UCD's Demi Runas watches a shot in a tournament last season. On Monday, Runas shot a 74 in the first round of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge to help the Aggies into 15th place. Courtesy photo
UC Davis junior Demi Runas had two birdies and finished with a 3-over 74 on Monday in the first round of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, hosted by Ohio State but being contested at the Palos Verdes Golf Club.
Runas, tied for 22nd in the standings, had the Aggie women?s golf team?s best score on the first day of the event as UCD shot a 28-over 312 and is in 15th place against a good field. Every team at the tournament is ranked in the top 50.
Sophomore Jessica Chulya was the only other Aggie to break 80 on Monday, shooting 77 to tie for 48th. Junior Amy Simanton is tied for 63rd after an 80, while freshmen Blair Lewis and Beverly Vatananugulkit each carded 81s and are tied for 65th.
Runas paced No. 21 UCD with a solid round. She was 2-over after four holes, but gained a stroke back with a birdie on the par-5 16th. Later, Runas was at 4-over before beating the par-5 fifth hole with a birdie then ending her round with four straight pars.
Chulya opened her day with a double-bogey on the par-4 10th hole, but played well through the remainder of her front nine, collecting seven pars. She posted her lone birdie on the fifth hole and also had four pars to finish the day.
In other Aggie highlights, Simanton had a birdie, Lewis had five pars on her back nine and Vatananugulkit was 1-under early in her round
UCD was scheduled to tee off at 10 a.m. on Tuesday and play with Wake Forest and Oklahoma. It trails both teams by just two shots in the standings.
UCD women?s tennis
The 64th-ranked Aggies won four of six singles matches ? two of them in three sets ? and rallied to upset No. 46 Cal Poly and snap the Mustangs? 13-match home winning streak on Sunday in a Big West contest.
The victory, which came after Cal Poly (4-2, 1-1) captured the doubles point, gave UCD (3-6, 1-1) a split of its weekend road trip.
The Aggies? win over the Mustangs, who last lost at home on April 2, 2010, was UCD?s first over Cal Poly in five matches since joining the Big West in 2007.
Layla Sanders and Dahra Zumudio battled hard in an 8-7 loss to the Mustang duo of Gabby Gatewood and Jen Cornea at No. 2, but it wasn?t enough as Cal Poly captured all three doubles matches.
The Aggies, however, rebounded with a spirited effort in singles, taking straight-set victories at No. 1 ? where Megan Heneghan beat Alex Lee, 6-3, 6-1 ?? and No.4, where Lauren Curry topped Gatewood 6-3, 6-3.
Zamudio and Sanders needed three sets to win their respective singles matches, with Sanders battling back to take the final two sets 6-4, 6-2 at No. 6, after dropping the first set 7-5.
Zamudio, playing at No. 2, beat Cornea, 7-5, 6-7, 6-3. Heneghan and Curry had unbeaten weekends in singles for UCD, which will return to?action on Friday, hosting Sacramento State at 1:30 p.m.
UCD men?s tennis
Toki Sherbakov posted a three-set victory at No. 1 singles in addition to a doubles win for the Aggies, but UCD fell 6-1 to Loyola Marymount on Sunday at the Marya Welch Tennis Center.
Sherbakov?s win was his third singles victory in a row and improved his overall record to 4-2 on the season for the Aggies (2-4).
Sherbakov and Chris Aria opened the match with an 8-2 win at No. 3 doubles and, after a loss the No. 2 position, UCD still the doubles point in sight, but Kyle Miller and Hugo Verdi-Fortin dropped a close 9-8 (8) decision to LMU?s No. 1 pair.
At No. 1 singles, Sherbakov posted a come-from-behind victory over Alex Wilton, getting a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 triumph. Verdi-Fortin also extended his match to a third set, but fell to Daniel Simko, 6-2, 6-7, 6-1.
The Aggies will be back in action Friday at home when they host Weber State in a 2 p.m. match.
UCD women?s soccer
The Aggies added three more student-athletes to their 2011 recruiting class after initially signing 10 prospects to national letters of intent.
Those 10 will be joined by Kelsey Birtcher from Murrieta Valley High, Sienna Drizin from Centennial High in Las Vegas and Katie Foster, who prepped at Modesto Christian.
UCD is coming off a strong 2011 season in which it tied for third in the Big West standings, finished with an 11-7-2 overall record and advanced to the conference tournament for the first time since moving to NCAA Division I status.
Hot Shots basketball
Registration for the Davis Hot Shots AAU youth basketball program will be conducted this week and next, according to group administrator/coach Dino Clark.
On Thursday at Harper Junior High, fifth- through eighth-grade boys can sign up from 4 to 5 p.m. On Wednesday, Feb. 22, ninth- through 12th-grade boys and girls registration will be taken from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
For additional information about tryouts, or to download sign-up sheets, visit www.davishotshots.net.
Football crab feed
Fewer than 25 tickets remain for the Davis Blue Devils Football Backers annual Crab Feed.
Scheduled for Saturday at the Veteran?s Memorial Center, 2o3 E. 14th St., this year?s event includes all-you-can-eat crab, a no-host social hour, live and silent auctions and a raffle.?Tickets are $45.
Appetizers and cocktails start at 6 p.m. with dinner and festivities starting around 7:30 p.m. For tickets, contact Rebecca Foster at (916) 402-1148 or send an email to oreo2250@yahoo.com.
Aquadarts swimming
The Davis Aquadarts swim team is offering spring sessions for children in kindergarten through third grade, fourth through seventh grades and eighth grade and above.
Two options are available ? a March 1-June 1 session and one that goes from April 16 through June 8. Registration opens on Thursday.
Information and registration forms are available at?www.aquadarts.org, or by calling (530) 758-DART.
Injury prevention
Young athletes are at high risk for overuse and traumatic injuries, and Sutter Physical and Hand Therapy is starting a program to help decrease injury risk and enhance performance.
Weekly one-hour sessions are sport-specific and are designed to support high-level performance with strength, conditioning, agility and plyometrics training. Led by physical therapists, the training will allow for early detection of injuries and preventative care in order to keep young athletes performing well and having fun.
The first session is geared toward baseball and softball players ages 7 to 18 and will meet from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays, starting this week at the Sutter physical therapy clinic on Lake Boulevard.
Sessions are four to six weeks long and are open to all youth baseball and softball players. The cost is $60 to $90 per athlete for each session. Another weekday session will be added as needed to meet the demand. Players will be grouped by age.
Soccer, volleyball and swimming sessions will be run concurrently, starting in March. Additionally, Sutter offers a six-week post-operative rehab group following ACL surgery for return to sport, and organizes ACL prevention camps for athletes as well.
For more information, contact Carina Abrams at Sutter Physical and Hand Therapy, (530)753-5338 or carinajabrams@gmail.com.
Table tennis tournament
UC Davis Campus Recreation?s Intramural Sports is hosting its annual table tennis tournament on Friday, Feb. 24, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Activities and Recreation Center.
Registration is available through Friday at 5 p.m. and the cost is $10 per team. The tournament will offer singles A and B and doubles A and B divisions.
For more information, visit?http://campusrecreation.ucdavis.edu, or contact Campus Recreation at (530) 752-1730 or imsports@campusrec.ucdavis.edu.
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