Athletics News
Six Knights made it on to the all-PCAC team, including freshman Aidan Kuei was named to the all-PCAC first team after leading the conference in strikeouts. Andres Johnson, Jovin King, Chris Marquez, Eli Montgomery, and Daniel Tatis earned honorable mention.
Freshman Nicole Fonti and sophomore Savannah Turner were both named to the All-PCAC second team, while five other Knights earned all-conference honorable mention, including Dakota Chazaro, Savannah Ganzler, Rylee Leon, Avery Mah, and Francesca Tapia.
Brothers Hunter and Thomas Lynch, City's top doubles team, made it all the way to the semifinals of the 2026 3C2A state championship, while Hunter Lynch advanced to the quarterfinals of the singles state championship.
San Diego City sophomore Hunter Lynch was named as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Sophomore Player of the Year at the 3C2A championship banquet, held in Oxnard, Calif.
The Knights started their final series of the season at home on Tuesday and came back from a 3-run deficit to earn a 5-4 win over Southwestern.
The Knights scored a total of five runs in the 5th and 6th innings to turn a 4-3 deficit into an 8-4 victory over Grossmont on sophomore day. Rylee Leon had two hits with an RBI and pitched a complete game to help City earn its second consecutive win.
The Knights are playoff bound for the third straight year as the No. 6 seed and will play a 3C2A Southern California regional quarterfinal at No. 3 Santa Barbara on Tuesday, April 7 at 2 p.m.
San Diego City is back in the playoffs for the second consecutive season and for the sixth time under head coach Brandon Lupian. The Knights are the No. 6 seed and will play a road match at No. 4 Ventura on Tuesday, April 7 at 2 p.m in the quarterfinals of the 3C2A Southern California regionals.
The Knights clinched their third consecutive PCAC championship last week, and today, they completed a second straight undefeated season by defeating College of the Desert, 8-1. During this three-peat run, the Knights have won 23 conference matches in a row and have gone 25-1 since the start of the 2024 PCAC season.
Blake Mitchell hit six singles in seven at-bats on Tuesday, including the walk-off hit that scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning to end a 9-game losing streak. The 10-9 extra-innings victory was the third straight over Imperial Valley this season.
San Diego City's women's tennis team clinched a third consecutive Pacific Coast Athletic Conference championship with Thursday's 6-3 victory over Grossmont while also extending its PCAC win streak to 22.
San Diego City claimed its second consecutive Inland Empire Athletic Conference championship on Thursday after sweeping Mt. San Jacinto 9-0 to finish undefeated at 6-0. The Knights, who also went unbeaten in 2025, have not lost a conference match since 2024, a win streak of 16.
San Diego City won both games of a doubleheader against Rio Hondo on Saturday and followed that up with a 5-4 home win over Imperial Valley on Tuesday to extend the win streak to three.
San Diego City's postseason run and 16-game win streak boh ended with a 78-67 loss to No. 1 San Francisco in the quarterfinals of the 3C2A state championship tournament.
Sophomore men's tennis player Hunter Lynch has been named Inland Empire Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the final week of February.
The No. 5-seed Knights are headed to the 3C2A state championship quarterfinals for the fifth time in the Mitch Charlens era after getting past No. 4 seed Ventura College, 67-59, for their 16th straight win. Freshman Dylan Griffin led the way with game-highs in points (20) and rebounds (13), while sophomore Junior Camacho added 18 points, four rebounds, and four assists to help the Knights reach the elite eight for the second time in three years.
