USD Women's Basketball 2006-2007

Torero Highlights

The University of San Diego has a long history of athletic success since r.Jr ... !"'" .... ••..i making the jump from Division II to Division I back in 1979. The Toreros joined the West Coast Conference in 1979 and have remained loyal mem– bers of the conference ever since . The Toreros field 16 Division I teams with womens' sports including : basketball , cross country, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis and volleyball. Men 's sports include: baseball , basketball , cross country, golf, football , rowing, soccer and tennis. The Toreros football team competes in the Division I-AA Pioneer Football !.ll"ll'al■IIIH League; the swimming and diving team compete in the Western Athletic _.,.. ____ ... Conference and the softball team competes in the Pacific Coast Softball Conference as the WCC does not sponsor these particular sports. In the mid to late 1980's, the Torero athletics teams splashed on the national scene placing the small private school from Southern California on the map. In 1984, the Torero men's basketball team made its debut in the national spotlight winning the WCC Championship and making its •-~•,·:,•::,,__,_ inaugural appearance in the NCAA tournament. Three years later, the men's basketball team would again make an appearance in the NCAA Tournament after once again claiming the WCC championship. The Torero men's basketball team made one more appearance in the field of 64 after pulling off an upset win in the WCC Tournament championship __,,_,_ game over heavily favored Gonzaga University in 2003 to receive the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. , The success of Torero athletics was not limited to the men's basketball team. Several other teams began to splash on the national scene with the men's tennis program becoming the next athletic program to enter the NCAA postseason . In 1989 and 1990 the men's tennis team dominated the WCC and not only made it into the NCAA postseason, but advanced on to the second round in both seasons . Since then , the men 's tennis program has maintained that success making five more appearances into the postseason with trips in 1995, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. In •-1.,..~!0!:a,._&1 1990, four-time All-American Jose Luis Noriega enjoyed a lot of success ~1•Jo.vi11.:'1 advancing all the way to the quarterfinals in singles play, and in 2005 Pierrick Ysern was the national runner-up in singles play. ,...,_.__ ,...._,,.,. The tennis success was not limited to the men , as the Torero women ~~~.\1!·!110 have also seen success in the NCAA postseason, making eight trips to l■k'IPJ~.ii:'l the postseason since the move to Division I in 1979. The women's ten– nis teams have made appearances from 1989-92, and 1995-99 with the ~•••• 1989, 1990, 1997 and 1999 squads advancing into the second round. Like the men's program , the women have sent numerous individuals to the postseason with four-time NCAA All-American Zuzana Lesenarova claiming the national championship in 1999, giving USO it's first national "~~~~•.,.. .r,--~• In the early 1990's, Torero athletics began to succeed in other sports as 1~!1111ii~~ well with arguably the highlight coming in the 1992 season when the men's r-"')•-i.a~ soccer team became the national runner-up to the University of Virginia. The men's soccer team however was no stranger to the postseason having made it's inaugural appearance in the College Cup Tournament iWJ••,.,... in 1990. Since then the Toreros have made nine more appearances in the postseason, advancing to the second round three times . In 1993, the women's volleyball team began to make a lot of noise mak– ing their inaugural appearance in the postseason . The Toreros have since enjoyed nine appearances in the postseason with the 2004 squad -••----• championship at the Division I level.

Baseball wee Championships: NCAA Appearances:

2002 , 2003 2002 , 2003,2006

Men's Basketball wee Champions: 1984, 1987 wee Tournament Titles: 1984, 1987, 2003 NCAA Appearances: 1984, 1987, 2003 Women's Basketball wee Tournament Titles: 1993, 2000 NCAA Appearances: 1993, 2000

Men's Golf NCAA Appearances:

2006

Men's Soccer wee Championships:

1992, 1995, 1998 1999,2000 1990, 1992, 1993 1994, 1995, 1998 1999,2000,2001 2002,2003

NCAA Appearances:

Women's Soccer NCAA Appearances:

1996, 1999, 2000 2001,2002,2003 2004

Men's Tennis WCC Championships: NCAA Appearances:

1989. 1990 1989, 1990, 1995 2003,2004,2005 2006 1989, 1990, 1991 1992, 1995, 1996 1997, 1998, 1999 1998, 1997,2004 1993, 1996, 1997 1998, 1999,2001 2002,2003,2004 2005

Women's Tennis NCAA Appearances:

Women's Volleyball wee Championships: NCAA Appearances: