Another 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis team has advanced to NCAA tournament play: men鈥檚 water polo, which captured the Western Water Polo Association championship Sunday (Nov. 24), the Aggies鈥 third conference title in the last four years.
AT A GLANCE
Men鈥檚 soccer, Nov. 23
Louisville 1, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis 0
- WHEN: 2:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5
- WHERE:
- through the Pacific box office.
Men鈥檚 soccer, the other Aggie team in the NCAAs this fall, also played Sunday, taking on the Louisville Cardinals before a record-setting crowd of 1,703 at Aggie Soccer Field. The visitors got the win, 1-0, in a thrilling match that saw the Aggies nearly tie the game a number of times in the final 20 minutes 鈥 but to no avail.
Earlier in the day, at California Baptist University in Riverside, the No. 10-ranked 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis men鈥檚 water polo team advanced to the NCAAs by defeating No. 11 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 San Diego, the team that beat the Aggies by a goal in last year鈥檚 WWPA championship. The Aggies took this year鈥檚 title by a score of 14-5.
Aggie goalkeeper Jonah Addington earned the tournament鈥檚 most valuable player award. In the final, he paced a defense that limited the preseason favorite Tritons to just 5-of-25 (.200) shooting on the day, making 14 saves and adding a steal.
Other Aggies earning honors: Jack Stafford and Holden Tamblyn, all-tournament first team; and Kyle Reilly, second team. Reilly was among five Aggies who scored two goals each, joining Nir Gross, Yurii Hanley, Max Sample and Spencer Towill.
Read the complete game report on the athletics website.
The WWPA champion receives an automatic berth in the , which comprises seven teams altogether. The Aggies (16-7 on the season and riding a nine-game winning streak), will begin tournament play in the quarterfinals, taking on the Pepperdine Waves (24-7) at 2:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, at the University of the Pacific in Stockton.
The semifinals, Saturday, Dec. 7, at UOP, will feature Bucknell, Harvard or defending national champion Southern California against Stanford, at 5 p.m.; and the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis-Pepperdine winner versus the host team, Pacific, at 7 p.m. The championship match, also at UOP, is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at UOP. See the bracket.
Soccer: A record 35 wins over 3 years
The stats from Sunday鈥檚 soccer match show how the Aggies dominated: They out-shot their opponents 18-5, took seven shots on goal compared to the Cardinals鈥 one and earned five of the game鈥檚 seven corners.
鈥淲ithout a season-saving effort from its goalkeeper, Louisville could have easily trailed by three or four goals at halftime. Instead, it caught a break and will continue postseason play,鈥 reads the .
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis ended the season with a 13-5-2 overall record, with a win total equal to the program鈥檚 Division I-era record originally set by the 2008 squad. The 2019 team鈥檚 seven home wins also matched a D-I mark.
Led by a five-member senior class, the Aggies recorded more wins, 35, the last three years than any other team in the Big West Conference. They played for the tournament championship the last three years, falling short until this year.
The 2019 Aggie team is the first in program history to win the Big West regular season and tournament titles, and only the eighth team in conference history to accomplish this feat.
"Thank you to the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis community for all of your support throughout this season,鈥 said Wallis Lapsley, one of the Aggie seniors. 鈥淭he energy was great, and hopefully that is the standard all student-athletes and sports can build on.鈥
3 causeway matchups in a week
Hornets 61, Aggies 51
Hornets 27, Aggies 17
Eric Bankston and Jason Spencer of athletics communications contributed to this report.
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