DAVIS, Calif. — A quick look around UC Davis athletics for the week of Sept. 27-Oct. 3. 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 GOLF
SEPT. 27-28: UC DAVIS AT THE MOLLY COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL (BAYONET AND BLACK HORSE — SEASIDE, CALIF.)
Live Scoring
NEWS & NOTABLES: The Aggies are in action for the second straight week, heading to Seaside, Calif., to take on the field at The Molly Collegiate Invitational hosted by California at Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Course. UC Davis opened the fall portion of its schedule in Wisconsin at the Badger Invitational, finishing 12th among the field at University Ridge Golf Course with a lineup featured three true freshmen making their Division I debuts and a fourth making her debut in the starting lineup. Newcomer
Naomi Danner ended the week in 32nd in her first-ever tournament, including an opening round of 71, while classmate
Marina Mata wrapped up her first collegiate tournament with a 71 en route to a tie for 33rd.
MEN'S GOLF
SEPT. 27-28: UC DAVIS AT WINDON MEMORIAL CLASSIC (LAKE SHORE GOLF COURSE — GLENCOE, ILL.)
Live Scoring
NEWS & NOTABLES: Following a record-setting win at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational on Sept. 12, the Aggies return to the course this week in Illinois, joining the field for the Windon Memorial Classic hosted by Northwestern. Senior
Thomas Hutchison took home individual medalist honors at the Falcon Invitational, becoming the second UC Davis individual tournament champion in the team's last three tournaments after shooting a tournament-record 15-under 201 — which also stands as the third-lowest score in school history. UC Davis' win at the Falcon Invitational was the program's 42nd victory since 1993, while Hutchison claimed his second career collegiate win and the 54th overall by an Aggie in that same span.
MEN'S SOCCER
SEPT. 29: UC DAVIS AT UC SAN DIEGO (TRITON SOCCER STADIUM — LA JOLLA, CALIF.), 6 p.m.
Watch Live (ESPN+) |
Live Stats
OCT. 2: UC SANTA BARBARA AT UC DAVIS (AGGIE SOCCER FIELD), 1 p.m.
Watch Live |
Live Stats |
Tickets
NEWS & NOTABLES: There's no other way to say it, but the Aggies are on a roll heading into the start of the Big West season as UC Davis takes on league newcomer UC San Diego on Wednesday (Sept. 29) before returning home to host UC Santa Barbara on Saturday (Oct. 2). After starting the year 0-5, UC Davis has won its last four straight following wins over San Francisco (4-1) and Pacific (1-0) at home last week, posting three shutouts in that span while outscoring the opposition by an 11-1 count. The Aggies and Gauchos were picked to finish atop the Big West Conference table according to a preseason vote of the league's head coaches, each receiving 89 total points and three first-place votes.
EQUESTRIAN
SEPT. 30: #9 SOUTH CAROLINA AT UC DAVIS (UC DAVIS EQUESTRIAN CENTER), 11 a.m.
Live Scoring
OCT. 3: #6 TCU AT UC DAVIS (UC DAVIS EQUESTRIAN CENTER), 8:30 a.m.
Live Scoring
NEWS & NOTABLES: The fall season for the UC Davis equestrian team gets underway with a pair of ranked opponents at home this week, welcoming No. 9 South Carolina and No. 6 TCU to the UC Davis Equestrian Center on campus. The Aggies are coming off a COVID-shortened 2020-21 campaign that saw UC Davis take on "local" rival Fresno State in four spring meets, including a thrilling winner on the tiebreaker on Senior Day back on March 13. The Aggies then battled Eastern College Athletic Conference rival Delaware State in the opening round of the conference championships, falling by a narrow 9-7 margin. UC Davis returns 11 of the 12 riders that showed at the conference championships, including All-America honorable mention selection
Carly Sweeney (flat) — who was also named the ECAC Freshman of the Year on the flat — and all-conference selection
Ella Longo, who was named to both the all-flat and all-fences squads.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
SEPT. 30: UC SANTA BARBARA AT UC DAVIS (AGGIE SOCCER FIELD), 4 p.m.
Watch Live |
Live Stats |
Tickets
OCT. 3: CAL POLY AT UC DAVIS (AGGIE SOCCER FIELD), 1 p.m.
Watch Live |
Live Stats |
Tickets
NEWS & NOTABLES: Like their counterparts on the men's soccer side, the UC Davis women's soccer team is also rolling when it counts, extending its winning streak to five consecutive matches with wins over CSU Bakersfield (2-0) and CSUN (4-2) to open the Big West Conference slate. Both
Risa Yamada and
Leslie Fregoso tallied three goals and an assist last week to lead an offense that tied a season high with its four goals against the Matadors and has outscored the opposition 13-3 during its winning streak — which stands as the program's longest since winning five straight from Aug. 24 - Sept. 6, 2015. Opening league play at 2-0 for the first since 2017 (a year that saw the Aggies start 3-0-1 in the Big West), UC Davis is tied atop the league table with Long Beach State and Cal Poly, which also opened with two wins last week.
MEN'S TENNIS
OCT. 1-3: UC DAVIS HOSTS AGGIE INVITATIONAL (MARYA WELCH TENNIS CENTER), All Day
NEWS & NOTABLES: The fall schedule for the UC Davis men's tennis team kicks off this weekend, hosting the annual Aggie Invitational beginning Friday and running through Sunday at the Marya Welch Tennis Center. The Aggies return five players off of last season's squad that finished 8-11 overall and 3-4 in Big West Conference play during the spring, led by sophomore Andrei Volguin, who finished 7-8 overall while splitting time between the No. 2 and No. 3 spots in the lineup, and sophomore
Andras Necz, who was 6-8 overall playing at mainly the No. 4 position.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
OCT. 1-3: UC DAVIS AT SAINT MARY'S FALL INVITATIONAL (TIMOTHY KORTH TENNIS COMPLEX — MORAGA, CALIF.), All Day
NEWS & NOTABLES: The second event of the fall has the Aggies making a return trip to the Bay Area this weekend as the UC Davis women's tennis team heads to Moraga, Calif., to participate in the Saint Mary's Fall Invitational beginning Friday and running through Sunday. The Aggies wrapped up the first week of play in Berkeley, Calif., at the Cal Fall Invitational, with redshirt freshman
Carly Schwartzberg reaching the round of 16 of singles and the semifinals in doubles alongside teammate
Kristina Evloeva. Freshman
Maddi Page brought home a title for the Aggies in her first collegiate competition, winning the consolation final of the White singles bracket.
CROSS COUNTRY
OCT. 1: UC DAVIS AT PACIFIC COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL (MICKE GROVE GOLF LINKS – LODI, CALIF.), 5:30 (MEN) & 6:15 p.m. (WOMEN)
Live Scoring
NEWS & NOTABLES: After competing against a stacked field at the Dellinger Invitational in Oregon last week, the Aggie men's and women's teams are on the run again, staying a little more local for their third competition of the year. UC Davis makes the short jaunt to Lodi, Calif., on Friday (Oct. 1) for the Pacific Collegiate Invitational hosted by the University of the Pacific, with the men's race beginning at 5:30 p.m., followed by the women's race at 6:15 p.m. The Aggie women were the top Big West team in the meet, finishing eighth overall led by
Sierra Atkins' 13th-place finish, while the men finished 13th paced by
Austin Vasquez in 55th.
FIELD HOCKEY
OCT. 1: UC DAVIS AT STANFORD (VARSITY FIELD HOCKEY TURF — STANFORD, CALIF.), 6 p.m.
Watch Live |
Live Stats
NEWS & NOTABLES: Following a split of their most recent trip to the East Coast, the UC Davis field hockey team continues a run of five straight road matches on Friday (Oct. 1), heading to the Bay Area to take on America East Conference rival Stanford under the lights at 6 p.m. at Varsity Field Hockey Turf. The Aggies are 5-4 overall and 1-1 in conference play after dropping a double-overtime heartbreaker at UMass Lowell (2-1) and winning an overtime thriller at New Hampshire (4-3).
Shea Gavin finished with a pair of goals during the road trip, while
Madison Theodore added a goal and an assist.
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
OCT. 1: UC DAVIS AT UC IRVINE (BREN EVENTS CENTER — IRVINE, CALIF.), 7 p.m.
Watch Live (ESPN+) |
Live Stats
OCT. 2: UC DAVIS AT UC SAN DIEGO (RIMAC ARENA - LA JOLLA, CALIF.), 7 p.m.
Watch Live (ESPN+) |
Live Stats
NEWS & NOTABLES: UC Davis takes to the road in Big West Conference play for the first time this weekend, heading to Southern California to face-off against UC Irvine on Friday (Oct. 1) and league newcomer UC San Diego on Saturday (Oct. 2). The Aggies are fresh off a split of their conference openers last week, sweeping past UC Riverside on the road before suffering a sweep at the hands of perennial power Hawai'i at home. Freshman
Amara Aimufua continued her impressive freshman campaign with a career-high 19 kills in the win over the Highlanders, hitting an impressive .643 on the night with only one error in 28 swings, while sophomore
Lana Radakovic finished with a team-high 12 kills against the Rainbow Wahine while hitting .545 on the night.
FOOTBALL
OCT. 2: IDAHO AT UC DAVIS (UC DAVIS HEALTH STADIUM), 7 p.m.
Watch Live (ESPN+) |
Live Stats |
Listen Live |
Tickets
TV: ESPN+
RADIO: Sports 1140 KHTK
Football Safety Policies: https://ucdavisaggies.com/feature/footballpolicies
Gameday Information: https://ucdavisaggies.com/feature/footballgameday
NEWS & NOTABLES: No. 8/8 UC Davis claimed a 17-14 win at then-No. 14/15 Weber State on Saturday, with Trent Tompkins scoring a 1-yard touchdown with 27 seconds left… That marked the second time this calendar year that the redshirt freshman quarterback has scored a game-winning TD in the final minute: he did the same with 0:14 left against Idaho State last spring… DT Bryce Rodgers figured on two of the three Aggie takeaways: posting a strip sack against Weber State QB Kylan Weisser in the first quarter, then hurrying Weisser into throwing an interception to Jordan Perryman in the second… UC Davis now hopes to match the 2004 squad as the last Aggie football team to start 5-0… Saturday's game will honor two induction classes worth of Cal Aggie Athletics Hall of Famers, as the 2020 class were forced to do its inductions virtually last fall… UC Davis Health presents this weekend's game, while Sol at West Village is sponsoring the "Running of the First Years" pregame activity… Please note that Saturday's contest is the first home football game under the new COVID-19 policies, which require all guests (12 and up), game staff and media to be either fully vaccinated or to show results of a negative test.
ABOUT UC DAVIS
Centrally located between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe, over 700 student-athletes across 25 teams enjoy an unrivaled undergraduate experience at the fifth-ranked public school in the country.
Ranked annually in the nation's top 10 in diversity and students' social mobility, UC Davis and its innovative Aggie EVO System helps student-athletes develop passions, connect with a comprehensive network of alums and industry leaders, gain real-world experience and thrive as a young professional following a successful launch to full-time employment or graduate school.
