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IRVINE — Taylor Sparks has been more explosion than ignition lately for the UC Irvine baseball team's offense. But it was perhaps his least impressive hit of late that proved to be the difference in the Anteaters' 4-3 triumph in 11 innings over...

BASEBALL UC Irvine 11, San Diego 3 SAN DIEGO — Four Anteaters combined for 13 of the team's 16 hits in the nonconference triumph on Tuesday. Sophomore first baseman Connor Spencer went four for four to raise his average from .408 to .430 and...

BASEBALL UC Irvine 5, Cal State Bakersfield 4 (10 innings) BAKERSFIELD — Sophomore Jerry McClanahan's two-out single plated Connor Spencer with the winning run in the 10th inning to lead the visiting Anteaters in the nonconference game Tuesday....

James Ennis was like the fifth Beatle on last season's Long Beach State basketball team, a back-beat junior in a Fab Four senior lineup led by lead slinger Casper Ware. Ennis, they say, was the quiet one as the 49ers swept through the Big West...

The UC Irvine men's basketball team had four players honored by the Big West Conference men's basketball coaches, led by senior guard Daman Starring, who was named second-team All-Big West. Senior post Adam Folker earned the conference's Hustle Award for...

MEN'S BASKETBALL UC Irvine 88, UC Davis 85 DAVIS — Sophomore Will Davis and senior Mike Wilder both scored 18 points to lead the visiting Anteaters in the Big West Conference game Saturday. The win secures fourth place for UCI (18-14, 11-7...

STOCKTON — The UC Irvine men's basketball team cut a 20-point halftime deficit to just one point late in the game, but Pacific held on for a 70-62, Big West Conference win Thursday night. Sophomore Travis Souza's three-pointer with 2:45...

BASEBALL Doubleheader IRVINE — The No. 21-ranked Anteaters swept the nonconference doubleheader, winning 3-1 and 8-7, on Saturday. Junior pitcher Matt Whitehouse (2-0) went the distance in the first game. He allowed one run, three hits, one...

IRVINE — UC Irvine women's basketball coach Doug Oliver has seen the scoring droughts from his team throughout the season. A four-game winning streak headed into Thursday night's crucial Big West Conference game against UC Davis still provided...

at San Diego State 88, Nevada 75: Jamaal Franklin had 23 points and 11 rebounds as the Aztecs (20-7, 8-5 Mountain West) extended their school-record streak of 20-victory seasons to eight. Malik Story made seven of 13 three-point field goals in scoring a...

at Long Beach State 75, UC Riverside 35: The balanced 49ers shot 53% and handed the Highlanders their seventh loss in a row. It was the fewest points Long Beach (16-9, 12-2 Big West) has given up since UC Irvine scored 26 in 1980. Tony Freeland scored...

IRVINE — The quickest way to solve the puzzle is to find the missing piece. The UC Irvine men's volleyball team found enough personnel pieces to complete a 20-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-22 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation victory over visiting UC...