Sports

When it comes to who will be UC Davis' next starting quarterback, sophomore frontrunner Greg Denham has been left in the dark.

"I don't know - no comment," said Denham, who's been competing for the spot with junior Daniel Alfaro and redshirt freshman Sean Maraz. "I don't really have any idea or any say."

Heading into this weekend's series, the Matadors thought they had a chance to make the playoffs.

On Friday, they were forced to think differently.

Walking the greens of the NCAA Division I Women's Golf West Regional, UC Davis wasn't just happy to be there.

But there were so many reasons why they should've been.

Making its first appearance at the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, Pa. since taking third in the 2004 grand final, the UC Davis women's rowing team made its return known.

"We wanted to focus on our race plan and not everybody else," said head coach Carissa Adams. "We felt if we could execute our race place then we could win."

Women's rowing

One hundred and twenty-seven universities will take to the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania today and Saturday for the Dad Vail Regatta.

Teams: UC Davis vs. UC Riverside

Records: Aggies, 29-17 (9-6); Highlanders, 16-26 (10-5)

Where: Riverside Sports Complex - Riverside

When: Today at 7 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m.; Sunday at 1 p.m.

Event: Aggie Twilight

Host: UC Davis

Where: Woody Wilson Track at Toomey Field

When: Saturday at 4 p.m.

Event: NCAA Women's Water Polo Championships

Teams: No. 8 UC Davis vs. No. 5 San Diego State; TBD; TBD

Records: Aggies, 26-8; Aztecs, 29-6

When: Today at 6:45 p.m.; Saturday at TBD; Sunday at TBD

Name it, she's done it.

From coaching volleyball for 10 years to being at the helm of the softball team for 26 years to building the women's golf program from the ground up, Kathy DeYoung has accomplished it all as part of a rich UC Davis athletic tradition.

In the young world of intercollegiate kendo competition, other schools will have to watch out for the rising dragon of UC Davis.

In just the third tournament appearance in program history,the Aggies took first place Apr.27 at the 12th Annual Harvard-Invitational Shoryuhai Intercollegiate Kendo Tournament, thenation's most prestigious club kendo event.

Event:NCAA Division I West Region Championships

Host: Sacramento State

Where:Lincoln Hills Golf Club - Lincoln,Calif.

When:Today,Friday and Saturday, all day

his plate.

In addition to juggling his communication classes, handling a 12-man pitching staff, flirting with .400 and opening letters from major league baseball teams about the upcoming draft, the junior catcher also has to, well, clean his plate.

Teams:UC Davis vs.No.16California

Records:Aggies,29-16; Golden Bears,29-14

Where:Evans Diamond- Berkeley

When:Today at2:30p.m.

In its second to last Big West Conference series of the season, UC Davis (23-34, 8-10) squared off against Cal Poly (22-21, 10-8), looking to take its fourth consecutive conference series win.

Like the Aggies' very own Energizer bunny,Sirena Williams just keeps going and going.

The sophomore had topped the school-recordtime in the100-meter hurdles for three straight weeks,including a time of13.80seconds at the Causeway Classic Dual last week,but unavailable wind readings kept her program mark at13.96.