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This Week in the Big West (November 16-22, 2009)
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Jacques Streeter and the Cal State Fullerton Titans will face UCLA to open ESPN's College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon on Monday at 9:00 pm PT on ESPN. (Photo by Matt Brown).
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Kari Pestolesi and the UC Irvine Anteaters are just one of four teams with a shot at the Big West title this week. The final push for the women's volleyball crown begins on Friday.
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11/16/2009
This Week in the Big West starts early, with men's and women's basketbal games beginning on Monday. Men's soccer heads to the NCAA Tournament beginning on Thursday, while the final week of women's volleyball will see the race for the Big West title go down to the wire.
Men's Basketball
The first full week of men's basketball play will be a busy one, with a number of intriguing matchups. Cal State Fullerton will highlight the schedule with an appearance at UCLA. The Titans and Bruins kick off ESPN's College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon at 9:00 p.m. PT, the first game of twenty-four straight hours of basketball on the ESPN networks. Also on Monday, Cal State Northridge travels to Tempe, AZ to take on TCU in their Preseason NIT opening-round game at 5:30 p.m.
Other big games this week include UC Riverside heading to USC on Tuesday, while preseason favorite Long Beach State faces tough tests on the road at Pepperdine (Tuesday), Notre Dame (Thursday), and Green Bay (Saturday).
All Big West home and conference games this season will be available live on the Internet via BigWest.TV. This week's games will be available FREE OF CHARGE.
Men's Basketball Weekly Release #2
Women's Basketball
Women's hoops takes the floor for their first full week with the UC Davis Aggies hosting the biggest game of the week. The Aggies will host No. 2 Stanford at the Pavilion for an afternoon game on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. UC Davis has already played one Pac-10 opponent in Washington State this season.
UC Riverside will have a tough road trip this week when they travel to Vanderbilt on Friday. The Highlanders shocked the Commodores in Riverside last year, so they are sure to find a battle in Nashville, TN. Before flying across the country, the Highlanders will host Hawai'i in an early afternoon contest on Tuesday.
Preseason favorite UC Santa Barbara as well as Long Beach State and Pacific also host home games this weekend.
All Big West home and conference games this season will be available live on the Internet via BigWest.TV. This week's games will be available FREE OF CHARGE.
Women's Basketball Weekly Release #1
Men's Soccer
Attention in the men's soccer world now turns to the NCAA Tournament following UC Irvine's second-consecutive
Big West Tournament championship last Saturday. For the third year in a row, the Big West will have multiple representatives in the forty-eight team field with UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara nabbing berths. The Anteaters earned the conference's automatic bid to the tournament and are the national #16 seed this year. They will host a second-round game on Sunday, and their opponent will be the winner of the St. Mary's at Stanford first round game that will be played on Thursday.
For the eight-consecutive year, the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos will participate in the postseason. The Gauchos host a first-round match on Thursday against Southern Conference champion Wofford. Match time is set for 7:00 p.m. PT. The winner of the contest will face #11 seed University of San Diego in San Diego on Sunday.
Men's Soccer NCAA Release
Women's Volleyball
Four teams are still in contention for the 2009 Big West title and an automatic NCAA Tournament berth, making for an intriguing week of Big West volleyball ahead. Match of the Week might just be the one to decide the Big West title, as UC Irvine travels to Long Beach State on Saturday. Both teams enter the week atop the standings with identical 10-4 records. When these teams met in early October in Irvine, the 'Eaters handed the 49ers a five-set loss. Before they face off on Saturday, each will have to face a test at home: UCI hosts Cal State Fullerton on Friday, while Long Beach State welcomes UC Riverside to the Pyramid.
Don't forget Senior Nights across the conference this week! Thank your seniors for all their hard work and dedication. The Big West thanks them, too.
All home matches are scheduled to be broadcast on BigWest.TV with the exception of the UC Irvine-Cal State Fullerton match.
Women's Volleyball Weekly Release #13
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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!
* -- Preseason NlT (Tempe, AZ).
** -- NCAA Tournament 1st & 2nd Rounds.
