Shibuya Gem Gives Him Record for Innings Pitched

Senior right-hander Tim Shibuya became UCSD’s all time career leader in innings pitched as the eighth-ranked UC San Diego baseball team rolled to a 5-2 victory over visiting Cal Poly Pomona in California Collegiate Athletic Association play Thursday night at Triton Ballpark.

The Tritons' ace tossed his second complete game of the season, matched his career-high with 11 strikeouts and became the program's all-time career leader in innings pitched as UCSD took the series opener with the Broncos. He scattered five hits and walked none, retiring the final six Bronco batters.
 
Shibuya (6-1) was seven innings short of the record entering the game. He surpassed Jose Navarro, who threw 364 innings from 2003 through 2006. With nine innings, Shibuya has racked up 366.1 innings since his freshman season in 2008. He became UCSD's all-time winningest pitcher when he picked up his 31st victory on Feb. 11.
 
First baseman Evan Kehoe went 4-for-4 at the plate and drove in a pair of runs, while left fielder Aaron Bauman finished with three hits(two doubles), a run scored and a RBI. Center fielder Danny Susdorf hit his first triple of the season.

On Saturday right fielder Kyle Saul's solo home run in the top of the 11th inning led the Tritons to a dramatic 8-7 win over Cal Poly Pomona in the front end of a doubleheader at Scolinos Field. The Broncos returned to take a 5-1 victory in game two.
 
With the score knotted at 7-7 in a back-and-forth game, Saul led off the 11th with a home run to left, the first of the season for the senior.
 
The Tritons hit four home runs in the game. The last time they hit more than four in a single game was last April 2 when they swatted six at Cal State San Bernardino.

It was the 11th career long ball for Saul. He hit eight last season and one in each of the 2009 and 2008 seasons.

On Friday the Tritons rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat Cal Poly Pomona, 2-1.

In the ninth, Triton pinch hitter Nick Hom led off with an interesting at-bat. He was hit by a pitch twice in a row, but the home plate umpire did not award him first base, judging that the senior didn't make enough of an effort to get out of the way of the pitches. It worked out for the better as Hom drove a double to left center.
 
Gregg Ringold pinch ran for Hom and then pinch hitter Scott Liske walked. First baseman Kehoe sacrificed both runners up 90 feet and Blake Tagmyer, another pinch hitter, singled to center, scoring Ringold to tie the game and moving Liske up to third. Second baseman Grant Bauer was intentionally walked to load the bases. The next batter struck out for the second out of the inning.

 With outfielder Aaron Bauman at the plate, Cal Poly Pomona's Jake Reed unloaded a high pitch that should have been handled by the catcher, but it went off the top of his glove and rolled to the backstop, allowing Liske to score the game-winning run on the passed ball.
 
UCSD's Guido Knudson went eight innings, giving up the one run on six hits. He struck out six and walked one. Elias Tuma picked up the win to improve to 3-0 on the season.

The Tritons are now 20-8 overall and 13-7 in CCAA play. The Broncos are 16-10 and 10-10.
 
The Tritons take on Cal State L.A. in a four-game set this week. The first two games will be in Los Angeles on Thursday (6 p.m.) and Friday (3 p.m.). Triton Ballpark will host a noon doubleheader on Saturday.

MEN'S TENNIS

It was business as usual for the 24th-ranked UC San Diego men's tennis team on Saturday as the Tritons dispatched No. 32 Western New Mexico 8-1 at the Northview Courts to collect their 15th consecutive victory.

UCSD won all three doubles matches and then took five out of six in singles play to defeat WNMU for the second time this season and keep their perfect record intact.

The Tritons knocked off the Mustangs by a final margin of 6-3 in the first meeting between the two squads on March 8.

With the victory, UCSD improves to 15-0 on the season and 8-0 on its home courts. Head coach Eric Steidlemayer’s squad, which also swept Sonoma State 9-0 on Friday, has won its last three matches by a combined score of 26-1.

Western New Mexico falls to 8-4 on the season. The Mustangs were coming off victories over Idaho State and Seattle University before falling to the Tritons.

The doubles matches proved to be very competitive, but UCSD prevailed by close margins in all three pairings. Erik Elliott and Austin West won 9-7 at No. 1 and Jason Wall teamed with Chapman Chan to post an identical 9-7 triumph at No. 2. Armaun Emami and Max Jiganti followed with an 8-5 win at No. 3 to give the Tritons a 3-0 edge.

Needing to win just two singles matches to clinch the victory, UCSD wrapped things up in short order as Elliott, Chan, Junya Yoshida, Vincent Nguyen  and West posted victories. Only Elliott and Nguyen needed three sets to get by their opponents.

The Tritons will now have 17 days off before returning to the courts on April 13 for a home matchup with Concordia Irvine.

WOMEN'S TENNIS

The UC San Diego women's tennis squad won its second straight match Saturday as it posted a 6-3 victory over Cal State Stanislaus at Northview Courts. UCSD improved to 6-5 with the win.

Cindy Dao and Jacquelyn Davis won at No. 2 doubles, 8-6, and Katie Mulloy and Roxanna Pourmirzaie were victorious at No. 3 doubles, 8-5. Taskeen Bains and Haley Perrotte lost, 8-6, in the No. 1 doubles match.
 
Dao clinched the match win with a 6-2, 6-0 victory at No. 2 singles. Other Tritons with wins included Samantha Yeung at No. 4 singles, Mulloy at No. 5 singles and Davis at No. 6 singles.
 
UCSD has now won four of its last six matches. The Tritons travel to Sonoma State on Friday.

TRACK & FIELD

Senior Kelly Fogarty was voted the female track athlete of the meet in the Cal/Nevada Track and Field Championships over the weekend.

After setting new program standards in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes in the prelims on Saturday, senior Kelly Fogarty came back to finish the job on Sunday and came away with first place finishes in each event. She won the 100 with a final time of 11.65 and took first in the 200 at 23.63.

The Danville native became the second Triton to earn the award in the 18-year history of the meet. Laiah Blue was the first, taking home the honor in 2007.

Fogarty was also named the California Collegiate Athletic Association Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week. It marked the second time Fogarty has been honored by the CCAA this season. She also won the weekly honor after leading UCSD to a team victory at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge on March 5.

Competing against some of the best collegiate programs from all over California and Nevada, the Triton women finished eighth out of 19 teams, while UCSD placed 10th among 21 schools competing on the men’s side.
 
San Diego State scored 132 points to win the women’s competition, while Long Beach State dominated the men's field and captured the team title with a total of 155 points.

UCSD scored 56 points in the women's meet and tallied 35 points in the men's competition.

On Saturday on the men’s side junior thrower Nick Howe continued to excel in his primary event, winning the men's javelin by just two inches in an extremely competitive field. The Aptos native uncorked the second best throw of his career, hitting a mark of 222'2" to narrowly beat out Cal Poly Pomona's Lance Walkington. He entered the meet as the second seed in the event.
 
Howe wasn't the only thrower to post solid results on the day, as seniors Danielle Thu and Theresa Richards had strong showings in the hammer and javelin for UCSD on the women's side, respectively. Thu's mark of 180'8" was second only to UC Davis' Chid Onyewuenyi (185'6"), while Richards finished sixth at 135'1".
 
The Tritons also fared well in the long jump as senior Stephanie LeFever placed fifth and senior Erin Langford took ninth in the women's final. LeFever posted a mark of 19'0.5", while Langford hit 18'2.5". Sophomore Shaun Tu was a scorer for UCSD in the long jump on the men's side, finishing seventh with a leap of 22'11.25".
 
Junior John Svet's performance in the 10000 was the highlight for the Triton distance squad as he finished fourth with an impressive time of 32:08.88 -- one that ranks 10th all-time in the event. Teammate Jeremy Riley placed seventh in the event at 32:47.60, while Jesse Morrill was eighth in the steeplechase with a time of 9:28.68.

On Sunday the women’s 4x100 relay team took sixth place as Bailey Weaver, Kathleen Hitchens, Jacqueline Rose and Fogarty teamed up to post a final time of 46.96 against a stacked field that featured groups from Cal State Northridge, Sacramento State, Cal State Fullerton and UNLV. The unit improved their existing NCAA provisional qualifying mark with the performance.
 
Junior Caitlin Meagher and senior LeFever also had notable performances for the Tritons on the women’s side. Meagher finished fifth in the 400 hurdles with a time of 62.20, while LeFever placed eighth in the 100 hurdles at 14.53.
 
Rose was also a scorer for UCSD, taking ninth in the 400-meter dash at 58.34.
 
On the men's side, junior Dustin Harris collected an NCAA provisional qualifier with his performance in the 800. He clocked in at 1:52.42, which was good enough for fifth place in the event.
 
Fellow junior Ka Wai Ng also grabbed an NCAA qualifier on the day, finishing sixth in the triple jump after hitting a mark of 47'7.25".

Next up for the Tritons is the 2011 Mangrum Invitational, which is scheduled for Saturday on the campus of Cal State San Marcos.

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL

The No. 14 UC San Diego men’s volleyball team returned to action on Thursday and upset No. 3 Ohio State. The scores were 21-25, 25-22, 25-22 and 28-26 in favor of the Tritons, who improved to 8-15 on the season. The Buckeyes dropped to 17-3 overall.
 
UCSD finished with 11 service aces and 16.5 blocks, both season highs. In contrast, Ohio State had five aces and four blocks. Seven different Tritons had at least one block and six had at least one ace in the match. Both squads hit under .300 as UCSD swung at a .244 (48-17-127) clip and Ohio State hit .240 (55-24-129).
 
Once again, outside hitter Carl Eberts led the Tritons in kills, this time with 14. He added an ace, six digs and six blocks and ended his night with 19 points.

The UCSD middles, senior Calvin Ross and freshman Sebastian Brady, matched Eberts with six blocks apiece. The duo also combined for 13 kills as Ross totaled nine and Brady four.
 
Triton setter Phil Bannan, the school's all-time leader in aces, added three more to his list. He also had 41 assists, nine digs and five blocks. Bannan has 42 aces this year, the second most in a single season at UCSD. Eric Mai holds the school record with 54 in 1997.
 
Mike Brunsting, Joel Davidson and Shane Veiga all had two aces each for the Tritons. Libero Chase Frishman had a match co-high 13 digs.
 
On Saturday Eberts had a match-high 14 kills, but it wasn't enough as the Tritons were defeated in straight sets by No. 7 UCLA at RIMAC Arena. Scores were 25-20, 25-23 and 25-21 in favor of the Bruins, who won their seventh straight match.
 
For the 15th time in his last 17 matches, Eberts recorded 10 or more kills. The outside hitter added five digs and two blocks and had a match-high 16 points.
 
Phil Bannan continued his torrid serving with four aces on the night. He has 46 this season, just eight short of UCSD's single season record. Eric Mai holds the mark with 54 in 1997. Bannan also had five digs and a pair of blocks.
 
Calvin Ross hit .556 in the middle with six kills and only one error in nine attacks.
 
UC San Diego takes to the road for its next four matches, beginning with a tilt at UC Santa Barbara on Thursday.

GOLF

The UC San Diego men's golf team concluded the Grand Canyon Thunderbird Invitational on Tuesday, finishing in 11th place out of 18 teams competing in the two-day event in Goodyear, AZ.

The Tritons were in 10th place at +30, 606 after the first two rounds of play on Monday, but slipped one spot in the team standings after carding a 308 in the final round. UCSD finished the tournament with an overall score of +50, 914, which was five strokes behind 10th place Fort Lewis College.

Freshman Jacob Williams, who led the field at 3-under par through two rounds, finished in six-way tie for 24th place after a tough final round. The Fontana native carded an 83 on Tuesday to finish at +8, 224 for the tournament, coming in 11 strokes behind the winner.

Despite the drop in the standings, Williams still posted his highest finish since coming in 10th at the UCSD Triton Invitational back in November.

Fellow rookie David Smith was UCSD's next-best finisher with a final score of +13, 229, which was good enough for a share of 39th place. Smith was consistent throughout the tournament, carding rounds of 77, 76 and 76. Senior Keith Okasaki had the Tritons' best round of the day with a 74 on Tuesday and finished at +16, 232 overall. He bounced back after a tough start to finish tied for 45th place.

Lewis Simon and Anubhav Rastogi both finished at +22, 238 to round out the scoring for UCSD. Simon shot a final round 81, while Rastogi carded a 77. The pair finished in a tie for 70th place.

Host Grand Canyon, which trailed Chico State by just a single stroke entering the final round, shot a 288 on Tuesday to claim the tournament trophy at 7-over 871. Chico finished second at 879, one stroke in front of third place Dixie State.

Grand Canyon's Matt Pridey outlasted teammate Jacob Golembiewski in a playoff to claim individual medalist honors at 3-under par 213. Pridey carded a 71 on Tuesday, while Golembiewski shot a 70 to force the playoff. Cal State San Bernardino's Kenny Pigman and Western New Mexico's Steven Maxwell finished tied for third at 215.

Head coach Mike Wydra's squad will now compete in the annual Hanny Stanislaus Invitational April 11-12 at the Turlock Country Club, before traveling to Paso Robles for the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championships the following week.

SOFTBALL

The No. 20 UC San Diego softball team’s four-game series at Chico State was cancelled due to inclement weather. The Tritons and Wildcats were originally scheduled to play doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday at CSUC's University Softball Field.
 
The teams will not make up the series as UCSD has done previously this year with CCAA-foes Cal State Monterey Bay and Cal State San Bernardino when each of those series was postponed due to weather.
 
UCSD currently sits in first place in the CCAA with a 14-5 record in conference play and a 20-6 overall mark. This weekend's series between the Wildcats and Tritons could have had significant postseason implications, as UCSD leads Sonoma State (14-6 CCAA, 18-9 overall) by just a half game with Chico (11-5 CCAA, 14-7 overall) just one and one-half games back in third.
 
The Tritons head to Turlock for this weekend's Mizuno Tournament of Champions, featuring 22 of the West Region's top squads.

 NEWS & NOTES

Four members of the UC San Diego men’s water polo team were honored with Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches First Team All-America honors. In addition, seven Tritons received 2010 All-Academic honors.

Brian Donohoe, David Morton, Jakub Bednarek and Ryan Allred were the four members of head coach Denny Harper’s squad named to the NCAA Division II All-America Team.
 
It marks the second time in consecutive years that Morton has earned All-America honors, while Donohoe, Bednarek and Allred are receiving the nod for the first time.
 
Donohoe, a sophomore, led the Tritons with 45 goals while earning All-WWPA First Team accolades in the process. Allred, a senior, was second on the team with 25 assists, earned All-WWPA Second Team honors and was tabbed to the All-WWPA Tournament First Team. Bednarek earned All-CCAA and All-WWPA Tournament Team honors during his senior campaign.
 
Morton, a junior and a second team All-CCAA selection, registered 225 saves in goal.
 
Also honored were members of the ACWPC All-Academic team. UCSD had seven of its players honored in the Excellent, Superior and Outstanding levels.

Donohoe, Dane Sequiera and Michael Bausback earned Outstanding All-Academic honors for having a grade-point average between 3.71 and 4.0. Allred and Syka Lucas were named to the Superior level for their marks between a 3.41 and 3.7 GPA. Graham Saber and Christopher Barton registered GPA’s between 3.2 and 3.4, good enough for the Excellent level.
 
UCSD ended the 2010 season at 13-13 overall and finished in fourth place at the WWPA Championship.

--Compiled from press releases issued by the UCSD sports information office