Author Archive for Diego Escutia
USD Stud Passes Through Irvine, Smacks Monster Home Run
Torero: Kris Bryant is the best play at UC Irvine since Stephen Strasburg played at Cicerone in 2009. It isn’t every day a highly-touted, Major League prospect plays in your backyard. Of course, that was until Kris Bryant and the University of San Diego Toreros rolled into Cicerone Field on Wednesday night for a mid-week [...]
One Small Step for (M)Anteaters
RECAP: The ’Eaters finished a remarkable and storied season with their first postseason appearance since 2002. After giving Long Beach State all they could handle in the semifinals of the 2012 Big West Tournament,, UCI started to catch people’s attention. One year later, UCI found themselves just one win away from winning its first Big [...]
Cal Goes Home Empty-Handed
GOLDEN: UCI baseball averages five more runs than their opponents, and hits .355 at the plate. Cal 3, UCI 5 One week after sweeping Baylor in their first series of the season, the Anteaters took the home field on Friday, Feb. 22 for a four-game, blue and gold showdown against the California Golden Bears, [...]
Young Bats Step Up
2012’s graduating class left room for new talent to prove themselves behind the plate. If anything can be taken away from the men’s baseball’s 2012 season, it’s that failure is necessary for success. The ’Eaters finished last season with a 31-25 record, marking their ninth consecutive season of 30 games or more wins; however, the [...]
Not Your Average Star
As the UC Irvine men’s basketball team prepared to face off against the Nevada Wolf Pack in their 2012-2013 season-opener, senior Daman Starring emerged from the hallways of the Bren Events Center alone — one hour before the teams are expected on the court — ready to begin his final season as an Anteater with [...]
‘Eaters Are Out to “Beat the Beach”
Rivalry: it is one of the greatest aspects of sports. From the college ranks to the professional level, rivalry games have provided us with some of the best, most exciting and memorable games to watch. These rivalry games not only tend to bring the best out of athletes and their teams, but also give fans [...]
Not Quite Big Enough
It’s been a tough start to Big West conference play for the UC Irvine men’s basketball team. The Anteaters (7-9, 1-2), who were picked to finish third in the Big West preseason poll, lost both road games in their trip to the central coast last week, falling 74-71 to UC Santa Barbara and 72-67 to [...]
’Eaters Can’t Run with the Rebels
BASKETBALL: The quick start to their season slows down with a big loss to the UNLV Running Rebels.
‘Eaters Make Noise
UCI vs. UCLA The UC Irvine men’s basketball team (1-1) has made it known that they are not to be overlooked. After handedly defeating a respected Nevada team on Saturday, the Anteaters made another huge statement on Tuesday by nearly pulling off the biggest upset of the college basketball season thus far in an 80-79 [...]
‘Eaters Will Bounce Back
The ’Eaters struggle in their second exhibition game of the season, but it is not a cause for deep concern. The UCI women’s basketball team took the floor on Tuesday, November 6, in a cross-town friendly versus Concordia. Led by juniors Jennifer Tsurumoto and Jasmine Bernard, the Anteaters defeated the Eagles, 68-41. Coach Doug Oliver [...]
