Sports

National women’s water polo team secures silver medal at FINA Intercontinental Tournament The U.S.A. national women’s water polo team made its way to Davis, Calif. last week in an out-of-the-ordinary appearance to face five other international teams trying to claim the gold medal in the FINA Intercontinental Tournament at the Schaal Aquatics Center from May […]

Aggie Gaming club provides community for competitive online gaming In the world of college sports, staples such as football, baseball, basketball and soccer tend to dominate the headlines. However, over the past few years, a new sport has swept college sports. It isn’t played on a field or in a gym but instead in front […]

UC Davis club triathlon team places 11th at nationals The men and women of the UC Davis triathlon team are pretty talented at what they do, and what they do is a continuous race that consists of a half-mile swim, a 12-mile bike ride and a 5,000-kilometer run — this being considered the shorter race. […]

Hawai’i edges out UC Davis in last seconds of match, wins 10-9 Coming off a 14-2 loss in the semi-finals against UC Irvine, the UC Davis women’s water polo team finished its season with a loss to the University of Hawai’i Rainbow Wahine on Sunday, April 30. Hawai’i beat UC Davis 10-9 in the third-place […]

Freshman pitcher shuts out Mustangs en route to 1-0 victory The UC Davis softball team concluded its weekend series on Sunday against Cal Poly with a 1-0 win. On Saturday, the Aggies and Mustangs played two of the three games in the series in doubleheader fashion. In the first game, the Aggies were up against […]

A look at UC Davis athletes who played first at junior college level A handful of UC Davis’ athletes have not spent their entire collegiate careers at UC Davis, instead competing for their first two years at a junior college (JC). Although each athlete has different reasons for taking the path from a JC to […]

A call to protect MLB pitchers from hard-hit comebackers In Major League Baseball (MLB), many scouts and pundits have begun to place extreme emphasis on the exit velocity — how fast a baseball is hit off the bat. Exit velocity is an important determinant of a player’s talent because, intuitively, if you hit the ball […]

A rarity in college sports programs: A dual-sport athlete Morgan Bertsch is the UC Davis women’s basketball team’s main offensive weapon on the court and one of the top high jumpers on the outdoor track and field team. As a redshirt sophomore forward on the women’s basketball team, Bertsch recently completed a historic 2016-2017 season […]

UC Davis baseball team defeated 2-10 last Sunday afternoon in conference play It was a beautiful day at Phil Swimley Field at Dobbins Stadium last Sunday as the UC Davis baseball team took a loss to the Long Beach State 49ers 2-10, going 0-3 on the weekend conference series. Going into the weekend, the 49ers […]

Sports columnist Michael Wexler analyzes the second round of NBA playoffs The first round of the NBA playoffs has officially wrapped up and round two is ready to take off. The results were mostly as expected; however, I completely botched Houston vs.  Oklahoma City, thinking that the latter would win in seven games, but Houston […]

UC Davis softball loses 6-4, all zeros in last four frames The UC Davis softball team took the field on Wednesday, April 27 for a non-conference game against the neighboring Cal Golden Bears. The Aggies stayed strong throughout the first couple of innings, putting four runs up on the board, but couldn’t come back offensively […]

UC Davis water polo star discusses record-breaking season Some call her “Greta the Great.” Others call her “Greata.” But you can just call her Greta. For junior center Greta Kohlmoos, scoring goals is almost second nature. Netting an explosive 62 this season, Kohlmoos has tied her goal total from her first two seasons combined and […]