A total of 24 UC Davis student-athletes have earned Big West Academic All-Conference honors for the 2009 spring season, it was announced Friday by the conference office. More
UC Davis is well represented on this year's Big West Softball All-Conference Team, which was announced Tuesday afternoon. A total of four Aggies were named to one of the three levels of awards. Alex Holmes received first-team honors as a designated player while Kelly Harman was named Freshman Fie...
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The UC Davis softball team closed out its season Saturday in a 5-2 defeat at the hands of Cal State Northridge at La Rue Field. The afternoon also featured Senior Day as Jessica Hancock, Belinda Paine and Julie Stauder were all honored following the game. On the field, the Matadors scored all fiv...
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UC Davis split a Big West Conference softball doubleheader with Cal State Northridge on Friday at La Rue Field. The Aggies defeated the Matadors, 3-2, in 10 innings in the first game before CSUN countered with a 3-1 victory in the second. Alex Holmes went a combined 4-for-6 with two RBIs as well ...
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The UC Davis softball team will conclude its 2009 season this week when it hosts Cal State Northridge in a three-game Big West Conference series at La Rue Field. The two teams square off in a Friday afternoon doubleheader that starts at noon before Saturday's finale at noon.
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A big first inning propelled UC Santa Barbara to a 12-0 victory over UC Davis, Sunday, in a Big West Conference softball game at Campus Diamond. The Gauchos scored all of their runs in the decisive first frame.
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The UC Davis softball team gave up just four total runs in a Big West Conference doubleheader on Saturday, but they were enough for UC Santa Barbara to win both games by one run. The Gauchos held on to take the first game, 3-2, before posting a 1-0 victory in the second game. Erin Emde drove in b...
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UC Davis was defeated by No. 13 Cal, 3-1, Wednesday in a non-conference softball game at La Rue Field. The Bears scored twice in the second and one more time in the fifth. Marissa Araujo scored the lone run for UC Davis (21-27). The win improved Cal to 33-15 on the year.
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The UC Davis softball team concludes its six-game homestand Wednesday when it takes on No. 13 California. The Aggies and Bears will square off in a single game at 3 p.m. at La Rue Field. The contest will be the first of four games this week for UC Davis, which travels to UC Santa Barbara for a th...
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No. 22 Cal Poly came from behind to defeat UC Davis, 7-2, Sunday afternoon in a Big West Conference softball game at La Rue Field. UC Davis (21-26, 5-10 Big West) took an early 2-0 lead on a two-run homer by Kelly Harman. Cal Poly (34-9, 13-2) was then forced to come back for the second straight ...
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The UC Davis softball team was defeated by No. 22 Cal Poly Saturday afternoon at La Rue Field. The Mustangs swept the Big West Conference doubleheader by claiming a 4-1 victory in the first game and rallying for a 3-2 win in the second game. The day also marked the Aggies' 5th Annual StrikeOut Ca...
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Sam Paneno Gives Back More Than He Lost
Sam Paneno doesn't do self-pity.
"Why me?" never crossed his lips.
Or his mind.
"I was always taught to look at life from different perspectives," the former UC Davis running back says, "and that you have a choice on how you react to things."
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Spotlight Aggie: Heidi Kucera
Balancing a varsity sport and a full schedule of classes is a challenging task for any student-athlete. Adding a second varsity sport to that mix makes things even more hectic. But UC Davis junior Heidi Kucera finds a way to excel in water polo and swimming, using complementing skills to help contribute in both.
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Spotlight Aggie: Austin Graham
The numbers - 86 and 63 - make more sense as the high-low temperatures on a typical fall day in Davis than they do as back-to-back rounds of golf.
But there they were, seemingly polar-opposite figures, staring up from Austin Graham's first-day scorecard on Oct. 13 at The Prestige at PGA WEST, co-hosted by UC Davis and Stanford.
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Spotlight Aggie: Renee Ibekwe
UC Davis has long held a belief that athletics plays an integral role in the educational process. A student-athlete, as the term suggests, is a student first. A coach is a teacher. Playing a sport - even at the highest collegiate levels - remains at its core a learning experience.
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