When USD’s football and baseball teams took to the field for their games at the beginning of this month, there were, for the first time in over a year, fans in the stands. As San Diego County has moved into less restrictive tiers in California’s reopening plan, the University of San Diego welcomed fans back to stadiums on campus, albeit in limited numbers.
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Sophomore Gianna Sbarbaro has proven herself to be an inspirational runner with strong dedication that led her to becoming the first Torero among both men and women to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championship. However, there is much more to her story.
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The University of San Diego’s football team dominated the winless Stetson Hatters on senior night at home on Saturday. Despite being heavily favored to win the contest, 3-1 USD got off to a slow start against the Hatters. Despite trailing 3-10 at the end of the first half, the rest of the game was all USD. The Toreros held Stetson scoreless for the entire second half, while proceeding to score 31 points to win the game.
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On the day when USD celebrated their seniors, it was Santa Clara’s seniors who celebrated. Veteran Bronco forward Oladayo Thomas scored a pair of goals and fellow senior Juan O’Neill added a third to earn the visitors a 3-0 victory and fourth place in the West Coast Conference in Sunday’s season finale. The loss dropped the Toreros to fifth, and was USD’s worst result in WCC play.
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The old adage, “defense wins championships,” held true on Saturday as the University of San Diego’s defensive unit made sure that 13 points was all the Toreros needed to begin their pursuit of a seventh straight Pioneer Football League title with a win. USD allowed Drake only 25 yards of total offense and three first downs all game, and the Bulldogs’ two scoring drives both came after San Diego’s offense coughed up the ball.
Read moreThe University of San Diego’s women’s tennis team attempted to continue their four-game winning streak against 17th-ranked Cal Berkeley at home on Sunday.
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As the University of San Diego women’s soccer opened up their second match of the West Coast Conference at home, they were unable to hold onto the recent fortune from their 2-0 win at LMU. The University of Gonzaga Bulldogs bested them with a 3-0 shutout win, using their powerful shots and aggressiveness to coast right past the Toreros.
Read moreUSD men’s basketball loses in first round of WCC Tournament to USF Maria Watters / Asst. Sports Editor / The USD Vista The University of San Diego’s men’s basketball team squared off against the University of San Francisco Dons in the first round of the 2021 West Coast Conference Tournament […]
Read moreTwo-week pause keeps Toreros from making trip to Vegas for WCC tourney Eric Boose / Sports Editor / The USD Vista A year after coming within seconds of the West Coast Conference tournament title, the University of San Diego women’s basketball team missed the tournament entirely due to a positive […]
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For 12 innings of softball on Sunday, the University of San Diego stayed within arm’s reach of the 5th-ranked team in the country, the University of Washington. It was only in the 13th inning of play, the top of game two’s 6th, that the Huskies out-classed the Toreros, scoring seven runs to end their second win of the day an inning early, due to the NCAA’s run rule.
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