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This Week in the Big West - August 27-September 2, 2012
8/27/2012
August ends, September begins, seasons are underway and school is back in session...
Men's Soccer
UC Davis kicks the week off early with a Monday road match at CSU Bakersfield, the first of sixteen matches on the schedule. Nationally-ranked UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton, and Sacramento State will be the only teams at home this week.
The Anteaters will make their home debut hosting the UCI Invitational, which includes fellow Big West squad UC Riverside in the field. Sacramento State will also have their first two home matches of the season, hosting San Diego and Saint Mary's. Meanwhile, Cal State Fullerton will continue their season-opening homestand by welcoming Cornell and UNLV.
For the fifth year, select matches will be broadcast on the BigWest.TV platform, including almost all matches from Cal State Fullerton and UC Santa Barbara. Beginning this season, all BigWest.TV live content will stream FREE OF CHARGE.
Men's Soccer Weekly Release #2
Big West Preseason Poll & All-Conference
Women's Soccer
It's home cooking for the third week of the women's soccer season, with ten of the fourteen contests on the schedule at home. Each Big West school except UC Irvine will host a match, including a hot Cal Poly squad welcoming Cal on Friday and nationally-ranked Long Beach State against Michigan Sunday.
For the fifth year, select matches will be broadcast on the BigWest.TV platform, including almost all matches from Cal State Fullerton and UC Santa Barbara. Beginning this season, all BigWest.TV live content will stream FREE OF CHARGE.
Women's Soccer Weekly Release #3
Big West Preseason Poll & All-Conference
Women's Volleyball
Home schedules begin in earnest, with Cal Poly, Long Beach State, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and Pacific making home debuts and Hawai'i continuing their homestand.
Ranked teams highlight the schedule, including visits by No. 1 Nebraska to UCI, No. 3 UCLA to UCSB, No. 20 San Diego to LBSU and No. 25 Cal to Hawai'i, while Cal State Fullerton heads to No. 13 Pepperdine.
In addition, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and Pacific will be broadcasting the whole of their tournaments via BigWest.TV this weekend. Full schedules for those tournaments are listed below.
For the fifth year, all home and conference matches will be broadcast on the BigWest.TV platform. Beginning this season, all BigWest.TV live content will stream FREE OF CHARGE.
Women's Volleyball Weekly Release #2
Welcome Back, Coach Shoji - Q&A with the Hawai'i Head Coach
Big West Preseason Poll
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This Week in the Big West is the one-stop listing of the top matches taking place across the Big West Conference! Each week, This Week in the Big West will highlight the games that fans won’t want to miss and critical match-ups home or away in one location. Keep in touch with the happenings around the conference!
Soccer rankings based on NSCAA Coaches Poll/Soccer America Poll.
Volleyball rankings based on AVCA Coaches Poll.
[1] - Gonzaga Nike Classic (Spokane, WA).
[2] - UCI Invitational (Irvine, CA).
[3] - UCR Tournament (Riverside, CA).
[4] - UC Irvine Invitational (Irvine, CA).
[5] - Gonzaga Invitational (Spokane, WA).
[6] - UCSB Invitational (Santa Barbara, CA).
[7] - Pepperdine Tournament (Malibu, CA).
[8] - LBSU Mizuno Classic (Long Beach, CA).
[9] - Aggie Invitational (Davis, CA).
[10] - Community Bankers Classic (Stockton, CA).
[11] - Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic (Honolulu, HI).
[12] - At UC Santa Barbara.
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