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Women’s rowing UC Davis loves beating Sacramento State, no matter the sport. TheAggiewomen’s rowing team won four out of five races against their rivals from across the Causeway to win the Jean Runyon Cup for the second-straight year.

Teams:UC Davisvs.Cal Poly Records:Aggies22-32 (7-8); Mustangs20-20 (8-7) Where:Bob Janssen Field– San Luis Obispo When:Saturdayat4and6:30p.m.; Sunday at noon

For the past two weeks,the rally magic that had catapulted the Aggies to the top of the Big West Conference seemed to have disappeared. On Tuesday,it came back in one inning against the third-ranked team in the nation.

Event:Steve Scott Invitational; Payton Jordan Invitational Where:Anteater Stadium – Irvine,Calif.; Cobb Track and Angell Field – Stanford,Calif. When:Saturday,all day; Sunday,all day

Not to be overshadowed by the varsity team‘s successor overlooked by any of their opponents, the women‘s club program has done something that no UC Davis water polo team has ever accomplished. They have captured the top seed in the country.

Katie McMahonhas had a rollercoaster of a career. From leadingthe women’s lacrosse team in her first three years at UC Davis tosufferinga potentially devastating shoulder injury in2007to a dramatic return as a fifth-year senior,McMahon has been through it all,the good times and the bad.

Event: Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships Teams: UC Davis vs. Oregon; TBD; TBD Records: Aggies, 6-10 (1-4); Ducks, 11-6 (2-3) Where: Memorial Stadium – Berkeley, Calif. When: Today at 1 p.m.; Thursday at TBD; Friday or Saturday at TBD Who to watch: Save a 17-6 victory over Long Island, all of UC Davis’ wins this season have come by a score differential of two goals or less.

Teams:UC Davis v.No.22 California Records:Aggies 22-31; Golden Bears 37-20 Where:Levine-Fricke Field – Berkeley When:Today at3 p.m. Who to watch:Sophomore Cal ace Marissa Drewrey hasn’t seen much of junior Deanna Menapace.What she has seen,though,she can’t possibly like. In their lone encounter on Apr.25,2007,the catcher fromLivermore,Calif.reached base in both of herplateappearances,highlighted by a third-inning double to left center.

A date with conference-leading Cal State Fullerton at Goodwin Field this weekend gave UC Davis a chance to make a good impression against the four-time national champions. The Aggies (26-15,7-5) played threeclosely-decided contests with the15th-ranked Titans (26-15,11-4) and managed to take oneof three in the weekend set. “We knew going in thatwe could compete with them,“ saidhead coach Rex Peters. “We would’ve loved to win a series on the road against a quality program likeFullerton, [but] we did get one.We felt like we had to at least do that.“

Head coachBill Mazefelt it,too. Sophomore Herzyl Legaspi told assistant coach Sara Morenc she felt like she had just wonafterthe UC Davis women’s tennis teamlostFridayin the first round of the Big West Conference Championships. “It’s funny because it kind of felt that way,” Maze said. “It was such a great experience,to be legit,to play such a gutsy match in the conference tournament.The result wasn’t that important,believe it or not.It was almost like the experience was bigger than the score.I know it may sound a little cheesy,but it did kind of feel that way.

The Lions are no longer the king of the jungle. In what hasarguably becomethe biggest rivalry incollegiatewater polo,UC Davis and LoyolaMarymount have met in the Western Water Polo Association championship game the last four years,with the Lions winning two out of threecoming into Sunday afternoon‘s contest. The Lions had won seven of the last nine WWPA titles.Factoring in having homepool advantage and the challenge the Aggies hadwith their first two tournament opponents,it waslooking like LMU might repeat.

If baseball is a game of inches, track and field is one of seconds. Sacramento State sneaked past the UC Davis men’s team at the Causeway Classic Duals by less than a second in the 4×400-meter relay that wrapped up Friday night’s event at Woody Wilson Track. The Aggie men trailed through their first 11 events, but rallied to tie the score at 81-81 with wins in the triple jump, high jump, 3,000 and discus. When the final relay event came, the score was still tied 92-92. Sac State went on to win the race and men’s competition with a time of 3:12.24 to UC Davis’ 3:13.22.