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UC Davis took on a pair of conference foes this weekend, defeating Oregon State 22-12 Friday night at the Pavilion before falling to Cal State Fullerton 22-12 on Sunday afternoon.

After splitting their weekend duals, the Aggies stand at 3-3 in Pacific-10 Conference action and 7-5 overall.

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, with 11 different players scoring 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 another 1-1 day 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."

Men's coach Pete Motekaitis said Saturday's dual with Cal State Bakersfield made for a good day at the Schaal Aquatics Center.

That could be called an understatement.

Both UC Davis' men's and women's teams posted decisive victories, knocking off the Roadrunners 160-117 and 162-123, respectively.

Coach Sandy Simpson stressed one major point after his team's 63-60 loss to Pacific on Saturday night: rebounding.

"The second half came down to rebounding," Simpson said. "They got too many second chances."

Pacific dominated UC Davis on the boards, outrebounding the Aggies 17-9 on the offensive glass and 37-27 overall as the Tigers proved to be too much.

Entering this weekend's matches, the Aggies weren't sure what direction the rest of their season would go.

On Wednesday, the UC Davis women's tennis team fell 7-0 to No. 10 Stanford, pushing their overall record under .500 for the first time this season.

But as Friday rolled around, the Aggies knew exactly where they were headed, knocking off Santa Clara, 5-2, before blanking UC Santa Cruz on Sunday, 7-0.

Abbreviations are big in track and field. There's the typical W (win), there's PR (personal record) and its relatives MR (meet record), NR (national record), and WR (world record) and the less pleasant DQ (disqualified) and DNF (did not finish).

For senior Kaitlin Gregg, what mattered after her 3,000m race was just a simple P - for provisional national qualifier.

Teams: UC Davis at Cal State Fullerton

Where: Titan Gym - Fullerton, Calif.

When: Sunday at noon

Who to watch: After sitting out the San Jose State meet due to injury, junior Michelle Bobonski bounced back in impressive fashion, posting a season-best on both vault (9.750) and beam (9.575).

Teams: UC Davis vs. Pacific

Records: Aggies, 9-11 (4-3); Tigers, 11-6 (4-3)

Where: The Pavilion

When: Saturday at 7 p.m.

Radio: KHTK (1140-AM)

Who to watch: Mark Payne called it miserable. He called it humiliating. He called it the worst day ever.

In front of his family and friends, the Stockton native faced his hometown team last year when UC Davis played at Pacific, and the game turned into a 95-50 nightmare.

Event: UW Invitational

Where: Dempsey Indoors - Seattle, Wash.

When: Saturday at 8 a.m.

Who to watch: After years of injury and many surgeries gone wrong, Tolu Wusu is mostly healthy. Mostly.

"I definitely feel 800 percent more ready to handle the stresses I'm soon to put on my body," Wusu said, "so that feels great. I'm shooting for a 50 (in the triple jump) this meet, but I would love it if Ray (Green) was jumping further than that. I just want to get out there to prove to myself that just because I jump I'm not going to die."

Teams: UC Davis vs. Cal State Bakersfield

Where: Schaal Aquatics Center

When: Saturday at 1 p.m.

Who to watch: Hailing from nearby Lodi, Calif., freshman Alex Daneke enters his first home meet as an Aggie as one of the top freestyle and backstroke swimmers on the team.

Teams: UC Davis at Pacific

Records: Aggies, 7-11 (3-4); Tigers, 10-9 (4-3)

Where: Alex G. Spanos Center - Stockton, Calif.

When: Saturday at 7 p.m.

Who to watch: After dropping two games this past weekend, the Aggies look to get back on track with help from leading scorer Paige Mintun as the midway point of the Big West Conference season approaches.

Teams: UC Davis vs. Oregon State; Cal State Fullerton

Where: The Pavilion; Titan Gym - Fullerton, Calif.

When: Friday at 7 p.m.; Sunday at noon

Who to watch: Sophomore Barrett Abel has been perfect for the Aggies this year, posting a 10-0 record at the 149-pound weight-class.