UCSC Club Rugby started their year on Oct. 29 at the Upper East Field on campus, competing in the Ben Quaye Memorial Collegiate Rugby Tournament. Losses and injuries did not deter the team from looking forward to their next match on November 5th.
Sunday saw the California State Champion UC Santa Cruz club soccer team, Slug FC, lose a game to UC Berkeley A. Senior captain Juan Urquieta had harsh words for his team to fire them up and defend their title.
The growing sport of Capoeira has been practiced within Santa Cruz for 17 years. Local Capoeiristas discuss the philosophy of the sport and the kind of community it cultivates, how it has garnered an audience at UCSC, and what Capoeira does for those who train in it.
For all the perks it offers, juggling at UC Santa Cruz maintains a low profile. According to the festival website, only 50 people were expected to show up. For several hours on Friday morning, the gym remained completely empty.
UCSC’s men’s lacrosse team lost a conference game against St. Mary’s last Saturday by a final score of 2-6, adding another chapter to the bitter rivalry between the two schools.
After not sending any competitors last year, the UCSC College Gymnastics Club is sending freshman Julian Laguisma to compete in the NAIGC national tournament this weekend. Laguisma will be competing in all events at the tournament which is being held in Richmond, Va.
Krav Maga isn’t exactly an art form. The Israeli martial art focuses on redirecting and counteracting the attacker, even if it means fighting dirty, and the sport has been gaining popularity at UCSC.
UC Santa Cruz’s disc golf club team has enthusiastic members and a world-class coach. However, many people still have not heard of this hybrid sport. Replacing clubs with disks and holes with baskets, disc golf was born and players at UCSC can’t get enough.
Members of the equestrian team travel 14 miles from UCSC to Watsonville in order to find what they don’t have on campus: a training facility, horses and a coach. Now they have all three and the team is ready to ride.
From James Bond to Michael Scott, the parkour phenomenon is already popular in mainstream culture and has a thriving presence at college campuses across the country, including here at UC Santa Cruz.