Sunup to Sundown
Long practices. Strenuous workouts. Difficult homework. Sleepless nights. Weekly games. The life of a collegiate athlete is hectic. But for many, the benefits that come from being part of a team outweigh the drawbacks. “It’s definitely nice to play at the collegiate level, playing against...
No Known Predators
The Lions and Cannoneers were no match for the unstoppable Banana Slugs at the American Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) women’s soccer tournament last weekend. With 46 shots on goal, 19 goals scored and zero goals allowed in two games, UC Santa Cruz’s top-ranked women’s soccer...
Slug Drafted for Vietnamese Basketball League
With under a minute left in the final quarter of a Caltech Beavers vs. UCSC basketball game in December 2014, UC Santa Cruz’s Corey Cilia found his team down by two points. A freshman at the time, Cilia landed a mid-range jumper and sent the...
UCSC Men’s Volleyball Spikes in Rankings
UC Santa Cruz’s men’s volleyball team has rocketed into fourth place in the nation, winning 17 of their 21 matches this season. “[The team’s upperclassmen] come to practice willing to get better, even though […] for them, it’s more just fine-tuning and still staying technical,”...
Beyond the classroom
This week, City on a Hill Press asked National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) athletes how they manage their health as student-athletes. Their answers touched on mental health, physical health and social well-being. Sierra Yuen, a third-year, plays for women’s volleyball. CHP: As a student-athlete who...
Slugs Overcome Setbacks, Make Championships
UC Santa Cruz’s women’s soccer team qualified for the NCAA Division III championship tournament on Monday for the third year in a row. It’s the only independent team in its division to earn a spot in the tournament. As an independent team, meaning the team...
Lack of Funding for NCAA Teams
After a long day of matches at a tournament in Los Angeles, members of the UC Santa Cruz men’s tennis team return to their hotel to relax. Well actually, they return to their former teammate’s house, which is where they’re staying in order to cut...
New Hires for UCSC NCAA Sports
Following department reorganization and staff dismissals and layoffs in June, UC Santa Cruz’s NCAA athletic department has filled its three vacant head coaching positions. For track and field, cross country, swim and dive and women’s soccer, last year’s assistant coaches have been hired to fill...
Restructuring of NCAA Athletics
As the contracts for coaches in UC Santa Cruz NCAA athletics approached their annual renewal in June, most of the staff was optimistic for the future. The student body had just passed a referendum, Measure 68, to provide student fee funding for the program and...
Down But Not Out
UC Santa Cruz swim coach Kim Musch said he lost a potential of 40 promising incoming student swimmers in the last few years due to the threat of losing NCAA sports at UCSC. This uncertainty expanded beyond swimming, affecting all NCAA coaches as they were...