Weekly recap

Toreros finish regular season WCC games 

Amara Brooks / Sports Editor / The USD Vista

Baseball 

USD baseball traveled to Los Angeles on Friday, April 18 to compete in a three-game series against Loyola Marymount University. The Toreros finished 2-1 in the series, showing out against the West Coast Conference’s top team. 

The Toreros started the series strong with an impressive 11-1 victory over LMU. The team quickly took the lead, scoring three runs at the top of the first inning. At the top of the fifth, sophomore Ariel Armas hit a bases clearing three-RBI double which moved USD to a 6-0 lead. Redshirt sophomore pitcher Ryan Kysar had a grand start on the mound after turning in three scoreless innings. 

In the second game in the series, first-year Will Worthington had an electric home run in the eighth inning securing a 6-3 victory. After a scoreless three innings for both teams, first-year Dustin Allen slapped a RBI grounder to put the team on the board. One batter later, Worthington doubled the score with a RBI groundout. 

LMU found their footing against the Toreros in the third-game of the series after multiple back-and-forth innings resulted in LMU 10-9 victory. Worthington had a career best game with four hits and his fifth home run. 

Despite the loss, the team has won back-to-back WCC series following their victory over San Francisco last weekend. 

The team will next host BYU this weekend at Fowler Park for another three-game WCC series.

 Men’s Tennis 

Men’s tennis advanced to the WCC Championship after a 4-1 victory over Portland. The team took the doubles point with a 6-3 win at No. 2 and a 7-6 win at No. 1. First-year Neo Niedner proved successful in singles with a 6-1 victory at No. 6. 

After the victory against Portland, the Toreros played against Pepperdine, but fell short of the championship title after a 4-0 loss. 

The Toreros took home many honors in the All-WCC Men’s Tennis Awards. Coach Ryan Keckley won the Coach of the Year Award and first-year Oliver Tarvet achieved the Freshman of the Year Award. In his rookie year, Tarvet led the team with 18 singles wins and 11 doubles wins. 

The team will next compete against UCSB in the NCAA tournament on May 5. 

Women’s Tennis 

On Friday, April 28 women’s tennis competed in the WCC Tournament having their first semi-finals match against LMU. Junior Kailey Evans and sophomore Filippa Bruu-Syversen achieved a 7-6 victory over the Lions at the doubles points. 

Junior Abigail Desiatnikov won her singles round with a 6-3 victory to tie the match. However, LMU answered back with wins at No. 2 and No. 6 taking an overall 4-3 victory over the Toreros. 

Evans and redshirt junior Elizabeth Goldsmith are one of the 32 doubles teams that will compete in the 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis. The two are currently ranked No. 19 in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association and have a 15-9 record this season.

The Toreros will next travel to Austin, TX to compete in the NCAA tournament on May 5. The team will face California in the first round of the tournament.

Golf 

Golf competed this past weekend at the WCC Championship at the Gold Mountain Golf Club and finished fifth out of nine teams competing. Junior Kelvin Si finished seventh recording a top-10 finish after he carded a five-under 211 in the event to lead the Toreros. 

The team totaled a plus-three 867 across all three rounds. The Championship marked the final event for the teams 2022-23 season. Next they will await postseason decisions during the NCAA Golf Selection Show.

Women’s Rowing 

Women’s rowing competed in the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship this past weekend on Lake Natoma. Saturday’s race was to place the team in their positions for the Grand Finals. In the 2v8 event followed by the Novice 8, the Toreros placed second in their heat, allowing them to advance to the Grand Finals. The women’s 2x recorded their fastest time of 14 entries and secured lane one for the Grand Finals. 

On May 13, the team will compete in the WCC Championship.