January 20, 2010
Men's Soccer Spring ID Camp

SANTA CRUZ, CA.-- Registration is open for the UCSC Men's Soccer program's annual Spring Individual Development Camp Sat. & Sun. March 6th & 7th on the UCSC East Remote Game Field. For more information, please click here.

December 11, 2009
Mens Soccer Players Earn 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 12, 2009
UC Santa Cruz Men's Soccer to Host NCAA Regional Tournament

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 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 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 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.  Both teams having something to prove, being hey are some of the few Division 3 Independent schools on the west coast. (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.  Seniors Brendan Ward, Matt Mahowald, Tim Degrasse, and Cameron Hector received their standing ovations in front of a loving hometown crowd.    (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.

Septemeber 22, 2009
UCSC VS. Menlo College

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)

Septemeber 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)

Septemeber 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)

Septemeber 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)

Septemeber 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)

Septemeber 8, 2009
UCSC Men's Soccer Ranked #7 in the Nation and #1 in the West

SANTA CRUZ, CA. - Please use links below for infomoration about UCSC Men's Soccer rankings.

Men's Soccer ranked #7 in the Nation

Men's Soccer ranked #1 in the West

Septemeber 1, 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)

Septemeber 1, 2009
Loggers Fall to Slugs in Season Opener

TACOMA, Wash. - 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)

April 21, 2009
Slug Soccer Coaches Shift Roles

SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL – Come fall, both the men's and women's soccer teams at UC Santa Cruz will have new faces patrolling the sidelines at the Lower East Field. Dan Chamberlain, who guided the men's program to two NCAA Division-III tournament berths in his three years as head coach, has accepted an assistant coaching job for the men's soccer team at Stanford University effective immediately, and will be replaced at UCSC by former Slugs women's coach Michael Runeare. (more)

February 3, 2009
Men's Soccer Announces 2009 Summer Camp Dates

SANTA CRUZ, CA -- UC Santa Cruz Head Coach, Dan Chamberlain has announced the dates for the UC Santa Cruz summer soccer camps for 2009. The UC Santa Cruz Men's Soccer Program will be hosting two camps this summer, the first is our Advanced Player Development Camp for High School aged players 14-18. The second is our "Nike" camp for young players ages 10-16. (more)

January 4, 2009
Petro Earns NSCAA Scholar All-Region Honor

SANTA CRUZ, CA -- Slug Senior, Bobby Petro (Sr. Arroyo Grande, CA) has been named to the NSCAA Scholar All-Region 2nd Team. Petro becomes the third Slug in two years to be named to the Scholar All-Region Team, and joins a proud tradition of Slug academic excellence. As the Slugs’ only senior in 2008, it is with great pride that the UC Santa Cruz Men’s Soccer program says goodbye to Bobby Petro. (more)