Sports

While most students were at home filling their stomachs with holiday treats, the UC Davis women’s basketball team remained hard at work. With just a few days off here and there, the lady Aggies continued to prepare for what remains to be a long season ahead. They took on five opponents this December and compiled […]

After winning a grueling game against rival Sacramento State to close the season, coach Bob Biggs and quarterback Randy Wright talked at the press conference about how senior linebacker Jordan Glass was the most valuable player on the team this year. The senior communications major from Elk Grove, Calif. transferred to Davis after playing two […]

The UC Davis men’s cross country team graduated a couple of key racers and were in need of a front-runner for the squad. They found it in sophomore Trevor Halsted. The young racer stepped up in a big way for the Aggies, after a very quiet freshman campaign. Halsted was the top UC Davis finisher […]

After claiming their third Mountain Pacific Sports Federation women’s gymnastics championship in a row last year, the Aggie gymnasts are seeking to extend their title streak to four years straight. The team, coached by MPSF coach of the year John Lavallee along with MPSF assistant coach of the year Tamara Ross, will be led by […]

Freshman Taylor Jern had some big cleats to fill when she became the new goalkeeper for the Aggies this year. Her impressive season earned her the title of Freshman Athlete of the Quarter. The Corona, Calif. native started 18 of 19 games for UC Davis this year and finished the season with 84 saves against […]

Teams: UC Davis vs. Saint Mary’s; at Santa Clara; at USC; vs. Duke; at Washington; at Sacramento State; at Pacific Records: Aggies, 2-3 (0-0) When: Dec. 6 to Jan. 5 Who to Watch: You can dance or you can’t. You can paint or you can’t. You can shoot or you can’t. UC Davis senior shooting […]

The men’s soccer team’s solid defensive efforts for the entirety of the season would not have been as phenomenal if it hadn’t been for freshman defender Ryan Gross. In spite of being a freshman, Gross earned a starting position for the majority of the games and patrolled the backline for most of the Aggies’ playing […]

Senior Matt Vowell helped lead men’s water polo to a fourth-place finish at the Western Water Polo Association championship tournament this year. Vowell was a team captain for the 2012 season and he finished his UC Davis career as the most successful left-hander in program history. This year, Vowell played in all 29 games for […]

Looking to repeat as the Big West Champions, the women’s cross country team needed their top racer to perform as she did last year. Senior Sarah Sumpter led UC Davis in every race she ran last year, and would need to repeat similar results this year. Sumpter didn’t get the same results she did last […]

Just call her the iron horse of volleyball. This season, the Aggies’ senior outside hitter, Allison Whitson, cemented herself as one of the all-time great players to come through this UC Davis volleyball program. Among other things, Whitson earned the honor of being called “The Iron Horse” due to the fact that she never missed […]

Junior forward Alex Henry ended the season with an abundance of achievements on his soccer resume. Henry scored the game-winning goal to lead UC Davis to victory against their nemesis UC Santa Barbara. Subsequently, he was dubbed Big West Offensive Player of the Week, marking his first career Player of the Week honor. “It means […]

The men’s soccer team’s season ended on a solemn, yet encouraging note a couple of weeks ago at home. The team ended its season with a 1-0 loss to South Division Championships, Cal State Northridge. UC Davis finished with a 10-7-4 overall record and an 8-4 record in the Big West Conference. The team played […]