SDSU Keeps Rolling, Wave Breaks Through

🏀 SDSU is into the WBIT quarterfinals after back-to-back postseason wins.

⚽ Wave FC earned its first win of the season, topping Utah 2–1.

🎾 Top-ranked SDSU and USD tennis both picked up wins this week.

⚾ Miss the Savannah Bananas this weekend? (Or want to relive it?) Check out the highlights below. Fun all around. 👇

📊 Poll check: 44% of you knew Elena Rybakina won more points (104) than champion Aryna Sabalenka (100) in their three-set Indian Wells final. Wild, right?

🗳️ Your trivia timeout: SDSU hasn’t missed a free throw in its two WBIT games. How many have they made? Vote at the end of today’s newsletter.

After securing an invitation to the WBIT, the No. 4 Aztecs took down the UC Irvine Anteaters on Thursday, 61-55. Read more about the game here.

The Aztecs moved on to play McNeese on Sunday afternoon, winning 56-41 past a gritty, defensive-minded McNeese team. Read more here.

Takeaway: SDSU tied a program record with 27 wins and heads to Kansas for the quarterfinals Thursday (4:30 p.m. PDT, ESPN+).

SDSU Softball closed its UNLV series with a dramatic 13–7 comeback win on Sunday, scoring eight runs in the final inning, after dropping the first two games.

No. 13 SDSU Water Polo split its weekend, earning a 16–4 win over Fresno Pacific on Saturday before falling 14–12 to Fresno State on Sunday despite four goals from Sydney Gish.

The No. 31 Aztecs extended their streak to ten on Friday, with a 4-0 win over Utah State, then were upended by Boise State 1-4 on Sunday for their first loss since Jan. 18.

Savannah Bananas delivered a sold-out weekend of fun at Petco Park, with Kelsie Whitmore and Denae Benites drawing major attention. See our Instagram highlights here.

⚽ Wave FC (1 win, 1 loss, 0 ties) defeated Utah 2–1 Sunday, with Dudinha opening the scoring and rookie Lia Godfrey netting the game-winner after Utah went down to 10 players following a red card.

The No. 45 Toreros won in Portland, 5-2 on Sunday. No. 104 singles player sophomore Hannah Read won a three-set singles match to help secure the victory.

The team played their final preseason series against Sacramento State, losing two on Saturday but coming back in extra innings on Sunday to secure the third game,

The No. 14 Tritons fell to No. 3 TCU on Friday during the first round of the NCAA tournament, 86-40. Read about it here. 🏀

Takeaway: UC San Diego still has positives from their season, having punched a ticket into the tournament twice in only two years of eligibility.

At the NCAA Championships, Chloe Braun finished within the top 20 for the 100 Breaststroke, earning the team’s first-ever team point.

Katherine Kim earned All-America honors for the second year after finishing 11th at the National Collegiate fencing Championships on Friday! Her teammate, Piper Randolph, finished 22nd.

Searching for consistency on the road: The Mojo (7-10) fell to the Orlando Valkyries 3–1 on Thursday and lost again in four sets to the Dallas Pulse on Saturday, to move to sixth place in league standings.

The Sea Lions win streak was kept alive at eight matches after sweeping Cal State LA on Wednesday, 7-0, then moved to nine with a narrow escape over Biola, 4-3, on Saturday.

Still Coaching From the Stands: Jim Harrick’s Influence Lives On Through Granddaughter Kylie Ray: The pair talk about what it’s like for the former UCLA coach to be in the stands at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. 🏀