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While You Were Away
SPORTS: Recounting all of the action that the men’s volleyball and baseball teams faced over spring break. For most of us Anteaters, spring break means surf, sand and sun — trips home, trips to the water and trips to the city. However, for Irvine’s student-athletes, spring break means games on the road. Men’s volleyball and [...]
60 Seconds: Men’s Basketball in the Big West Tournament
What’s the significance of a minute, of 60 seconds? At the Honda Center on Saturday night during the championship game in the Big West Tournament, 60 seconds stood between a birth to March Madness and a trip home at a season’s end. After having beat Long Beach State the previous night 67-60 for a spot [...]
UCI One Win Away From First March Madness
UCI 67, LBSU 60 For the first time since 2008, the UC Irvine men’s basketball team is headed to the Big West Conference Championship game, which will take place at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. The No. 4 seeded Anteaters will face No. 2 Pacific. Not since [...]
Cathey Winding Down
At 5 feet 11 inches, suited up in her gold game jersey, mid-calf Adidas socks, basketball shoes on, hair tied back in a ponytail and an Adidas headband, she is the image of a typical collegiate basketball athlete. As she walks closer and closer, I notice a tiny sparkling stud in her nose, makeup done [...]
Ronnie Shaeffer’s Second Chance
Just three weeks into last year’s season in the series opener against BYU at Anteater Ballpark, then-fourth-year Ronnie Shaeffer reached first base in his first at bat of the game after being walked by starter Chris Capper. In an attempt to pick off Shaeffer, Capper sent the UC Irvine catcher diving back to first. Shaeffer, [...]
UNDEFEATED
PERFECT: On Senior Night in front of 3,035 fans, the ’Eaters “Beat the Beach” to remain undefeated at home. With less than eight seconds left on the clock, senior Mike Wilder stepped up to the free throw line. Just one minute earlier, Wilder hit a three-pointer from the wing to sway the momentum in the [...]
UCI Can’t Convert with BYU
DEFEATED: In the showdown between No. 1 UCI and No. 2 BYU, UCI eventually fell 3-2 after a two-set advantage. After trailing 2-0, No. 2 BYU came out victorious after winning three straight sets to defeat No. 1 UC Irvine 3-2 at the Bren Events Center Friday in front of 2,906 fans. With this loss, [...]
Victory Vanished
HOOPS: The women’s basketball team surrendered Thursday’s game in the final minutes for a disappointing loss. It seemed like the ’Eaters would add another W to their record, as they sat comfortably with a nine-point advantage over the UC Davis Aggies with just under five minutes left remaining in the second half. But in the [...]
Not in This House!
DEFEND: Notes from a 9-0 Big West season at the Bren, and a plea for UCI to recognize its biggest, passionate fan. It’s been four up and down years covering UC Irvine men’s basketball, but Saturday night at the Bren was something special. It was Senior Night for center Adam Folker, forward Mike Wilder, shooting [...]
Anteaters Clutch Late at Cicerone
BASEBALL: Improving to 10-2, the ’Eaters take three-of-four over Portland, Whitehouse throws complete game. Portland 1, UCI 10 Wearing their new all-gray Adidas jerseys on Sunday afternoon, the UC Irvine baseball team (10-2) won with ease, sprinkling 10 runs over four different innings, including a five-run second to take the series over Portland (3-10), 3-1. [...]
