Cal State Northridge Matadors

IRVINE — During the final media timeout at UC Irvine home men's basketball games, cheer squad members hand out small candy bars to commemorate "crunch time." And, in what has become a rarity this season, the Anteaters managed to avoid a sour taste...

IRVINE — By showing proficiency in most areas that counted Saturday, the UC Irvine men's basketball team got the rare opportunity to expose what, for now at least, is an innocuous weakness. "We're not very comfortable with an 18-point lead,"...

MEN at Pepperdine 72, UC Irvine 62: Lorne Jackson scored 28 points for the Waves (3-2), who held the Anteaters to 34% shooting. Daman Starring led Irvine (3-4) with 25 points off the bench. Texas State 81, UC Riverside 69: The Highlanders (1-6) lost...

IRVINE — The end was more than 110 minutes of play and more than 2 1/2 hours in the making, but the devastation was instant for the UC Irvine women's soccer team in a Big West Tournament semifinal Thursday night at UCI. Top-seeded Cal State...

The UC Irvine women's soccer team is the No. 4 seed in the Big West Conference Tournament that begins Thursday at UCI. The Anteaters (9-8-3, 5-1-3 in conference) completed the regular season with a scoreless tie against conference visitor Hawaii on...

ORANGE — The Orange Coast College women's cross country team won its 17th straight Orange Empire Conference team title on Friday, thanks to a dominating performance at the OEC Meet at Irvine Regional Park. The Pirates used a 1-2-3-4-6 finish to...

Among the UC Irvine women's soccer team's greatest attributes is a sense of urgency. After a 4-7 start against a brutal schedule that included a nine-game, 39-day stint without a home game earlier in the season, Coach Scott Juniper's two-time-defending...

LONG BEACH — In an up-and-down season, there remained a few things the UC Irvine women's soccer team could count on. One was senior Rachel Wood's penalty kicks. Wood, a senior transfer from North Carolina, converted her fifth penalty kick of the...

The following are updates on local athletes at the collegiate level. Joe Franco (St. Francis High, 2008) redshirt senior, Cal State Northridge men's soccer: The Matadors only have Franco for the remainder of this season and it certainly appears they're...

The Orange Coast College football team (3-1), off to its best start since 2009, has jumped to the No. 8 ranking in Southern California, No. 17 in the state and No. 30 in one national poll. Coach Mike Taylor's Pirates upset Palomar, then ranked No. 5 in...

One could argue that geography worked against the UC Irvine men's soccer program when it fell into the newly created four-team South Division of the Big West Conference this season. But with an ambitious, some might say imposing schedule that includes...

Eric Eadington, a Corona del Mar High product pitching in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, was promoted Tuesday from Single-A Rancho Cucamonga to the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts. Through Monday, Eadington had 18 saves, a 1-1 record and a 3.27...