Cal Poly Mustangs

FULLERTON — Two pitches after he nearly swung out of his shoes, Cal State Fullerton senior Carlos Lopez left visiting UC Irvine on the field, stunned in their tracks. Lopez launched a 1-1 split-finger fastball off a banner about 10 feet over the...

The losses are mounting. Patience is wearing thin. Pacific baseball coach Ed Sprague was upset after Tuesday's lackluster and mistake-filled 3-1 loss at home to Sacramento State, the Tigers' 17th setback in their past 21 games. Though the lineup is...

UC Irvine juniors Andrew Morales and Taylor Sparks were named Big West Conference pitcher and player of the week in baseball after leading the Anteaters to a series win against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Morales, named Pitcher of the Week for the third...

The array of Stockdale athletes signing to compete in collegiate sports Monday was vast: boys and girls; swimming, running and jumping; tall and short. Like, really tall and really short: On one end was Eric Sande, a 6-foot-4 swimmer who signed with...

IRVINE — Six days after undergoing unexpected root canal surgery, UC Irvine junior pitcher Andrew Morales made the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo hitters experience roughly the equivalent of a trip to the dentist. Morales, recorded 10 of his first 12...

IRVINE — Perhaps it was a case of retrospective remorse. For, one day after it stole home in a 7-1 victory over visiting Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the UC Irvine baseball team appeared intent on giving back. In any event, three UCI errors led to...

IRVINE — The first cut has, in fact, been deep enough to propel the UC Irvine baseball team into the upper echelon of the Big West Conference in recent years. After junior Andrew Thurman threw a complete-game four-hitter to fuel a 7-1 victory over...

Dustin Torchio's senior season hasn't gone as well as he had expected, but he has been playing his best baseball over the past two weeks. Torchio, who has played third base since April 20 after playing the first 31 games of the season at shortstop, is...

BASEBALL UC Santa Barbara 7, UC Irvine 6 SANTA BARBARA — Senior closer Race Parmenter let a 6-4 lead get away in the ninth inning as the host Gauchos capped a three-run inning with a two-run, walk-off home run by Joey Epperson to claim the...

IRVINE — There was the bunt and the blast, but UC Irvine's 5-4 Big West Conference baseball victory over visiting UC Davis on Friday would not have happened without the backbone of Anteaters starting pitcher Andrew Thurman. Thurman, who threw 73...

In a sport laced with head cases, narcissists and finger-pointers, a little altruism can be more difficult to find than a scholarship. So the stories behind regular-season Big West Conference titles for the UC Irvine women's and men's teams this...

Pacific's final season in the Big West Conference is wrapping up with four spring sports holding their championships this weekend. The men's and women's tennis teams begin play today in Indian Wells, and the women's water polo team opens play at noon...