The UC Davis women, who return almost their entire team, were picked to finished second and the Aggies men sixth in the Big West Conference basketball media polls announced Thursday.
The predicted women's order, in addition to UCD, was UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UC Riverside, Long Beach State, Pacific, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge and UC Irvine.
The men's order, besides the Aggies, was Long Beach State, UC Santa Barbara, Cal State Northridge, UC Riverside, Pacific, Cal State Fullerton, UC Irvine and Cal Poly.
UCD placed two women, senior wing Haylee Donaghe and junior post Paige Mintun, and two men, junior guards Joe Harden and Mark Payne, on the preseason all-conference teams.
The UCD men and women open the season next week with home exhibition games. The men face Cal State East Bay on Wednesday, and the women meet Humboldt State on Thursday. Both games begin at 7 p.m. at the Pavilion.
– Bee Sports staff
Cal Expo to expand schedule
Beginning this weekend, Cal Expo will expand its harness racing schedule from three to four nights a week with Sunday programs.
"We instituted some incentive programs, and the horsemen responded overwhelmingly," Cal Expo racing director David Elliott said. "With us using Sunday as our fourth day, we will race about 400 horses this week. We're hopeful this will continue."
Also this week, Cal Expo will host its first round of fall California Sires Stakes, worth $15,000 each.
First post is 5:55 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays.
– Debbie Arrington
World TeamTennis season set
The 35th season of World TeamTennis will run July 1-25, 2010, the league said. The site of the WTT Finals on July 25 will be announced later this year.
The Capitals finished 6-8 last season, missing the playoffs for the first time in Wayne Bryan's eight years as the team's coach. It was only the second losing season in the Capitals' 24-year history and tied for the worst.
– Paul Bauman
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