Track and Field
The No. 20 San Diego State track and field team had a successful Saturday competing in the Cal State San Marcos Mangrum Invitational.
Junior Allison Reaser finished in first place in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:00.05, while graduate student Deyna Roberson ran a 1:01.20 to take second in the event. Reaser also won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13:86 seconds and senior Alex Evans came in third with a time of 14:03 seconds.
The Aztecs day kept getting better. Junior Rebecca Turnbow cleared 11 feet, 10.75 inches to take first in pole vault and freshman Karen Snapper came in second clearing a height of 11 feet, 5 inches. Junior Brittany Bozeman got first in the javelin throw with a heave of 131 feet, 9 inches.
Junior Antonique Campbell placed third in the 100-meters with a time of 12:35 seconds and junior Maderia Toatley placed second in the 200-meters.
Next, the SDSU squad will be split up. Some will compete at the Mt. SAC Heptathlon on April 17 and 18, some will be at the Mt. SAC Relays on April 18 and 19 and some will compete at the Beach Invitational on April 20.
Men’s Tennis
Last Wednesday, the SDSU men’s tennis team lost 7-0 to the No. 42 University of San Diego at the Aztec Tennis Center. Two days later, SDSU sprung back just in time to beat No. 56 Santa Clara University 7-0 for its third sweep of the season.
USD won two of the three doubles matches to runaway with the doubles point. At this point, SDSU knew it desperately needed to win a majority of its singles matches in order to come out with a win.
However, the Toreros got the best of the Aztecs and they ending up losing all of their singles matches.
On Friday, SDSU started strong by winning the doubles point. Then, as soon as the Aztecs won three of their singles matches the Broncos knew it was time for them to start packing.
SDSU is 14-7 overall and 3-0 in the Mountain West Conference. The Aztecs will next play the University of California, Irvine and the U.S. Air Force Academy in a doubleheader at 1 p.m. this Friday at the Aztec Tennis Center.
Women’s Lacrosse
The Aztecs sent the Fresno State Bulldogs back to the doghouse after beating them 18-8 in Fresno on Saturday. The SDSU lacrosse team is now 8-4 overall and 3-1 in conference play.
The Aztecs began the game by startling Fresno with 13 goals in the first half alone.
Freshman midfielder Felice Artuso scored the first goal of the game for SDSU and added another later in the half. Junior midfielder Christina Ricciardulli, sophomore attacker Bailey Ewing and junior attacker Meris Walsh each added two goals of their own in the first to help give the Aztecs a 13-4 lead.
Artuso opened the second half with another goal. No matter how hard they tried, the Bulldogs just couldn’t close the gap on the Aztecs’ 10-point lead. Bailey and Artuso led the team with three goals each, while sophomore attacker Michaela Jarvis led the team with three assists.
This Sunday, the Aztecs play the University of California, Berkley at noon at the Aztec Lacrosse Field.
Women’s Tennis
The SDSU women’s tennis team celebrated its second MWC win of the season against the University of New Mexico on Saturday. The Aztecs defeated the Lobos 7-0.
SDSU began the day by sweeping the doubles matches and from then on it never looked back. In singles play, senior Julia Wais beat junior Michaela Bezdickova 6-3, 6-4 to seal the win for the Aztecs. SDSU went on to dominate all of its singles matches.
SDSU has improved to 14-4 overall and 3-0 in the MWC. The Aztecs will play against Fresno State at 10 a.m. on Saturday in Las Vegas.
