Sports

The Combine, Free Agency, NFL Draft The 2016-2017 NFL season has come and gone. For some fans, the thrill and excitement of an overall successful season made the weeks fly by. For others, the season couldn’t end fast enough — sorry, San Francisco and Cleveland. We witnessed another, yes, another Patriots Super Bowl victory that […]

2017 outlook for the National League West Major League Baseball: I’ve missed you, my dear friend. When spring training rolls around, we baseball fans begin to feel rejuvenated. It serves as a useful reminder that spring is coming, and these dark winter days just may be behind us. Living in Giants territory here in Davis, […]

UC Davis women’s swimming and diving takes third place after four-day competition The UC Davis women’s swimming and diving team arrived at East Los Angeles College on Wednesday, Feb. 15 to compete in the four-day long Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) conference championships, determined to protect its reign of the conference. Although the Aggies weren’t […]

Streaky shooting guides men’s basketball team to 96-85 victory against CSU Northridge Coming off of consecutive losses, the UC Davis men’s basketball team bounced back and defended its unbeaten home record on Thursday night by knocking off the Matadors of CSU Northridge, 96-85, in a showcase of offensive firepower from both sides. Just over eight […]

UC Davis defeats Cal Poly 83-75 with monstrous night from Bertsch, Nafekh, Gianotti With six straight wins coming into the game on Wednesday, Feb. 22, the UC Davis women’s basketball team began the first of its final two home games of the season with increased motivation to keep its momentum going. The Aggies knew that […]

Women’s tennis coach Bill Maze reflects on career, 2017 season The UC Davis women’s tennis team is off to a solid 7-3 start this season. In a weekend trip to the heavenly Hawaiian islands from Feb. 10-12, the Aggies split their two matches, shutting out Chaminade 9-0 on Friday but falling to their conference foes, […]

Aggies win three of four games over weekend tournament It was a very successful weekend for the UC Davis women’s water polo team from Feb. 18 to 19 at Schaal Aquatics Center, as the Aggies won three of their four games, bringing their overall record to 7-11. The start of the weekend was difficult for […]

Aggies’ win their sixth straight The UC Davis women’s gymnastics team started its weekend off with a big win on Friday, scoring 194.900 against Alaska Anchorage in the first of two meets against the Seawolves. The win wasn’t the only positive takeaway from Friday’s meet — junior Alexis Brown had a strong night on the […]

The Aggie asked students about their on-campus sports teams UC Davis is often regarded as a prestigious research university that puts a large focus on the academic success of its population, but a completely different facet is its athletic prowess as a NCAA Division I competitor. With over twenty teams participating in the Big West […]

The California Aggie shadowed one of UC Davis football’s athletic trainers The role of the athletic trainer is one that many people don’t think about when watching their favorite sport. The Aggie had the recent chance to follow Matthew Davey, one of the assistant athletic trainers for the UC Davis men’s football team, to observe […]

A look back at the history of the Williams sisters In light of the most recent matchup between professional tennis’ legendary sisters Venus and Serena Williams in the Australian Open, where Serena came away with her seventh Australian Open title victory, let’s take a look back to when these two first entered the world of […]

The Aggies take control of the first and fourth quarters en route to victory With 17-6 record this season, the UC Davis women’s basketball team was in prime position to take advantage of the 3-20 Anteaters of UC Irvine, who came in on a six-game losing streak. The Aggies scored the first 19 points of […]