Sports

Over the last year and a half, the Irvine faithful has grown accustomed to career-bests and record-breaking performances. In the Asics/Scott Steve Invitational, the trend continued; however, this time none were set by junior Charles Jock.

The ’Eaters opened up a three-game series against Cal State Bakersfield on April 29. In the opening game, Matt Summers led the charge, pitching eight scoreless innings, striking out four and walking one. Going into the bottom of the ninth, Summers looked to record his first complete game shutout, but the Roadrunners had other plans.

FUTURE: Senior Stephen Stege thinks his way through a sport that he calls “90 percent mental.”

The UC Irvine men’s basketball program recently experienced two crucial separations. Junior forward Eric Wise walked out on the family, metaphorically serving Head Coach Russell Turner with divorce papers. Losing freshman center Maxime Chupin and UCI stings in a different way; the promising Chupin has not played a single minute in an Anteater uniform in his college career.

GOLF: Lalita Patipaksiri will travel to Asia and compete with the NCAA All-Star Team.

ARC: Club and recreational sports can inspire camaraderie for those who miss being on a team.

Matt Summers has known what he has wanted to do since he was in elementary school – play Major League Baseball. When his career is all said and done, the 6-foot-1, 205-pound ballplayer might have to be dragged off the diamond, because he sure as hell won’t walk away.

The sports world devoured me when I was in the sixth grade. Despite watching Tony Siragusa knock Rich Gannon out of the 2001 AFC championship game and having a bitter taste in my mouth because the Oakland Raiders lost, I became engrossed with football. From that point on my love affair with sports only grew stronger as I began watching basketball, baseball and just about anything shown on television during the Olympics.

WISDOM: Sean Madigan is the last remaining Anteater from the 2007 College World Series team.

Physical education was the best and worst class I took in middle and high school. On one hand, I figured, “Are you kidding me? I get an easy A for playing basketball, softball, dodgeball, flag football and I get to watch ‘Remember The Titans’ over-and-over again when inclement weather strikes.”

NOPE: The NCAA rejects center Maxime Chupin’s bid to play at UCI; he will return to France this summer.

CORTNEY: The senior water polo player hopes to end her career with a bid to the NCAA Tournament.