Cal State Northridge Matadors

UC Irvine sophomore third baseman Taylor Sparks has been named Co-Field Player of the Year in the Big West Conference for baseball. Sparks hit .422 with seven home runs and 32 runs batted in in 27 conference games, leading all Big West batsmen in all...

IRVINE — The agony extended into finality at Anteater Ballpark on Saturday, as host UC Irvine ended its baseball season with a typically excruciating 3-2 loss to Long Beach State. The setback turned in the top of the ninth inning, when the winning...

IRVINE — The offense is producing in bunches and the pitching is more than holding its own. But with one game left in the regular season, the UC Irvine baseball program may be on the verge of an eight-month break. Despite an 8-4 win that...

The following are updates on area athletes at the collegiate level. Erin Ashby (Crescenta Valley High, 2011) Stanford softball sophomore: Despite a performance in which Ashby drove in a pair of runs and tallied a pair of hits, Stanford stumbled against...

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...

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...

Reggie Theus played in the NBA for more than a decade, covered the league as a broadcaster and coached the Sacramento Kings. So postseason drama at Staples Center draws his attention. "I've been a Lakers fan since I was a kid," said Theus, who starred...

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...

WOMEN'S GOLF Big West Championships SAN LUIS OBISPO — Junior Ronnie Valerio finished tied for fifth and senior Michelle Park tied for seventh in the event completed Tuesday at San Luis Obispo Golf and Country Club. The Anteaters had a 54-hole...

WOMEN'S TENNIS UC Irvine 4, Cal State Fullerton 0 IRVINE — The host Anteaters earned at least a share of the Big West Conference regular-season title by improving to 19-3, 8-0 in conference on Tuesday. Marivick Mamit (No. 2), Sarah Gong (No....