Sports

Event: Big West Conference Championships

Where: Tijeras Creek Golf Course - Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.

When: Today and Tuesday, all day

Who to watch: For Sydney Roughton, the sand is running out of her hourglass.

UC Davis senior will be competing in what will potentially be the final tournament of her collegiate career. The Davis native is averaging 77.3 strokes per round this season and has averaged 77.1 strokes in her career.

The Schaal Aquatics Center was packed at 4 p.m. when eight Aggies were scheduled to play the final home women's water polo game of their collegiate careers.

An hour-and-a-half later, the game finally began and not a single person had left their seat. The delay, due to the absence of referees, did not deter anyone from honoring the eight seniors in their final farewell at Schaal.

UC Davis came out like they had been waiting for this game much longer than an hour-and-a-half, letting itspresence be known by tyrannizing the Tigers, 14-5, for the team's 10th straight victory.

Event: U.S. Intercollegiate Championship

Host: Stanford

Where: Stanford Golf Course - Stanford, Calif.

When: Saturday and Sunday, all day

Who to watch: Freshman Austin Graham carded a team-best 4-under-206 at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic on Apr. 7 and 8.

Teams: UC Davis vs. UC San Diego

Records: Aggies, 9-12; Tritons, 9-10

Where: Marya Welch Tennis Center

When: Today at 2 p.m.

Who to watch: Never mind Gatorade to keep cool - Tyler Lee has ice in his veins.

Teams: UC Davis vs. UC Riverside

Records: Aggies 18-29 (3-6); Highlanders 17-25 (3-6)

Where: La Rue Field

When: Saturday at noon and 2 p.m.; Sunday at noon

Who to watch: Junior Deanna Menapace went 3-for-6 in the Aggies' non-conference doubleheader against San Jose State on Wednesday.

Events: Woody Wilson Classic

Host: UC Davis

Where: Woody Wilson Track at Toomey Field

When: Saturday at 10:30 a.m. (field) and 4 p.m. (track)

Who to watch: Sophomore Sirena Williams became the third member of the UC Davis women's track team to receive weekly conference honors this past week.

Teams: UC Davis vs. No. 20 Denver; St. Mary's

Records: Aggies, 5-9 (0-3); Pioneers, 8-5 (1-0); Gaels, 2-12 (0-3)

Where: Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium - Denver, Colo.; Aggie Stadium

When: Today at 1 p.m.; Sunday at 1 p.m.

Who to watch: With six goals in the team's last two road contests, senior midfielder Katie McGovern has 103 career goals. She needs just two more to move up to third on the Aggies' all-time scoring list.

Teams: UC Davis vs. No. 70 Nevada

Records: Aggies, 11-10; Wolf Pack, 7-10

Where: Galena High School - Reno, Nev.

When: Today at 1 p.m.

Who to watch: After missing the last four matches due to an ankle injury, junior Randi Schuler will be returning to action for the Aggies. The Woodland native and Purdue transfer is third on the team with nine singles victories - all from the No. 1 spot.

Teams: No. 10UC Davis vs. Pacific

Records: Aggies, 21-8; Tigers, 4-24

When: Today at 4 p.m.

Where: Schaal Aquatics Center

Who to watch: On the opening whistle of each period, UC Davis fires a torpedo in the tank to capture opening possession.

The torpedo: junior attacker Lindsay Kiyama.

Call it magic, call it luck. Whatever you want to call it, the Aggies have it right now.

Last week, UC Davis pulled off a pair of 11th-inning comebacks against then-No. 10 Stanford and Big West Conference foe UC Santa Barbara.

On Tuesday afternoon, cross-town rival Sacramento State (15-18) became the latest victim, as the Aggies (24-11) rallied for three runs in the ninth to snatch an 8-7 Causeway series-sweeping victory at Dobbins Stadium.

Many UC Davis seniors return for a fifth year, but few have the kind of year Ryan Royster is having.

After being selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 44th round of the 2007 amateur player draft, the Sacramento native opted to stay a fifth year in Davis. After obtaining his communication degree in the winter quarter, Royster continues to pad his stock for this year's draft with one of the biggest breakout seasons in the Big West Conference.

Teams: UC Davis vs. San Jose State

Records: Aggies 18-27; Spartans 21-25

Where: SJSU Field - San Jose, Calif.

When: Today at 2 and 4 p.m.

Who to watch: Head coach Karen Yoder was looking for a spark in her offense. She found freshman Bianca Castillo.

It's official. The Aggies can hit.

UC Davis showed off its Big West Conference-leading offense at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium this past weekend in its first conference road series with UC Santa Barbara.

The Gauchos (22-11, 6-3) entered the three-game series with the top overall record in the Big West, but the Aggies (22-11, 5-1) leapfrogged them atop the standings as their white-hot bats ignited a second-straight league series win.

Friday - UCSB 9, UC Davis 2

The Aggies aren't used to losing this season, especially when their ace is on the mound.

Opening up his team's Big West road schedule, senior right-hander Eddie Gamboa lost for the first time this season as UCSB powered past UC Davis, 9-2.

Gamboa (5-1, 2.64) gave up a season-high seven runs and 10 hits over five innings. The Merced, Calif. native struck out four and only walked one, but his defense committed four errors behind him.

"That just wasn't the Aggies out there," said head coach Rex Peters. "Eddie wasn't himself on the mound, we didn't play well defensively and our bats were slow. We were just a tired team on Friday."

Three of the Gaucho runs came courtesy of senior outfielder Mike Zuanich, who homered twice. Sophomore right-hander Mike Ford pitched eight strong innings for UCSB, holding the Aggies to just two runs despite four walks.

"He pitched well, no question," said Peters of Ford. "But we were just asleep at the wheel and needed a good night's rest to come back on Saturday."

The UC Davis men's tennis team started strong but could not keep up the pace.

The Aggies' triple-match weekend started with a sweep over Portland State.

However, after a promising start, UC Davis (9-12, 1-4) was then edged by Nevada (5-13) and Big West Conference foe UC Irvine (10-12, 3-1).

Friday - UC Davis 7, Portland State 0

History does repeat itself, and the Aggies proved it Friday.

UC Davis defeated Portland State by the same score as their previous meeting on Feb. 2 in Portland, Ore., 7-0.

Although the Aggies swept the Vikings, match play was closer than the final scores appear.

"They made us earn it, and we definitely did that," senior Henri Landes said.

The Aggies began the afternoon at the Marya Welch Tennis Center by sweeping the Vikings in doubles to earn a 1-0 lead.

Domination in doubles was followed by a superior singles display, as UC Davis took all six singles matches, dropping a total of only two sets.