Sports

Who: UC Davis vs. Santa Clara; UC Santa Cruz

Records: Aggies, 2-2; Broncos, 1-1; Banana Slugs, 0-1

Where: Marya Welch Tennis Center

When: Friday at 1:30 p.m.; Saturday at 11 a.m.

Who to watch: Jessica Harris has been playing tough early on this season at the No. 5 singles spot. The senior from Pasadena, Calif. started out the season going 2-0 in singles play to go along with a 7-4 overall mark.

Event: UW Invitational

Where: Dempsey Indoors - Seattle, Wash.

When: Saturday at 8 a.m.

Who to watch: Her name is Lorin Scott.

Aggie fans should already be familiar with the senior middle distance standout. And after this season, athletics fans around the country may very well be, too.

Event: NorCal Cup

Teams: No. 9 UC Davis vs. Pacific; No. 4 Hawaii; No. 10 San Jose State; No. 5 California

Where: Sullivan Aquatic Center - Santa Clara, Calif.

When: Saturday at 11:45 a.m., 4:45 p.m.; Sunday at 10:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m.

Who to watch: After losing the team's top two scorers, the burden of putting the ball in the cage will be placed mostly on senior sprinter Lindsay Kiyama.

Like many who live in Davis, Paul Mach spends a lot of time on his bike.

But unlike most, he gets paid to do so.

A UC Davis doctoral candidate in applied mathematics, Mach recently signed a one-year contract with Bissell, a professional cycling team that took second at the Tour de San Luis in Argentina last week.

Who: UC Davis at No. 5 Stanford

Records: Aggies, 2-2; Cardinal, 0-0

Where: Taube Family Tennis Stadium - Palo Alto, Calif.

When: Today at 3 p.m.

Who to watch: Freshman Dahra Zamudio is proving she'll be someone to watch this whole season.

Men's tennis

UC Davis will have to wait another week before opening its spring season as the Aggies' two matches scheduled for Saturday were postponed as a result of an unsettled weather forecast. Both matches, however, have been rescheduled for later in the season.

Initially, the Aggies were scheduled to face Santa Clara and UC Santa Cruz on Saturday afternoon in Santa Clara. UC Davis will instead take on SCU Feb. 15 at 1 p.m. in Santa Clara. The UCSC match will now be played Mar. 7 at 1 p.m. in Davis.

The modified schedule means UC Davis will open its season Friday at Portland.

Gary Stewart remembers the girl he had a crush on when he was 13 years old. And he doesn't want to talk about her.

"It matters not to me. I don't focus on that at all," said the UC Davis men's basketball coach. "If I'm still worried about a girl I liked when I was 13, I've got some problems."

For Stewart and the Aggies, that girl has been the Pacific Tigers. For a long, long time.

Vault? Check. Bars? Check. Beam and floor? Check and check.

The gymnastics home opener was a thriller for Aggie fans - who literally couldn't stay in their seats - as they saw UC Davis win all four individual events and five overall counting all-around in a dominating 191.050 to 187.175 win over Air Force.

It's going to take more than one tough loss to shake the confidence of the UC Davis men's basketball team.

The Aggies won their third straight Big West Conference game on Thursday, and nearly captured their fourth straight on Saturday before a large lead was erased down the stretch by Cal Poly.

For UC Davis, the loss was a heartbreaker, not a deal breaker.

The UC Davis men's and women's swimming teams traveled for their third straight weekend dual, this time heading to Stockton to take on Big West Conference rival Pacific.

The men had a dominant showing once again, as they achieved a 145-point total and then swam exhibition against the Tigers en route to a comfortable 37-point win. Meanwhile, the women suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss, 132-130.

The fact of the matter is simple for the Aggies: They will go the remainder of the season with a very short bench, as three players have gone down with season-ending injuries.

That won't keep the Aggies (7-11, 3-4) from giving it all they have.

After the Aggies swept the Stanford duals two weeks ago, UC Davis was on the rise with a 2-1 Pacific-10 record and a 6-2 overall record.

Since then, the Aggies have been plagued by injuries.

Teams: UC Davis vs. Air Force

Where: The Pavilion - Davis, Calif.

When: Today at 7 p.m.

Who to watch: Though the individual routines may change from year to year, a gymnast will not typically add a whole new event in the last year of competition.

It takes a special type of athlete to compete on all four of gymnastics' apparatuses - vault, balance beam, uneven bars and floor - in one night. And it takes an exceptional athlete to do them all well.

Tanya Ho is one such athlete.

Teams: UC Davis at Pacific

Where: Chris Kyeldson Pool - Stockton, Calif.

When: Saturday at noon

Who to Watch: San Leandro, Calif. native Lisa Bender is shredding up the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke this season. The sophomore captured a solid second place showing last weekend at UC Santa Barbara, as well as a new lifetime best in the 100.