Sports

Men’s tennis preview

Who: UC Davis vs. No. 66 St. Mary's; Santa Clara

Records: Aggies, 1-5 (0-2); Gaels, 2-8 (1-2); Broncos, 1-2 (0-0)

Where: Timothy Korth Tennis Complex - Moraga, Calif.; Degheri Tennis Center - Santa Clara, Calif.

When: Friday at 3 p.m.; Saturday at 3 p.m.

Who to watch: Sophomore Nick Lopez is leading the Aggies in wins this season.

Softball preview

Event: San Diego Classic

Teams: UC Davis vs. Utah; San Diego; Oregon; Colorado State

Records: Aggies, 7-3; Utes, 7-8; Toreros, 1-8; Ducks, 6-9; Rams, 9-6

Where: San Diego, Calif.

When: Saturday at 2 p.m., 7 p.m.; Sunday at 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m.

Who to watch: Senior Jessica Hancock isn't the only pitcher on the UC Davis roster.

Women’s basketball preview

Teams: UC Davis vs. Pacific

Records: Aggies, 9-16 (5-9); Tigers, 14-12 (8-6)

Where: The Pavilion

When: Saturday at 7 p.m.

Who to watch: When Genevieve Costello takes the floor at the Pavilion Saturday night, she'll be doing so for the final time.

Aggies earn 4th-place showing in spring opener

The opener for the UC Davis women's golf team was everything that a spring tournament should be.

It was 60 degrees, the sun was out, birds were chirping and the Aggies were finding the bottom of the cup.

Women’s lacrosse preview

Teams: UC Davis vs. Fresno State

Records: Aggies, 1-1 (1-1); Bulldogs, 0-3 (0-2)

Where: Aggie Stadium

When: Saturday at 7 p.m.

Who to watch: For Saturday's game, it's not so much who to watch as it is where to watch: between the posts.

Wrestling preview

Event: Pacific-10 Championships

Where: Titan Gymnasium - Fullerton, Calif.

When: Sunday and Monday; all day

Who to watch: Sophomore Ricky Alcala seems to be returning to form after a brief hiatus due to injury.

Women’s rowing preview

Teams: UC Davis vs. St. Mary's

Where: Port of Sacramento

When: Saturday; time TBA

Did you know? The women wrapped up their 2007-2008 season by winning the varsity eight event at the nationally recognized Dad-Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, Pa.

Women’s tennis preview

Who: UC Davis vs. UC San Diego

Records: Aggies, 6-7; Tritons, 2-1

Where: Marya Welch Tennis Center

When: Friday at 1:30 p.m.

Who to watch: Senior Jenna Kappel recently reached a milestone and has had a solid career overall with the UC Davis women's tennis team.

Men’s basketball preview

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 at 7 p.m.

Radio: KFSG (1690-AM)

Who to watch: Joe Harden has found his groove on offense.

Swimming and diving preview

Event: Big West Conference Championships

Where: Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool - Long Beach, Calif.

When: Today through Saturday; all day

Who to watch: Senior Trent Richardson will be hard to miss in the pool this weekend. Standing 6-foot-9, Richardson will be leading the 9-3 Aggies into the Big West Championships.

Softball preview

Teams: UC Davis vs. Santa Clara

Records: Aggies, 7-3; Broncos 1-4

Where: LaRue Field

When: Today at 2 p.m.

Who to watch: UC Davis put together a sweep of a doubleheader this weekend against St. Mary's, the first game of which was won 1-0 thanks to stellar work from pitcher Jessica Hancock.

Women’s basketball preview

Teams: UC Davis vs. Cal State Bakersfield

Records: Aggies, 9-16; Roadrunners 16-10

Where: The Pavilion

When: Today at 7 p.m.

Who to watch: Due to their balanced offensive attack, one is never sure which Aggie is going to lead the team in scoring.

Women’s lacrosse preview

Teams: UC Davis vs. No. 17 Stanford

Records: Aggies, 1-1 (1-1); Cardinal, 3-1 (2-0)

Where: Aggie Stadium

When: Today at 7 p.m.

Who to watch: Midfielder Gina Hoffmire is coming off of her best game as an Aggie.

Aggie Digest

Women's lacrosse

Sophomore midfielder Gina Hoffmire scored her team-best fourth goal with 36 seconds remaining in the second overtime period to lead UC Davis to a 14-13 win over St. Mary's in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation action at St. Mary's Stadium on Sunday.

Hirneise RBI double in 11th lifts UC Davis over No. 12 UCLA

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. 12 UCLA.