Sports

SPORTS: Men’s volleyball will duke it out with professional teams from Argentina, Holland and Korea.

One reason I wanted to go down south for college was because of the great sporting attractions Southern California had to offer. I envisioned coming to SoCal for college would mean that I would be only surrounded by people who were fans of Southern California teams. I assumed the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim would be the only baseball teams accepted. I took for granted that the Los Angeles Lakers would be the one and only basketball championship team that would be rooted for. Needless to say, I was very, very wrong.

MEN’S SOCCER: Overtime is the theme of the week as men’s soccer falls to UC Davis in the 105th minute.

Anyone who has written an English essay knows what I’m talking about. Just when you think you’re sprucing up your writing a bit, spicing up the diction, that dreaded correction comes back: “cliché.” As the king of clichés, I would know.

WOMEN’S SOCCER: UCI easily takes out pre-season favorite UCSB before losing another overtime heartbreaker.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL: Team continues to shine, takes down two Big West Conference opponents.

As a generally mindless, unsophisticated, and typically one-dimensional male, I will admit that ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, ESPN News and ESPN 8 “The Ocho” are the first several channels that I flip to upon turning on my TV.

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Lady Anteaters suffer two tough overtime losses after being ahead in both games.

Many of you are well into your fantasy football season this year and your optimism is extremely high. You might be dominating your league because of your amazing draft or because of the sleepers that you have picked up. Even if you’re not doing so well, there is enough time in the season to make a comeback. I warn you, however, that the sunny days will not always be there for you. Fantasy football has the ability to consume you and take over your life and your mind.

VOLLEYBALL: UCI’s new women’s head coach is an Olympian, three-time National Champion, and a coach on the rise.

MEN’S SOCCER: UCI ends non-conference schedule well, but falls 1-0 to No. 7 UCSB on the road.

Women’s Volleyball
The No. 21 UC Irvine women’s volleyball team had an up and down week

Cross Country
The UC Irvine cross-country team participated in the 36th Stanford Invitational on Saturday the 26.