Sports

The Aggie sports desk highlights last year’s standouts The start of the new school year for UC Davis falls right in line with the startup of the athletics season; with a number of successes across all 23 of UC Davis’ NCAA teams. Multiple players have made names for themselves and emerged from the pack as […]

UC Davis football receives historic ranking as Fall Quarter begins The UC Davis football team woke up to a nice surprise last Monday morning following the team’s 44-21 dismantling of visiting Idaho over the weekend, and a week off from game action wasn’t the only thing to celebrate. In the latest top-25 rankings released by […]

Men’s Soccer defeats Sacramento State Hornets 2-1 in golden goal overtime Sept. 29 was the last game of the non-conference play for UC Davis men’s soccer, and the team defeated the Sacramento State Hornets 2-1. The Hornets were sporting a 2-5 overall record compared to the Aggies 6-1 record on the new season. UC Davis […]

Debate lingers over what it means for Kaepernick, Nike On Monday, Sept. 3 free agent NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick caused a fresh round of controversy when he tweeted out an image of his face with one short message attached: “Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything. #JustDoIt.” The tweet, which was later joined […]

Race to pennants in full swing as regular season approaches final games As Major League Baseball’s regular season faces its last few games, the races for titles, awards and the fight to play in October have officially begun. With the release of the postseason schedule and the final 2018 World Series game set for October […]

UC Davis men’s soccer loses to Saint Mary’s College, 1-0 It was the battle of undefeated teams on freshman move in weekend in Davis, CA as the UC Davis Aggies took on Saint Mary’s College of California in their second to last non-conference game of the 2018-19 school year. Saint Mary’s came into the game […]

Volleyball starts solid, shaky in conference play losing two straight In his fifth year as head coach of the UC Davis volleyball program, Dan Conners is optimistic about a season which features a solid and experienced roster. At the same time, he is cautious of going into matchup with low or high expectations. That’s not […]

UC Davis football firing on all cylinders in Big West opener The UC Davis football team cruised to its third win of the season on Saturday evening at Aggie Stadium, pounding visiting Idaho by a final score of 44-21. Even after a 20-point loss to Pac-12 power Stanford last weekend, the Aggies felt they battled […]

Aggies fail to take advantage of early opportunities, battle to the end against Pac-12 power The UC Davis football team suffered its first defeat of the 2018 season on Saturday afternoon, falling to host Stanford by a final score of 30-10. The game got off to a very promising start for UC Davis, as the […]

Aggies start new campaign off on right foot As we approach the final stretch of summer break in Davis, college football programs across the country are wrapping up their respective training camps including the UC Davis Aggies. Last season was the program’s most productive offensive output since UC Davis entered the Big Sky Conference in […]

Red Sox, Yankees, Astros dominate, NL stays competitive at season’s halfway point The doldrums of summer are upon us once again; that period of the sporting calendar where the days are long, the temperature is high and baseball reigns supreme. The Stanley Cup and the Larry O’Brien trophy have both found their homes for the […]

France are World Cup champions for second time By BOBBY JOHN — friend@theaggie.org After 169 goals were scored in the 2018 World Cup, France was crowned as world champions for the second time in 20 years on Sunday after beating Croatia 4-2 in the World Cup Final in Moscow. With low scoring matches being the […]