February, 5 2010 Slugs Fight Division 1 Power House
Palo Alto, CA—UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team lost to Stanford University on Friday night at Maples Pavilion loosing in four games, 23-30, 31-29, 22-30, 18-30. (more)
February 4, 2010
Ryan Matsuoka Selected to COSIDA Academic-All District 2010 First-Team
SANTA CRUZ, CA -Ryan Matsuoka was named to the COSIDA Academic-All District First Team. To see the full list of student athletes selected to the COSIDA Academic Teams, please click here.(more)
January 31, 2010 Slugs Slime Division I CSU Bakersfields
SANTA CRUZ, CA -- In the first home match of the season, the Slugs came ready to play. While the 2008-2009 season proved to be a difficult one for the women’s Slug program, the team demonstrated that this year they have left the past behind them. (more)
January 30, 2010 Slugs Can't Hold On
Santa Cruz, CA—UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team lost to #10 Baruch College on Saturday afternoon at the West Field House, loosing in four games, 24-30, 30-24, 9-30, 28-30. (more)
January 29, 2010 Slugs Answer The Chanllenge
SANTA CRUZ, CA–UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team defeated #10 Baruch College on Friday night at the West Field House, winning in five games, 30-25, 28-30, 30-20, 25-30 and 15-11. The Slugs improve their record to 5-2, and 2-0 against DIII opponents. (more)
January 22, 2010 Slugs Outlast Hawks
SANTA CRUZ, CA– The UCSC Men’s Hoop Squad continued their roll winning their 4th straight vs the Cal Pac Conference, taking down Holy Names University 60-57 on Tuesday night in Oakland. HNU came into the contest on a 5 game win streak of their own and sitting atop the Cal Pac Conference at 5-0.(more)
January 19, 2010 Rowell's Stellar Play Keys UC Santa Cruz to Two Big Victories
SANTA CRUZ, CA–Eric Rowell, a 6-2 senior setter for then-No. 3 UC Santa Cruz, has been named the Sports Imports/AVCA Men's Division III National Player of the Week for his efforts in leading his squad to a pair of victories last week. Rowell kicked things off by helping UCSC to a sweep of then-No. 2 Springfield, registering 42 assists, six digs, five blocks and two kills in the win. (more)
January 19, 2010 UC Santa Cruz Ranked #2
SANTA CRUZ, CA–The AVCA Division III Mens Coaches Top 15 Poll ranked UC Santa Cruz men's volleyball as #2 Natinoally. The Slugs moved up one spot after a strong 2-0 performance over the weekend. On Friday, the team took down NCAA DIII Springfield College, at the time ranked #2, and then defeated NAIA preseason #1 California Baptist on Saturday. (more)
January 17, 2010 Slugs Avenge Early Season Loss
SANTA CRUZ, CA --In the Consolation Championship Game at the University of Redlands Lee Fulmer Classic Menlo College came back from a double digit 2nd half deficit to take the Slugs in OT. Fast foreword 5 weeks and UCSC welcomed The Oaks to the West Field House looking for some pay back. (more)
January 16, 2010 Slugs Upset NAIA #1 Cal Baptist
SANTA CRUZ, CA–UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team defeated NAIA #1 Cal Baptist University on Saturday night at the West Field House, winning in four games, 30-23, 21-30, 30-19, 30-27. The Slugs improve their record to 4-2, and 1-0 against DIII opponents. (more)
January 16, 2010 Slugs Cruz At Home
SANTA CRUZ, CA -- On Thursday night the West Field House played host to Pacific Union College, and the UCSC faithful were in full effect. Another rowdy crowd enjoyed a convincing UCSC victory while the squad itself continued to gain momentum. Taking its 4th win in its last 6 games the Slugs never trailed and led by as many as 26 in the 2nd half before PUC made a late run to get back into it (more)
January 15, 2010 #3 Slugs Take Down #2 Springfield College In First DIII Match
SANTA CRUZ, CA–UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team defeated #2 Springfield College on Friday night at the West Field House, winning in three games, 30-24, 30-25, 30-28. (more)
January 14, 2010 Home Sweet Home
SANTA CRUZ, CA–For the first time since a season opening overtime victory over San Francisco State in an exhibition game on November 11th the UCSC Men’s Hoop Team returned to the West Field House. A packed gym welcomed local rival Bethany University to the UC Santa Cruz campus for an exciting Friday night contest. (more)
January 9, 2010 UC Santa Cruz Vs Pacific Round 2
SANTA CRUZ, CA–UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team lost to The University of the Pacific on Saturday night at the West Field House, losing in three games, 28-30, 26-30, 28-30. (more)
January 9, 2010 Slugs Win Big At Home
SANTA CRUZ, CA–UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team defeated Grand Canyon University on Saturday afternoon in there second meeting. The Slug’s won in three games, 30-28, 31-29, 30-24. (more)
January 8, 2010 Slugs Get Their First WIn On The Road
STOCKTON, CA--UC Santa Cruz Men’s Volleyball team defeated Grand Canyon University on Friday night for their first victory of the season. The Slug’s won in three games, 30-21, 30-27, 30-26. (more)
December 30, 2009 2nd Half Collapse Dooms Slugs
ROCKLIN, CA--For the first 25 minutes UCSC was executing excellently on both ends of the floor, the Slugs held a 40-25 advantage with just under 16 minutes left in 2nd half when the momentum swung. William Jessup ended the game in a flurry as they outscored UCSC 55-28 to end the contest and secure an impressive come from behind win 80-68. (more)
December 20, 2009 Slugs Take 2 at Cal Lu Classic
THOUSAND OAKS, CA--In the opening night of the Cal Lutheran Classic UCSC matched up with the hosts Cal Lutheran University. The first half opened with the Slugs jumping to a quick 7-0 lead, a few minutes later they had a 20-8 advantage and looked in control. UCSC held a double digit advantage for most of the 1st half before Cal Lu finished on an 8-2 run to cut the lead to 3. (more)
December 14, 2009 Washington Woes Continue for Slugs
WALLA WALLA, WA--The state of Washington has not been kind to UCSC Men’s Hoops. On Friday the trend continued as the Slugs faced off vs. no.18 ranked Puget Sound at the UPS Tip-Off Classic. Kaleb Shelton’s 20 points and 7 boards combined with the Loggers constant pressure proved to overwhelm the Slugs to the tune of 94-79. (more)
December 11, 2009 Mens Soccer Players Receive NSCAA Honors
SANTA CRUZ, CA.-- Matt Fondy was named to the third team for the NSCAA Men'sNCAA Divions III All-American Team (more).
November 28, 2009 Slugs Split at David Wells Classic
CLAREMONT, CA--On opening night of the David Wells Classic hosted by the Claremont and Pomona Colleges the UCSC Men’s Hoop Team squared off with defending SCIAC Champs Claremont Mudd Scripps College. In the first half each team enjoyed slight leads, Jr. Guard Ryan Matsuoka led the Slugs with 9 points 4 rebound’s and 2 assist’s. (more)
November 11, 2009 Slugs Take Down Gaters
SANTA CRUZ, CA.-- Darrin Lew three with 8 seconds left in regulation sent the game to overtime, and a Ryan Matsuoka triple with 20 seconds left in the extra stanza proved to be the winner as UC Santa Cruz was able to knock off Division 2 San Francisco State 69-68 in an exhibition game in the West Field House. (more)
November 11, 2009 2009 NCAA Division III West Region Cross Country Meet Preview
SANTA CRUZ, CA--Team and Individual berths to the National meet will be up for grabs November 14 at the NCAA Division III West Regional Cross Country Championships at the campus course at Pomona-Pitzer Colleges in Claremont, California.(more)
November 11, 2009 UC Santa Cruz Men's Soccer to Host NCAA Regionals
SANTA CRUZ, CA.-- UC Santa Cruz will be the host school for the 1st and 2nd round of the NCAA Men's Soccer Wst Reginal Tournement this weekend. For updated information about the DIII Men's Soccer Bracket, Please visit theDIII Men's Soccer Championship Bracket. (more)
October 26, 2009 Slugs Snap Losing Streak in Colorado
SANTA CRUZ, CA--It was another tough weekend for UCSC Women’s Volleyball facing #14 ranked Colorado College on their home court in Colorado Springs. The Tigers beat the Slugs in 3 (20-25, 21-25, 23-25). Leading both teams in kills for the match was Senior Opposite Jen Meyers who had 17 kills hitting .400 with 2 assists, 2 blocks and 1 dig. (more)
October 25, 2009 UD Men Lose Tight One to Powerful UC-Santa Cruz
IRVING, TX--The men’s Crusader soccer team scratched and clawed against the highly ranked UC-Santa Cruz Banana Slugs, but ultimately fell short by a score of 2-1. The Banana Slugs entered the contest ranked first in the NCAA DIII West Region poll and sixth in the NCAA DIII National poll. (more)
October 24, 2009 Men's Soccer Knocks Off No. 6 UC-Santa Cruz
SHERMAN, TX--The Austin College men’s soccer team made its final home match of the season a memorable one, getting two first half goals from Chris Melton as the ’Roos stunned the No. 6 ranked University of California-Santa Cruz on Saturday to improve to 5-8-1 overall this season. The ’Roos are 4-0-1 in their last four games. (more)
October 18, 2009 Slugs Win Streak Ends at Cal Lutheran
SANTA CRUZ, CA--The UCSC Women’s Volleyball team faced tough competition this weekend against four top teams in the SCIAC (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) at the Cal Lutheran tournament. First up was nationally ranked and host school, Cal Lutheran. The Slugs were leading the first set until 20-15 when the Regals fought back to win 25-23 on a 10-3 run. (more)
October 14, 2009 Slugs Roll on and off the courts!
SANTA CRUZ, CA--Senior Marc Vartabedian and Junior Bryan Pybas are representing the Slugs in the 2009 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Small College Championships. This is one of collegiate athletics' most unique event which will be taking place October 15-18 at the Copeland-Cox Tennis Center in Mobile, Alabama. (more)
October 11, 2009 Slugs Go 2-0 This Week Improving to 18-3 Overall!
SANTA CRUZ, CA--UCSC Women’s Volleyball hosted Holy Names University on Friday, October 9th. The Slugs beat the Hawks in 5 last time they faced off in Oakland on September 18th. UCSC started off strong winning the first set 25-14 and edging past Holy Names to win the match in 3 (25-14, 25-22, 25-23). (more)
October 9, 2009 UCSC Women’s Golf Fall Season Summary September 14th-October 9th
SANTA CRUZ, CA--The Lady Slugs were welcomed into Seguin, Texas for the Lady Bulldog Classic by a series of lighting storms that charged up the mighty slugs to shock the field with poise and skill. Freshman Yukari Shichishima was electric in her first outing, finishing 83, 84 for a two day total of 167. (more)
October 9, 2009 UCSC VS. Chapman
SANTA CRUZ, CA--Friday’s match between the UCSC Slugs and Chapman University was D3 independent grudge match. The visiting Chapman University Men from Orange County came into Friday’s match ranked 4th in West with a record of 7-1-2, while the Slugs came into the match ranked #1 in the West (4th in the Nation, NSCAA) with a record of 8-0-1. (more)
October 6, 2009 UCSC VS. Fresno Pacific
SANTA CRUZ, CA--Tuesday brought a thrill-ride of a match between the 4th ranked NCAA team in the nation, the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs and the NAIA team of Fresno Pacific University. Senior Day at the East Field saw four senior Slugs play their final home game. (more)
October 5, 2009 UCSC Men's Soccer High School Player Camp, November 8th
SANTA CRUZ, CA-- The UCSC men's soccer team would like to invite you to attend their fall high school player camp on Nov. 8th at 8:30 am. The session will run all day until 5 pm. Cost is $95, Lunch will be provided and registration is limited to 60 players. Please see enclosed forms for registration information.
October 3, 2009 Slug Move on to the ITA Small College College National Championships
SANTA CRUZ CA-- Our ITA Regional ended on a great note as the last match on was won by Slugs Marc Vartabedian and Brian Pybas who claimed the doubles title with a 7-5,7-6 win over the talented duo of Ronald Wu and Robbie Erani of Claremont! They were awarded with All-American honors and a trip to the ITA Small College National Championships Oct 15-18 in Mobile, Alabama for their remarkable run (more)
October 5, 2009 Slugs Roll In ITA Regional
SANTA CRUZ, CA Good First day as five Slugs advance to final 16 in singles and two doubles team reach the quarter finals. Veterans Marc Vartabedian, Brian Pybas, Silvio Chiba and Donald James were joined by Frosh Erich Koenig in reaching the final 16 in singles. (more)
October 3, 2009 Slugs Roll In ITA Regional
SANTA CRUZ, CA Good First day as five Slugs advance to final 16 in singles and two doubles team reach the quarter finals. Veterans Marc Vartabedian, Brian Pybas, Silvio Chiba and Donald James were joined by Frosh Erich Koenig in reaching the final 16 in singles. (more)
October 2, 2009 Slugs Go 2-0 This Week Improving to 18-3 Overall!
SANTA CRUZ, CA--UCSC Women’s Volleyball hosted Holy Names University on Friday, October 9th. The Slugs beat the Hawks in 5 last time they faced off in Oakland on September 18th. UCSC started off strong winning the first set 25-14 and edging past Holy Names to win the match in 3 (25-14, 25-22, 25-23). (more)
September 27, 2009 UCSC Women’s Volleyball Team Goes 4-1 For the Week
SANTA CRUZ, CA -It was a big week for the Slugs starting out against 2008 CalPac Conference Champs, Menlo College on Wednesday, September 23rd. UCSC started out slow dropping the first two games 19-25, 18-25 only to rally back to win the next two sets 25-14, 25-19 to force the fifth and final game. The Slugs were down in the fifth game until 9-13 when they came back with an exciting 6 point run to win the match 15-13 with Senior Libero Dana Johnson serving. (more)
September 30, 2009 Slugs Head to ITA Regional Oct 2-4
SANTA CRUZ, CA --The rubber meets the road this weekend as we take our team to the ITA Fall Regional Championships Oct 2-4 at Claremont College. This fall event marks the start of a new season which promises to be very intriguing for this young Slug squad that graduated it’s top five players from last springs NCAA Championship team.(more)
September 22, 2009 Men's Soccer Moved up to #5 in the Nation
SANTA CRUZ, CA-- Please use link below for more information about Men's Soccer ranking.
SANTA CRUZ, CA --Tuesday’s match at UC Santa Cruz brought the visitors from Menlo College. Coming into the match UCSC remained undefeated with a record of 7-0-1, and Menlo College, an NAIA school, came with a record of 0-6. (more)
September 20, 2009 Slugs Go 3-0 Against CalPac Teams This Week
SANTA CRUZ, CA --On Wednesday, September 16th, UCSC traveled to Scotts Valley to face cross-town rival, Bethany University. Despite a raucous crowd, the Slugs came out hot taking the first set 25-16. Bethany retaliated and got an early lead in the second set but after a huge comeback from UCSC, the Bruins were defeated 25-22. The third set was another impressive come from behind win into extra points finishing at 30-28 for the Slugs. It was Senior Opposite Jen Meyers who led the Slugs offense with 10 kills, only one error on 18 attempts, hitting an impressive .500 for the match. (more)
September 20, 2009 Another Great Week for Slug Volleyball
SANTA CRUZ, CA -- It was another great week for UCSC Women’s Volleyball finishing 4-1 for the week bringing the season record to 7-2.
The Slugs won their first contest at home against NAIA Pacific Union College despite an intimidating front line of athletes over six feet tall, including their 6’4 setter, Tiffany Jacobson. The Slugs won easily in 3 games (25-10, 25-19, 25-15) in front of their home crowd. Senior Setter Amy Knight did a great job of running the offense evenly spreading out the kills between hitters Katie English (7 kills), Jackie McCrory (6 kills), Ginger Berryman (5 kills), Lauren Nixon (5 kills), Roxy White (5 kills)and Jen Meyers (4 kills). (more)
September 18, 2009 UCSC VS. Cal Babtist
SANTA CRUZ, CA-- Friday’s match-up in Santa Cruz had the Lancers from California Baptist University come to town to face the unbeaten Slugs of UC Santa Cruz. The Slugs with an overtime win just a day previous against Concordia University had improved their record to 6-0-1, while the Lancers came in 1-1-3 in a tough NAIA conference.(more)
September 17, 2009 UCSC VS. Concordia University
SANTA CRUZ, CA-Thursday’s game for the Slug Men’s Soccer Program brought a talented NAIA team from southern California, Concordia University. Concordia was ranked number 9 in the nation in the NAIA national polls while UCSC was ranked number 7 in the nation according to the NSCAA National D3 rankings. Concordia came in with a record of 3-3 and the Slugs with an unbeaten record of 5-0-1.(more)
September 14, 2009 UCSC Slugs Are Starting Off Strong
IRVINE, CA--The Women's Cross Country team traveled down south Saturday to race in the UC Irvine Invite, finishing 4th out of 11 teams in the Women's "B" race. The team scored 95 points, one point ahead of 5th place DIII West Region team Pomona Pitzer. Things looked a little different up front for the Slugs on Saturday; junior standout Mikayla Murphy ran on her own in the "A" race, comprised of mostly Division I schools. (more)
September 13, 2009 Another Great Week for Slug Volleyball
SANTA CRUZ, CA -- It was another great week for UCSC Women’s Volleyball finishing 4-1 for the week bringing the season record to 7-2.
The Slugs won their first contest at home against NAIA Pacific Union College despite an intimidating front line of athletes over six feet tall, including their 6’4 setter, Tiffany Jacobson. The Slugs won easily in 3 games (25-10, 25-19, 25-15) in front of their home crowd. Senior Setter Amy Knight did a great job of running the offense evenly spreading out the kills between hitters Katie English (7 kills), Jackie McCrory (6 kills), Ginger Berryman (5 kills), Lauren Nixon (5 kills), Roxy White (5 kills)and Jen Meyers (4 kills). (more)
September 13, 2009 UCSC Blanks Whitman 4-0
SPOKANE, WA -- UC Santa Cruz 4, Whitman 0: Sarah Damert scored twice in the second half as the Banana Slugs (4-1) pulled away from the Missionaries to win 4-0. (more)
September 12, 2009 Bulldogs Get Slimed
SANTA CRUZ, CA --Saturday afternoon saw the clash of two classic west coast rivals between the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs and longtime rivals the Bulldogs from the University of Redlands. This game did not disappoint in any sense of the word. Right from the opening 5 minutes Redlands got on the board their first trip down the field with a breakaway goal from Jeff Willey assisted by Nick Gundersen in the 3rd minute. However, the lead only lasted 30 seconds when the hometown Slugs came right back down the field and scored an equalizer by CJ Villalobos from Fernando Otero. (more)
September 11, 2009 UC Santa Cruz Beats Linfield, 3-1
SANTA CRUZ, CA--Matt Fondy scored his first goal of the 2009 season off of a corner kick from teammate Cody Pillon on Friday. The Slugs came out strong against the visiting Linfield College of McMinville OR, scoring in just the 8th minute of play after already hitting the goalpost twice. Linfield College answered with an equalizing goal in the 37th minute off a free kick header from Carter Elhabbassi to make the game more interesting. However the tie was short lived when Daniel Seltzer scored his 2nd goal of the year unassisted in the 39th minute to go ahead of Wildcats 2-1. (more)
September 11, 2009 UCSC Edges Whitworth at Soccer Classic
PARKLAND, WA--Brendan Ward headed home Cody Pillon's corner kick with 2:18 remaining in the second overtime to give the visiting UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs a hard-fought 1-0 men's soccer victory over the host Pacific Lutheran Lutes on Thursday afternoon. (more)
September 9, 2009 UCSC Men's Soccer Ranked #7 in the Nation and #1 in the West
September 6, 2009 UCSC Women’s Volleyball Off To A Great Start For 2009
SANTA CRUZ, CA,--The Slugs started the season off right going 3-1 for the season-opening tournament at the Claremont Colleges this weekend.
UCSC dropped their first and only match against #7 Nationally Ranked Carthage College on Friday, September 4th at the Pacific Coast Classic (19-25, 16-25, 22-25). Leading for the Slugs was Senior Outside Hitter Katie English who had 9 kills and 6 digs for the match. (more)
September 3, 2009 Lutes Fall to UC Santa Cruz on Overtime Goal
PARKLAND, WA--Brendan Ward headed home Cody Pillon's corner kick with 2:18 remaining in the second overtime to give the visiting UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs a hard-fought 1-0 men's soccer victory over the host Pacific Lutheran Lutes on Thursday afternoon. (more)
September 1, 2009 Loggers Fall to Slugs in Season Opener
TACOMA, WA--Junior Kyle Benson (Mukilteo, Wash./Kamiak) scored the first goal of the game, and the first goal of the season for Puget Sound early in the second half but a tough UC Santa Cruz team battled back, answering with two of their own as the Banana Slugs took a 2-1 overtime win over the Loggers in a NCAA Division III men's soccer game on Tuesday evening on Peyton Field at Baker Stadium in Tacoma, Wash.. (more)
August 25, 2009 Early Second Half Goal Propels Seawolves to Victory
SANTA CRUZ, CA--In their quest to make a run at becoming one of the top basketball teams in the Western United States, the UCSC Men’s team has locked in its fourth major signee of the year. (more)
June 30, 2009 Slugs Land Soild JC Point Guard
SANTA CRUZ, CA--In their quest to make a run at becoming one of the top basketball teams in the Western United States, the UCSC Men’s team has locked in its fourth major signee of the year. (more)
May 21, 2009 Men's Tennis Wins 2009 National Championship
CLAREMONT, CA--The Amherst College men’s tennis team had its season come to an end Thursday afternoon with a 5-0 loss to UC Santa Cruz in the NCAA Division III Championship finals at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center in Claremont, California. (more)
May 21, 2009 Men's Tennis Ilya Gendelman Named to the Academic All-District Team
SANTA CRUZ, CA--On the same day the Men's Tennis Team captures it's 7th National Championship, Senior Ilya Gendelman is placed on the 2009 Academic All-District Men's At-Large First Team. (more)
May 21, 2009 UCSC Women's Swimmer Megan Crowley Named to the Academic All-District Team
SANTA CRUZ, CA--Senior Swimmer Megan Crowley was named to the 2009 Academic All-District Women's At-Large First Team. Presented by ESPN, this academic award acknowledges Crowley for not only her accomplishments in the pool, but her accomplishments in the classroom as well.(more)
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