Sports

Beach volleyball wins six of eight heading into conference championships Though it may appear that the women’s beach volleyball team faced a unique challenge playing through the pandemonium of Picnic Day weekend, as one of the newest additions to the Aggie Athletics family, the women’s beach volleyball made its mark on the UC Davis sports […]

Tiger Woods secures fifth master’s win, now has second most all time In one of the most anticipated sporting events of the year, with tickets to the weekend of events selling for a minimum of $2,000, Tiger Woods captured his fifth Masters championship and 15th major win in his career. While many people contributed to […]

The AAF becomes another football league added to the list of failures On April 3, the owner of the Alliance of American Football, Tom Dundon, suspended all operations of the league, just two weeks before the end of the season. It is all but confirmed that the league will shut down its inaugural season. The […]

UC Davis baseball loses 6-5 in final game of Picnic Day weekend series In the final of the three game series on Picnic Day weekend at home, the UC Davis Aggies were defeated by the Cal Poly Mustangs 6-5. The weekend series began on Friday, when the Aggies suffered a 5-1 opening series loss to […]

Sophomore pitcher continues historic run for UC Davis softball Sophomore pitcher Brooke Yanez fired a no-hitter for the UC Davis softball team in Sunday’s series-winning victory over Cal Poly, striking out seven batters and walking just two. Yanez’s sensational performance comes just 33 days removed from the perfect game she tossed against Sacramento State on […]

Bertsch capitalizes on historic season, becomes first Aggie drafted to WNBA The story begins with a Santa Rosa High School basketball player back in 2014, who, even at 6 foot 4 inches, was flying under the radar of most college scouts. She’s discovered, more or less on accident, by UC Davis Head Coach Jennifer Gross […]

Recapping the 2018-19 NBA regular season, looking to the postseason When two-time all pro DeMarcus Cousins joined the Golden State Warriors in free agency this past summer, many NBA fans wrote off the season entirely, claiming that this year’s title was already won. Having a starting lineup consisting of five all stars has only been […]

Virginia captures first National Title in thrilling overtime win over Texas Tech In what turned out to be a tournament lacking in upsets and traditional program dominance, the University of Virginia reigned supreme after pulling off an 85-77 overtime win over Texas Tech in Minneapolis on Monday night — a year after becoming the first […]

Aggies win two of three games over April weekend The UC Davis women’s tennis team put together one of its most impressive performances of the season in a 6-1 win over visiting Northern Colorado at the Marya Welch Tennis Center on Friday afternoon. After a tough loss to a very talented Long Beach State on […]

A look into the recent collegiate corruption scandals In 2017, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested 10 individuals including college coaches and an Adidas executive on corruption charges taking place in collegiate basketball. Over a dozen schools, including big-name basketball programs such as Louisville and North Carolina State, were involved in the scandal. These college […]

United States Women’s National Soccer Team sues U.S. Federation for gender discrimination On International Women’s Day, March 8, 2019, 28 members of the eligible player pool from the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team filed a class action gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) — three months before the start of the Women’s […]

The Aggie explores multiple ways to put together a March Madness bracket The end of Winter Quarter is now upon UC Davis, forcing students to bear down for the darkness that is finals week. Luckily, once finals are over, there are plenty of things that students can look forward to, like spring break. Taking a […]