Women’s Teams Headed to NCAA Tournament
Last summer four UC Santa Cruz women’s programs — basketball, soccer, tennis and volleyball — made the move from independent teams to the Great South Athletic Conference (GSAC). The UCSC athletics department hoped this would end the frequency of its teams earning a strong record...
NCAA Volleyball Teams Left Coachless
The UC Santa Cruz athletics department has been chronically understaffed since Julie Roth, the sports information director, resigned at the start of the school year. Both NCAA volleyball teams are operating without a head coach. Men’s volleyball head coach Todd Hollenbeck left to take an...
Shredding Steamer Lane
As the sun peeked through the clouds over the calm waters of Steamer Lane, the Santa Cruz surfing community anxiously waited as the announcers for the 2015 Coldwater Classic kicked off the event with the local qualifying rounds on Saturday morning at 8 a.m. The...
Tough Break for Tennis Travelers
Men’s tennis teammates Kyle Richter and Adrian Sirovica anticipated tough competition last week at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Small College Championships in Sumter, South Carolina. Some of the top Division III doubles teams in the nation attended, but Richter felt the pair was...
Envisioning the Future of OPERS
Athletic director Cliff Dochterman said it best — “this university was founded to be a place that didn’t have sports.” To save its programs, the newly formed Office of Physical Education, Recreation and Sports (OPERS) referendum team kicked off the first pair of three bi-weekly...
Cross Country Competes at Home
On Oct. 24, the UCSC cross country program hosted its first race in over 26 years, the Banana Slug Invitational. The race featured three heats — the community 5K, men’s 8k invitational and the women’s 6k invitational. Why was this the first race Santa Cruz...
Making a Racket
The UC Santa Cruz men’s tennis team took its home court three weeks before school started in order to prepare for the 2015-16 fall season. Leaders Kyle Richter and Sean Hollister ran practices to get the team ready for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division...
Achieving Their Goals
Screams of “let’s go” echoed through the raindrops onto the field as the first half kicked off between the visiting William Jessup Warriors and the UC Santa Cruz Slugs. Jessup’s lone point came from its relentless attack in the first few minutes, which resulted in...
Going the Distance
The UC Santa Cruz swim team totaled 96 miles in the pool on Oct. 2 and 3 — equivalent to almost four times across the bay from Santa Cruz to Monterey. Swim team members, alumni and coaches participated in the 24-hour relay in memory of...
Dugout of the Blue
When freshman Nessa Esparza attended the OPERS Fall Festival in 2014, there was something that was really lacking, something that’s central to who she is — a space for a softball player. More specifically, a competitive team that she could join. Esparza has played softball...