-point 12 rebound double-double against the Eagles. Pepper (15.5 ppg) and Manjon (14.5 ppg) were also in double figures for the week.
WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING
NOV. 18-20: UC DAVIS AT DIXIE STATE TRAILBLAZER INVITATIONAL (DSU HPC POOL – ST. GEORGE, UTAH)
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NOV. 19-21: UC DAVIS AT NAU LUMBERJACK DIVING INVITATIONAL (WALL AQUATIC CENTER – FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ.)
NEWS & NOTABLES: UC Davis hits the pool for the first time since the end of October, sending the swimmers to St. George, Utah, to compete at the Dixie State Trailblazer Invitational, while the divers head to Flagstaff, Ariz., to compete at the NAU Lumberjack Diving Invite. The competitions will be the last of the fall for the Aggies, who don't return to competition until hosting MPSF rival UC Santa Barbara on Jan. 21.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
NOV. 18: UC DAVIS AT SAN FRANCISCO (WAR MEMORIAL AT THE SOBRATO CENTER – SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.), 5 p.m.
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NEWS & NOTABLES: After splitting its first two games of the regular season to start the 2021-22 campaign, UC Davis hits the road for the first time this year, heading to the Bay Area to take on San Francisco on Thursday. Junior Lena Svanholm finished with a career-high 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead a group of four players in double figures en route to a 69-51 victory over Academy of Art, while sophomore Evanne Turner poured in 18 points and Cierra Hall added 12 more as the Aggies dropped a heartbreaker, 52-50, to Saint Mary's on a Gael three-pointer with less than 10 seconds remaining – the sixth time in the last seven meetings between the two that a game has been decided by single digits and the fourth time in that stretch a game has been decided by a single possession. Against Saint Mary's senior Sage Stobbart added her name to yet another category in the Aggie record books, grabbing a career-high 16 rebounds to set a new program Division I single-game record, breaking Celia Marfone's previous mark of 15 boards.
MEN'S WATER POLO
NOV. 19-21: UC DAVIS HOSTS WWPA CHAMPIONSHIPS (SCHAAL AQUATIC CENTER)
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NEWS & NOTABLES: It's tournament time for UC Davis, which plays host to the 2021 Western Water Polo Association Championships this weekend at Schaal Aquatic Center from Nov. 19-21. The Aggies are the top seed in this year's event, looking to repeat their 2019 performance when they clinched their fifth WWPA title in school history. UC Davis opens tournament play on Friday at 2 p.m., taking on the winner of No. 8 Fresno Pacific and No. 9 Biola, which meet in the tournament's opening match at 8 a.m. The Aggies defeated the Sunbirds, 21-6, and downed the Eagles, 22-3, in the regular season, as a victory Friday propels them into one of two championship semifinals on Saturday at 11 a.m. against either No. 4 Loyola Marymount or No. 5 Air Force.
EQUESTRIAN
NOV. 19: UC DAVIS VS. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (DOVINGTON TRAINING CENTER – FELTON, DEL.), 10 a.m.
NOV. 20: UC DAVIS AT DELAWARE STATE (DOVINGTON TRAINING CENTER – FELTON, DEL.), 10 a.m.
NEWS & NOTABLES: Following a two-week break, UC Davis hits the road for the first time this season for a pair of meets on the East Coast, heading to Delaware to take on Eastern College Athletic Conference rivals South Dakota State and host Delaware State on Nov. 19-20. The two competitions mark the final meets of the fall season for the Aggies, who don't return to the arena until February against Oklahoma State in a neutral site meet in Tennessee.
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
NOV. 19: UC DAVIS AT UC SANTA BARBARA (THE THUNDERDOME – SANTA BARBARA, CALIF.), 6 p.m.
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NOV. 20: UC DAVIS AT CSUN (THE MATADOME – NORTHRIDGE, CALIF.), 5 p.m.
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NEWS & NOTABLES: A four-match road swing comes to an end this weekend as UC Davis makes a return trip down the coast to take on UC Santa Barbara before heading to the Valley to take on CSUN in Northridge on back-to-back nights. Winners of six of their last nine, the Aggies are fresh off a split of their matches on the road last weekend, falling in a four-set battle at Cal Poly before pulling off the "reverse sweep" of CSU Bakersfield. Freshman
Olivia Utterback led the way with 32 total kills, averaging 3.56 kills per set – including a career-high 17 kills against the Mustangs. Junior
Josephine Ough added 18 kills (2.00 kps) and hit a team-high .381 on the weekend, adding 16 total blocks (1.78 bps), including her third double-digit block performance of the year with 11 against Cal Poly and a 14-kill, .542 hitting performance against the Roadrunners.
FOOTBALL
NOV. 20: SACRAMENTO STATE AT UC DAVIS (UC DAVIS HEALTH STADIUM), 1 p.m.
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RADIO: Sports 1140 KHTK
NEWS & NOTABLES: The 67th Causeway Classic comes to Davis for the 2021 regular season finale with postseason implications on the line for both teams as the Aggies and Hornets line up for one of the biggest rivalry meetings in the history of the series, both jockeying for playoff positioning and possible seeds in the 24-team bracket that begins play on Nov. 27. UC Davis is ranked No. 11 in the nation according to the coaches poll and No. 10 in the STATS Perform Top 25 – just one spot ahead of Sacramento State in the latter. The Aggies lead the all-time series with the Hornets, 46-21, dating back to 1954, but Sacramento State has won two of the last three meetings, including a 27-17 victory in 2019. UC Davis has won three of the last four games played in Davis, including a 48-30 shootout in 2016 (the 2018 game was supposed to be played at UC Davis Health Stadium, but heavy smoke from Northern California wildfires forced that game to be moved to Nevada's Mackay Stadium in Reno, a game won by the Aggies, 56-13). With 16 wins between the two teams, it marks the most combined wins between the two teams at the time of the matchup since 1985, when an 8-1 UC Davis squad defeated an 8-2 Sacramento State team, 37-30
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