Friday night in La Jolla, the UCSD women’s soccer team will take the pitch against arch-rival Cal State Dominguez Hills, with the NCAA Division II West Regional Championship at stake. The winner will advance to Sunday’s Elite Eight game, also held at UCSD. 619 Sports will be at Friday night’s game, and hopefully Sunday’s as well.
UCSD forward Sarah McTigue scored both goals for the Tritons in their 2nd round win over Chico Hills. She joins 619 Sports to talk about the deep-seeded rivalry between UCSD and Dominguez:
You can hear Sarah’s complete interview on Triton Talk, on UCSDTritons.com
For one team, it was a trip to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. For another, it was a first step toward trying to reach that same stage again. All in all, Friday was a pretty good night for the San Diego State women.
Thanks to Cat Walker’s goal in the 39th-minute, the SDSU women’s soccer team defeated USD, 1-0, in Los Angeles to win its eighth-straight game overall and its first in NCAA Tournament play in 11 years.
The SDSU women’s basketball team, which reached round No. 2 of the Big Dance last season, opened its highly-anticipated 2009-10 campaign with a 64-42 victory at UC Irvine.
Beth Burns’ team was sloppy throughout, committing 26 turnovers, but led comfortably all the way behind 18 points, eight rebounds and five blocked shots from junior center Paris Johnson.
On the soccer pitch, things were much tighter for Mike Friesen’s club, which held on after Walker’s first-half goal to extend its unbeaten streak to 16 games. The Mountain West Conference champions (15-3-5) will meet host UCLA in the second round on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.
UCLA, ranked No. 3 in the country, has reached the Women’s Soccer NCAA Final Four in each of the last six seasons. The Bruins (18-2-1) blew out Boise State, 7-1, in their Tournament opener.
After the game, Chris notes in today’s podcast, most of the talk has been positive surrounding the US run in the Confederations Cup. But shouldn’t you win in soccer when you’re leading 2-0 at the half? And is there anything that can truly be gained by going on a field and losing? Craig and Chris debate this topic, and try to put the loss to Brazil in perspective, in this Loss To Brazil podcast:
