January 21, 2012
Men's Basketball Perfect at Home With Win Over Chapman
SANTA CRUZ, CA---On a dark and stormy night, the near capacity crowd and the swarming UC Santa Cruz defense pulled off the perfect storm as the Slugs beat Chapman 44-43 in a game that was not decided until Brandon Lin’s highly contested shot glazed off the side of the back board and fell harmlessly to the floor as the buzzer sounded. (more)
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January 16, 2012
Slugs And Hawks Battle To The End At Holy Names
OAKLAND, CA.-- In a hard fought, fast paced game Monday night played in front of a noisy crowd in Tobin Gymnasium on the Holy Names campus, the Holy Names Hawks barely outlasted the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs, 75-73. (more)
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January 15, 2012
Notre Dame Grad Swims to UC Santa Cruz
SANTA CRUZ, CA---With the Olympics coming, you will hear stories of how hard athletes work for the chance at a medal. Dreaming of medals is nice, but you really have to love swimming to do over 2,000 laps a week just for the sake of swimming. Notre Dame High School graduate Ali Silva, a 5-foot-3 dynamo, does that and can't wait to get into the pool for more.
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January 14, 2012
Men's Volleyball Defeats Juniata College
SANTA CRUZ, CA---UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball won their Division-III season opener against Juniata College. The Slugs won in three sets with the following scores: 30-28, 25-20, 25-22. (more)
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January 12, 2012
Men's Soccer Registration is now open for our Spring 2012 Individual Development (ID) Camp!
SANTA CRUZ, CA.--The Spring Advanced Player Development Camp is a two-day intensive camp designed for the elite-level player who is motivated to play at the college level. Not only will this camp allow players to showcase themselves in front of college coaches, it will also give players a taste of what college soccer is all about on one of the most beautiful campuses in the country. (more)
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January 12, 2012
Women's Soccer Residential Advanced Player Development Identification Camps for February & April
SANTA CRUZ, CA---The 3-day player ID clinic field sessions are a great way for our staff to see you play on site and also give you the opportunity to meet the current players in the program and see the level here at UCSC. We do not have a big recruiting budget to travel to tournaments, so the best way for us to see you play is for you to attend one or more of our ID clinics. (more)
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January 9, 2012
Slugs Fall to Grand Canyon University
SANTA CRUZ, CA-- UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team lost their match against Grand Canyon University (D-II). The Slugs lost in four sets with the following scores: 19-25, 21-25, 25-22, 22-25. (more)
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January 7, 2012
Women's Soccer Receives NSCAA/Addidas 2011 Awards
OVERLAND PARK, KS-- Congratulations to Brooke Atkinson (Junior) and Adriana Moosekian (Senior) for being selected to the NSCAA/Addidas 2011 Women's Scholar All-West Region Second Team.(more)
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January 7, 2012
Men's Basketball Gets Win Over Simpson University
REDDING, CA.-- Brent Jacobs moves up to second on All Time Rebound list as Slugs defeat Red Hawks. With five players in double figures, UC Santa Cruz rolled to an 86-77 victory over Simpson University. Playing at the Heritage Student Life Center in Redding, the Slugs ran their record to 8-8 for the season.
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January 3, 2012
Slugs Defeat California Lutheran University for the Second Time
SANTA CRUZ, CA-- For the second time this season, UC Santa Cruz was able to defeat Cal Lutheran by 10 points, this time winning 61-51 before the home crowd at the Slug Dome. Down 2-0 before the game even started due to a technical foul for a dunk during warm ups, the Slugs’ Jamien Jones tied the game up 29 seconds into the game on two free throws of his own.(more)
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January 2, 2012
Slugs go overtime in New Year
ROCKLIN, CA.--The first game of 2012 had a slow start, a great middle and a poor finish as the Slugs dropped an overtime game to William Jessup University, 83-73. Down right away, Santa Cruz got its first lead of the New Year, 14-13 on a Spencer Wells three with just fewer than 12 minutes left in the first half.
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December 30, 2011
Men's Basketball Gets Third at the Purple and Gold Classic
WHITTIER, CA-- Freshman Aron West and senior Brent Jacobs both 10 points to help lead UC Santa Cruz to a 87-54 victory over American Sports University in the third place game at the Purple and Gold Classic at Whittier College. (more)
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December 29, 2011
Keelhaulers Sink UC Santa Cruz’s Comeback Effort
WHITTIER, CA.--In a first round game of the Purple and Gold Poet Classic at Whittier College, Cal State Maritime Academy defeated the Banana Slugs 69-61. The Slugs took their only lead of the game, 2-0, just over a minute into the game on a short Brent Jacobs jumper. (more)
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December 18, 2011
Slugs Defeat California Lutheran University
THOUSAND OAKS, CA-- For the second night in a row, the Slugs shot 50% from the field and held their opponents to less than 35% as Santa Cruz defeated Cal Lutheran 60-50 to run their record to 5-6 for the season. In doing so, the Slugs went undefeated to capture the SCIAC Classic for the second time in three years.(more)
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December 17, 2011
Men's Basketball Dominates the Beavers
PASADENA, CA.--Pushing from the opening tip, the UC Santa Cruz Slugs ran away with a 67-43 victory over the Caltech Beavers on Saturday night. From the beginning, the Slug offensive priority was to get the ball inside and this turned out to be a very successful approach. The first six baskets were inside capped by a Nick Hipwell layup to run the score to 12-2 just six minutes into the game. (more)
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November 19, 2011
2 Men's Soccer Players Named to the All-Far West Teams
KANSAS CITY, KS.--Dan Seltzer was named to the second All- Far West team and Michael Hanabusa was named to the third All-Far West team. (more)
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December 14, 2011
Slugs Shot Down in Riverside
RIVERSIDE, CA-- Shooting an amazing 67% for the first half and almost 57% for the entire game, UC Riverside shot down UC Santa Cruz 91-60 on Wednesday night in Riverside. (more)
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December 10, 2011
Jacobs Soars Over The Oaks
SANTA CRUZ, CA- With five Slugs scoring in double figures, UC Santa Cruz was able to outscore Menlo College 83-73 in the home opener at the Slug Dome. Led by Brent Jacobs making 10 out of 12 shots in the paint, the men from Cruz were able to outscore the Menlo Oaks 48 to 30 in the paint to run their record to 3-5 for the season. (more)
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December 7, 2011
Men's Basketball Has First Home Game Dec 10
SANTA CRUZ, CA -- The first home game of the 2011-12 season is against the Menlo College Oaks. The Acorns are currently 2-8 with victories over Johnson and Wales and Academy of the Arts. Cal Pac Player of the week, Tim Tatum is leading the Oaks in scoring and rebounding. The 6’6 senior from Vacaville is averaging 16.6 points and 7 rebounds a game. (More)
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December 3, 2011
Brent Jacobs Selected to All-Tournament Team in Lee Fulmer Memorial Tournament
REDLANDS, CA--- Senior Brent Jacobs is selected to the All-Tournament Team for the 64th annual Lee Fulmer Memorial Tournament. (more)
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December 3, 2011
Men's Basketball Get Fourth in the Lee Fulmer Memorial Tournament
REDLANDS, CA --During the third-place game, Chapman University and UC Santa Cruz battled it out in an evenly matched contest. Neither team found its rhythm for quite some time until the Panthers broke a 19-all tie at the two-minute mark on a sophomore forward Nick Dragovich (La Crescenta, CA) lay-up. Chapman mustered a halftime lead of three points, which eventually stood up for the 74-65 win. Midway through the second period, the Panthers erupted for a 15-2 run to put the game away, highlighted by back-to-back buckets by freshman guard Taylor Hamasaki (Mission Viejo, CA).. (More)
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December 2, 2011
Men's Basketball Loses to Redlands in Semifinals of the Lee Fulmer Memorial Tournament
REDLANDS, CA--- In the second round of the Fulmer tournament, University of Redlands beat UC Santa Cruz 92-76 in front of an active home crowd. Redlands will play Pomona Pitzer for the tournament championship while the Slugs will face long time nemesis, Chapman in the third place game at 5:30pm. (more)
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December 1, 2011
Men's Basketball Defeats Arizona Christian in Their Opening Game of The Lee Fulmer Memorial Tournament
REDLANDS, CA --The third contest featured a double-overtime battle with UC Santa Cruz finally knocking off Arizona Christian University by a score 92-86. Santa Cruz came out firing with a 51.7% performance from the field to complement a 90% free-throw effort, which resulted in a 10-point advantage after the first 20 minutes of action. (More)
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November 22, 2011
6 Men's Soccer Players Named to the All-Independent Team
OVERLAND PARK, KS.--Dan Seltzer, Ben Middlemiss, Cody Pillon, Michael Hanabusa, Reed Adler, and Alika Okamitsu were named to the All-Independent First Team. (more)
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November 22, 2011
5 Lady Slugs Named to All-Independent Women's Soccer Team
OVERLAND PARK, KS--- Antonia Darragh was names Defensive Player of the Year and Sarah Sadler was named Co-Rookie of the year. (more)
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November 20, 2011
Men's Basketball Gets Win in Walla Walla
WALLA WALLA, WA--- The drought is over in Eastern Washington. For the first time in school history the University of California Santa Cruz Banana Slugs won a game in Washington against a team from Washington. Playing back-to-back games for the first time all season, the Banana Slugs came home with a 76-67 victory.
In his best game of the young season, senior Brent Jacobs recorded his first double-double of the season, pulling down 11 rebounds and scoring 13 points to go along with 2 steals and a season high 2 blocks. (more)
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November 19, 2011
Slugs Zoned Out by Whitman
WALLA WALLA, WA --Sometimes you are in the zone and sometimes you are not. For most of the night, the Whitman Missionaries played a zone defense, completely shutting down the Slugs offense as Whitman won their first game of the year 68-56 .Early on, Santa Cruz worked inside out very well to take an early lead. Spencer Wells dropped in a three off of a Tyler Hunt assist to score the first Slug basket. Moments later, Trent Reeves would sneak the ball into Brent Jacobs for an easy layup followed almost immediately by a Nate Mohri steal. (More)
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November 18, 2011
Women's Basketball Falls To Pacific Lutheran
TACOMA, WA--- Pacific Lutheran was on fire this evening when it stepped on the court to face UC Santa Cruz in a non-conference women's basketball game in Olson Auditorium. The Lutes came out on top, 62-53, in their season opener. The star of the night for the Lutes was junior guard Shelly Kilcup. In the first six minutes she snagged four rebounds, and she found her shot a minute later with a three-pointer for the Lutes.
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November 17, 2011
Men's Basketball Falls To Whitworth
SPOKANE, WA--- On a cold night in the Pacific Northwest, the Slugs shooting matched the weather. UCSC shot an ice cold 38% to lose to the #12 ranked Whitworth Pirates, 70-54. This drops UC Santa Cruz to 0-2 while Whitworth improves to 1-0. After taking an early 6-5 lead off of two threes by sophomore Trent Reeves, Whitworth shut down the Slugs for almost 5 minutes before Tyler Hunt dropped in another three with 13:47 left in the first half to make the score 17-9 in favor on the Pirates. (more)
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November 15, 2011
Slugs Lose Close Contest Against UC Davis
DAVIS, CA--- In the end, the taller Division I UC Davis Aggies slipped by the Division III UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs 84-78 at The Pavilion on the Davis campus. For most of the game, there did not appear to be a difference in NCAA division or talent. The smaller and usually quicker Slugs outshot the Aggies from the field 50.9% to 43.9%, held their own on the boards, and dished out seven more assists than the Aggies. (more)
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November 13, 2011
Women's Soccer Loses to Concordia-Moorehead in OT
THOUSAND OAKS, CA -- An overtime defensive miscue by UC Santa Cruz provided a premium scoring opportunity for Concordia-Moorhead. In the 98th minute Sarah Rounds stole possession from the Banana Slugs central defender and raced towards goal for a one-on-one with the keeper. From about 15 yards out she placed her shot low and to the right, outside the reach of goalkeeper Monica Chazen. (More)
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November 12, 2011
Women's Soccer Defeat Regals In First Round
THOUSAND OAKS, CA -- In the 95th minute, Michele Stathatos scored the golden goal off of an assist from Chay Thomas, and the UCSC Women’s Soccer Team continues their incredible season. UCSC defeated the NCAA West Regional host and #10 ranked team in the nation California Lutheran University. (More)
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November 7, 2011
Women's Soccer Makes NCAA Regionals
SANTA CRUZ, CA---November 7, 2011 was a day of anticipation and excitement for the UCSC Women’s Soccer Team and in the Athletic Office in general as they found out that their squad is advancing to the NCAA playoffs since their hiatus last season. After what was a disappointing season in 2010, going 1-13-2 after a history of making it to the playoffs every year since 2006, this year it was time to dust off the shock and embrace the goal that the 2011 squad achieved. (more)
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November 5, 2011
Slugs Defeat Academy Of The Arts
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- On Saturday, For senior Sam Allen, the comfortable confines of Kezar Pavillion led to a career high night as he helped lead the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs to an 82-68 exhibition victory over the Academy of Art University, a NCAA Division II programs. The Slugs were able to hold off the San Francisco program with scholarships and Division I kickbacks. In a game that was tight for the entire 40 minutes, there were 23 lead changes and 10 tie scores. The final margin of victory by the Slugs was the largest lead of the game.
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October 20, 2011
Slugs UCSC Men's Soccer 4v4 Slug-Fest
SANTA CRUZ, CA -- On Saturday, December 10th, 2011 the UC Santa Cruz Men’s Soccer Team will host the Fifth Annual UCSC 4v4 Slug-Fest. This is a wonderful opportunity to engage your players in an event that is both exciting and instructional. Small-sided games are one of the most important training tools a coach employs. (More)
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October 20, 2011
Slugs 4v4 Slug-Fest & Winter Jamboree
SANTA CRUZ, CA-- On Sunday, December 11th, the UC Santa Cruz Women’s Soccer Team will host the Second Annual UCSC 4v4 Slug-Fest & Winter Jamboree. This is a wonderful opportunity to engage your players in an event that is both exciting and instructional. Small-sided games are one of the most important training tools a coach employs. At the jamboree, each team will play four games with opponents of the same age group. (more)
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October 1, 2011
Slugs defeat Dominican University
SAN RAFAEL, CA -- UC Santa Cruz Women’s Volleyball team wins their match against Dominican University! The Slugs won in three sets with the following scores 25-22, 25-19, 25-20. (More)
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September 23, 2011
Slugs defeat West Coast Baptist
SANTA CRUZ, CA--UC Santa Cruz Women’s Volleyball team wins their match against West Coast Baptist! The Slugs won in three sets 25-18, 25-8, 25-7. (more)
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September 20, 2011
Slugs Lose a Nail-Biter to Holy Names University
OAKLAND, CA -- UC Santa Cruz Women’s Volleyball team lost their match to Holy Names University in five sets. The scores were 23-25, 29-31, 25-22, 25-18, 11-15.(More)
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September 18, 2011
UCSC Women Golf Place 12th in the Careton College Golf Tournament
LAKE CITY, MN-- The Lady Slugs finished 12th out of 21 teams in theCareton College Women's Golf Tournament. Natacha Trisri finished 24th with a score of 168. Yukari Shichishima places 33rd with a score of 172. (more)
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September 17, 2011
Slugs Narrowly Edged out by Cabrillo College
APTOS, CA -- UC Santa Cruz Women’s Volleyball team lost their match Saturday night to opponent Cabrillo College. The Slugs lost in five sets 25-18, 24-26, 25-12, 22-25, 15-13. (More)
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September 16, 2011
Slugs Defeat Menlo College
ATHERTON, CA -- UC Santa Cruz Women’s Volleyball team wins their match against Menlo College! The Slugs won in four sets 18-25, 25-19, 25-18, 25-13. (More)
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September 13, 2011
UCSC Women Golf Place 5th in the Lady Bulldog Classic
SEQUIN, TX-- The Lady Slugs finished 5th out of 13 teams in the Texas Lutheran University Lady Bulldog Classic. Charlotte Gibson finished 2nd with a score of 151, only one stroke behing Racheal McQueen from Melnan CC. Natacha Trisri tied for 5th place, and Yukari Shichishima tied for 9th (more)
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September 12, 2011
Women and Men Open Season with 7th Place Team Finishes
SAN FRANCISCO, CA --The UCSC women continued tradition with their opening season race at the University of San Francisco Invitational while the men’s team competed as an NCAA DIII team for the first time. Both were rewarded with 7th place team finishes against strong DI competition including national powerhouse programs Stanford and Cal. (More)
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September 9, 2011
Women's Volleyball Win Season Opener Against CMS
THOUSAND OAKS, CA -The Slugs won in five sets 17-25, 24-26, 25-19, 25-14, 15-13. Junior Outside Hitter Katherine Grow led the slugs with 18 kills followed by Junior Middle Blocker Helen Milne with 11 kills. Senior Setter Alyssa Trakes contributed 55 assists on the match! (more)
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September 9, 2011
Women's Volleyball Beat Univ. of Redlands in 4 Games
THOUSAND OAKS, CA -UC Santa Cruz Women’s Volleyball team wins their second match of the day against University of Redlands! The Slugs won in four sets with the following scores 25-15, 25-16, 19-25, 25-12. (more)
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September 6, 2011
Women's Volleyball Go 1-1 on Day 2 Of the Puget Sound Tournament
TACOMA, WA -UC Santa Cruz Women’s Volleyball wins their first match of the season against UW Stout! The Slug’s won in three straight sets with the following scores: 25-9, 25-15, 25-21. (more)ds and curriculum to develop their skill set in the post, on the wing, or at the guard position. (more)
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September 6, 2011
Women's Volleyball Go 0-2 on Day 1 Of the Puget Sound Tournament
TACOMA, WA -UC Santa Cruz Women’s Volleyball team lost in their first match of the day to Whitworth College on Friday morning. The Slug’s lost in four games 17-25, 23-25, 25-21, and 12-25. (more)
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September 1, 2011
UC Santa Cruz Women's Soccer Opens Season With a 3-Game Win Streak
CLINTON, MS - The UC Santa Cruz Women’s Soccer squad opened the fall 2011 season on the road in Clinton near Jackson the capital of Mississippi under humid and stormy skies. Tropical Storm Lee threatened to open up as well. (more)
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August 24, 2011
UCSC Women's Volleyball Welcomes Elena Echeverria and Kim Rabii
SANTA CRUZ, CA.--rUC Santa Cruz Women's Volleyball would like to welcome new comesr Elena Echeverria and Kim Rabii.
Elena joins us from Bakersfield, California and Bakersfield Volleyball Club. (more)
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August 18, 2011
Elite Girls basketball Camp set for Saturday September 24th and October 8th
SANTA CRUZ, CA--Our Elite Basketball Camp is a one-day intensive camp designed for the player who is motivated to play at the Varsity level and beyond. Not only will this camp allow players to develop their individual basketball fundamentals it will also give athletes an opportunity to gain an edge on their competition with a strength and conditioning component. Athletes will be trained using advanced methods and curriculum to develop their skill set in the post, on the wing, or at the guard position. (more)
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August 15, 2011
Men's Soccer Fall ID Camp Announced: Saturday and Sunday, November 5 and 6
SANTA CRUZ, CA.--UC Santa Cruz Men’s Soccer would like to announce our Fall 2011 ID Camp dates, Saturday, November 5 and Sunday, November 6. If you are interested in being a future Slug Soccer player, this 2-day Individual Development camp is the best opportunity to be seen by our coaching staff in an up close and personal environment. (more)
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August 1, 2011
UCSC Women's Tennis Named ITA All-Academic Team
SANTA CRUZ , CA-- The The UC Santa Cruz Women's Tennis Team has been named an ITA All-Academic Team for 2011. On the individual level Taylor Mannix, Becca Parker, and Sophie Lundeberg achieved ITA Scholar-Athlete status for 2011. This wraps up a great year for the slugs both on the court and in the classroom. |
June 14, 2011
UCSC Women's Tennis Final Ranking #21
SANTA CRUZ , CA-- The UC Santa Cruz Women's Tennis Team finished the year ranked at #21 in the nation, and #4 in the West Region. This is the highest ranking for the program since 2007, and improved five spots from the end of last season. The slugs had a great year and show a lot of potential and talent for the years to come.(more)
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June 3, 2011
UCSC Men's Soccer Summer to Hold APD On August 2nd-5th
SANTA CRUZ, CA.--Registration is now open for our Summer Advanced Player Development Camp (APD). The UCSC Men’s Soccer APD camp is the best way for potential recruits interested in our program to be seen by our coaching staff and to experience our soccer program first hand. (more)
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May 30, 2011
Slugs Strong at NCAA Individual Tournament
CLAREMONT, CA--Another season is in the books! Congratulations to the entire team for another amazing effort as we hit many milestones on our journey. Our young team established themselves as a team to recon with as our team ranking climbed into the top four! Far from where we like to end the season, we made progress towards the top teams. With the recognition of where we want to go combined with the desire and courage to attack the challenges in our path, the future looks bright! (more)
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May 27, 2011
Mokhtari Fall to Chen in First Round
CLAREMONT , CA-- Sophomore Ariana Mokhtari lost a close match in the first round of the NCAA Individual Championships. After losing the first three games to Laura Chen, the #4 ranked player in the nation from Carnegie Mellon, Mokhtari stormed back to win six games in a row and take the first set 6-3. Chen took a close second set after stepping up her play to take the second set 6-3. (more)
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May 25, 2011
Solar-Powered Scoreboard Coming to Lower East Field
SANTA CRUZ, CA--For the past two decades, if you went to a soccer game at UCSC’s Lower East Field, it helped if you had excellent eyesight.
“The small, portable scoreboard is positioned directly across the field from where the guests sit, but it’s not ideal,” said Ryan Andrews, UCSC’s executive director of Student Engagement. “You’ve got to have pretty good eyes. It just doesn’t feel right.”(more)
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May 25, 2011
And The Winner is....
CLAREMONT, CA--It is my great pleasure to announce that Brian Pybas and Erich Koenig have won the ITA West Region's awards for "Senior Player of the Year" and "Player to Watch," respectively. (more)
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May 18, 2011
Erin Ness receives ITA West Region Coach of the Year
CLAREMONT , CA-- After finishing her fifth season as the Head Women's Tennis Coach for UC Santa Cruz, Erin Ness is the recipient of the Wilson ITA West Region Coach of the Year (more)
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May 14, 2011
Slugs Lose Heartbreaker to CMS
SANTA CRUZ, CA--In one of the most dramatic Dual matches ever played on our courts we dropped a very tough one to our So Cal rivals #3 ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripts. Doubles started well with both two and three doubles out to an early lead. Erich Koenig and Sam Rodgers played amazingly well in winning 8-5 to get us on the board first with a great close to conclude their match. (more)
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