Sports

Teams: UC Davis at South Dakota

Records: Aggies 1-3 (0-0); Coyotes 3-2 (0-1)

Where: DakotaDome - Vermillion, S.D.

When: Saturday at noon

Event: The Prestige at PGA West

Where: La Quinta, Calif.

When: Sunday, Monday and Tuesday all day

Teams: UC Davis vs. Cal State Fullerton

Records: Aggies 4-7 (1-1); Titans 4-5-1 (0-1)

Where: Aggie Soccer Stadium

Event: UC Irvine Invitational

Teams: No. 12 UC Davis vs. No. 6 UC Santa Barbara; vs. TBA; vs. TBA

Records: Aggies 9-6, Gauchos 7-3

Teams: UC Davis at California

Records: Aggies, 3-9 (0-2); Bears, 3-7 (1-1)

Where: Maxwell Family Field - Berkeley, Calif.

Teams: UC Davis vs. No. 20 Long Beach State; Cal State Fullerton

Records: UC Davis (12-6, 3-1); Long Beach State (10-3, 3-0); Cal State Fullerton (11-5, 2-1)

Where: Upper Hickey Gymnasium

Teams: UC Davis vs. UC Irvine; Cal State Northridge

Records: Aggies, 6-5-1 (0-1); Anteaters, 8-4-1 (1-1); Matadors, 5-7 (1-1)

Where: Aggie Soccer Stadium

Teams: UC Davis vs. UC Riverside

Records: Aggies 4-7 (1-1); Highlanders 1-8 (0-1)

Where: Aggie Soccer Stadium

When: Today at 3 p.m.

Who to watch? Captain Paul Marcoux scored the game-winning goal to beat UC Irvine 2-1 in double overtime last Wednesday.

Exactly one week later, Marcoux will look to lead his teammates to a win in another Big West Conference bout this afternoon at Aggie Soccer Stadium.

The Mountain View, Calif. native leads the team with four goals so far this season.

Women's field hockey

The Aggies lost three games in Davidson, N.C. this weekend, all of which were against East Division opponents of the NorPac Conference.

UC Davis first fell 4-2 to Davidson at Belk Turf Field on Thursday. Davidson took a 2-0 lead into halftime and got up 4-0 before the Aggies could get on the board. Ashley Haight and Nadia Namdari each scored their first goal of the season for UC Davis.

One day later, the Aggies lost 2-1 in overtime at the hands of the Mountaineers of Appalachian State. Lindsey Valadez netted the lone goal for the Aggies.

UC Davis wrapped up the weekend with another tough loss, this time against Radford. Goalie Lauren Sawvelle finished with a career-high 16 saves, but it was not enough to outlast the Highlanders. Erin Lemmon scored her second goal of the season for the Aggies.

Next up for UC Davis (3-9, 0-2) is a West Division matchup with California (3-7, 1-0) in Berkeley on Saturday.

The much anticipated Big West Conference season kicked off for the Aggies last week.

It got off to an exciting start on Wednesday with a 2-1 double overtime victory on the road against UC Irvine.

The Aggies were back in action on Sunday in San Luis Obispo to take on the Cal Poly Mustangs.

Though the Aggies were able to get off 13 shots, they were unable to score, losing 1-0 to the Mustangs.

With the 1-1 start to conference play UC Davis moves to 4-7 on the season with eight matches left.

Having lost a combined five straight games against St. Mary's and Long Beach State, UC Davis badly wanted to capture two wins this weekend.

Looking to gain momentum going into Big West Conference play, the Aggies first faced off against the Gaels.

The Aggies were unable to do so falling to both the Gaels and 49ers this weekend by scores of 2-1 in each match.

The ball is served. The other team's defensive player passes it to the setter. The setter pushes the ball outside. The hitter spikes the ball as hard as she can.

Then Avreeta Singh flies out of nowhere to dig the ball up and keep the rally alive for her side.

This has been a regularly occurring scene - 1,654 times, to be exact - at UC Davis women's volleyball matches over the past four years.

Before UC Davis' contest with No. 5 Boise State, coach Bob Biggs called the Broncos the best team that the Aggies have ever faced.

Saturday night was a different story, as UC Davis gave Boise State all it could handle before the Broncos finally pulled away late in the fourth quarter for a 34-16 win.

After upsetting Big Conference rival Santa Clara and improving to 12 on the national poll, the Aggies had big hopes against two tough conference opponents last weekend.

Sadly none of these wishes turned into wins.

UC Davis entered the weekend with a perfect 2-0 mark in Big West Conference play this season.

The Aggies put that record on the line first on Friday night at the Student Recreation Center in Riverside, Calif., and then at No. 24 UC Irvine on Saturday night.