Sports

SIB: Miami Marlins outfielder and UC Irvine alumnus, Bryan Peterson, will return to Cicerone Field on Feb. 4

CRUNCHTIME: A late rally in the second half by UCI is not enough to overcome deficit caused by errors in the first half.

SWEEP: After dropping two matches to BYU, UCI wins their first game in the MPSF with a victory over UCSD.

OPENER: UCI gets to a hot star after sweeping their first match, only to get outclassed by USC in their second match.

STRONG: Despite the loss to Seattle University, UCI remains strong with a 5-2 record in the Big West Conference

SWEPT: After a four-game win streak, UCI sees their success grind to a halt after back-to-back losses to BYU

LOSS: UC Irvine Men’s Basketball see their Big West record drop even at 3-3 after suffering two crushing losses.

GOODSON: One of the players that Juniper has raved about for the past two seasons is senior defender CoCo Goodson, who was drafted 12th overall in the Women’s Professional Soccer Draft on Friday, Jan. 13, by the Philadelphia Independence.

IBARRA: Jan. 12 turned out to be more anticlimactic than UC Irvine soccer fans had hoped

SIB: UC Irvine alumnus Ryan Bailey scored a goal for the USA Men’s National Water Polo Team that won the gold medal at the Pan Pacific Championships on Jan. 14 in an 11-10 victory over Australia.

EFFECT: In front of a Best Buy over the holiday break, I encountered a teenager selling chocolate to support his Boys & Girls Club of America in the Inland Empire area.

VICTORY: UC Irvine is 3-1 in conference play after two straight road wins in Northern California.