Ouch--Ags lose in the semi to the #1 seed UCI 11-10.

Again the Ags let this one slip away, as they were up 10-8 at the 5+ minute mark in the 4th. UCI comes back and strings 3 goals to win in regulation.

It is good to have the Big West Conference sponsor Men's polo. The parity inside the conference is super and most of the league games were one goal games.

Ags have a great coach and talent, looking forward to next year and a chance for them to win the conference crown.

Aggies live to fight another day. Watching the game, I felt as if the officials called the game different against the AGS resulting in them having 14 exclusions to Long Beaches 8. An extra 6 power players puts a tremendous pressure on the goalie and the defense.

The Age have enough talent on this team to win the next 2 and advance to the NCAA tourney. What I felt was not good for the Aggies in this game. was the offense play First the flow in setting up the front court was sloppy and better passing can really help them tomorrow. This lack of flow resulted in poor shot selection ( bad angles) and the shot poor shot execution. I felt as if the AGS did not have a game plan in how to beat the goal.

I think the defense was good even when the officials gave the Beach an extra 6 power plays.

I do NOT know enough about UCI to make a prediction, but the Aggies have strong individuals. IF the Ads beat UCI they win the tourney. Tough turn around with an 11:30 am start. GO AGS!!!

Aggie Stadium this morning looked great. Signage is up. KCRA was there with the assistant coaches and a few members of cheer. I hope many in the region will follow the game. Have to work then; to get Thanksgiving off; but I'm hoping for a great Aggie win with a good television audience. I am hoping that the TV coverage will have improved since the Southern Utah game.

The first BIG West men’s water polo tournament kicks off this Thursday at UCSD.

The Ags started off the season ranked #1 in the conference. A good start but several poor showings at a tournament plus losing 2 conference games have the Ags seeded 4th in the tourney.

- UC Irvine is the No. 1 seed after going 4-1 in conference play and 15-8 overall. The No. 6 nationally ranked Anteaters clinched the first-ever regular season title. The second seed was secured by UC Santa Barbara. The Gauchos, Tritons, and Aggies were all knotted at 3-2 in league play when tie breaking procedures determined seeding for the championship. UC San Diego (14-12, 3-2 BW) claims the third spot and will take on six-seeded Cal State Fullerton at 4:30 p.m. to kick off the quarterfinal round. The Titans (16-14, 0-5 BW) are in their inaugural season of competition in the pool. When these two teams met in the regular season, the Tritons bested the Titans, 16-9.

The No. 4 seed UC Davis played against No. 5 seed Long Beach State. UC Davis edged the Beach 9-8 when these two sides clashed earlier this year. The advancing team of the No. 4 UC Davis seed and No. 5 Long Beach State seed matchup will take on top-seeded UC Irvine in the opening semifinal round on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 11:30 a.m. Whoever emerges victorious between No. 3 UC San Diego and No. 6 Cal State Fullerton plays No. 2 UC Santa Barbara at 1:30 p.m. to conclude semi final play.

The final quarterfinal matchup at 6 p.m. sees No. 4 seed UC Davis against No. 5 seed Long Beach State. UC Davis edged the Beach 9-8 when these two sides clashed earlier this year. The advancing team of the No. 4 UC Davis seed and No. 5 Long Beach State seed matchup will take on top-seeded UC Irvine in the opening semifinal round on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 11:30 a.m.

My take is that they have a challenging but doable road to make the championship which will then be a toss up. A possible approach to beating the Beach and to set them up well for the semi is to make some changes that will affect both games. The Beach will be tough again in So-Cal, I for one believe that Norcal teams are still at a disadvantage when it comes to playing So -Cal teams in So-Cal. The Ag players need to be in a grind mode and be prepared for 4 full quarters. Several of their key losses occurred with 4 quarter and OT melt downs. Keeping a good rotation of field players and perhaps subbing their star goalie to give a longer half-time could be used to help the team for the final push or OT. Additionally, the top seeded Anteaters will be watching the game and a new rotation including the goalie will give them a lot to think about. Many polo players prepare for a specific goalie and develop scenarios of how they will shoot in certain situations. Showing a back up goalie might give the Anteaters something to think about. Any new wrinkles on 6-5 even if they are not used in the semi will give the Eaters something to mull on.

Many of the Aggie players have been on conference winning tourney teams and I think this will be an edge when they face UCI. Confidence and the willingness and ability to grind can be the Aggies edge. IT would be a great feather in the Aggies cap to win the first Big West mens waterpolo conference title

Kudos to the team and Dwayne. Heartbreak season ending but they had a fine season and the seniors can leave with their heads high.!

SochorField, I agree the Davis script is super and unique. One word programs are common and the UC clutters the vision and the mind. Davis is some script that should be the school's logo for both academics and athletics.

Bad look for the Aggies to have 4th quarter and overtime failures in the last few tough conference games. I did not follow the games I am not sure what was lacking.
I was hoping for a regular season title for the Age and the tourney title also. Tourney gets you on a ticket to the NCAA's so lets go AGS.

Great year-congrats to all the players and the coaches!!

Riveraggie-Nice post
Hopefully the men make the most out of their remaining games to achieve as many goals as possible. NCAA careers fly by and hopefully the upperclassmen make some great plays and great wins on the last part of the season.
Davis has historically been known for upsets and I agree this team really hasn't had a quality upset.
I think it was easier when the regular schedule wasn't as daunting to pull off and upset. I do believe Hawk is right about. having to bring you A game every Saturday in the Big Sky.

Ouch--by far the worse loss of the year. Hopefully Dan and team can rally still nearly half the league season in front of them. Would be great if they have a great second half of the season in league.

Kudos to Doss for fighting to play on Sunday. Life is long and I always admire any athlete that will work hard to get the last steps out of their career. I hope he stays healthy and can leave the game on his terms.

Good for him. I like the simple old school uniforms!

Your knowledge is greater than mine, but it is my understanding that boats and oars are very expensive and can make a huge difference. My hat is off to all club athletes because they really have to have that extra desire. Kudos to your son for such a high placing on the erg score, he must be very powerful and extremely fit.

ICA used to have a strong ICA team but the crew team was cut along with men's swimming and men's wrestling in 2010. Sac state still sponsors crew as a variety sport. I assume with scholarships and more equipment than a club team could muster. It is not a fair competition to compare our crew team with the Sac state team.

Two other points about crew. First how did the did the UCD men do? Second over the week-end a UCD male rower Seth Well was inducted into the CAL Aggie Hall of Fame, even though he was a club athlete. Seth was inducted as a legacy person for making the Rio Olympic Games in the 4 person boat. My wife thought he should not be included but I think he was a great addition as a legacy winner.

Movie lover-
Yes the stadium has new turf.

Butt as I understand it turf has 2 issues for soccer players First the ball plays so much faster than regular grass and this affects the game. Second is the amount of running that the players will do in a game. Football players run from 1-1.5 in the game. In soccer the run between 5 to 7 in regulation. With a high percentage of games going into overtime you can tack on 1 to 2.5 miles more. This running takes a toll on the soccer players.

Talking to players in 2018-19 they told me how hard the turf was on their body. At least 2 of them had suffered knee injuries playing club when they were in high school on turf. Not sure what the stress or the injury rate of playing on turf is compared to grass. Playing at night allows working folks a chance to get to a week-day game.

Good crowd last night. I know that most of the players on both sides have spent a good chunk of pre-college days playing on turf, both sides seemed to have trouble with how fast turf played compared to grass. I felt as if the Age had a bit more trouble on some key plays during the game. But as they say it was the same surface for both sides. In the end close game, wish more shots were taken on frame as fan from both sides. I feel as if the Ags are going to make the conference tourney and could do very well.

Aggies win the Big West -CC tourney., going 4-0. Very nice snap back from a poor showing last week-end. The schedule has nothing but tough games for the next 6 weeks, On this Friday they play the Beach in Long Beach which is a re-match of the tourney championship. For the Age it is a great chance to get some ownership on the Beach--Go AGS!!!

It is so hard to keep coming back in Volleyball, but the team has grit. Coach Connor talks about how the team learns as the match occurs and then finds their flow and starts to win games. The hard part of being done is that if you have lulls the other team can win the match. They have been done0-2 twice in conference with their back to a cliff and have battled back. Good luck going forward thiey have a long season still.

Watching the game on MY 58 Larison seemed like a man playing against boys. Tough break for him and the Aggies on his injury. I have been pondering a few questions about the injury occurring: These included fatigue , a huge factore; since it appeared to have happened on the way down? Was I overworked at that moment and needed more rest?

I loosely follow the 49ers and it seemed that Shannon so far has developed a more downhill run scheme in this short season rather than the zone blocking speeding horizontal game looking for the gap to gash.This might be due to all the injuries the 49ers have suffered on wide run plays.

Football, even at the FCS level, is a collision sport but teams should be looking at how they can lessen the chance of putting their players into harm's way. My thoughts are that Larison was fatigued and was injured on the way down from the poor replays that I saw on TV. Should Larison have asked for a blow, should the strength coach who was on the sideline intervene, should the OC or Hawk pull him for a bit. I am not sure, but I hope moving forward the teams work on this.

As for Larison I wish him the best moving forward, he was a treat to watch on Saturday.