Welcome to the Recap!
Highlights
Wave FC holds onto third in the NWSL standings after a draw and a tough loss this week.
CSU San Marcos softball kept the magic going, gutting out an 11-inning thriller to punch their ticket to the NCAA D2 Finals.
Her Sports co-founder Jourdan Ziff scored a brace (two goals, baby!) as the Southern California Dutch Lions topped the SoCal Reds 3-1.
Her Sports launched its first podcast last week, and it's a good one. Meet USD's Nemo Beach, a volleyball player and culinary whiz worth getting to know.
Poll check: 40% of you knew that Ronda Rousey routed Gina Carano in a women's MMA super brief superfight last week.
On this Memorial Day, we join you in taking time “to observe a National Moment of Remembrance to honor the men and women of the United States who died in the pursuit of freedom and peace” (as Congress called on Americans to do).
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San Diego Wave FC
Wave Tied One and Lost One This Week
Wave FC’s Gia Corley. Credit: Miguel Mejia/Miguel Mejia Photography
The Wave fell just short of avenging their home-opener loss against the Houston Dash with a 2-2 draw on Wednesday. Read about the tie here.
The team was back on home turf on Sunday against the Orlando Pride, where it lost an aggressively played game, 1-0.
The Wave are third in the NWSL standings, but the Spirit and Gotham FC both have two games in hand and the points to pass them.
CSU San Marcos
The Cougars are Heading to the Championship Finals!
CSUSM clinched its second trip to the NCAA DII National Championship Finals after taking down Biola University.
CSUSM took down Biola 2-1 in the series of the D2 Super Regional to advance to the Championship Finals!
The No. 4 Cougars will play May 28 at 10:30 a.m. against No. 5 West Texas A&M. Read the preview here.
The Athlete’s Commute
It’s the official launch of the Her Sports podcast!
We're taking our mission a step further to put you in the passenger seat with the people shaping the women's sports industry.
Our first guest? Nemo Beach.
The 2025 West Coast Conference Player of the Year and University of San Diego Female Athlete of the Year is one of the most decorated players in Division 1 volleyball. This episode allows you to meet the player beyond the court: the meal preps she is known for, the nonstop grind of D1 life, and why she goes completely offline from volleyball every Sunday to stay sane. It is a side of Nemo most fans have never seen.
Watch the full episode on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
San Diego State
UC San Diego
Track & Field: Five Aztecs and Five Tritons are Going Dancing!
Isabella Nilsen along with three hurdlers qualified for the NCAA Preliminaries round. San Diego State Athletics
Five athletes each from SDSU and UC San Diego are headed to the NCAA Track & Field competition.
Heptathlete Jenna Fee Feyerabend punched a ticket to the NCAA Championships starting June 10 in Eugene, Ore.
SDSU’s Jada Pierre and Charlize James (100m hurdles), Anna Mager (400m hurdles), and Isabella Nilsen (pole vault) are all heading to Fayetteville, Ark. May 28-31 for the NCAA First Round Preliminaries.
UC San Diego’s Feyi Olukanni (Shot Put), Tamara Aimufia (Triple Jump), Emma Dunmire (3000 m. Steeplechase), Allyson Abandonato (800 m), and Sylvana Northrop (5000 m) will join the four Aztecs in the prelims.
All the best to the athletes!
Her Sports Highlight
Yup, that’s our co-founder!
Jourdan Ziff. Credit: Miguel Mejia/Miguel Mejia Photography
In its season opener, the Southern California Dutch Lions defeated the SoCal Reds 3-1.
Her Sports co-founder and outside forward Jourdan Ziff scored twice for the Lions.
Ziff brings professional experience to a squad that includes local D1 standouts Emma Fuller, Alexis Leath and Katie Senn from SDSU, Maquena O’Callaghan, Macy Ratermann, Hailey Vermilyea and goalkeeper Chloe Walls from USD, and Nadira Haddach and Chloe Yates, UC San Diego.
Point Loma
History made as an All-American!
Maddie Reeves with her All-American award. Wade Smith/PLNU Athletics
Maddie Reeves earned All-American honors at the NCAA DII Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Reeves finished the 10,000m in eighth place, the first-ever women’s Sea Lion to become an All-American.
Reeves is also the first athlete from PLNU to race in multiple events at nationals, racing the 10,000m and 5,000m. She finished 18th in the 5000 m.
ICYMI
Get to know SDSU’s golfer, Ema Narita, and how she’s found her place on the West Coast. Derrick Tuskan/San Diego State Athletics
Top Photo: USD’s Nemo Beach, WCC Volleyball Player of the Year. Thomas Christensen/USD Athletics
Until Wednesday,
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