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LA JOLLA, Calif.\u2014\u00a0UC San Diego baseball will begin a stretch of two weekends on the road, traveling for a three-game series at Long Beach State this weekend. \u00a0 A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE UC SAN DIEGO HEADED TO THE WCC
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\nThe Tritons (19-21, 14-7 Big West) will face the Dirtbags (14-29, 8-16 Big West) on Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m. and wrap up the weekend on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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\nUC San Diego will return home to host San Diego State for a midweek matchup on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Triton Ballpark.\u00a0
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\nSunday’s game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and live statistics will be available for all games via UCSDTritons.com.\u00a0
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\nDETAILS\u00a0
\nGames 41-43
\nUC San Diego (19-21, 14-7) at Long Beach State (14-29, 8-16)
\nFriday at 6 p.m. | Saturday at 6 p.m. | Sunday at 1 p.m.
\nBlair Field (3,238) | Long Beach, Calif.
\nAll-time series: 10-6
\nLast meeting: UC San Diego won the series, 2-1
\nLast UCSD win: 13-10 (Mar. 22, 2025)
\nLast LBSU win: 10-0 (Mar. 23, 2025)
\nStreak: L1
\nGame 3 on ESPN+<\/a>
\nGame 1 Stats<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Game 2 Stats<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Game 3 Stats<\/a>
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\nGame 44
\nUC San Diego vs San Diego State (27-18)
\nTuesday at 6 p.m.
\nTriton Ballpark (500) | La Jolla, Calif.
\nAll-time series: 11-19
\nDivision I series: 8-9
\nLast meeting: UCSD 1, SDSU 9 (April 14, 2026)
\nStreak: L1
\nWatch on ESPN+<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Live Stats<\/a>
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\nUP NEXT
\nThe Tritons will wrap up their road schedule this season at Cal State Bakersfield with a three-game series, May 8-10. All games will be broadcast on ESPN+ and live statistics will be available via UCSDTritons.com.
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\n\t\t\tABOUT THE TRITONS
\n\t\t\tABOUT LONG BEACH ST.
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\n\t\t\tOverall: 19-21
\n\t\t\tOverall: 14-29
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\n\t\t\tBig West: 14-7
\n\t\t\tBig West: 8-16
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\n\t\t\tHome: 10-9
\n\t\t\tHome: 9-16
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\n\t\t\tAway: 9-12
\n\t\t\tAway: 4-11
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\n\t\t\tNeutral: 0-0
\n\t\t\tNeutral: 1-2
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\nWEEKEND PROBABLES
\nFri: RHP Steele Murdock<\/a> (UCSD) vs RHP Ka’imi Kahalekai (LBSU)
\nSat: RHP Trevor Rector<\/a> (UCSD) vs RHP Luke Howe (LBSU)
\nSun: RHP Nic Gregson<\/a> (UCSD) vs RHP Jason Gerfers (LBSU)
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\nTRITONS RECORD FIRST DIVISION I NO-HITTER
\nUC San Diego baseball secured a seven-inning, 10-0, run-rule victory over Loyola Marymount on April 28 in Triton Ballpark. The Tritons did not allow a hit in the shortened contest with the Lions to record their first no-hitter in Division I competition and second no-no in program history\u2014both in seven innings (Trevor Decker, 7.0 IP vs Cal State Stanislaus, March 14, 2009).
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\nIt was the 16th no-hitter in NCAA Division I baseball this season, with 10 of those coming in seven innings.\u00a0
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\nConnor Etnire<\/a>, Nathan Ries<\/a> and Cal Elvis<\/a> combined to shut out the Lions, with Drake Bicknell<\/a> catching behind the plate. Etnire pitched the first 3.0 innings in a pre-established shortened start, issuing one walk as the only base runner in the contest and striking out three. Ries was perfect in 3.0 innings of relief, retiring all nine batters faced and recording five strikeouts. Elvis\u2014a Triton catcher making his second-ever appearance on the mound\u2014contributed a clean inning, retiring all three batters faced, throwing nine pitches with six strikes.
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\nLAST TIME OUT
\nUC San Diego took two out of three in the weekend series with UC Irvine, winning the Friday opener, 11-10, after being down 8-1 early on. The Tritons scored seven runs in the fifth inning to secure the comeback victory. UC San Diego secured the series on Saturday with a 9-4 win and dropped a back-and-forth battle on Sunday, 9-7, giving up four runs in the ninth inning.
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\nThe Tritons shut out LMU in seven innings on Tuesday, 10-0, allowing just one base runner in the run-rule victory. The Tritons scored eight runs in the second inning to jump ahead early and Connor Etnire<\/a>, Nathan Ries<\/a> and Cal Elvis<\/a> combined on the mound for UC San Diego’s first no-hitter in the Division I era.
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\nWeekend Top Performers:
\nMichael Crossland<\/a>: 7-for-16 (.438), 3 r, 2 2b, 1 hr, 4 rbi, 12 tb, .750 slg%, .438 ob%, 1-1 sb-att
\nJ.C. Allen<\/a>: 5-for-11 (.455), 2 r, 1 2b, 1 hr, 4 rbi, .818 slg%, 1 bb, .500 ob%
\nDelshaun Lanier<\/a>: 4-for-10 (.400), 3 r, 2 2b, 1 3b, 4 rbi, .800 slg%, 2 bb, .500 ob%
\nGabe Camacho<\/a>: 4-for-13 (.308), 4 r, 2 hr, 4 rbi, 10 tb, .769 slg%, 2 bb, .400 ob%
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\nJake Villar<\/a>: 3.38 era, 0-0, 2 app, 5.1 ip, 2 h, 2 r, 1 bb, 1 k, 0.56 whip, .118 avg
\nNathan Huy<\/a>: 0.00 era, 0-0, 2 app, 1 sv, 2.0 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 bb, 1 k, 0.00 whip, .000 avg
\nDevon King<\/a>: 0.00 era, 0-0, 2 app, 1.1 ip, 2 h, 0 r, 0 bb, 3 k, 1.50 whip, .333 avg
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\nBIG WEST STANDINGS
\nWith three weeks remaining in the Big West schedule, the Tritons (14-7) are currently in second place, one game back from conference-leader Cal Poly (15-6). The top four teams in the conference are all within two games of each other, with UC Santa Barbara (13-8) and Cal State Fullerton (13-8) just behind the Tritons.
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\nThe top five teams will earn a trip to the Big West postseason tournament, taking place May 20-24 at Anteater Ballpark in Irvine, Calif.
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\nUCSB and Cal Poly own the tiebreakers with the Tritons, with both teams taking their respective series, 2-1. Hawai’i currently rounds out the top five at 10-11.\u00a0
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\nCAMACHO LEADING THE CHARGE
\nGabe Camacho<\/a> ranks second in the Big West in home runs (13), fourth in RBI (41), fifth in slugging percentage (.593), runs scored (36) and total bases (89), sixth in OPS (.998), while also ranking second in the conference and ninth nationally in hit by pitch (22).\u00a0
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\nHe is currently leading the team in slugging percentage, runs batted in, runs scored, home runs, total bases, games started (39), sacrifice flies (3) and hit by pitch, second in hits (40) and third in batting average (.267) and in on base percentage (.405).
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\nMATCHING UP AGAINST THE BIG WEST
\nAnthony Potestio<\/a> ranks first in the conference in base on balls (0.82 per game, 31 total), sixth in stolen bases (9) and ninth in on base percentage (.429) and runs scored (34).
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\nAlex Leopard<\/a> joins Potestio at the top of the Big West in walks (31) and ranks seventh in on base percentage (.439) and 14th in runs scored (32). J.C. Allen<\/a> is eighth in doubles (11), 12th in RBI (31) and 14th in hits (46), leading the team with a .305 batting average. Michael Crossland<\/a> (10) and Nick Costello<\/a> (7) are fifth and 10th respectively in home runs.
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\nSteele Murdock<\/a> leads the Big West in strikeouts per nine innings (12.63), which ranks 26th in the country and he ranks third in the conference (51st nationally) in total strikeouts (73). Nic Gregson<\/a> ranks fifth in walks allowed per nine innings (2.01) and sixth in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.58). Both rank third in the conference in games started (11).
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\nTRITON TEAM STATS
\nAs a team, the Tritons lead the Big West in base on balls (208) and rank second in home runs (50 total, 1.25 per game), hit by pitch (93) and on base percentage (.381). They rank third in slugging percentage (.419) and fourth in scoring (6.4 runs per game, 257 total runs).
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\nIn conference-only stats, UC San Diego jumps to third in batting average (.288), second in slugging percentage (.505) and first in on-base percentage (.418). The Tritons are first in home runs (34), RBI (162), runs scored (171), walks (122) and hit by pitch (48). UC San Diego’s conference ERA sits at 5.79 which ranks ninth and the Tritons are fourth in fewest walks allowed (73), while collecting 174 strikeouts in conference play.
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\nCHALLENGING SCHEDULE
\nUC San Diego has had one of the most challenging non-conference schedules in the country, facing three teams currently ranked in the top 26 in RPI. The Tritons played series against UCLA (No. 1), Cincinnati (22) and Oregon (26), ranking as high as No. 19 in RPI after the completion of their preseason slate. UC San Diego also faced conference opponent UC Santa Barbara, currently ranked No. 36.\u00a0
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\nAccording the D1Baseball, the Tritons strength of schedule ranks 44th overall and seventh in non-conference play with three quad one wins (3-10 in Q1).
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\nThe Bruins are currently ranked No. 1 in D1Baseball’s top 25, with only four losses this season\u2014one coming against the Tritons (Feb. 15)\u2014while Oregon is ranked No. 13. Six of the Tritons opponents this season competed in the 2025 NCAA Baseball Championship, including Regional participants Cal Poly, Cincinnati, Creighton, UC Irvine and Oregon, as well as the Bruins who advanced to the CWS in Omaha.
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\nNEWMAN BECOMES WINNINGEST COACH FOR TRITON BASEBALL
\nWith a 12-6 victory over UC Riverside (March 20), UC San Diego head coach Eric Newman<\/a> became the winningest coach in program history, surpassing Dan O’Brien (1998-2010) with his 455th victory. Newman currently holds a 466-309 career record with the Tritons.
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\nMURDOCK EARNS CONFERENCE AND NATIONAL WEEKLY HONORS (APR. 14)
\nRight hander Steele Murdock<\/a> was named Big West Pitcher of the Week and earned a place on Baseball America’s Week 9 National Team of the Week after a record-setting performance at UC Santa Barbara. Murdock set the Tritons’ all-time single game record with 17 strikeouts in 8.0 innings against the Gauchos, surpassing the previous record of 13. At the time, it was the most strikeouts in a single game for a pitcher in NCAA Division I this season.\u00a0
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\nHe allowed just four base runners and faced three over the minimum, throwing 76 of his 106 pitches for strikes with no walks. He gave up three hits and just one run for the Friday night road win. Murdock (Herriman, Utah) retired 10 of the final 11 batters he faced via strikeout, including striking out the side in the sixth and eighth innings and recorded all but one of his 17 K’s via swinging strikeout.
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\nBOWKER NAMED UCU ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (APR. 6)
\nRight hander Austin Bowker<\/a> turned in a strong performance in the Saturday series finale, pitching 5.2 scoreless innings against Hawai’i to help the Tritons secure their first shutout of the season and the series over UH. Bowker limited the Rainbow Warriors to three hits with two walks and two strikeouts. He forced six fly-outs and seven groundouts, recording a 0.88 WHIP and .167 opponent batting average for the 8-0 victory.
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\nALLEN NAMED BIG WEST FIELD PLAYER OF THE WEEK (MAR. 16)
\nSenior J.C. Allen<\/a> led the Tritons to their first series sweep of the season, taking all three at CSUN and earning his first career Big West Field Player of the Week honor. Allen finished 10-for-17 (.588) with 10 RBI and three runs scored, recording a 1.176 slugging percentage. He knocked four doubles and two home runs, tallying a .588 on base percentage. In Friday’s 17-16 slugfest, he went 4-for-7 with four RBI and two runs scored via two doubles and a home run. On Saturday in a 6-4 ballgame, he finished 3-for-4 with two RBI, including a double and a home run. In the Sunday finale, Allen went 3-for-6 with four RBI and a double to lead UC San Diego to the 12-4 victory.
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\nALLEN, CROSSLAND LAND ON PRESEASON COACHES’ TEAM
\nThird baseman J.C. Allen<\/a> and center fielder Michael Crossland<\/a> were named to the 2026 Big West Baseball Preseason Coaches’ Team after the duo earned All-Big West First Team accolades a season ago. Eleven scholar-athletes were recognized by the conference’s 11 head coaches, with six pitchers, three infielders and two outfielders earning a spot on the preseason team. The Tritons were one of four teams with multiple honorees, including Hawai’i (3), Cal Poly (2) and UC Irvine (2).
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\nA junior college transfer, Allen was a standout in his first season in La Jolla, starting 48 of the Tritons’ 51 games and finishing second on the team with 14 home runs. Allen led the team in runs batted in (53) and doubles (16), with both numbers ranking fourth in the Big West at the end of the regular season. The rising senior recorded a .304 batting average and .394 on base percentage, with a .620 slugging percentage good enough for fourth in the conference as well. Allen was red hot down the final stretch of the regular season, collecting 21 RBI in the last 10 games and knocking six homers in the last six games, including the final long ball of the season to set the UC San Diego single season team record with 80 home runs.
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\nCrossland had a record-setting sophomore season, leading the team in most statistical categories. The rising junior was tops on the team in batting average (.341), slugging percentage (.644), hits (70), home runs (15), runs scored (49), total bases (132) and games started (50) and second in doubles (15), RBI (44) and stolen bases (6). At the conclusion of the regular season, Crossland ranked first in the Big West in slugging percentage and home runs. He set the Tritons’ Division I record with 15 homers, which is tied for second all-time in the UC San Diego single season record book.
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\nTRITONS PICKED SIXTH IN PRESEASON POLL
\nUC San Diego was picked to finish sixth in the Big West Preseason Coaches’ Poll with 60 total points.\u00a0UC Santa Barbara was picked to finish first with 95 points and five of the 11 first-place votes, followed by Cal Poly with 89 points and five first-place votes as well. UC Irvine rounded out the top three with 86 points and the remaining first-place vote.
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\nCal State Fullerton and Hawai’i were tied in fourth with 67 points apiece, followed by UC San Diego (60 points), Long Beach State (41), UC Davis (40), CSUN (25), Cal State Bakersfield (22) and UC Riverside (13).
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\nEXPERIENCED ROSTER
\nThe Tritons return 23 scholar-athletes from their 2025 roster, including five starting position players and two starting pitchers from a team that finished 15-15 in conference play last season. UC San Diego’s roster includes five 2025 All-Big West honorees, including first-teamers J.C. Allen<\/a>, Gabe Camacho<\/a> and Michael Crossland<\/a> and honorable mentions Alex Leopard<\/a> and Anthony Potestio<\/a>. The Tritons also get back 2024 All-Big West Honorable Mention Nick Costello<\/a>, who sat out all of 2025 due to injury.
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\nRight-hander Steele Murdock<\/a> will lead a talented Triton pitching staff after being recognized as a 2025 Cape Cod League All-Star\u2014along with Potestio. Veteran right-hander Nic Gregson<\/a>, lefty Jake Villar<\/a> and right-hander Nathan Ries<\/a> also highlight a stacked staff for UC San Diego.
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\nFRESH FACES
\nThe Tritons add 17 talented newcomers to their roster in 2026, including four junior college transfers, two Division I transfers and one Division II transfer as well as 10 true freshmen.
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\nDALQUIST SELECTED IN 2025 MLB DRAFT
\nRight-hander Matthew Dalquist<\/a> was selected on day two of the 2025 MLB Draft, taken in the 18th round (539 overall) by the Minnesota Twins. Dalquist was an All-Big West Second Team selection as the Tritons’ Friday starter in 2025, making 14 starts with a record of 6-5 and a 4.43 ERA. He collected 67 strikeouts compared to just 13 walks in 81.1 innings of work.\u00a0
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\nThe Redondo Beach native ranked first in the Big West and 16th nationally in walks allowed per nine innings (1.44), third in the conference (24th nationally) in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.15) and third in the Big West (11th nationally) in games started (14).
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\nDalquist becomes the fourth Triton to be selected in the MLB Draft in the program’s Division I era, joining the trio of Ryan Forcucci, Matt Halbach and Izaak Martinez who were all selected in 2024. The UC San Diego baseball program has had 27 scholar-athletes selected in the MLB Draft since 1974, with Forcucci as the highest pick after being taken by the Houston Astros in the third round (101 overall).
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\nNEWMAN LEADING THE WAY
\nHead coach Eric Newman<\/a> enters his 15th season at the helm of the Triton baseball program, compiling a\u00a0466-309\u00a0(.608) record at UC San Diego and earning 2023 Big West Coach of the Year. Newman has also been named ABCA\/Diamond West Region Coach of the Year three times (2017, 2018, 2019) during his tenure in La Jolla.<\/p>\n
\nWhile at the Division II level, UC San Diego baseball experienced great success for 20 years as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The Tritons amassed six regular season titles in arguably the toughest conference nationally in the NCAA Division II. UC San Diego made five appearances in the NCAA D-II World Series, and most recently appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 2019.\u00a0
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\nDuring his nine seasons coaching the Tritons at Division II, Eric Newman<\/a> was named ABCA\/Diamond West Region Coach of the Year for three consecutive seasons (2017-2019) and also twice recognized as CCAA Coach of the Year (2012, 2019).<\/p>\n
\nOn Sept. 3, 2025, UC San Diego accepted a formal invitation to join the West Coast Conference (WCC) beginning July 1, 2027. UC San Diego will compete in 14 of the West Coast Conference’s 16 sponsored sports, including men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s water polo, baseball, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s golf and women’s rowing. The university remains committed to finding a conference affiliation for its sports that will not compete in the West Coast Conference.
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\nBeginning in 2027-28, the WCC membership will consist of: University of California San Diego, Loyola Marymount University, University of the Pacific, Pepperdine University, University of Portland, Saint Mary’s College, University of San Diego, University of San Francisco, Santa Clara University, and Seattle University. UC San Diego will become the first public institution in the West Coast Conference since the departure of the University of Nevada-Reno in 1979.
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\nANDY FEE NAMED ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT UC SAN DIEGO\u00a0
\nOn Sept. 10, 2025, UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla announced the hiring of college sports veteran Andy Fee<\/a> as the Tritons’ new Director of Athletics. Fee will become just the fourth Director of Athletics at UC San Diego since 1966. Fee joins the Tritons after spending the 2024-25 season as Deputy AD at Seattle University. Prior to Seattle U, Fee spent two years at Washington as Deputy AD and Chief of Staff.\u00a0
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\nBefore relocating to Seattle, Fee spent five years as Director of Athletics at Long Beach State from 2017 to 2022. During this time, Long Beach State’s athletic programs found great success as the school advanced to the postseason in 18 of its 19 sports programs in his five-year tenure. The Beach won a pair of national championships in men’s volleyball and claimed The Big West Commissioner’s Cup three times.\u00a0
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\nNo stranger to conference transition, Fee will help guide the Tritons into the West Coast Conference in 2027-28. He also helped guide Washington into the Big Ten and Seattle U into the WCC in July.
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\nWHY THE TRITONS
\nThe Triton is described as the offspring of Poseidon and Amphitrite, a demigod of the sea with a lower part of the body like that of a fish. It is known as a mighty and fierce sea warrior. Given UC San Diego’s close proximity to the Pacific Ocean and its connections with the world-famous Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Triton became our mascot in 1964.
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\nAbout UC San Diego Athletics
\nAfter two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 24-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 39 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world’s preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among institutions in NCAA Division I or II.
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