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Women's basketball in the Big West Conference had become monotonous.

In the 2005-2006 season, UC Riverside finished first, and UC Santa Barbara took second. In 2006-2007, UC Riverside finished first and UCSB took second. Entering this season, the media and coaches predicted that UC Riverside would finish first and UCSB would take second.

Women's basketball in the Big West Conference had become monotonous, but it is no longer.

He was the first person in his family to attend college, the first Aggie to wrestle an undefeated season, the first Aggie to earn Pacific-10 Wrestler of the Year. He won UC Davis' first Division I national title and was the first Californian wrestler to win a national title at the 141-pound weight class.

And if things go the way he plans it, he'll be the first Aggie wrestler to compete at the Olympic level.

One year ago, on Mar. 17, No. 2 Derek Moore of UC Davis dominated No. 1 Ryan Lang of Northwestern by a 17-2 technical decision in the most decisive match of the 2007 NCAA Division I National Wrestling Championships.

When the final buzzer sounded on Saturday's loss to UC Santa Barbara in the conference championship, the Aggies run in Big West Conference play had come to a close.

UC Davis' season - unlike seven of the conference's nine teams - is far from over.

With their second-place showing in the tournament, the Aggies have locked up a berth in the Women's National Invitational Tournament. The bracket for the 48-team tournament will be announced today by 9 p.m., according to the WNIT's official website.

Coming off an upsetting overtime loss to conference rival Loyola Marymount, the No. 10 UC Davis women's water polo team traveled to No. 9 San Jose State hoping to uproot its extra-play exhaustion.

Instead, UC Davis' overtime woes would only continue.

Deep into the fourth period of overtime, Spartans' senior hole set Beth Harbert found the back of the cage, and for the second game in a row the Aggies found themselves on the losing side of an extra frame contest, 10-9.