Sports

Following a record-breaking season is never easy.

The Aggies won a school-record 22 games while going a perfect 14-0 in Western Water Polo Association play, advancing all the way to the conference title game.

The California Aggie's fall quarter spotlight team was selected by Aggie Sports Editor Adam Loberstein and Aggie Sports Writers Michael Gehlken, Max Rosenblum, Sammy Brasch and Matt Miller.

With the retirement of head coach Kathy DeYoung, Anne Walker takes the reigns of the UC Davis women's golf team this campaign.

Aside from that, not a whole lot has changed.

Building a women's rowing program requires some outside-the-box thinking.

Unlike traditional collegiate teams, where coaches have thousands of high school athletes to pool from in recruiting, Division I rowing programs are cast from a different mold.

UC Davis women's soccer head coach MaryClaire Robinson paces up the sideline. She paces down it.

Her heart rate lowers. It spikes back up. Now up even higher. Back down again.

First-year head coach Drew Wartenburg knows he has a pair of experienced seniors capable of leading the way, but he doesn't want the UC Davis men's cross country team to depend on either of them.

Greg Denham gave J.T. O'Sullivan a tough act to follow.

Hours before UC Davis' all-time passing leader made his first career NFL start, Denham shined in his first start for the Aggies. The sophomore threw for 261 of his 296 yards and all three of his touchdowns in the second half, nearly rallying UC Davis past No. 22 Central Arkansas in a 24-21 road loss on Saturday.

Kyle Reed had been waiting years to prove himself at the college level.

On Saturday, at the worst possible time for UC Davis, he did.

Simply put, San Jose State is supposed to beat UC Davis.

The Spartans are a Bowl Championship Subdivision (known to most humans as "I-A") team. The Aggies, who compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (a.k.a. "I-AA"), are in their second season on the Division I circuit.

Event: TLC Plumbing and Utility Invitational

Teams: No. 29 UC Davis vs. No. 21 Louisville; Michigan State

Records: Aggies, 2-0-0; Cardinals, 1-0-1; Spartans, 1-1-0