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Who to watch: Junior Scott Heylman is as reliable as they come.

Coach John Lavallee won’t forget this year.

It was dry, warm and windy last weekend at the Sun Angel Track Classic in Tempe, Ariz.

The Aggies might have felt déjà vu this weekend.

UC Davis defeated Nevada 297-303 at the UC Davis-Nevada Challenge on Friday at Red Hawk Golf Course in Sparks, Nev. The event, which was the Aggies’ first dual of the year, was added to the schedule to make up for play missed earlier this year due to bad weather. Each team was allowed five scoring players with any additional individuals not scored. UC Davis senior Kimberly Johnson took home first place with a score of even-par.

If there were one word to sum up UC Davis baseball, it would be resilient. After being swept in a three-game series at Cal State Fullerton by a combined score of 46-13, the Aggies rebounded by taking two out of three from a tough Long Beach State squad. “We needed to get back on the right track and win this series,” coach Rex Peters said. “It turned out that we played well enough to get two wins. [The Dirtbags] have a pretty good program with a pretty good tradition so I’m happy with it after getting banged around last weekend.”

The Aggies experienced a little bit of everything this past weekend. They went through a tough loss, a dominant win and a rainout. The weekend began on Friday with UC San Diego. The contest was close from the beginning.

Justin Schafer can rest a little easier – for now. That’s because his UC Davis baseball team, which won a total of 13 games all of last year, has already surpassed that total with 14 this year – and we’re only midway through the season.

Two pitches would have made the difference in the doubleheader split against Pacific. Overall, coach Karen Yoder was pleased with the quality of each game.

The Aggies traveled to Colorado this weekend for a pair of games against Denver and Regis. One game was a little more favorable than the other. UC Davis fell to Mountain Pacific Sports Federation rival Denver 17-7 to open up the road trip. The Aggies followed up the loss by crushing Division II Regis 18-3.

Windy conditions weren’t going to stop the Aggie rowing squad. But it still needed a furious run over the last 250 meters before it could retake the Jean Runyon Cup for the first time since 2008. “Our team performed well given the conditions,” said coach Carissa Adams. “It made our rowing pretty difficult, but it was good to regain the Jean Runyon Cup. We walked through them at the end.” In a matchup that went back and forth during the 2,000-meter race, Adams knew the only way for the Aggies to notch a victory was by controlling their own emotions.

Who to watch: Shortstop Justin Schafer can do it all.