UCSD Claims Water Polo Title

UC San Diego overcame a two-goal deficit Sunday and beat UC Davis, 6-5, to win the USA Women’s Water Polo National Championship at UCSD. It is the second consecutive title for the Tritons.

UCSD trailed 3-1 in the second quarter but rallied for three scores to tie the game by halftime, 4-4.

Brenda Reiton scored three times for UCSD and Jamie Dailey, Alison Westfall and Christy Parker scored single goals. Reiton, Dailey, Christy Parker and Kristen Larson were named to the All-American team.

BASEBALL

San Diego State baseball coach Jim Dietz said Saturday’s Western Athletic Conference Tournament Championship “rates as one of the most satisfying accomplishments of any team I’ve coached.”

The Aztecs (43-19), battered by Brigham Young, 19-1, in the first game of the tournament, advanced through the loser’s bracket, beat WAC champion and host team Hawaii, 6-4, to force a championship game, and scored five unearned runs in the top of the 10th inning to win its second consecutive title, 7-2. More importantly, SDSU earned an automatic berth into the NCAA playoffs, beginning play either Wednesday or Thursday. Hawaii is 48-16.

Brent Ferguson had a three-run double in the 10th in the decisive game. Derek Vinyard had three hits for the Aztecs, and Marcelino Garcia and Jason Ledford had an RBI apiece.