Sports

Teams:UC Davis at UC Irvine; UC San Diego Where:Anteater Aquatics Complex – Irvine; Canyonview Pool – San Diego When:Today and Saturday,all day; Sunday at11a.m.

Teams:UC Davisvs.UC Irvine; UC Riverside Records:Aggies,11-13 (3-8); Anteaters,12-11 (7-3); Highlanders,8-17 (3-7) Where:Bren Events Center – Irvine; Student Recreation Center – Riverside When:Todayat7p.m.; Saturday at7p.m.

Men’s basketball UC Davis hosts Notre Dame de Namur in its second and finalexhibition tonight.The contest tips at7p.m.,and there is no charge for admission.

Men’s basketball Joe Harden scored15points and hauled in10rebounds to lead UC Davis to an89-69victory overBethanyin an exhibition game at the Pavilion on Tuesday. Harden led a group of four Aggies who finished with at least10points.Mark Payne andRyan Silva each scored12,with Payne dishing out eight assists and Silva posting five steals.In addition,Adam Malik finished with10points.Bethany’s George Golden led all scorers with21points.

They were that close. Two questionable calls from the referee resulted in two Pacific goals,ending UC Davis‘ chance of making the Big West Conference Tournament for the first time in program history. The Aggies held the Tigers scoreless for64minutes until a free kick turned into a bouncing header by Kristina Wavomba to put Pacific on top1-0.

Make no mistake:Renee Ibekwe is the real deal. A walk-on turned superstar,Ibekwe has led the UC Davis women’s volleyballteam to the program’s highest win total since2003with amark of11-13,3-8. The5-foot-11senioroutside hitter is a leader in the stat book as well as on the court,pacing theBig West Conference with3.74kills pergame. Leading up to the team’s final road trip of the season,Aggie staffwriter Matt Millerrecentlycaught up with Ibekwe todiscussthe unique start to her career andtheteam’s success this season.

Cal Poly scored22seconds into the match. It looked like a blueprint of UC Davis‘ play the past couple of games,as the Aggies have been scored on first in five straight matches. Recently,they’ve been able to battle from behind. That wasn’t the case on Sunday,as the Mustangs shut out the Aggies2-0.

Men’s golf Nate Pistacchio was named the Big West Conference Golfer of the Month on Friday – the UC Davis men’s golf team’s second consecutive winner of the award – after a pair of top-10finishes in October which included a tie for first at The Prestige at PGA WEST.

Big West Conference implications were on the line when the UC Davis men’s soccer team hosted defending national champion UC Santa Barbara on Sept.29,2007.

Event: Pacific Invitational Where: Brookside Country Club – Stockton, Calif.

Maybe it was the dumping rain all weekend. Maybe it was the fact that for the second time in the past three weeks the Aggies played two top-five teams back-to-back. Whatever it was that forecasted the gloomy report, the Aggies first fell to No. 2 Stanford before losing to No. 5 Loyola Marymount to drop to 9-13 – the first time No. 11 UC Davis has been four games under. Five hundred in six years.

A year after finishing sixth at the Big West Conference Championships as an unknown team, the Aggies proved that they belonged on Saturday. UC Davis posted an impressive second-place finish behind six-time conference champion Cal Poly.