Reconnection through Competition
Snails can keep up with Slugs, and this week UC Santa Cruz men’s basketball alumni proved it. Seven basketball alumni, dubbed the “Snails,” returned to Kaiser Permanente Arena on Jan. 15, determined to show the current UCSC men’s basketball players they could still keep up...
Slugs Slime Vassar
With a limited number of matches to gain national rankings, every game matters. The Slugs needed to win to maintain their spot as the number six ranked team in the nation. Despite the bass bumping dance music, smiling faces and an appearance from Sammy the...
Winter Sports Update
Womens Basketball Women’s basketball faces a competitive schedule. They already played 10 games last month, double the average of other Division III teams, said head coach Todd Kent. Women’s basketball defeated Chapman University on Dec. 15. This marks the school’s first victory against Chapman on...
Women’s Basketball Beats La Verne
The UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team made a comeback to beat the La Verne Leopards 71-51 in the UCSC Holiday Classic on Dec. 3. The Leopards went on an 11-0 run and took an early lead, which they maintained throughout most of the first...
Slugs Set Sail
The UC Santa Cruz sailing team hopes their two new Flying Junior boats, at 200 pounds and nearly $9,000 each, will cruise them to victory. The team raised around $9,000 last spring for one new boat, and UCSC’s Office of Physical Education, Recreation and Sports...
Racing to Win, Enjoying the Ride
Spectators line a thin rocky section of trail waiting with anticipation for the next rider. The sound of rubber speeding over dirt erupts from around the corner and a rider appears and airs a few feet off the rocks down towards the finish line. Among...
Gliding to Victory
Last spring, a group of UC Santa Cruz students walked, biked and drove around campus stapling flyers to bulletin boards. Some were friends, some were roommates, some acquaintances, but they all had one thing in common — they wanted to bring ice hockey to UCSC....
Senior Day on the Soccer Field
Several soccer players from the men’s and women’s teams took the field at the home Senior Day match versus San Francisco State University (SFSU) on Oct. 24 to celebrate their last season. Despite not scoring in the first half of the game, UC Santa Cruz’s...
Shredding Barriers
The UC Santa Cruz Competitive Surfing Club hosted tryouts for its upcoming season and finished solidifying their team on Oct. 17 just in time for an upcoming tournament in San Diego on Saturday. Founded in 2013, the club continues to get more students into the...
OPERS Deficit Prompts Layoffs
In the wake of a projected $600,000 deficit for the Office of Physical Education Recreation and Sports (OPERS), the athletic director and the head of maintenance were laid off and their positions eliminated. Both comprise over $150,000 in salary. Their responsibilities will be dispersed among...