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Big Ten Freshman of the Year Alona Avery of UC Irvine, seen Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at the Victoria Club in Riverside, has qualified for next month’s U.S. Women’s Amateur in Bandon, Oregon. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Alexander: Alona Avery set to blaze her own fairway

By Jim Alexander

July 9, 2025 at 3:50 p.m.

Coming off Big West Freshman of the Year honors at UC Irvine, the younger sister...

Mike Bibby, center, is introduced April 1, 2025, as the new head basketball coach of Sacramento State, which will be leaving the Big Sky Conference after next year to join the Big West. (AP Photo/Janie McCauley, File)

Sacramento State to join Big West in 2026 in all sports except football

By The Associated Press

June 18, 2025 at 1:22 p.m.

Sacramento State informs the Big Sky it will leave the conference after this year and...

The NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis is seen on March 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Judge OK’s $2.8B settlement, paving way for colleges to pay athletes

By The Associated Press

June 7, 2025 at 12:05 a.m.

The sweeping terms of the so-called House settlement include approval for each school to share...

UCLA, UC Irvine baseball teams lose conference title games, Bruins to host an NCAA regional

By Staff and news service reports

May 25, 2025 at 8:11 p.m.

UCLA loses to Nebraska, 5-0, in the Big Ten final, while UCI loses to Cal...

UC Irvine pitcher David Butler throws to the plate during their Big West Tournament game against Cal Poly on Saturday night at Cal State Fullerton’s Goodwin Field. UCI lost, 15-5, in eight innings, forcing a winner-take-all rematch on Sunday at 3 p.m. (Photo by Robert Huskey, UCI Athletics)

UC Irvine baseball loses to Cal Poly, forcing rematch for Big West title on Sunday

By Staff and news service reports

May 25, 2025 at 12:42 a.m.

The top-seeded Anteaters can’t slow the second-seeded Mustangs in a 15-5, eight-inning loss, setting up...

The top-seeded UC Irvine baseball team crushed second-seeded Cal Poly, 15-3, on Friday afternoon at Cal State Fullerton’s Goodwin Field to reach the Big West championship game. (Photo by Matt Brown, UCI Athletics)

UC Irvine baseball routs Cal Poly to reach Big West title game; Cal State Fullerton eliminated

By Staff and news service reports

May 24, 2025 at 12:09 a.m.

The top-seeded Anteaters crush second-seeded Cal Poly, 15-3, in a run-rule victory and will face...

UC Irvine relief pitcher Max Martin retired five of the six batters he faced, striking out three, to close out top-seeded UCI’s 7-5 victory over fourth-seeded Hawaii in a Big West Tournament game on Thursday afternoon at Goodwin Field in Fullerton. The Anteaters advanced to a winner’s bracket game against second-seeded Cal Poly on Friday at 3 p.m. (Photo by Matt Brown, UCI Athletics)

UC Irvine wins, Cal State Fullerton loses in Big West baseball tournament

By Staff and news service reports

May 23, 2025 at 12:39 a.m.

The top-seeded Anteaters beat fourth-seeded Hawaii, 7-5, and will face No. 2 seed Cal Poly...

UCI first baseman Anthony Martinez went 3 for 4 with a walk and two runs scored in a 5-1 nonconference victory over Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium. (Photo courtesy of UC Irvine Athletics)

No. 9 UC Irvine beats Cal State Fullerton at Angel Stadium

By Dan Arritt

April 29, 2025 at 11:18 p.m.

A day after ascending to their highest Baseball America ranking since 2014, the Anteaters (33-9)...

Long Beach State freshman setter Moni Nikolov served up four aces Friday night to set a new Big West single-season record (90), as top-seeded LBSU swept fourth-seeded UC San Diego in a Big West Tournament semifinal in Honolulu. Long Beach will face Hawaii in Saturday night’s title match. (Photo courtesy of Long Beach State Athletics)

Long Beach State to face Hawaii in Big West men’s volleyball final

By Staff and news service reports

April 26, 2025 at 3:51 a.m.

LBSU (27-2) swept UC San Diego and host Hawaii (25-5) defeated UC Irvine in four...

UC Irvine guard Jurian Dixon hangs his head after their 85-84 loss to Chattanooga in the NIT championship game on Thursday night, April 3, 2025, in Indianapolis. Dixon missed a point-blank shot as time expired. (Photo by AJ Mast, Contributing Photographer)

UC Irvine loses OT heartbreaker to Chattanooga in NIT title game

By Israel Schuman

April 4, 2025 at 1:12 a.m.

One of the best free-throw shooting teams in the nation, the Anteaters miss 13 foul...

UC Irvine guard Torian Lee, center, drives past Cal State Northridge guard Tyler Beard, left, and forward Grady Lewis, right, during a Big West Conference game earlier this season at UCI’s Bren Events Center. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)

UC Irvine, Chattanooga bring confidence into NIT title game

By Staff and news service reports

April 9, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.

Both teams have rallied to win all of their tournament games, so something has to...

UC Irvine’s Myles Che handles the ball during their NIT semifinal against North Texas on Tuesday night in Indianapolis. Che had 11 points as the Anteaters held on for a 69-67 win. They will play in the championship game on Thursday night. (Photo courtesy of NIT)

UC Irvine outlasts North Texas to reach NIT title game

By Israel Schuman

April 2, 2025 at 7:48 p.m.

The Anteaters fall behind by 15 points early but find their footing by halftime and...

UC Irvine center Bent Leuchten, left, takes a shot as UAB forward Christian Coleman (4) and forward Yaxel Lendeborg (3) defend during their NIT quarterfinal on Wednesday night, March 26, 2025, at UCI’s Bren Events Center. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)

Bent Leuchten fulfills his potential, leads UC Irvine into NIT semifinals

By Dan Arritt

March 31, 2025 at 3:59 p.m.

The 7-foot-1 German center, who averaged seven minutes per game as a freshman, has blossomed...