![]() ![]() The Toreros have won two of the last three WCC Championships, and entering the 2005 season own the league's best overall record (106-74) since 2002. UC Davis 1:00pmīEST IN THE WEST: Over the past three seasons no West Coast Conference (WCC) team has been as successful as San Diego. San Diego, California (Cunningham Stadium) LATER THIS WEEK: After a scheduled weekend off San Diego returns from its single-game trip to USC to play four games later this week on its home field of Cunningham Stadium against first-year Division I member UC Davis (3-2) and a much improved Oregon State (3-1) team. USC was 24-32 last season, finishing 6th in the Pac-10 with a 10-14 league record. Sophomore closer RH Paul Koss (0-0 0.00 ERA) entered in the eighth inning of both games with Long Beach State to earn a pair of saves. Junior UT Blake Sharpe (.286 BA), while starting in three different positions, has produced three doubles early this year batting in the second spot in the order. Junior RH Brett Bannister (1-0 0-0 ERA), who started and pitched three scoreless innings during the Trojans' season-opening win over San Diego State will pitch against USD Tuesday. 19th-year head coach Mike Gillespie, who led the Trojans to the 1998 College World Series Championship, is armed with staff ace sophomore RH Ian Kennedy (7-2 2.91 ERA)* and Baseball America First Team preseason All-America pick junior C Jeff Clement (.293 BA 10 HR)*. 30 in Baseball America's preseason Top 50, the Trojans are off to a 3-0 start, winning a pair of tight games with No. USD returns home to play a pair of games against both UC Davis and Oregon State later this week. INF Keoni Ruth (.408 BA), who is making the transition from second base to third defensively, leads all Torero players with 20 hits. 328 last season (7th best nationally) and the Toreros have continued that trend, hitting. The starting pitching combination of junior LH Justin Blaine (2-0 1.73 ERA) and sophomore LH Nate Boman (2-0 2.55 ERA) has been key in helping USD win seven of its last nine games. Most recently, USD won two-of-three games against Big West Conference member UC Riverside February 4-6. Live audio broadcast on (SAN DIEGO: Season Statistics USD has been sharp on the road this season, winning all seven of its games away from Cunningham Stadium. Seventh-year San Diego head coach Rich Hill and the Toreros are one year removed from winning back-to-back West Coast Conference Championships in 2002-03. The game can be heard live via the internet at (Torero ace Justin Blaine (Westlake Village, CA) is expected make his fifth start of the season against a USC (3-0) team that defeated No. 18 USC in Los Angeles Tuesday night at 5:00pm (PT). ![]() Monday's victor advances to the NCAA II Elite Eight at Grand Forks, N.D., on March 23-26.The USD Toreros play five games this week, the first coming against perennial national power No. Tickets are $10 reserved, $8 general admission, and $5 for youth and students. The two teams last met in the first round of the 2003 regional, Cal Poly Pomona prevailing, 80-76. Junior center Andrew Smith contributes 14.8 points and 4.4 rebounds. Oleson averages 24.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.2 assists a game, and had 29 in the victory over Western Washington. ![]() Cal Poly Pomona also got a big lift Saturday from guard Jonathan Boyd, who had a career-high 28 points.Īlaska Fairbanks is led by two-time GNAC Player of the Year Brad Oleson, a senior forward. Bonds averages 17.6 points and 6.4 rebounds a game, and Sybesma, the California Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year, contributes 16.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists. The Broncos are led by the inside combination of seniors Jeff Bonds and David Sybesma. The Nanooks, now 21-8, are in the regional final for the second consecutive season, losing to Humboldt State in 2004. ![]() The Broncos, 23-6 overall, won the regional title in 2003.Īlaska Fairbanks, the No.5 seed, defeated host and No.1 seed Western Washington, 88-66, on Saturday after claiming a 66-59 triumph over Cal State San Bernardino in the first round. Cal Poly Pomona and University of Alaska Fairbanks meet Monday (7 p.m.) in the West Regional championship game of the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball National Tournament on Haggen Court at Carver Gym on the campus of host Western Washington University.Ĭal Poly Pomona, the No.3 seed, reached the regional final by defeating No.2 seed Hawaii Hilo, 73-62, in a semifinal game Saturday after opening the tourney with an 82-77 triumph over Seattle Pacific on Friday. ![]()
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