Senior earns honor after being named MVP at MW Championship
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November 7, 2017 (San Diego) - San Diego State forward Aliyah Utush has been named to the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week. The senior was one of five honorable mention selections after helping the Aztecs win the 2017 Mountain West Championship.
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November 7, 2017 (San Diego) - With a bye week this week, SDSU football head coach Rocky Long invited some of the coaches of the other Aztec sports to join in on this week’s press conference. Women’s basketball senior guards Geena Gomez and McKynzie Fort and men's basketball junior guard Jeremy Hemsley were also on hand to answer a few questions.
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Aztecs’ Samiere, Sugimoto tied for eighth individually after first round
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November 6, 2017 (Pebble Beach) - The San Diego State men’s golf team finds itself in sixth place at the Saint Mary’s Invitational after shooting a 5-over-par 287 on Monday during the opening round at the renowned Poppy Hills Golf Course.
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Penny ran for 234 yards and three touchdowns in a 52-7 Aztec win at San José State
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November 6, 2017 (San Diego) - San Diego State running back Rashaad Penny has been named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday.
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November 5, 2017 (Stanford) - The San Diego State men’s soccer team wrapped up its 2017 road schedule at No. 4 Stanford on Sunday evening and fell to the Cardinal 4-0 at Cagan Stadium.
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Aztec sophomore drops title match in straight sets
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November 5, 2017 (Las Vegas) - San Diego State men’s tennis sophomore Arnaud Restifo (Nice, France) came up short in the singles final of the Larry Easley Memorial Championships on Sunday, falling to Max Cressy of UCLA in straight sets at Fertita Tennis Complex on the campus of UNLV.
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November 5, 2017 (Colorado Springs, Colo.) - The San Diego State volleyball team had its season-long five-match winning streak snapped in a grueling five-set defeat at Air Force (26-24, 19-25, 25-27, 25-20, 10-15) Sunday at Cadet East Gym.
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Photo: With his 234-yard effort against the Spartans, Rashaad Penny recorded his eighth 100-yard rushing game of the season and the 13th of his career. The Aztecs are 13-0 when Penny rushes for at least 100 yards. Courtesy goaztecs.com
November 5, 2017 (San Jose) - Rashaad Penny ran for 234 yards and three touchdowns and San Diego State had 648 total yards -- including a school-record 554 rushing -- to help the Aztecs cruise to a 52-7 win over San Jose State on Saturday night.
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Aztec sophomore posts two wins to advance to championship final
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November 4, 2017 (Las Vegas) - San Diego State sophomore Arnaud Restifo won two singles matches on Saturday to lead a quartet Aztec men’s tennis players at the Larry Easley Memorial Championships on the campus of UNLV.
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Utush named MVP after scoring four goals in tournament
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November 4, 2017 (Las Vegas) - San Diego State senior forward Aliyah Utush posted a hat trick to lead the Aztecs past New Mexico 3-0 in the Mountain West championship game Saturday night in Las Vegas. The win sends SDSU to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2014.
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Aztecs net five singles victories and win twice in doubles
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November 3, 2017 (Las Vegas) - The San Diego State men’s tennis team enjoyed a successful Friday at the Larry Easley Memorial Championships, capturing five of six singles matches to go with a pair of doubles victories in the tournament’s opening rounds held on the campus of UNLV.
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Preseason All-Mountain West honoree McKynzie Fort was the Aztecs’ leader on offense
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November 3, 2017 (San Diego) - Three Aztecs scored double-digit points, leading San Diego State women’s basketball to a 71-50 exhibition win over Cal State Los Angeles Friday night in Viejas Arena.
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November 2, 2017 (San Diego) - November is back and so is SDSU men’s basketball. The Aztecs of the court opened their season tonight against crosstown rival UCSD under new ownership; tonight was Brian Dutcher’s first game as head coach. Click “read more” to see how he—and they—did.
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November 2, 2017 (Las Vegas) - Second-seeded San Diego State used a 48th-minute goal by Aliyah Utush and a stellar defensive effort to dismiss third-seeded Boise State, 1-0, in the Mountain West semifinal round Thursday afternoon in Las Vegas. The win secured the Aztecs a spot in the MW championship game and upped their record to 11-7-2.
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Aztecs conclude road schedule Sunday at No. 4 Stanford
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November 2, 2017 (Berkeley) - Despite a standout performance from senior goalkeeper Adam Allmaras, the San Diego State men’s soccer team started its final road weekend of the season with a 1-0 loss at California on Thursday afternoon. The Aztecs fall to 5-12 (0-8 Pac-12), while Cal, which is receiving votes in the national rankings by United Soccer Coaches, improves to 10-5 (5-3 Pac-12).
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November 1, 2017 (Santa Ana, Calif.) - San Diego State women’s golfer Fernanda Escauriza (Asunción, Paraguay) tied for sixth place at the UC Irvine Invitational on Tuesday after shooting a 3-over-par 75 during the final round at the par-72, 6,072-yard Santa Ana Country Club.
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October 31, 2017 (San Diego) - The San Diego State volleyball team made quick work in recording their fifth straight victory Tuesday night, posting a 3-0 conquest of Fresno State (25-16, 25-14, 25-20) in a Mountain West match at Aztec Court.
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October 31, 2017 (San Diego) - Winning after two weeks of losing is spooky indeed, and on this Halloween, Aztecs football head coach Rocky Long, junior quarterback Christian Chapman and sophomore cornerback Ron Smith sat down with the media at this week's press conference.
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October 30, 2017 (Santa Ana, Calif.) - The San Diego State women’s golf team had four individuals compete in the first two rounds of the UC Irvine Invitational on Monday at Santa Ana Country Club.
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Three Aztecs among top 15; senior P.J. Samiere shoots second-round 65
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October 30, 2017 (Princeville, Hawaii) - Despite shooting its second straight collective score of 14-under-par 274, the San Diego State men’s golf team slipped one notch into fourth place on Monday during the second of the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational.
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October 30, 2017 (San Diego) - San Diego State, which owned the Mountain West’s top defense and one of the top scoring attacks, had two players named to the all-MW team and an additional pair voted to the all-newcomer squad, the league announced this afternoon.
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Aztec senior ties career best with an opening-round 65
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October 29, 2017 (Princeville, Hawaii) - San Diego State’s Blake Abercrombie (Rocklin, Calif.) shot a 7-under-par 65 on Sunday to lead the Aztec men’s golf team during the opening round of the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational on the island of Kaua’i.
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October 29, 2017 (San Diego) - eroen Meefout and Tevenn Roux each tallied goals in San Diego State men’s soccer’s home contest against Oregon State, but the Aztecs fell to the Beavers, 4-2, in Pac-12 play on Sunday afternoon. The Aztecs fall to 5-11-0 (0-7-0 Pac-12), while OSU improves to 6-11-0 (3-6-0 Pac-12).
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October 29, 2017 (Honolulu) - Rashaad Penny ran 30 times for a career-high 253 yards and two touchdowns on Saturday night and San Diego State beat Hawaii 28-7.
Penny led the way with runs on all six plays of a 99-yard drive when the Aztecs (7-2, 3-2 Mountain West Conference) broke away early in the fourth quarter.
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Aztecs win fourth straight and sixth in last eight matches
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October 28, 2017 (San Jose) - The San Diego State volleyball team extended its season-long winning streak to four matches on Saturday with a 3-0 sweep of San José State (25-20, 25-19, 25-21) in a Mountain West road clash at Spartan Gym.
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October 28, 2017 (Alberquerque) - Freshman Mia Root provided the game-winning goal in double overtime to push San Diego State past New Mexico on the road Friday night 4-3 at UNM Soccer Complex. The victory helped the Aztecs secure the No. 2 seed and a quarterfinal bye into the semifinal round of next week’s MW Championship.
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October 27, 2017 (Alberquerque) - As has been the case in every race this season, senior Lily Seynaeve was San Diego State’s top finisher at the Mountain West Cross Country Championships (6K), racing at the conference meet on New Mexico’s North Golf Course Friday morning.
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October 26, 2017 (San Diego) - The San Diego State men’s soccer team fell in tough-luck fashion on Thursday night, dropping a 1-0 decision to No. 23 Washington at the SDSU Sports Deck. The Aztecs fall to 5-10-0 (0-6-0 Pac-12), while the nationally ranked Huskies improve to 11-5-1 (4-3-1 Pac-12).
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Aztec sophomore Ashlynn Dunbar logs third career double-double
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October 26, 2017 (Reno) - The San Diego State volleyball team won its third straight on Thursday after posting a four-set triumph over Nevada (25-21, 17-25, 25-19, 25-18) in a Mountain West road match at Virginia Street Gym.
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Aztecs to play 17 games against 2017 NCAA tournament teams
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October 25, 2017 (San Diego) - San Diego State softball head coach Kathy Van Wyk has announced a 52-game schedule for the 2018 season, highlighted by two home tournaments, including the 28th annual Campbell/Cartier Classic at SDSU Softball Stadium from Feb. 15-18.
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