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OTHER DIVISION I SCHOOLS TOP MOMENTS 2005
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UCI'S SLOBOUNOV BECOMES MOST DECORATED DIVER IN BIG WEST HISTORY
UC Irvine's Anton Slobounov becomes the most decorated diver in Big West Conference history by winning the one-meter and three-meter competitions at the 2005 conference championships at Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach. Slobounov has won a total of six Big West diving titles, placing first in one-meter and three-meter each of the last three seasons (February 25-26). |
HOLMES' BUZZER BEATER ADVANCES TITANS IN NIT
Ralphy Holmes makes a jump shot at the overtime buzzer to give Cal State Fullerton an 85-83 NIT men’s basketball victory at Oregon State for the Titans’ first post-season victory since 1978. The heavily-favored host Beavers had gone 12-1 at home in the regular season, losing only to Arizona. The 6-foot-4 Holmes finished with 27 points and 13 rebounds. Fullerton went on to win two nights later at San Francisco before being eliminated at Georgetown (March 18). |
PEPPERDINE MEN'S VOLLEYBALL WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - Winner
Topping off one of the greatest seasons (25-2) in school history, the Pepperdine men’s volleyball team claims the NCAA title before a national television audience. The Waves defeated cross-town rival UCLA at Pauley Pavilion for Pepperdine’s fifth national volleyball championship. The Waves, led by NCAA Player of the Year Sean Rooney and NCAA Newcomer of the Year Jonathon Winder, won in five games by scores of 30-23, 23-30, 24-30, 30-25, 15-10. Pepperdine capped the victory with a trip to The White House and presented President George Bush with "Surfboard One" as honorary team captain for the Waves (May 7). |
PEDROZA'S BAT, GLOVE KEEP TITANS' WORLD SERIES HOPES ALIVE
Outfielder Sergio Pedroza hits a 2-run home run in the top of the ninth inning and then makes a diving catch in the bottom half to save an 8-6 Cal State Fullerton victory over Missouri in an elimination game of an NCAA Baseball Regional Tournament at Goodwin Field. Pedroza’s homer erased a 6-5 deficit. With the bases loaded and two out in the bottom of the inning, Pedroza made a head-first dive and catch of what would have been a game-winning 3-run double for the Tigers. Fullerton went on to beat Arizona twice to win the Regional and advance to the Super Regional, where it was eliminated by Arizona State, one win shy of a trip to Omaha (June 5). |
PEPPERDINE NAMED THE NATION'S BEST NCAA I-AAA ATHLETICS PROGRAM
The Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association presented Pepperdine the 2004-05 All-Sports Trophy as the top-rated NCAA Division I institution not competing in football. Part of the prestigious Sports Academy Directors' Cup program for all NCAA Division I schools, Pepperdine competed in 14 sports. In addition to a National Championship in men's volleyball, the Waves women's golf team finished 4th in the nation, men's tennis ended the year ranked 5th nationally, Waves baseball finished 17th in the national polls, women's soccer was rated 33rd in Division I and men's golf concluding the year 31st in the NCAA as golfer Michael Putnam won the Byron Nelson Award taking home the silver trophy at the NCAA Championships (July 7). |
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