Walk-offs, homers, and statement wins across San Diego

SDSU and UC San Diego are still sitting pretty atop their conferences, and yes, everyone else grabbed a win too. 🏀

Softball wasted zero time bringing the drama. Homers, walk-offs, and a 3–1 weekend for SDSU, highlighted by a statement win over Kentucky. 🥎

Point Loma golf basically ran the leaderboard, winning a 13-team tourney with three players finishing in the top four. ⛳️

Mojo handled the Fury in four sets and now get a shot at win number three tonight at home. First serve at 7. 🏐

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The Mojo earned their second win of the season against the Columbus Fury. Opposite hitter Jovana Brakočević led the way with 17 kills. Read more here.

They are going for their second straight win tonight (Monday) at 7 p.m. at SDSU’s Viejas Arena against No. 1 Indy Ignite. Get tickets. 🏐

SDSU’s women’s basketball experienced their first conference loss against Grand Canyon, 57-44, but quickly responded with a blowout win against San Jose State, 81-52. 🏀

Takeaway. A loss may ease some pressure now that they no longer have conference-record perfection in sight. The Aztecs (18-4, 12-1 MW) remain in first place in the Mountain West standings.

San Diego State’s women’s tennis swept their cross-town rival UC San Diego for the second match win of the season. 🎾

The Aztecs opened their season with four games in two days and won three of them in the most dramatic way possible: walk-offs. Read more here.

Jade Ignacio (El Camino High, Oceanside) earned Mountain West Player of the Week honors after recording a hit in all four games and putting up elite numbers: a .636 batting average and a 1.727 OPS. 🥎

USD Softball went 3-2 on the road at the NorCal Kickoff tournament, picking up two wins over Cal Poly and one over Colorado State. Read more here. 🥎

The Toreros took a tough loss from Washington State, 80-76, on Thursday, and bounced back to cruise past Seattle 71-54 on Saturday.

And, come on! 31- and 20-point performances from freshman Olivia Owens? Crazy good. Read more here. 🏀

USD dropped their match on Saturday against Arizona State, 6-1. Freshman Maria Shmakova delivered USD’s lone victory to improve to 4–1. 🎾

The Sea Lions defeated the Menlo Oaks 78-62 on Thursday. Izzy Navarro entered the top 10 for steals and assists in a single season for program history. 🏀

Point Loma’s womens golf team won the 13-team LA Spring Kickoff, while the Sea Lions Allie Nguyen took home the individual trophy. They also swept the PacWest’s weekly golf awards. ⛳️

UC San Diego’s Makayla Rose broke a single-game program record for steals (9) against the Rainbow Wahine on Saturday to ignite a real celebration on National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Read more here. 🏀

Takeaway: Currently No. 1 in the Big West, UC San Diego extended their win streak to five.

The Tritons went 4-1 to open their season, the team’s best start in Division I. Let’s go! 🥎

Water polo went 1–4 against top competition at the Triton Invitational. They opened strong on Friday with a 12–11 win over No. 14 UC Davis, but dropped four later in the weekend. 🤽‍♀️

Takeaway: The Tritons proved they can battle with elite competition, but late-game execution will be key after dropping a couple of tight matchups.