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This Week in the Big West - October 29-November 4, 2012
10/29/2012
The Big West Women's Soccer Tournament highlights the week, including the first-ever televised championship match. Men's soccer wraps their final week of regular-season play with a nationally-televised rivalry match, and women's volleyball enters their final month of play.
Cross Country
Cal Poly dominated the Big West Conference Cross Country Championships, sweeping both the team titles as well as the individiual crowns. NCAA Regional competition is on the horizon, with the West Regional being held in Seattle, Washington next weekend.
Big West Cross Country Championships Recap
Men's Soccer
Plenty remains to be decided heading into the final week of the regular-season, with the North Division title and three spots in the Big West Tournament field still up for grabs. Cal State Northridge has already sewn up the South Division title and will host second-place Cal State Fullerton Thursday night. The Titans are looking to return to the Big West Tournament after a one-year abscence.
UC Davis is in the driver's seat in the North Division, and can clinch the title against Cal Poly Thursday. They'll also have a shot against current second-place team and regional rival Sacramento State Saturday. No matter what happens, the regular season will end with a bang, as included in the final day's schedule is the second matchup between Blue-Green rivals Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara.
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 #11
Feature: Matador Duo Find Their Way in Net
Women's Soccer
It all came down to the final day of the season, with Cal State Fullerton claiming their first regular-season title and the top seed in the Big West Tournament. The Titans will face the regular-season champs from the past two years and tournament host UC Irvine in the second semifinal Thursday.
Cal Poly and Cal State Northridge will open the tournament Thursday afternoon. The Mustangs are back in the tournament for the first time since 2009, when they made their second consecutive championship match. The Matadors are looking to make their first Big West championship final in their fourth-straight tournament appearance.
Both semifinal matches Thursday will air live via BigWest.TV, with Sunday's championship final being televised live for the first time ever on FOX Sports Prime Ticket as part of the new Big West-FOX Sports partnership.
Women's Soccer Weekly Release #12
Big West Women's Soccer Tournament Central
Feature: Matador Duo Find Their Way in Net
Women's Volleyball
The final month of the season opens Thursday with nationally-ranked Hawai'i in control of the standings. Just one and a half games separate second through seventh place in the standings, with UC Santa Barbara leading the pack.
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 #11
Emily Hartong named Sports Imports/AVCA Volleyball Player of the Week
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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.
! - Youth 13 & under in costume receive free admission and halftime on-field trick-or-treating.
@ - Youth 17 & under receive free admission.
# - Free admission with CSUN Alumni Association ID; $3 admission for fans wearing CSUN clothing.
$ - Free admission for all high school students with ID.
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