The Las Vegas Dragon Boat Festival was the last race of the school year for the UCSD Dragon Boat Team. It took a lot of fundraising and team efforts to make this race possible, but we had a great time in Nevada and it was our seniors’ last race. Originally the race was supposed to […]
Our team’s final event of the season was our team banquet and alumni night hosted at Infinity Dancesport Center which was generously donated to us for the evening. We invited all members who had participated at some point throughout the year to our team’s annual banquet and began the night eating catered food from L&L […]
UC San Diego Dancesport went to UNLV’s Desert Challenge competition April 26-28th. In the International Syllabus Ballroom, Matthew Panelo and Emily Liu won 1st in Newcomer Waltz, 2nd in newcomer Tango, and 2nd in newcomer Quickstep. In International Syllabus Latin, Manuel Caro Torregrosa and Amanda Lam got 3rd in bronze Paso Doble, Daysia Torres and […]
On April 13th, the UCSD Dancesport Team took on the Orange Blossom Ball dance competition hosted by UC Riverside. Unlike other competitions, we drove to the venue on the day of the competition, and had to get up very early to be on time. In order to keep up our energy for the competition, we […]
The final series of the season was played at 6,909 feet above sea level in Flagstaff, Arizona against the Northern Arizona University Lumberjacks. The correlation between altitude and offense was certainly reaffirmed as both teams combined to score ninety-three runs in three games. Each game was highlighted by big innings and momentum swings. Unfortunately, UCSD […]
Over the Memorial Day weekend, UC San Diego Badminton hosted the 2019 Yonex Sun God Tournament, an annual tradition that welcomes over 250 participants from all skill levels to compete. This year featured Kyle Jordan Emerick and Sattawat Pongnairat, both of whom are internationally ranked players in the world of badminton. Yonex again was the […]
In their last league meet of the season, three universities traveled to UC San Diego’s main gym for a final round of competition: UC Irvine (UCI), San Diego State University (SDSU), and University of Southern California (USC). These schools brought out their finest to demonstrate that, despite the toll the quarter had taken on them, […]
SDSU’s invitational tournament in the spring is always a fun time. Teams come from across the country (though mostly from California) for some high level competition in the off-season. It marks the last official tournament for our seniors who are graduating in June, and I am happy to say that all four seniors–Mackenzie Cottle, JJ […]
Our second time at UC Santa Cruz’s Big Wave Dave tournament was a blast. We went with only 10 guys, but we played hard and ended up claiming second place. Our first game on Saturday was against Monterey Bay, and it was a fun warm-up game. The competition was not very tough, and we pulled […]
