Sports

SPIRIT: Athletic Department has big plans for fans at upcoming UCI sporting events.

SPORTS: Swimming and Diving, men's volleyball, and men's basketball have big weeks up ahead.

BASKETBALL: Freshman Eric Wise's height has not stopped him from competing with the best.

BASKETBALL: UCI falls to Davis by three after coming back from 18 points behind, but defeats Pacific.

VOLLEYBALL: Loaded with talent, the UCI men's volleyball team looks to bring the title back to the West.

VOLLEYBALL: Men's volleyball opened its season last week and came out of busy schedule with a winning record.

THE SWAGGER: Many of you are probably wondering how we got that awesome shot of the men's volleyball players on the back page. Not to toot my own horn, but you only see this kind of stuff in Sports Illustrated and ESPN The Magazine. And that was my inspiration.

THE FRESHNESS: This past week I had to miss the New University's weekly meeting (which any aspiring writers should attend on Wednesdays) because I traveled out to Riverside to cover the men's volleyball match against California Baptists University. It was interesting, to say the least. The team swept Cal Baptists, but that is not really the story considering they were expected to do just that. The story is about how they rose to the occasion when faced with a challenge. That challenge was named Adiel Tiedjop.

BASKETBALL: UCI falls to UCSB but rallies to defeat Cal Poly. UCI hosts UC Davis in the Game of the Week.

BASKETBALL: Lady Anteaters drop a couple games to UCSB and Cal Poly in Big West action at home.

SPIRIT: Athletics pulling out tricks to increase school spirit and publicity for rising UCI sports programs.

BASKETBALL: UCI hangs on for a thrilling 78-74 overtime victory over CSU Fullerton on Saturday at the Bren.