Triton Women Get NCAA Soccer Bid; UCSD Men Are Denied Berth
UC San Diego has been selected for the NCAA Division III women’s soccer playoffs a record seventh consecutive year, but the UCSD men’s team, the defending national champions, did not make the playoffs for the first time since 1982, the NCAA announced Monday.
The UCSD women’s team, ranked 12th with a 10-2-2 mark, will play host to No. 10 Macalester (Minn.) College (16-2) in a West Regional semifinal match Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at UCSD’s Triton Soccer Stadium. The other regional semifinal matches No. 3 Cal Lutheran (16-3) and unranked Trinity (Tex.) University (16-4) at 11 a.m. at UCSD, and the final will be Sunday at noon at UCSD.
UCSD, Cortland State, Rochester and Plymouth State are the only teams to have been selected for the tournament in each of its seven years. UCSD won the national championship in 1989 and was second in ’88. Last year, UCSD lost to Ithica, 1-0, in the NCAA semifinals.
The UCSD men’s team finished 8-6-4 this season.
VOLLEYBALL
The Seaside Volleyball Club of San Diego finished third at an international tournament in White Rock, Canada, over the weekend and placed three players on the all-tournament team.
Seaside finished behind a team from Grand Prarie, Alberta, and behind Balboa Bay of Newport Beach at the Sand Castle White Rock International Boys’ Volleyball Tournament.
Setter Scott Eide of USDHS, middle blocker Jeff Bender of Grossmont and outside hitter Richard Lambourne, formerly of Serra, were named to the all-tournament teams. Seaside won seven matches before falling to Balboa Bay in the semifinals, 15-10, 15-10.
The San Diego State women’s team will play host to No. 1-ranked UCLA tonight at 7:30 at Peterson Gym. SDSU is 18-7; UCLA 20-0.
BASEBALL
Padre minor league players will play Southwestern Community College at Southwestern Wednesday at 1 p.m. in preparation for a six-game series in Taiwan, beginning Nov. 10.
The Padres’ roster consists of pitchers Renay Bryand, Bryce Floria, Scott Fredrickson, Jeff Huber, Kelly Lifgren, Lance Painter, Scott Sanders, Erik Schulistrom, Saul Soltero and Tim Worrell; catchers Charlie Greene, Les Henderson and Brian Johnson; infielders Steve Bethea, Sean Drinkwater, Billy Hall, Jason Hardtke and David Mowry; and outfielders Darius Gash, Dwayne Hosey, Steve Martin and J.D. Noland.
Tom Gamboa, coordinator of minor league instruction for the Padres, will manage the team.