Sports

Record crowd sees Aggies retain Golden Horseshoe
SportsOctober 23, 2019
UC Davis gets back on track with 48-24 rivalry win The UC Davis football team put its three-game losing streak to bed after Saturday evening’s 48-24 victory over visiting Cal Poly, winning the Battle for the Golden Horseshoe for a third consecutive year. The Aggies’ victory on Homecoming weekend was seen by a lively crowd […]

NFL referees throw record-breaking amount of flags
FootballOctober 22, 2019
First five games of NFL season have been riddled with infractions Through the first five weeks of the National Football League this season, teams have combined for a total of 1,458 penalties. That equates to an average of 18.69 penalties called per game, a laughable rate of one penalty for every three minutes and 12 […]

UC Davis Equestrian Team heads out of state to launch new season
SportsOctober 14, 2019
Off to the races One of the up-and-coming programs at UC Davis is the women’s equestrian team. The Aggies are entering their second official NCAA season and the team consists of 27 riders who compete in Western and English style competitions all around the U.S. against other high caliber teams. The women of the equestrian […]

Gov. Newsom signs SB 206, igniting new push for student-athlete compensation
SportsOctober 11, 2019
Fair Pay to Play Bill becomes law After much talk and anticipation, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 206 on Sept. 30, allowing college athletes in the state to profit off of their own name, image and likeness starting in 2023. The formal signing of the bill was completed on HBO’s “The Shop,” hosted […]

Aggies lose heartbreaker to North Dakota
SportsOctober 10, 2019
UC Davis drops third straight in 38-36 road loss The UC Davis football team lost its third consecutive game and fell to 0-2 in Big Sky play with Saturday’s 38-36 gut-wrenching loss at North Dakota. The Aggies battled back from a forgetful first half performance that put them behind 28-14 at the break, and came […]

Women’s Volleyball commences Big West play with two strong victories
SportsOctober 10, 2019
Aggies look to continue run into heart of conference slate Heading into the Sept. 29 game against UC Riverside, the UC Davis women’s volleyball team looked to regain last year’s impeccable form, which they displayed during a season-long, seven game win streak. The previous game against UC Irvine was the inaugural game of league play, […]

New season, new coach, new capabilities
SportsOctober 4, 2019
UC Davis women’s soccer starts strong to open 2019 season After a tough 2018-19 season, the UC Davis women’s soccer team enters the new year with high hopes and a new game plan. The Aggies open this new season with a new coach, Tracy Hamm, who is one of only two American women to hold […]

L.A.’s October Demons
SportsOctober 4, 2019
How October ends could have big ramifications for Dodgers’ future after two straight World Series losses In front of an electric crowd at Chavez Ravine in the afternoon of Nov. 1, 2017, the Dodgers stood one win away from capturing their first World Series since 1988. All 54,124 fans were on their feet as Game […]
MLB Postseason Preview
BaseballOctober 4, 2019
Regular season filled with new historical milestones and countless homeruns comes to an end From the year 1900 until 1916, there were fewer home runs hit in Major League Baseball than the 2019 season alone. This season, the league-wide home run record was not only broken, but utterly obliterated, as teams amassed an unprecedented 6,776 […]

Aggie football humbled in blowout loss to Montana
SportsOctober 1, 2019
UC Davis suffers 45-20 home defeat in Big Sky opener The UC Davis football team suffered its worst defeat of the season in Saturday’s Big Sky opener, falling to the visiting Montana Grizzlies by a final score of 45-20. It was a stunning blow to the Aggies, a top-5 FCS team in many rankings polls, […]

Fair Pay to Play Bill passes California state legislature
SportsSeptember 30, 2019
The Golden State looks to change college athletics, compensate athletes California Senate Bill 206, also known as the Fair Pay to Play Act, officially passed the state legislature on Sept. 11, seven months after it was first introduced by State Senator Nancy Skinner (D-9) in February. The bill now awaits Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature — […]

UC Davis men’s soccer battle through an up-and-down start to season
Men's SoccerSeptember 27, 2019
Aggies still seeking first conference title in program history Although the past few seasons have not ended exactly how the program would have preferred, the UC Davis men’s soccer team has displayed that it’s certainly capable of competing for a Big West conference title. In each of the past two seasons, the Aggies fell just […]

