Sports

Teams:UC Davis vs.Long Beach State; Cal State Fullerton Records:Aggies,7-12 (3-5); 49ers,4-16 (1-7); Highlanders11-9 (7-1) Where:The Pavilion When:Today at7p.m.; Saturday at5p.m. Who to watch:The last time UC Davis faced Long Beach State,the Aggies found themselves down by one point with nine seconds remaining.

eams:UC Davis at No.11Boise State Where:Bronco Gymnasium – Boise,Idaho When:Saturday at7p.m. Who to watch:Last Friday against Oregon State,sophomore Abe Otrambo registered the Aggies‘ lone bonus-point victory with a pin only1:30into his match.The Anaheim,Calif.native is having a solid year and is second on the team with three pins.

Who:UC Davis vs.UC Santa Barbara Records:Aggies (4-3); Gauchos (1-0) Where:MaryaWelch Tennis Center When:Saturday at11a.m. Who to watch:Posting an overall singles record of11-10,junior Desiree Stone has proved to be an invaluable asset at the No.2singles position.

Event: Triton Invitational Teams: No. 9 UC Davis vs. Redlands; No. 18 UC San Diego or No. 12 Marist; TBA; TBA Records: Aggies, 2-2; Bulldogs, 2-3; Tritons, 0-0; Red Foxes, 0-0 Where: Canyonview Pool – La Jolla, Calif. When: Saturday at 9 a.m., TBA; Sunday at TBA, TBA Who to watch: Sophomore Dakotah Mohr drew a combined 20 exclusions over the four-game NorCal Cup last weekend.

Event:Waikoloa Intercollegiate Where:Mauna Lani Resort North Course – Waikoloa,Hawaii When:Today,tomorrow and Friday; all day Who to watch:Austin Graham wasted little time in making an impact during the fall season.Now,he’ll look to get off to a similar start in the spring.

Men’s tennis The UC Davis men’s tennis team opened its2009season by going1-2at the Louisiana-Pacific Tennis Center in Portland,Ore.over the weekend. The Aggies were defeated by Portland,6-1,in their season opener Friday.The Pilots took two of three doubles matches for the first point of the day before winning five more times in singles.Nick Lopez claimed a singles win at No.2for UC Davis,while Josh Albert teamed with Kevin Liang for a win at No.3doubles.

Although they posted a season-high191.300against Cal State Fullerton on Sunday,the disappointment in coach John Lavallee’s voice was at once palpable. “We came down to the end,” said Lavallee following the loss to the Titans,who scored a193.125. “We had some trouble on beam; we had to count two falls on beam.We were pretty close to putting up a really good score.“

UC Davis took on a pair of conference foes this weekend,defeating Oregon State22-12Friday night at the Pavilion before falling to Cal State Fullerton22-12on Sunday afternoon. After splitting their weekend duals,the Aggies stand at3-3in Pacific-10Conference action and7-5overall.

The Aggies won the games they were supposed to win,but not exactly in the fashion that everyone expected. Saturday proved that the young and inexperienced Aggies had great depth,with11different playersscoring in the two-game split. On Sunday,junior Ashley Chandler and a true freshman Kaylee Miller each scored three goals on the day to lead the Aggies to another1-1day of surprising action.

The Aggie men brought one distance runner up to Washington for Saturday’s season debut. They returned home with one school record. After redshirting the cross country season due to injury, sophomore Jonathan Peterson returned to action in style, clocking 8:16.99 to take third in his heat of the 3,000m. Already No. 2 in the outdoor 3,000m, his time crushed the old indoor mark held by former Aggie great Chris Ferren-Cirino (2007).

Vince Oliver threw it up.Mark Payne slammed it down. That was only the beginning. Payne stole the ball from Pacific’s Brian LeDuc on the next possession,running the length of the floor to fight his way to the free throw stripe for a chance to give UC Davis the lead late in the first half.

The UC Davis men’s basketball team closed the first half of its conference schedule with a second half it’d rather soon forget. Pacific responded from a 30-26 halftime deficit to shoot 67.9 percent from floor out of the break, outscoring the Aggies 26-4 in the paint to roll to an 80-65 win at the Pavilion on Saturday night. “I thought they were far more aggressive than us in the second half,” said coach Gary Stewart. “We didn’t stop them. That was the difference in the game.”