Sports

Teams:UC Davis vs.Pacific Records:Aggies,12-15 (7-6); Tigers,14-11(7-6) Where:Alex G.Spanos Center – Stockton,Calif. When:Today at7p.m. Radio:KFSG (1690-AM) Who to watch:Joe Harden has foundhis groove on offense.

Event:Big West Conference Championships Where:Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool– Long Beach,Calif. When:Today through Saturday; all day Who towatch:Senior Trent Richardson will be hard to miss in the pool this weekend.Standing6-foot-9,Richardson will be leading the9-3Aggies into the Big West Championships.

Teams:UC Davis vs.Santa Clara Records:Aggies,7-3; Broncos1-4 Where:LaRue Field When:Today at2p.m. Who to watch:UC Davis put together a sweep of adoubleheaderthis weekend against St.Mary’s,the first game of which was won1-0thanks to stellar work from pitcher Jessica Hancock.

Teams:UC Davis vs.Cal State Bakersfield Records:Aggies,9-16; Roadrunners16-10 Where:The Pavilion When:Today at7p.m. Who to watch:Due to their balanced offensive attack,one is never sure which Aggie is going to lead the team in scoring.

Teams:UC Davis vs.No.17Stanford Records:Aggies,1-1 (1-1); Cardinal,3-1 (2-0) Where:Aggie Stadium When:Today at7p.m. Who to watch:Midfielder Gina Hoffmire is coming off of her best game as an Aggie.

Women’s lacrosse Sophomore midfielder Gina Hoffmire scored her team-best fourth goal with36seconds remaining in the second overtime period to lead UC Davis to a14-13win over St.Mary‘s in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation action at St.Mary‘s StadiumonSunday.

Solid pitching,quality at-bats,late-inning heroics – the young UC Davis baseball team ended its season-opening weekend with all the look of last year’s playoff team. The Aggies bounced back from a pair of losses on Friday and Saturday by picking up an extra-inning road win on Sunday against No.12UCLA.

The Aggies were hot. They had won four in a rowand seven of their last eight.The newly-minted,seventh-ranked team in the country was looking to keep their hot streak alive as they traveled to acompetitiveIrvine Invitational that boasted the top15teams in the country.

Softball The UC Davis softball team continued its strong start to the season with a doubleheader sweep at St. Mary’s on Saturday. The Aggies won the first game 1-0 behind a complete-game shutout by Jessica Hancock.

The UC Davis faithful have had a chance to see the kind of excitement that can come with competing in the Big West Conference. In the fall,it was the nationally ranked men’s soccer team advancing through a competitive conference schedule to earn aberthin the NCAA Tournament.

Everyone knows that a good matchup between rivals should be close.Someone should have reminded the Aggies.Again. After handling Seattle Pacific with ease on Feb.6,the Aggies had no trouble defeating the Falcons once again,posting a season-high score en route to a convincing192.350-186.975win at the Pavilion on Friday night.

Team tied for third in Big West with Pacific Now,years removed from when their careers ended,look at what they helped create. With its Wednesday win over Cal Poly,UC Davis clinched a berth to next month’s Big West Conference Tournament in Anaheim.It will be the program’s first postseason appearance since the university began a four-year transition from Division II to Division I in2003.