Sports

The Anteater Recreation Center wasn't home to your average crowd of sweaty, iron-pumping students on Saturday night. Instead, it was filled with a different kind of sports fan-one with a big wallet and a love of the game.

After the first day of competition at the Big West Conference Multi-Events Championships, UC Irvine freshman Lauren Collins captured the second-place position. The two-day competition started Saturday, May 6, at Cal State Northridge.

The 2006 NHL Playoffs began its conference semifinals last Friday. Half of the initial 16 teams have been eliminated from the tournament thus far, leaving only four from each conference to fight for the championship.

Over the last couple of weeks, the idea of a 'typical midweek game' has been shattered for the UC Irvine Baseball team.

University Park, Penn.

University Park, Penn.

When UC Irvine was planned, I'm pretty sure the guys laying it out thought it would be in an area that had room for expansion—a place where the campus would evolve into the focus of the community.

Female UC Irvine golfer Selane

The UC Irvine Men's Volleyball team was redeemed after their shocking Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference tournament loss to Long Beach State on Thursday night the lone at-large berth, and No. 1 seed, in the national final four at Penn State thi

For senior pitcher Glenn Swanson, Tuesday's 7-0 victory over the University of San Diego wasn't just another game. Swanson only allowed one walk in nine innings and led UC Irvine to their first no-hitter in 32 years. 'It's a great feeling,' Swanson said.

The defending Big West Conference champion UC Irvine Women's Golf Team is now the two-time defending champion after it cut down the rest of the competition with ease, winning by an impressive 43 strokes over second-place Long Beach State.

Coming off a great win over UC Santa Barbara on Thursday, the UC Irvine Women's Water Polo team faced a tough quarterfinal opponent in the third-seeded Stanford Cardinal last Friday and left Anteater Aquatics Complex in a 10-4 loss.