Saturday 7 November 2009

Oliver chosen in D-League draft, Ex-UCD star


The Idaho Stampede selected former UC Davis standout Vince Oliver in the eighth and final round of Thursday's NBA Development League draft.
Oliver finished his four year UCD career last season as the school's third leading scorer all time. He led the Aggies with 15.4 points per game in 2008-09 and became the first UCD player to be named first team All Big West Conference.
Final NBA Development League rosters will set at 10 by Nov. 25, and the league will begin its ninth season on Nov. 27. The Stampede is located in Boise.
Neto leads Fullerton over UCD
Freshman outside hitter Kayla Neto, The Bee's 2008 Player of the Year in volleyball from Christian Brothers, posted 19 kills en route to a .400 hitting average to lead host Cal State Fullerton (14-10, 5-6 Big West Conference) to a 25-19, 25-22, 21-25, 28-26 victory over UC Davis (18-8, 9-3).
• Sacramento State's hopes of reaching the Big Sky Conference tournament for the 14th consecutive year suffered a blow when the host Hornets (15-12, 5-6) lost to Weber State (6-19, 4-9) 23-25, 15-25, 25-23, 25-16, 15-10.
Downing falls in world tennis
Nicole Hesse-Cazaux of France defeated Martha Downing of Shingle Springs 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 at No. 1 singles in the women's 60-and-over division of the International Tennis Federation Super-Seniors World Team Championships in Perth, Australia.
France, the top seed and defending champion, beat the United States 3-0 and will play second-seeded Australia today for the title. The Americans finished third in the 11-team tournament.
• UC Davis freshman George Horowitz won in singles and doubles on the rain-shortened first day of the Gael Classic in Moraga.
General
The UC Davis swimming and diving teams split against Denver at Schaal Aquatics Center. The men (3-0) won 160-135, but the women (2-2) fell 191-109. Adam Borchard, Alex Daneke, Jimmy Fong, Scott Weltz and Ashley Chandler each had two individual victories for the Aggies.
• The UCD field hockey team lost to Davidson 2-1 in overtime in a NorPac Tournament consolation game at Stanford. Lydia Brambila scored her first career goal as the Aggies (3-15) ended their inaugural Division I season.