DAVIS, Calif. — A quick look around UC Davis athletics for the week of Sept. 20-26. 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.
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
SEPT. 21: UC DAVIS AT UC RIVERSIDE (SRC ARENA - RIVERSIDE, CALIF.), 7 p.m.
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SEPT. 25: HAWAI'I AT UC DAVIS (UNIVERSITY CREDIT UNION CENTER), 7 p.m.
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NEWS & NOTABLES: Big West Conference play is finally here for the UC Davis women's volleyball team, which heads to Southern California to take on travel partner UC Riverside on Tuesday (Sept. 21) before returning home to the University Credit Union Center to host Hawai'i on Saturday (Sept. 25) at 7 p.m. The Aggies are coming off a split of their final two non-conference contests, cruising to a 3-1 (25-16, 25-13, 20-25, 25-14) upset of Pac-12 power California at home before falling by a 3-0 (25-12, 25-22, 25-19) score at Saint Mary's just 24 hours later. Freshman
Amara Aimufua logged a team-high 14 kills to lead two teammates (
Lana Radakovic and
Olivia Utterback each had 13) in double figures against the Golden Bears as UC Davis hit a robust .382 in the victory, while
Shira Lahav dug up 23 balls for her second 20-plus dig performance of the year. Aimufua picked up her sixth double-digit kill performance of the year against Saint Mary's, adding 12 more kills in the loss. Tuesday's match marks the Aggies' first Big West contest since the end of the 2019 season, which ended with a 3-0 victory at UC Riverside. UC Davis is 5-7 all-time in conference openers, snapping a six-match skid with a 3-2 victory over UC Irvine at home in 2019. The Aggies are 28-27 all-time against UC Riverside dating back to 1974, having won the last eight straight and 21 of the last 23 against the Highlanders, but are just 1-15 against the perennial power Rainbow Wahine, posting their lone win in the series in five sets at home in 2013.
MEN'S SOCCER
SEPT. 22: SAN FRANCISCO AT UC DAVIS (AGGIE SOCCER FIELD), 4 p.m.
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SEPT. 25: PACIFIC AT UC DAVIS (AGGIE SOCCER FIELD), 4 p.m.
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NEWS & NOTABLES: The Aggies close out the non-conference portion of their schedule this weekend at home, wrapping up a three-match home stand with battles against local rivals San Francisco and Pacific at Aggie Soccer Field on Wednesday (Sept. 22) and Saturday (Sept. 25), respectively. UC Davis enters the week on a bit of a roll, collecting its second consecutive victory with a 3-0 shutout of Saint Mary's at home last week thanks to a pair of goals by
Maximilian Arfsten and another by
Robert Mejia, while
Derrek Chan made five stops to log his first solo shutout of the season helping to extend the team's shutout streak to 180:01 dating back to a last-second goal scored by San Diego State on Sept. 10. Thanks to his first career brace, Arfsten now leads the team with three goals and seven points overall, followed closely by
Grant Fidler (who tallied the assist on Arfsten's game-winner against the Gaels) with a pair of goals and five points. Freshman
Zachary Batchelder collected his first career point on a goal by
Robert Mejia (his first of the year) with an assist to make it 2-0 against Saint Mary's.
CROSS COUNTRY
SEPT. 23: UC DAVIS AT DELLINGER INVITATIONAL (PINE RIDGE GOLF CLUB - SPRINGFIELD, ORE.), 6 p.m.
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NEWS & NOTABLES: UC Davis returns to action at the Bill Dellinger XC Invitational, hosted by Oregon Thursday evening at Pine Ridge Golf Club in Springfield… The men's 8K race begins at 6 p.m., with the women's 6K following at 6:40… Please note that previous versions of the schedule listed this meet as a 10 a.m. start… The Aggies last competed at their own Stump Invite at Wildhorse Golf Course, with
Sierra Atkins earning Big West Conference Athlete of the Week honors for her second-place individual finish… The UC Davis women dominated its field with a 23-point total, as
Brianna Weidler (3rd) and
Brooke Starn (4th) crossing immediately behind Atkins… The 18-school Dellinger field includes fellow Big West members Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton and UC Santa Barbara, along with four Pac-12 programs and the likes of Arkansas and Ohio State.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
SEPT. 23: UC DAVIS AT CSU BAKERSFIELD (MAIN SOCCER FIELD - BAKERSFIELD, CALIF.), 7 p.m.
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SEPT. 26: UC DAVIS AT CSUN (MATADOR SOCCER FIELD - NORTHRIDGE, CALIF.), 1 p.m.
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NEWS & NOTABLES: The UC Davis women's soccer team enters this week's Big West Conference openers on a bit of a roll, carrying a three-match winning streak — and wins in four of its last five — into matches at CSU Bakersfield (Sept. 23) and CSUN (Sept. 26) to start the league schedule. The Aggies have outscored the opposition by a 7-1 count during their recent winning streak — the team's longest since winning three-straight matches from Aug. 24-31, 2018 — using a late rally to upend Saint Mary's on the road in their lone match last week. Facing a team that had surrendered only three goals all year, UC Davis posted a 2-1 win over the Gaels, getting the tying score from
Risa Yamada in the 75th minute and the winner by
Jayde Holley in the 83rd. Saint Mary's broke a scoreless deadlock with a goal in the 22nd minute, ending the Aggies' shutout streak of 241:16, but the two late scores were enough to hand the Gaels their first loss (5-1-2) of the year. UC Davis is 3-5-4 all-time in Big West openers, looking to snap a two-match skid dating back to a 1-0 win over Hawai'i to start the 2017 conference campaign. Freshman
Sammie Ruelas and sophomore
Leslie Fregoso are tied for the team lead with seven points apiece, while Ruelas leads the squad — and ranks tied for sixth in the league — with three goals as eight different Aggies have found the back of the net. Yamada and Fregoso are tied for the team and Big West lead with three assists apiece, while senior goalkeeper
Nicki Rucki is third in the conference with a 1.13 goals against average, fifth with a .743 save percentage, and tied for first with three shutouts.
MEN'S WATER POLO
SEPT. 24-26: UC DAVIS AT MPSF INVITATIONAL (SPIEKER AQUATIC COMPLEX & LEGENDS AQUATIC CENTER - BERKELEY, CALIF.)
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NEWS & NOTABLES: UC Davis heads to the Bay Area this weekend for the annual MPSF Invitational hosted by California at the Spieker Aquatic Complex and Legends Aquatic Complex in Berkeley, Calif., beginning Friday, Sept. 24 and running through Sunday, Sept. 26. The Aggies are matched up against long-time Western Water Polo Association rival UC San Diego in the opening match on Friday at 3:20 p.m. at the Legends Aquatic Complex, with the remainder of the schedule to be determined based on results from the rest of the day. A win pits UC Davis against top-ranked USC in a rematch of their battle at the Aggie Roundup on Saturday at 8 a.m. at the Spieker Aquatic Complex, while a loss will have UC Davis taking the loser of Friday's Stanford-LMU contest on Saturday morning at 8 a.m. at the Legends pool. This year's tournament field features USC, UCLA, the host Golden Bears, Stanford, UC Santa Barbara, Long Beach State, Pacific, Pepperdine, San Jose State, UC Irvine, LMU, and Pomona Pitzer, alongside UC Davis and the Tritons.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
SEPT. 24-26: UC DAVIS AT CAL FALL INVITATIONAL (HELLMAN TENNIS COMPLEX - BERKELEY, CALIF.)
NEWS & NOTABLES: UC Davis kicks off its fall season at the Hellman Tennis Complex in Berkeley… Four of the five All-Big West honorees return for this year, including senior
Sara Tsukamoto, who made the first team in doubles and second team for singles in 2021… Tsukamoto played all nine of her dual matches at No. 1 last season…
Yana Gurevich split her time between No. 1 and No. 2, amassing a team-best nine singles wins en route to a second-team All-Big West nod… As a freshman in 2019, Gurevich reached the consolation final of the gold draw at the Cal Fall Invite… The doubles tandem of Tsukamoto and
Lauren Ko advanced to the Blue semifinals at that event, thanks to an upset of the top-seeded Saint Mary's due of Danielle McIntyre and Mariia Kozreva…
Bill Maze enters his 27th year at the Aggie helm, holding 293 career victories between his tenures at UC Davis and Pacific.
FIELD HOCKEY
SEPT. 24: UC DAVIS AT UMASS LOWELL (CUSHING FIELD COMPLEX - LOWELL, MASS.), 1 p.m. PT
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SEPT. 26: UC DAVIS AT NEW HAMPSHIRE (MEMORIAL FIELD - DURHAM, N.H.), 9 a.m. PT
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NEWS & NOTABLES: The Aggies kick off America East play and a stretch of five consecutive road dates that span five different states… UC Davis notched a 2-1 victory over Brown in its most recent outing, despite a fourth quarter in which the Bears fired 11 shots and had six penalty corners… Senior midfielder
Madison Theodore paces the Aggies offensively with four goals and two assists… She leads the conference in shots, while ranking among America East leaders in goals, points and shots on goal… Senior
Izzy Porco anchors the backfield with three defensive saves but also has two assists of her own, plus she scored the team's second goal in Sunday's win over Brown… Junior GK
Kalli Wagnon has guarded the Aggie cage for all but 15 minutes this season, wtih 27 saves against 18 goals for a .600 average.
FOOTBALL
SEPT. 25: UC DAVIS AT WEBER STATE (STEWART STADIUM - OGDEN, UTAH), 5 p.m. PT
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NEWS & NOTABLES: With a rousing home-opening victory over Dixie State on Saturday, No. 12/10 UC Davis is off to its first 3-0 start since 2004… The Aggies launch Big Sky Conference play in what is decidedly the premier FCS matchup of Week 4, a road trip to No. 14/15 Weber State… This matchup features two of the best running backs in the conference during the past two years: UC Davis' Ulonzo Gilliam, Jr. and Weber State's
Josh Davis… Gilliam tallied 178 of the team's 380 rushing yards against the Trailblazers last Saturday, scoring a career-best four touchdowns (three rushing, one receiving)… Meanwhile, the Aggie defense tormented Dixie State with five interceptions, including two each from safety Chris Venable and nickelback Jaylin White… UC Davis and Weber State were tri-champions of the Big Sky Conference (along with Eastern Washington) back in 2018.
WOMEN'S GOLF
SEPT. 19-21: UC DAVIS AT BADGER INVITATIONAL (UNIVERSITY RIDGE GOLF COURSE - VERONA, WISC.)
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NEWS & NOTABLES: The Aggies wrap up their first tournament of the year in Wisconsin this week, competing at the Badger Invitational hosted by the University of Wisconsin. UC Davis opened in a tie for 10th after the first 18 holes, led by freshman Naomi Danner, who shot an opening round 71 in her collegiate debut to stand as one of only seven players to break par in the first round. UC Davis' lineup features three true freshmen in Danner, Marina Mata De La Barata, and Elle Rastvortseva, and one more making her first career start in Alexandra Tomita, along with senior Andrea Gomez Lloret.
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