Aztces to Host "Friday Night Lights"

SAN DIEGO (SDSU) - San Diego State football head coach Chuck Long and his coaching staff will play host to the first annual "Friday Night Lights," a camp for high school prospects. The summer event is slated for Friday, Aug. 1, from 6:00-9:30 p.m. PT at the Aztec Athletics facilities.

SDSU's Strasburg Named to Olympic Team

SAN DIEGO (SDSU) - San Diego State pitcher Stephen Strasburg has been selected to play on the U.S. baseball team at next month's Olympic Games to be held in Beijing, China. He is the lone amateur named to the 23-man squad that consists primarily of professional players not currently on the active roster of a major league club. Strasburg will become the fifth Aztec to compete with the U.S. Olympic baseball team, following in the footsteps of former SDSU standouts Chris Gwynn, Flavio Alfaro, Travis Lee and Royce Ring.

Aztecs to Host Family Day on Aug. 16

SAN DIEGO (SDSU) - San Diego State's first preseason football scrimmage, Aztec Family Day presented by The San Diego Union-Tribune, is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 16, at Qualcomm Stadium. The event will feature traditional activities such as interactive games and the chance for fans to select seats for season tickets.

Aztecs to be Featured on The Mtn.

SAN DIEGO (SDSU) - San Diego State athletics will be featured on The Mtn. for a full week beginning on Monday, July 7. The MountainWest Sports Network will air replays of classic SDSU football, basketball, baseball and women's soccer games from the 2007-08 season, along with the first run of "A Conversation With Rahn Sheffield," the Aztecs' track and field head coach.

SDSU's Stasburg Named to US National Team

SAN DIEGO - San Diego State sophomore right-handed pitcher Stephen Strasburg (West Hills HS) was named to the 2008 USA Baseball National (Collegiate) Team, announced Tuesday, June 24. Strasburg is one of 20 players on a roster that consists of nine pitchers, nine position players and a pair of two-way players. The 2008 USA Baseball National Team will compete next month in the Haarlem Baseball Week in the Netherlands and at the FISU World Championships in the Czech Republic. It will also play exhibition contests in Germany and the Czech Republic as part of its European tour.

SDSU Signs With Ticketmaster

The San Diego State athletic department has signed a multiyear agreement to make Ticketmaster its exclusive ticketing provider for all Aztec Athletics home events.The change represents a major upgrade to SDSU's ticketing and development services without overall increases in ticketing fees, while providing Aztec season ticket holders with services that have never been available before.

Among the many new features are the ability for season ticket holders to transfer tickets to friends, family, and business associates online and the option for single-game purchasers to print their tickets at home, bypassing lines at the ticket windows and will call windows on game day.

Aztecs Nip BYU 1-0 to Advance

FT. WORTH (SDSU) - A late RBI single by Brett Tanos and an outstanding pitching performance by Nate Solow combined to give San Diego State a 1-0 win over Brigham Young in an elimination game at the 2008 Mountain West Conference Tournament in Fort Worth, Texas. The victory kept the Aztecs alive at the league championship event as they improved to 31-27 on the year. The Cougars saw their season end with a final record of 22-36.

Aztecs Fall in Opening Game

SAN DIEGO (SDSU) - San Diego State failed to take advantage of several scoring opportunities early and wasted a fine pitching performance by junior James McLaughlin as it fell to UNLV, 6-2, in the opening game of the 2008 Mountain West Conference Tournament Tuesday afternoon at TCU's Lupton Stadium in Fort Worth Texas. The Aztecs will now have to fight their way back through the losers' bracket beginning with the early game tomorrow morning.

Aztecs Beat

SAN DIEGO (SDSU) - For the third consecutive night, San Diego State saw Cal State Fullerton jump out to an early lead and the Aztecs were unable to overcome the deficit as they fell to the eighth-ranked Titans, 8-5, in the series finale at Goodwin field in Fullerton. It was the final contest of the regular season for SDSU, which will enter next week's Mountain West Conference Tournament with a record of 30-26. CSU Fullerton, which has a Big West Conference series at Long Beach State remaining, improved to 35-17 as it won for the sixth time in its last seven outings.

Softball Season Ends

The No. 19/21 San Diego State softball team was eliminated from the NCAA Regional with a 2-0 loss to host and No. 12/12 Fresno State in 11 innings Saturday night. The game, played in temperatures in the low 100s, ends the Aztecs' magical season at 44-17, their best record in school history.

Golf Stages Comeback

The San Diego State men's golf team staged a comeback for the ages on Saturday, vaulting 11 places from the 20th position into a tie for ninth to force a three-way playoff during the final round of the NCAA West Regional Championships in Bremerton, Wash. The Aztecs tied for the tournament low by carding a 5-under-par 283 over the final 18 holes of regulation, then capped off their improbable rally after a sudden-death playoff, shooting a combined 2-under par in a shotgun format along with Texas to eliminate Pepperdine as the top 10 teams from each of the three regionals advance to the NCAA Championship Finals, May 28-31, in West Lafayette, Ind.

Aztecs Beat

SAN DIEGO (SDSU) - Unable to find any offensive punch until down by six runs, San Diego State found itself on the losing end of a 10-3 score line at the hands of eighth-ranked Cal State Fullerton Friday evening at the Goodwin Field in Fullerton. The loss was the third straight for the Aztecs, who fell to 30-25 while the Titans won for t he fifth time in its last six outings to improve to 34-17 on the year.

Golf Slips

Despite the efforts of Aaron Goldberg (Encinitas, Calif.) and Johan Carlsson (Gothenburg, Sweden), the San Diego State men's golf team tumbled into 20th place on Friday after shooting a collective 15-over-par 303 during the second round of the NCAA West Regional Championships in Bremerton, Wash. Goldberg and Carlsson each fired a 1-over 73, but it wasn't enough to prevent the 11th-seeded Aztecs from falling seven places in the team standings after ending the day with a combined 29-over 605.

Softball Falls

The No. 19/21 San Diego State softball team had its six-game winning streak snapped with a 4-1 loss to No. 25/24 California Friday night in the first game of the NCAA Regionals in Fresno, Calif. With the loss, the Aztecs (43-16) will face the loser of the Fresno State/Sacramento State game in an elimination game at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, while the Golden Bears (41-24) will face the winner at noon.

Aztecs Beat

SAN DIEGO (SDSU) - Five Long Beach State pitchers combined to toss a one-hit shutout as the 49ers defeated San Diego State, 10-0, Tuesday evening at Tony Gwynn Stadium. It was the final home contest of the 2008 campaign for the Aztecs, who fell to 30-23 overall. LBSU, ranked 25th in the nation this week by Rivals.com, improved to 30-18.

Aztecs Beat

SAN DIEGO (SDSU) - The No. 19/21 San Diego State softball team captured its fourth Mountain West Conference championship in seven seasons with a 6-0 victory over UNLV Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas, Nev. With the win, the Aztecs (43-15, 15-5 MWC) earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The NCAA selection show will air Sunday at 7 p.m. on ESPNU.

Baseball Finishes MWC Play

San Diego State scored five runs in the third inning and got a solid starting effort from sophomore Nate Solow to capture the rubber match of its three-game weekend series at Brigham Young by the score of 9-5. It was the final Mountain West Conference contest of the season for the Aztecs, who are a game behind New Mexico for second place in the league standings with the Lobos still having five MWC contests remaining. With the victory, SDSU finished its conference campaign with a mark of 16-8 and ended the weekend with an overall ledger of 30-22.

Water Polo Rebounds

The fourth-seeded San Diego State water polo team (30-7) downed No. 8 seed Pomona-Pitzer, 11-4, in the consolation round of the National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championship at Avery Aquatic Center on Saturday afternoon. With the victory, the Aztecs established an SDSU single-season record 30 wins.

Aztecs Beat

SAN DIEGO (SDSU) - San Diego State fell behind early and was unable to catch up as it dropped a 10-4 decision at Brigham Young Friday night at Larry H. Miller Field in Provo. The loss ended a four-game winning streak for the Aztecs, who fell to 29-22 overall and 15-8 in the Mountain West Conference. It dropped SDSU a game behind New Mexico and three back in the loss column in the battle for the No. 2 seed at the upcoming MWC Tournament. BYU, meanwhile, ended a five-game losing streak while improving to 20-32 (8-12 MWC).

Water Polo Ousted

The fourth-seeded San Diego State water polo team fell, 9-8, to No. 5 seed UC Davis in the first round of the NCAA championship at Avery Aquatic Center.

Softball Shares MWC Title

The No. 19/21 San Diego State softball team clinched at least a share of the Mountain West Conference title with a 9-0, five-inning victory over UNLV Friday night in Las Vegas, Nev. It was the school-record 42nd win of the season for the Aztecs, who remain one game ahead of second-place Brigham Young (13-6) with a 14-5 record in league play.

Aztecs Beat

SAN DIEGO (SDSU) - Nick Romero singled home Troy Hanzawa in the top of the 10th as San Diego State defeated Air Force, 5-4, Saturday afternoon in Colorado Springs. Romero's game-winning hit would not have been possible without the heroics of Aztec right fielder Pat Colwell, who hit a two-out solo homer in the top of the ninth to send the game to extra frames. The win allowed SDSU to keep pace with the league leaders as it improved to 27-21 overall and 12-7 in the Mountain West Conference.

Softball Wins

The No. 19/21 San Diego State softball team won its third consecutive one-run game with a 2-1 victory over New Mexico Saturday afternoon at SDSU Softball Stadium. The Aztecs are now 40-15 overall and first in the Mountain West Conference with a 12-5 record, ½ games up on Brigham Young (11-5).

Track & Field Competes

In its final regular-season tune-up before the Mountain West Conference Championships, the San Diego State track and field team traveled north Saturday for the Asics/Steve Scott Invitational at Anteater Stadium on the campus of UC Irvine. A total of five Aztecs set personal records on the first day of competition, including a trio of runners in the 3000-meter steeplechase.

Aztecs Beat

SAN DIEGO (SDSU) - After dropping a pair of contests earlier in the week at 20th-ranked Arizona, San Diego State continues a string of eight consecutive road contests as its travels Air Force to resume Mountain West Conference play with a three-game series this weekend. That set of contests against the Falcons gets underway on Friday, May 2, at 2:00 p.m. (MDT) at Falcon Field in Colorado Springs. Colo. San Diego State and Air Force will also meet on Saturday (May 3) and Sunday (May 4) for contests at 1:00 p.m. and noon respectively.

Golfer Named to Palmer Team
San Diego State senior Aaron Goldberg (Encinitas, Calif.) was one of eight players named to the 2008 Palmer Cup as announced recently by the Golf Coaches Association of America. The annual competition, featuring the top collegiate golfers from the United States against their European counterparts, will be played June 26-27 in a Ryder Cup-style format at the Glasgow Golf Club's 6,903-yard, par-71 Gailes Links in Gailes, Scotland.

Athletes Honored at Banquet
A total of 218 student-athletes were recognized at the 14th annual San Diego State Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet on Monday at Montezuma Hall in Aztec Center. SDSU alumna and Fox Sports commentator Jeanne Zelasko presided over the festivities, which honored Aztec student-athletes with at least a 3.0 cumulative or a 3.2 semester grade-point average during the calendar year of 2007.

Aztecs Beat

SAN DIEGO (SDSU) - Pat Colwell's bases-loaded double in the top of the ninth broke a 2-2 deadlock and turned what had been a frustrating evening into a 6-3 win over USC Tuesday evening at Dedeaux Field in Los Angeles. Colwell's timely hit complemented an excellent pitching performance by sophomore Nate Solow (3-5), who scattered six hits and struck out six over eight-plus innings to pick up his third win of the season. The win ended a brief two-game losing skid for the Aztecs, who improved to 24-17.

Aztecs Beat

SAN DIEGO (SDSU) - San Diego State football team completed its ninth workout of spring drills Friday afternoon, running through a short two-hour practice in preparation for Saturday's 50-play intrasquad scrimmage. The scrimmage will be open to the public with the Aztecs slated to hit the field at 1:30 p.m. at their on-campus facility.

Aztecs Erupt in Win
San Diego State's bats came alive as they struck for season highs in runs and hits in the Aztecs' 17-1 win over UNLV at Earl E. Wilson Stadium in Las Vegas Friday night. Those runs along with 20 hits came in support of another standout pitching effort by sophomore Stephen Strasburg, who unlike his last time out did not need to worry about run support. The win was the fifth straight for SDSU, which improved to 23-15 overall and 10-3 in the Mountain West Conference.

Softall Wins
Senior Megan McDonald (Glendale, Ariz.) homered in each game to lead the No. 22/24 San Diego State softball team to a sweep of New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M., Friday night. The Aztecs (33-13, 5-3 Mountain West Conference) won the first game, 2-0, before taking the nightcap, 6-4.

Lowery Qualifies
San Diego State senior Alicia Lowery qualified for the NCAA West Regionals in the 100-meter dash and three personal records were set to go along with two seasonal bests on Friday at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif.

Golf Inks Two
San Diego State men's golf head coach Ryan Donovan announced the signing Friday of two junior golf standouts to National Letters of Intent. Alex Kang (Oak Park, Calif.) and Andrew Cooley (Surrey, England) will begin classes on Montezuma Mesa next September and will be eligible to compete as freshmen for the Aztecs next season. Kang and Cooley join fall recruit Evan Emerick (Oceanside, Calif.) to round out SDSU's 2008-09 signing class.

Aztecs Beat

SAN DIEGO (SDSU) - The San Diego State women's golf team resumes action after a more than two-week break, heading to New Mexico for the first time in league history for the 2008 Mountain West Conference championships, April 17-19. The 54-hole tournament will be held at the par-73, 6,167-yard University of New Mexico Championship Golf Course, which is also the site of this year's 2008 NCAA championships.

Softball Wins City Championship
Senior Megan McDonald (Glendale, Ariz.) continued her offensive hot streak with three hits and two RBI to lead the No. 22/24 San Diego State softball team to a 3-1 victory over San Diego Wednesday night at USD Softball Complex. The Aztecs improved to 31-13 with the victory and now lead the overall series between the two schools, 45-2.

Long Back At Practice
San Diego State head football coach Chuck Long was back on the field Wednesday as the Aztecs practiced for more than two-and-a-half hours on the SDSU practice fields.It was the first practice back for the Aztec coach following the death of his father, Charles, on Monday. Long will remain in San Diego for the practices this week on Friday and Saturday, before returning to Illinois on Saturday night for Monday's memorial service.

Aztecs Beat

SAN DIEGO (SDSU) - Arizona scored 10 runs over the middle five innings to negate an early San Diego State lead as the Wildcats claimed an 11-6 win over the Aztecs Tuesday night at Tony Gwynn Stadium. A nine-run lead proved too much for SDSU to overcome despite a grand slam by third baseman Nick Romero, who finished the contest with five RBI. The win improved Arizona, ranked 25th in this week's Rivals.com poll, to 16-11. SDSU, meanwhile, saw its record fall to 18-14 as it lost for the fourth time in its last five outings.

Water Polo Wins
Bolstered by a four-goal third period, the fifth-ranked San Diego State water polo team sent its three seniors off with a 10-7 upset over No. 4 Hawai'i on Tuesday afternoon at the Aztec Aquaplex. SDSU improves to 25-3 overall and 7-2 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, while the Rainbow Wahine fall to 14-6 overall, 7-3 MPSF.

Track & Field Travels South
The San Diego State track and field team will venture outside the State of California for the first time this outdoor season as it is set to travel to the South this week for the Sea Ray Relays at Tom Black Track in Knoxville, Tenn.

Aztecs Beat

SAN DIEGO (SDSU) - Senior Tamani Wells (Concord, Calif.) drove in two runs and senior Christina Ross (Santa Clarita, Calif.) extended her consecutive scoreless streak to 25 2/3 innings to give the No. 19/22 San Diego State softball team a 4-0 victory over UNLV in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams Saturday afternoon at SDSU Softball Stadium. The Aztecs improved to 27-10 (1-0 MWC) with their third straight shutout, while the Rebels dropped to 20-21-1 (0-1 MWC).

Tennis Drops Match

The San Diego State women's tennis team (7-11 overall, 0-4 MWC) dropped its fourth straight Mountain West Conference match with a 5-2 loss to No. 24 TCU on Saturday at the Fertitta Tennis Complex in Las Vegas.

New Mexico Rallies to Defeat Baseball Team

An inability to take advantage of early scoring opportunities plus a late rally by New Mexico were the main contributing factors as the Aztecs dropped a 5-4 decision to the Lobos Saturday afternoon at Tony Gwynn Stadium. It was the third straight loss for SDSU, which finds itself with a record of 17-13 overall and 5-3 in the Mountain West Conference. With the victory, UNM improves to 20-10 on the season and moves into a tie for first place in the MWC with San Diego State at 5-3 in league play.

Aztecs Crew Does Well

The San Diego State crew team had an impressive first day at the 35th annual San Diego Crew Classic Saturday on the Crown Point Shores at Mission Bay, San Diego, Calif. The varsity eight boat won its heat to advance to Sunday's grand final, while the novice eight boat took second in its heat to qualify for Sunday's grand final as well. In addition, the second novice eight boat took first of three to win its race.