Athletics

Sports Illustrated photographer Robert Beck ’77 reflects on six of his favorite pics

Campus Recreation has partnered with Special Olympics Southern California to train Special Olympics athletes in flag football. The first clinic took place Dec. 2 on Anteater Recreation Center fields. Campus Recreation officials hope this will be an ongoing partnership, with the ultimate goal of starting a Unified Sports flag football league, in which students can […]

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EVENT:  UCI’s esports community is inviting the public to help celebrate the Anteater team’s victory in the recent League of Legends College Championship. The event will feature free game play in the UCI Esports Arena, guest speakers, cake and a display of the championship trophy. The first 50 guests will also receive a free commemorative […]

UCI defeated Columbia College to win the 2018 League of Legends College Championship on June 10. The second-seeded Anteaters beat their fifth-seeded rivals 3-0 in the tournament final held at Riot Games’ North American League of Legends Championship Series Arena in Los Angeles. “I feel really accomplished and happy that we were able to win […]

UCI honors retiring baseball coach, the legendary Mike Gillespie

The UCI Dream Eaters continue to devour opponents’ hopes and dreams in Blizzard Entertainment’s Heroes of the Dorm collegiate tournament. The UCI esports squad secured a berth in the round of eight after a 2-0 defeat of the Snow Frogs from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières in the round of 16. “We practiced hard […]

After upsets for many prominent teams in Blizzard Entertainment’s Heroes of the Dorm collegiate tournament, the top-ranked UCI Dream Eaters survived the pressure to take down team Crimson Gaming from the University of Utah last week. The Dream Eaters advanced with a clean 2-0 victory and now move on to the round of 16, where […]

Golfer John Chin, who graduated from UCI in 2010 with a degree in sociology, shot a 4-under 68 on Jan. 9 to qualify for this weekend’s Sony Open, the PGA Tour’s first full-field event of the year. His round in Monday’s qualifier included four birdies and an eagle at Hoakalei Country Club in Ewa Beach, […]

Seeing video games as the next frontier in college athletics, UCI launches player scholarships and a first-of-its-kind arena