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Women’s Soccer

The Fresno State women’s soccer team opens their season 7 p.m. Friday against UC Irvine.
This is the last home game for the ‘Dogs before going on a six-game road trip during the month of September.
Tickets are $1 for this game only.
The ‘Dogs will return home Sept. 28 to host UTEP before beginning conference play Oct. 12.

Women’s Volleyball

The home opener for the Fresno State women’s volleyball team will be Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Save Mart Center.
The ‘Dogs will host Idaho State and tickets for this match will be $1.
Regular-price tickets are on sale for matches against UC Davis Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. and St. Mary’s Sept. 2 at 2 p.m.
Conference play begins at home Sept. 13 against New Mexico State.

Men’s Basketball

Fresno State Bulldogs basketball star Hector Hernandez saw 13 minutes of action Monday night for the Mexican National Basketball team at the FIBA Americas Championship in Las Vegas.
Mexico lost to the US team 127-100. Hernandez shot 50 percent from the floor, scoring six points. The senior forward grabbed five rebounds, had one assist and one steal.
Houston Rockets guard and former Fresno State basketball star Rafer “skip to my lou” Alston was arrested early Monday in New York City. Alston has been charged with slashing a man’s neck inside of a New York ity nightclub.
This is the second time this offseason that Alston has been arrested. Alston was drafted in 1998 following his junior season

Football

Coach Pat Hill announced Monday that the Bulldogs will be without senior defensive tackle Jason Shirley for the first two games of the season.
Shirley, a key part of the Bulldogs run-defense, has been suspended for “conduct detrimental to the team,” Hill said.
Hill did not share what Shirley did to be penalized, but stated that the case did not involve any forms of legality.