Author Archive for Olivia Phelps
Walked All Over
OUCH: UCI baseball went 0-4 last week, dropping consecutive games on walk-off home runs. CSUF 5, UCI 2 On Friday night in Fullerton at Goodwin Field, as the baseball world watched on ESNPU, the no. 4 Cal State Fullerton Titans broke up a no-hitter in the seventh inning, scoring five runs to take the [...]
Andrew Morales Pitches Perfect
FLAWLESS: With a perfect 9-0 record in 2013, Morales finds motivation in a battle off of the field. The petite and gentle 12-year-old Emily Morales steps up in front of the television screen. She takes her mark and fires a bowling ball down the lanes like a professional — the ball collides successfully and violently [...]
Sports In Brief
Baseball After taking Friday night’s game 14-9 over UC Santa Barbara, the ’Eaters went on to fall to the Gauchos on both Saturday and Sunday, who went on to take the series 2-1. UCSB 9, UCI 14 On Friday night at Caesar Uyesaka Field in Santa Barbara, UCI starter Andrew Thurman tossed just four innings, [...]
Irvine’s Perfect Partners
In sync: Schweyer and Facey helped the ’Eaters to the Big West Championships with a flawless league record. “It’s just another day in paradise,” doubles partners Brooke Schweyer and Ali Facey always say before each match. Schweyer and Facey finished Big West play undefeated with a perfect 8-0 record this season. “Just to make the [...]
Aikhionbare, Jennings Victorious
TRACK: Itos Aikhionbare and Nick jennings won their respective track events at the Steve Scott Invitational on Sunday. Seniors competed in their final home collegiate meet on April 28 during the 19th annual Adidas/Steve Scott Invitational. Pole-vaulter Nick Jennings went out with a bang as he ended his UCI career with a first place [...]
Walk Offs Vault UCI into 2nd in Big West
CLUTCH: Ninth inning heroics and a stellar start from Matt Whitehouse led to an Anteater sweep over UC Davis. UCD 4, UCI 5 On Friday at Cicerone Field, the UC Irvine baseball team earned a 5-4 victory over the UC Davis Aggies on a walk-off safety squeeze up the first base line from sophomore [...]
Aikhionbare Breaks Record
Track and field: Aikhionbare breaks UCI school record with efforts at the Beach Invitational. Beach Invitational In the sweltering heat on Saturday, April 20, sophomore track star Itos Aikhionbare stepped up to compete in the discus throw at the Beach Invitational at Cerritos College located in Norwalk, California. Aikhionbare stood ready, wound up, and launched [...]
Sports In Brief
Baseball Friday On Friday night at the University of the Pacific, Andrew Thurman led the Anteaters to an 8-4 victory at Klein Family field. With a 0-0 standstill through three innings, the Anteater bats finally woke up in the fourth. Chris Rabago got it started with a single to get on base before Dominique Taylor [...]
Finishing on Top
Water polo: UCI secured a 12-7 victory over the LMU Lions on Friday after honoring its five seniors. On Friday, April 19, the women’s water polo team and community honored its five seniors before taking on Loyola Marymount University on Senior Night at the Anteater Aquatics Complex. Devin Crothers, Layne Kipp, Kelsey Klatt, Taylor Morrison [...]
Irvine Subdues Matadors
BASEBALL: With Ws on Friday night and Sunday afternoon, No. 27 UCI took the series against CSUN.
