Sports

Teams: UC Davis vs. Cal State Northridge

Records: Aggies, 32-21 (11-10); Matadors, 23-30 (7-14)

Sirena Williams is used to it.

The UC Davis track athlete possesses a name with unavoidable semblance to that of Serena Williams, the eight-time Grand Slam women's tennis champion.

From scrounging for money to buy a team boat, to traveling 30 minutes every day for practice, to raising the funds to pay their way to Louisiana and Illinois in back-to-back years, the members of the UC Davis club water ski team know a thing or two about dedication.

Event: NCAA Division I Women's Golf National Championship

Where: University of New Mexico Championship Golf Course - Albuquerque, N.M.

When: Today, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; all day

In a series the Aggies desperately needed to win in order to stay in the hunt for an at-large bid to the NCAA playoffs, the big hit just never came.

No. 9 UC Irvine battled neck-and-neck with UC Davis this past weekend at Dobbins Stadium, and came out victorious to put the Aggies' backs against the wall going into the final Big West Conference series of the year with Cal State Northridge.

When UC Davis head coach Rex Peters looked at his baseball team before the season, he didn't see what his colleagues saw.

The Big West Conference coaches picked the Aggies to finish in a tie for last place in the league with Cal State Northridge, a team that had lost 18 of 21 conference games the year before.

Just when you thought it was safe to put down your Twinkies and Coke to go run the track at Toomey, think again.

Track season isn't over just yet.

Teams: UC Davis vs. No. 11 UC Irvine

Records: Aggies, 31-19 (10-8); Anteaters, 34-14 (10-8)

Where: Dobbins Stadium

It's a hard-knock life, but somebody's got to do it.

That somebody is the UC Davis women's rugby team. In fact, the Aggies have had some recent national success, and have been taking names in the process.

Event: Big West Conference Championships

Host: Cal State Northridge

Where: Matador Track - Northridge

Kathy DeYoung built the program with her own hands. Now, she is passing it on.

Anne Walker, the current associate head coach at California, will assume the helm of the UC Davis women's golf program on July 1. She will succeed DeYoung, who brought the sport to UC Davis in 2005 and is retiring after coaching at the university for 30 years.

Before coming to UC Davis, Justin Fitzgerald had never closed a game in his life.

After Tuesday's performance, no Aggie has ever done it more.

Given their dismal 6-21 non-conference record, it would be easy to write off any series against the Highlanders as an easy win.

This past weekend at the Riverside Sports Complex, the Aggies (30-19, 10-8) learned that UC Riverside (18-27, 12-6) sat second in the Big West Conference for good reason.

Entering the NCAA Championships, UC Davis women's water polo already had its share of accomplishments.

It had won a conference title, tied a school record for wins and set new program marks in goals scored, assists, ejections drawn and longest winning streak.

Teams: UC Davis vs. Cal State Northridge

Records: Aggies, 22-34 (8-10); Matadors, 21-23 (10-8)

Where: Matador Diamond - Northridge