Sports

Year off field doesn’t mean year off work If you’ve gone to a collegiate sporting event and looked at the team rosters, you may have seen some players designated as RS, meaning they are or have been a redshirt player. But what exactly is a redshirt player? “The classic redshirt is the player who is […]

Team has high hopes going into season For members of the basketball team, November is a special month. For some, like first-year guard TJ Shorts and his fellow newcomers, it is the beginning of a new journey as competitive basketball players. For returning players like senior forward Chima Moneke, it is a chance for the […]

Rookies, young stars appeal to college demographic After an offseason full of tumult, drama and blockbuster moves, the NBA’s 2017-2018 regular season is underway and has already formed its share of intriguing storylines. With plenty of rosters experiencing a fair amount of turnover from last season, this year is sure to be an entertaining one, […]

Men’s soccer outlasts CSUN 4-2 in game for the ages UC Davis men’s soccer advanced to the finals of the 2017 Big West tournament with a riveting 4-2 win over visiting CSU Northridge in the most drama-filled match of the season. Senior forward Noah Wilson tapped in the game-winning goal for the Aggies with 22 […]

UC Davis volleyball keeps winning streak alive, now 7-6 in league play Coming off of two conference wins against Cal State Long Beach and CSU Northridge, the UC Davis Aggies defeated the Cal State Fullerton Titans 3-0 in record time on Nov. 2 at the Pavilion. The one hour and 12 minutes it took the […]

Women’s tennis completes fall tournaments, looks forward to new season October is not usually considered the height of the tennis season. For the UC Davis women’s tennis team, however, playing autumn tennis is not such a strange concept, and is in fact an integral part of gearing up for a competitive regular season. Over the […]

UC Davis alumna speaks to students about career NBC Bay Area sports reporter Amy Gutierrez, better known as Amy G., returned to her alma mater, UC Davis, to talk with students about her life and career on Friday, Oct. 27. Gutierrez is a sideline reporter and covers the San Francisco Giants. She is also the […]

UC Davis football defeats Cal Poly 31-28 on homecoming weekend In front of the fourth-largest crowd in Aggie Stadium history, the UC Davis football team battled past the winless Cal Poly Mustangs, 31-28. The Aggie offense hummed early and the defense was able to fend off a late Cal Poly surge, securing UC Davis’ fourth […]

Aggies extend winning streak to eight in final home game Coming into its final home game against Fresno Pacific University, the UC Davis men’s water polo team was hoping to extend its seven game winning-streak as it headed into its final three games on the road before the Western Water Polo Association Championship. With the […]

UC Davis agricultural legacy kept alive in mascot, community Go Aggies! Go Mustangs? Go Gunrock? The UC Davis mascot is Gunrock the Mustang, but UC Davis students and alumni are better known as Aggies. The California Aggie sat down with Athletics Marketing to figure out what exactly an Aggie is. UC Davis was originally founded […]

Astros, Dodgers will compete in Fall Classic The Fall Classic is upon us once again, showing us that there is nothing quite like postseason baseball. The Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers will square off in the World Series –– an intriguing matchup between two franchises with very different title-game experience. Each postseason, it […]

Men’s soccer heads into playoffs on a hot streak UC Davis men’s soccer closed out an exceptional regular season with a 3-0 victory over visiting Sacramento State on Sunday afternoon at Aggie Soccer Field, pushing its overall record to 10-7-2, including a 7-2-1 mark in conference play. With the Big West North Division title and […]