Quick Summary
- Water polo wins conference title, plays in NCAA tourney next week
- Football team receives an at-large berth in NCAA鈥檚 FCS tournament
- Saturday: Aggies at South Dakota State in 1st round of FCS playoffs
- Plus basketball: Causeway Classic x 2 and other games this week
Two Aggie teams, football and men鈥檚 water polo, are headed to postseason competition for national championships.
AT A GLANCE
- FOOTBALL: 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis vs. South Dakota State in the
- WHEN: noon PST Saturday, Nov. 27
- WHERE: Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium, South Dakota State, Brookings
- WATCH: ESPN+
- LISTEN: Sports 1140 KHTK
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- MEN鈥橲 WATER POLO: 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis vs. Long Beach State in the
- WHEN: noon Thursday, Dec. 2 (semifinal games Dec. 4 and championship match Dec. 5)
- WHERE: Spieker Aquatics Center, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息LA
- WATCH: Semifinals and championship match will be streamed live on .
鈥⑩赌⑩赌
CAUSEWAY CLASSIC BASKETBALL x 2: Men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 games tonight (Nov. 23) at the Golden 1 Center. See below.
The water polo team, which competes in the Western Water Polo Association, won the regular-season title with a 7-1 record and, over the weekend, won the WWPA tournament at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis鈥 Schaal Aquatics Center to advance to the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship tournament.
In the , the top-seeded Aggies defeated defending champion and No. 2 seed California Baptist, 14-9.
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis (18-8 overall) will open play against Long Beach State (22-5), champion of the Golden State Conference, at noon Thursday, Dec. 2, at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息LA. This will be the Aggies鈥 eighth appearance in the NCAAs.
The seven-team tournament 鈥 including Cal, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息LA and USC 鈥 will continue at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息LA through Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 4 and 5. The winner of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis-Long Beach State game will take on USC in a semifinal game at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, and the championship match is set for 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5.
The Aggie football team finished in a tie for fourth place in the Big Sky Conference, but 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis鈥 record (5-3 in conference, 8-3 overall) was strong enough for an at-large berth in the NCAA鈥檚 24-team tournament in the Football Championship Subdivision, or FCS. (Other Division I schools compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision.)
The Ags will play South Dakota State in Round 1 this Saturday (Nov. 27), at South Dakota State in Brookings. The Jackrabbits finished their regular season in a tie for third place in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, with win-loss numbers identical to what the Aggies achieved: 5-3 in conference, 8-3 overall.
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis is making its second appearance in the FCS playoffs in the university鈥檚 Division I era and 21st postseason appearance across all divisions. In the FCS playoffs in 2018, the Aggies opened with a win at home over Northern Iowa, then fell in the quarterfinals to Eastern Washington.
Five Big Sky schools made it into this year鈥檚 FCS tournament, including Sacramento State, winner of the conference title with an 8-0 record. The Hornets鈥 last win came Saturday (Nov. 20) at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Health Stadium, .
Holiday dinner before football
Thanksgiving, of course, comes between now and the Aggies鈥 game at South Dakota State. 鈥淟ocal鈥 Aggie players are expected to spend the holiday locally, with family and friends; position coaches will host their players who come from farther away. 鈥淓veryone will have a spot to go,鈥 said Joshua Nash, director of football operations.
Friday morning, the team will fly to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and then travel on to Brookings for Saturday's game against the Jackrabbits, kickoff at noon PST.
And wouldn鈥檛 you know it, guess who the winner will face in Round 2? The No. 4 seed, Sacramento State, at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at Hornet Stadium.
AGGIE BASKETBALL
- TONIGHT (NOV. 23) 鈥 2 Causeway Classics at Sacramento鈥檚 Golden 1 Center: 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis vs. Sacramento State, women鈥檚 game at 5 p.m., men鈥檚 game at 7:30. (one ticket good for both games).
- FRIDAY (NOV. 26) 鈥 Women vs. Weber State, 12:30 p.m., .
- SUNDAY (NOV. 28) 鈥 Men vs. Academy of Art, 2 p.m., University Credit Union Center.
Media Resources
Dateline Staff: Dave Jones, editor, 530-752-6556, dateline@ucdavis.edu; Cody Kitaura, News and Media Relations specialist, 530-752-1932, kitaura@ucdavis.edu.