TROJAN THURSDAY 12/6/18

Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus.  If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.

Upcoming Try-outs

Athletes must have “Cleared” status for the 2018-19 school year on www.athleticclearance.com in order to participate in try-outs.  Attend all dates listed unless otherwise stated.

Track & Field: Dec. 10, After School @ the track

Boys Swimming: Interest meeting Dec. 11 at Uni Pool @ 3:30 p.m.  Try-outs are Thursday, Dec. 13 at 3:30 at Uni Pool

Baseball: Monday, Dec. 17 at 3:00 p.m. at the Varsity Baseball Field

Boys Golf:  Week of Jan. 7 @ Strawberry Farms Golf Course.  Email Coach Shea for times: charlesshea@iusd.org

Boys Lacrosse: Wednesday, Jan. 9, 3pm – 5pm on the grass field

Boys Tennis: Monday, Jan. 17, after school at the tennis courts

Winter Sports Update

Check out this link to the Sports Section of the Sword & Shield for sports articles written by Uni Students:
https://uhsswordandshield.com/category/sword-and-shield-2/sports/ 

Boys Basketball

Last night the Boys Varsity basketball team overcame a six point halftime time deficit and rolled to a 97 – 67 win over Saddleback Valley Christian for their second straight win at the St. Margaret’s Tournament.  Senior guard Andrea Roy led the way with 25 points while sophomore guard Kody Uyesugi added 21 points to go along with seven assists.  Junior guard Will Stenta had a great game with 16 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists.

The boy’s record currently stands at 5 – 3.  The guys play San Juan Hills in the semifinals Friday at 5:00 with the winner facing Newport harbor Saturday at 6:00.  Uyesugi is currently the leading scorer and top three point shooter in Orange County while Roy is second in the county in three pointers made.

Girls Basketball

The Lady Trojan basketball team is off to a great start winning the Norco Tournament.  Claire Kawata was named All tournament and Malia Goldsmith was named the MVP of the tournament.  Last week the girls hosted a tournament and had some tough games, losing one in Overtime and one at the buzzer.  Malia Goldsmith was named to that All-tournament team.  The girls are currently 6-3 and play Tustin and Aliso Niguel this week.  The next home game is Friday Dec 7^th at 7pm vs Aliso.

Boys Soccer

Boys Soccer is off to a great start.  They have defeated Santiago of Garden Grove, Cypress, Huntington Beach, and San Juan Hills.  The boys will play at home on Monday, Dec. 10 against Lakewood at 3:15.   Come out and support!

Girls Soccer

Girls Soccer has a game this Thursday rain or shine against Capo at 3:15pm. Please come out and support the team.  This Saturday the girls will play in the Newport Harbor Tournament. Come watch some amazing soccer. Games are 8am and 11am.

Girls Water Polo

University Girls Water Polo is off to a great start.  Leading the charge are it’s 6 returning seniors all making large contributions to a 4-0 start to the season.  The team is also growing, showing larger numbers than last year, and the girls are quickly becoming good friends.  This upcoming weekend the Varsity team travels to Irvine high school for the El Nino tournament, while the JV will travel to Anaheim to compete in the Western tournament.  If you have a chance to see a water polo player, please wish them good luck.

Wrestling

The varsity team competed at the Corona Del Mar Wrestling Tournament last Saturday, Dec. 1^st.

Ethan Chin and Justin Andre went undefeated; Dylan Ohashi and Haruta Ishizuka went 4-1 and earned all-tourney team awards.  The team got 3rd out of 24 teams.  Wrestling defeated Northwood 78-3 in the varsity level in their first league dual meet of the season. This Saturday, the Junior Varsity and Frosh/Soph teams will be travelling to Capo Valley High school for a tournament.

Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events
(Home events in Blue)

Winter GOW Schedule

12/5:  Wrestling v Northwood – 5:00 p.m.

12/8:  Cheer – Time TBA

12/11 Girls Soccer v Orange Lutheran – 3:15 p.m.

1/15:  Girls Water Polo v Beckman – 4:00 p.m.

1/25:  Boys Soccer v Irvine – 5:00 p.m.

1/31:  Pack the Gym Night!  Girls Basketball v Woodbridge – 5:30 p.m. 

1/31:   Pack the Gym Night!  Boys Basketball v Woodbridge – 7:00 p.m.

 

Continue to do what you can to help support UNI Athletics and:

1. Attend the games
2. Wear UNI clothing or colors to the games
3. Attend the GOWs
4. Support the Trojan Army so we can put on events and give always at big games
5. Spread the word about Trojan Thursday – If someone is interested in receiving Trojan Thursday send them the link – https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com

GO TROJANS!

 

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TROJAN THURSDAY 11/29/18

Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus.  If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.

Upcoming Try-outs

Athletes must have “Cleared” status for the 2018-19 school year on www.athleticclearance.com in order to participate in try-outs.  Attend all dates listed unless otherwise stated.

• Boys Volleyball – Dec. 3 & 4, 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. @ Uni Gym
• Track & Field – Dec. 10, after school at the Track
• Boys Swimming – Interest meeting Dec. 11 at 3:30 at Uni Pool. Try-outs will be Dec. 13 at 3:30 at the Uni Pool.
• Baseball – Dec. 17 at 3:00 p.m. – Uni Baseball Field

Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events
(Home events in Blue)

Thursday, Nov. 29
Girls Water Polo @ Cajon – 3:15 p.m.
Girls Basketball v Huntington Beach – 5:00 (South Coast Classic Tournament)

Friday, Nov. 30
Girls Basketball Tournament @ Uni – Time TBA
Boys Soccer @ Huntington Beach – 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 1
Boys Soccer Tournament @ Aliso Niguel – Time TBA
Girls Basketball Tournament @ Uni – Time TBA
Wrestling Tournament @ Corona Del Mar – 7:00 a.m.

Monday, Dec. 3
Girls Soccer v Villa Park – 3:15 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 4  
Boys Soccer v San Juan Hills – 3:15 p.m.  
Girls Basketball @ Tustin – 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 5
*GOW* – Wrestling v Northwood – 5:00 p.m.

 

Winter GOW Schedule

12/5:  Wrestling v Northwood – 5:00 p.m. 

12/8:  Cheer – Time TBA

12/11 Girls Soccer v Orange Lutheran – 3:15 p.m.

1/15:  Girls Water Polo v Beckman – 4:00 p.m.

1/25:  Boys Soccer v Irvine – 5:00 p.m.

1/31:  Pack the Gym Night!  Girls Basketball v Woodbridge – 5:30 p.m. 

                                                     Boys Basketball v Woodbridge – 7:00 p.m.

 

Continue to do what you can to help support UNI Athletics and:

1. Attend the games
2. Wear UNI clothing or colors to the games
3. Attend the GOWs
4. Support the Trojan Army so we can put on events and give always at big games
5. Spread the word about Trojan Thursday – If someone is interested in receiving Trojan Thursday send them the link – https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com

Uni Basketball Updates – 11/19/18

Boys Basketball 

Check out this article from the OC Sports Zone featuring our Boys Basketball Team!  They are having a great start to their season!

http://ocsportszone.com/uni-sophomore-kody-uyesugi-pours-in-38-points-to-lead-trojans-to-85-81-overtime-victory-over-paramount/ 

Girls Basketball

Oxford Academy, University capture girls basketball tournaments

By DAN ALBANO | dalbano@scng.com | Orange County Register

PUBLISHED: November 18, 2018 at 2:25 am | UPDATED: November 18, 2018 at 2:43 am

In the Norco tournament:

University 54, San Clemente 40: Malia Goldsmith scored 35 points en route to being selected tournament MVP and Claire Kawata earned all-tournament honors to lead the Trojans (4-0). Goldsmith made five 3-pointers and added six steals.

Stop by The Stand today (Nov. 19th) and show this flyer to help support Uni Girls Basketball!  20% of your purchase will go back to the team!

 

TROJAN THURSDAY 11/15/18

Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus.  If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.

National Signing Day

On Wednesday, Nov. 14, Dana Choi (Left) signed a National Letter of Intent to play Golf at Georgetown, Kamar Alajeely (Center) committed to play Tennis for Dominican University of California, and Nodoka Honda (Right) signed a National Letter of Intent to play Golf at Cal State Fullerton.  Congratulations to all!

You can read about our signing event at the OC Sports Zone here: http://ocsportszone.com/three-university-high-athletes-sign-national-letters-of-intent-in-campus-ceremony/

Upcoming Try-outs

Athletes must have “Cleared” status for the 2018-19 school year on www.athleticclearance.com in order to participate in try-outs.  Attend all dates listed unless otherwise stated.

• Softball – Nov. 15 & 16, After School @ Uni Softball Fields
• Boys Volleyball – Dec. 3 & 4, 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. @ Uni Gym
• Track & Field – Dec. 10, after school

Fall Sports Update

Check out this link to the Sports Section of the Sword & Shield for sports articles written by Uni Students:

https://uhsswordandshield.com/category/sword-and-shield-2/sports/

Cross Country

The Girls Cross Country team had a great morning at CIF Prelims in Riverside on Saturday, Nov. 10.  We just missed qualifying as a team, but Collette Lowengrub will be advancing to CIF Finals this Saturday, Nov. 17 individually. If she can run well at Finals she can possibly qualify for the State meet. Thanks for all of your support! We are very proud of this awesome group of girls!

Girls Tennis

The Girls Tennis team lost a tough match to Campbell Hall last Friday, Nov. 9 in the CIF open division final.  Cami Brown won 2 of 3 sets in singles and Jackie Yoon/Kamar Alajeely and Maya Wang/Emily Markus won two sets each in doubles.

The girls had an incredible season and we would like to thank everyone for their support.

You can read all about the CIF Finals match against Campbell Hall in the OC Varsity  article here: https://www.ocregister.com/2018/11/09/campbell-halls-strategy-delivers-win-over-university-in-cif-ss-open-division-girls-tennis-final/

Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events
(Home events in Blue)

Winter Sports Update Coming Soon…

Continue to do what you can to help support UNI Athletics and:

1. Attend the games
2. Wear UNI clothing or colors to the games
3. Attend the GOWs
4. Support the Trojan Army so we can put on events and give always at big games
5. Spread the word about Trojan Thursday – If someone is interested in receiving Trojan Thursday send them the link – https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com

GO TROJANS!

TROJAN THURSDAY 11/8/18

Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus.  If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.

Upcoming Try-outs

Athletes must have “Cleared” status for the 2018-19 school year on www.athleticclearance.com in order to participate in try-outs.  Attend all dates listed unless otherwise stated.

• Softball – Nov. 15 & 16, After School @ Uni Softball Fields
• Boys Volleyball – Dec. 3 & 4, 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. @ Uni Gym

Fall Sports Update

Check out this link to the Sports Section of the Sword & Shield for sports articles written by Uni Students:

https://uhsswordandshield.com/category/sword-and-shield-2/sports/

Cross Country

This Saturday (Nov. 10), our varsity girls will be competing in CIF Southern Section D1 Prelims at the Riverside City Cross Country course. The girls will be racing in heat 2 at 9:15. We are looking forward to cheering them on, GO UNI XC!

Girls Golf

Nodoka Honda and Alexis Kim competed for a spot in the state tournament yesterday, Nov. 8^th.  In the end they fell a few strokes short and did not qualify for state CIF this year, but had a great run.   Congrats again to the team for winning CIF-SS two years in a row!

Girls Tennis

Our Varsity Girls tennis team is competing in the CIF-SS Open Division Finals at the Claremont Tennis Club Friday, Nov. 9th at 10:45 AM!  Their match is against Campbell Hall.  It is an amazing accomplishment to make it to the CIF finals, especially in the Open division.  What a season!  Best of luck to the girls competing today.  Uni is proud of you!

Check out this Article from the OC Sports Zone featuring our Girls Tennis Team:

http://ocsportszone.com/top-seeded-university-girls-tennis-team-goes-for-cif-open-division-title-friday-vs-campbell-hall/

Boys Water Polo

The boys lost to Alta Loma in the 2^nd round of the CIF SS playoffs last Thursday, Nov. 1^st.  It was a close game with a final score of 9-10.  Congrats to the team again for making it to playoffs for the first time in 7 years.  You had a great season and the Uni community is proud!

Winter Sports Update Coming Soon…

 

Continue to do what you can to help support UNI Athletics and:

1. Attend the games
2. Wear UNI clothing or colors to the games
3. Attend the GOWs
4. Support the Trojan Army so we can put on events and give always at big games
5. Spread the word about Trojan Thursday – If someone is interested in receiving Trojan Thursday send them the link – https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com

Girls Tennis CIF Info

The Girls Tennis team will be playing in the CIF Semifinals tomorrow, Nov. 7th here at Uni.  Match starts at 2:00 p.m.  Come out and support the girls as they take on Corona del Mar for the second time this season!  If they win their match tomorrow, they will move on to the CIF Finals on Friday!  Good luck girls!

TROJAN THURSDAY 11/1/18

Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus.  If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.

Upcoming Try-outs

Athletes must have “Cleared” status for the 2018-19 school year on www.athleticclearance.com in order to participate in try-outs.  Attend all dates listed unless otherwise stated.

• Girls Water Polo Try-outs: *UPDATE* Nov. 2 & Nov. 5, 3pm – 6pm
• Girls Soccer – 2^nd try-out for Fall Sport Athletes: Nov. 5, 3pm – 4:30pm. Must be a fall sport athlete or have invitation to attend.
• Boys Soccer – 2^nd try-out: Nov. 5 & Nov. 6. Try-out is invitation only.  Contact Coach Martin if you have questions: martincarrington@iusd.org.
• Boys Golf – Interest Meeting Monday, Nov. 5 @ Lunch in MPR A
• Softball – Nov. 15 & 16, After School @ Uni Softball Fields
• Boys Volleyball – Dec. 3 & 4, 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. @ Uni Gym

Fall Sports Update

Check out this link to the Sports Section of the Sword & Shield for sports articles written by Uni Students:

https://uhsswordandshield.com/category/sword-and-shield-2/sports/

Cross Country

The boys finished up their season this last Tuesday at Mason Park. The majority of the boys set season best times or all time personal bests. Our top runners at the meet included Ryan Duffy, Raja Batra, Adam Gish, Michael Blinstrub, Dylan Muniz, Abhi Nisha Anish and Brandon Kershaw. The boys might be done but are looking forward to cheering on their lady team mates at CIF next Saturday. Go Trojan Running!

On Tuesday (10/30), our Cross Country team had an amazing day at the Pacific Coast League Finals. Collette Lowengrub ran away from the field and WON the entire race in a time of 17:35 over three miles. She is only a sophomore and is the PCL MVP! This is the #10 fastest time in Uni school history, and we are looking forward to seeing what she can do in the postseason. The rest of the team also pulled through and qualified for CIF in a big upset against Northwood.

The last time we had a girls team go to CIF was in 2000!!!!! This was also the last time we had an individual PCL winner (Shey Manafian). We are no CIF champs, but we have come a long way from getting dead last in league just 3 years ago 😉 If you see any of these girls please tell them great job! (Avery Klauke, Sydney Field, Marta Meinardi, Collette Lowengrub, Amberley Martinez, Cecilia Langlois and Alissa Kopylova – not pictured)

We will be competing at CIF D1 Prelims next Saturday, 11/10 in Riverside. Wishing all the best to our amazing Girls Golf team! Our girls are inspired by you!

Football

Congratulations to Football for beating Beckman in their last game of the season last Friday night!  The score was 34-23.  The boys will now be working hard in the off-season in hopes of improving their game next year.

Girls Golf

Huge congrats to Girls Golf for winning CIFSS two years in a row!  Best of luck to the girls as they compete in the SCGA Qualifying Tournament in Oxnard, CA today!

University girls golf finishes first again in CIF Southern Regional, just ahead of Woodbridge, Beckman

By DAMIAN V. DOTTORE |
PUBLISHED: October 29, 2018 at 11:25 pm | UPDATED: October 29, 2018 at 11:25 pm

FOUNTAIN VALLEY – The University girls golf team began defense of its CIF State championship on Monday the same way it started its historic postseason run last fall – by winning the CIF-SS Southern Team Regional.

Alexis Kim holed two birdies on her bogey-free round to card a 2-under-par 70 to help the Trojans shoot 382 to finish first in the event for the second year in a row and lead a Pacific Coast League sweep of the top three spots on the Classic Course at Mile Square Park Golf Course.

Woodbridge placed second with a 384 and Beckman was third at 386. Those three teams advance to the SCGA Team Qualifying Tournament on Thursday in Oxnard.

“We know that if we play our game, we will do well, so there is not too much pressure,” Kim said. “We are hopeful (to defend the state championship), but we can’t expect anything because it can be anybody’s day. We are just going to keep practicing hard, and hopefully we will get good results.”

Kim posted the second-lowest score of the tournament as La Serna senior Briana Chacon earned medalist honors with a 69.

“It is a little frustrating because I was so close (to the 69), but I was really happy overall because I was so consistent.”

The Trojans overall were quite steady on the Classic Course, as three of the five scoring players shot in the 70s. Nodoka Honda, the Register’s 2017 O.C. Player of the Year, carded a 1-under-par 71 for the Trojans and Dana Choi added a 73.

“This feels great,” University coach Kevin Kasper said. “This is a special year for us because coming off all of the things that we did last year, it was going to be tough after we lost a couple of our really good players (to graduation). We still felt like we had a pretty good core of players and could repeat if we played well.”

In total, 10 of the 15 scoring players for University, Woodbridge and Beckman posted scores in the 70s. The Patriots earned bragging rights among the three programs with four sub-80 scores – Sophie Nguyem (71), Euna Lee (76), Nari Ok (77) and Jae Lee (79).

That came as a bit of surprise to Beckman coach Cheyne Blair because every time he saw one of his girls on the course, it seemed they had missed another green in regulation.

“But we have talked a few times about how important it is to have a good short game,” he said. “While I am surprised we are taking third in such a strong region, I am not surprised they shot these scores. The three of us (Beckman, Uni and Woodbridge) beat up on each other all year long.”

This was the second consecutive season in which the Warriors finished as runner-up behind the Trojans in a regional.

“Since it is to University, it takes away a lot of the sting,” Woodbridge coach Tracy Roberts said. “They are defending state champions, back-to-back champions here, so all you can do is take your hat off. My girls played really well. They didn’t lose. They got beat.”

Yuki Yoshihara (72), Azumi Aria (73) and Caylee Chung (75) led Woodbridge.

Huntington Beach and Los Alamitos tied for fourth place at 392.

Girls Tennis

The Girl’s tennis team is ranked #1 in the CIF SS Open Division!  The team received a bye in the first round, so they will not be playing until the semifinals on Nov. 7, which will be played at home!  Come out and support the team!

New Open Division for girls tennis playoffs shrinks before first serve

By DAN ALBANO | dalbano@scng.com | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: October 30, 2018 at 12:47 am | UPDATED: October 30, 2018 at 9:28 am

A new Open Division for the girls tennis playoffs, previewed by the CIF-Southern Section as an eight-team tournament, surprisingly shrunk to six teams Monday during the release of the draw.

University, Orange County’s top-ranked team and No. 1 in the section, earned the top seed as expected but will have a first-round bye in the six-team tournament. The Trojans will not play until the semifinals Nov. 7.

“I am mixed,” University coach John Kessler said of the field. “With the old way, the top teams played a lot of tennis in a short period of time and missed a lot of school. … I am not sure about six. I am concerned about getting out of the routine with over a week off. We shall see.”  Corona del Mar, ranked No. 2 in Orange County, also earned a bid to Open Division. The Sea Kings open Friday at home against Palos Verdes, whom they beat 10-8 in Newport Beach early in the season.

The winner plays University in the semifinals.

“It is what it is,” Corona del Mar coach Jamie Gresh said of the six-team field. “CdM is excited to play in the Open Division.”

Campbell Hall earned the No. 2 seed and will play the winner of Arcadia and Peninsula in the semifinals.  Mira Costa and Foothill were ranked seventh and eighth in the final Division 1 poll and remained in Division 1. They are seeded first-second, just ahead of No. 3 Beckman, which won Division 2 last season.  “The best teams were selected to play in the Open Division,” said Thom Simmons, Southern Section spokesman and assistant commissioner. “We do not feel the need to create an Open Division and then simply fill a bracket to fill a bracket.”

The Pacific Coast League could again fare well in Division 2 this season. Woodbridge earned an at-large berth and the top seed in the division.

Magnolia and Century are seeded second and third in Divisions 4 and 5, respectively.

Boys Water Polo

Huge congrats to the Boys Water Polo team!  They qualified for CIF for the first time in 7 years!  They defeated Xavier Prep in the first round of the CIF Play-offs on Tuesday.  There was a great article in the Desert Sun with some pictures and video from Tuesday’s game.  You can check it out here: https://bit.ly/2yJZVsr.

The team will host Alta Loma today (Nov. 1) at Portola high School for round two of the CIF playoffs.  It has been almost 10 years since our team has made it past the first round of playoffs!  Game starts at 5:00 pm.  Come out and support!

Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events

(Home events in Blue)

Winter Sports begin November 12^th!

Continue to do what you can to help support UNI Athletics and:

1. Attend the games
2. Wear UNI clothing or colors to the games
3. Attend the GOWs
4. Support the Trojan Army so we can put on events and give always at big games
5. Spread the word about Trojan Thursday – If someone is interested in receiving Trojan Thursday send them the link – https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com

TROJAN THURSDAY 10/25/18

Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus.  If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.

Upcoming Try-outs

Athletes must have “Cleared” status for the 2018-19 school year on www.athleticclearance.com in order to participate in try-outs.  Attend all dates listed unless otherwise stated.

• Boys Basketball – 2^nd Try-out for Fall Sport Athletes: Saturday, Oct. 27, 8am – 10am & Monday, Oct. 29, 3pm – 5pm. Must be a fall sport athlete or have invitation from coach to attend.
• Girls Water Polo Try-outs: Nov. 2 & Nov. 5, 3pm – 6pm @ Uni Pool
• Girls Soccer – 2^nd try-out for Fall Sport Athletes: Nov. 5, 3pm – 4:30pm. Must be a fall sport athlete or have invitation to attend.
• Boys Soccer – 2^nd try-out: Nov. 5 & Nov. 6. Try-out is invitation only.  Contact Coach Martin if you have questions: martincarrington@iusd.org.
• Softball – Nov. 15 & 16, After School @ Uni Softball Fields.

Fall Sports Update

Check out this link to the Sports Section of the Sword & Shield for sports articles written by Uni Students:

https://uhsswordandshield.com/category/sword-and-shield-2/sports/

Cross Country

UNI XC competed at the famous Mt. Sac Invitational this past weekend. Our girls team raced in the individual sweepstakes race among some of the best in the nation. Collette Lowengrub ran an amazing race, finishing 9^th overall with a time of 18:11 on the hilly course. Avery Klauke finished strong in 22^nd place with a time of 18:55 which is over a minute faster than her previous time on this course. Rounding out our top 7 was Cecilia Langlois, Alissa Kopylova, Sydney Field, Roseanne Yu and Amberley Martinez. On October 30^th we will be competing at the Pacific Coast League Finals at Mason Park where we hope to send multiple runners to CIF.

The boys Cross Country competed this last weekend at the Mt Sac Cross Country Invitational. Our team was limited to 37 runners due all of the construction that has been taking place. Our top boys for the day were Ryan Duffy, Raja Batra, Micheal Blinstrub, Chris Lohmeyer, Adam Gish, Ethan Jenkins and Caio Souza. Next up for the boys is league finals here at Mason Park next Tuesday. Come out and support. Go Trojans!

Football

Tomorrow night is our last football game of the season.  Come help show your support as we honor our seniors on Senior Night against Beckman.  Kickoff is at 7pm!

Girls Golf

Yesterday was the 1st round of Southern Section CIF Individual Championships at Western Hills Country Club. This is as tough a venue as any.  It was a long day and after 6 hours, ALL 3 of our girls competing finished top 36 out of 144 players to move on to the next round at River Ridge in Oxnard, CA. Lexi Kim finished tied for 5th at 75.  Dana Choi 79 and Nodoka Honda 80.

Up next for our PCL Championship team is to defend our Southern Section CIF Title at Miles Square on Monday, Oct. 29th.

Girls Tennis

The girls tennis team finished the regular season on Monday defeating Beckman to finish 10 and 0 in league play and 16 and 0 for the regular season.  Yesterday the Varsity and JV girls competed in the Pacific Coast league individual tournament.  Freshmen Jane Lee and junior standout Cami Brown won their matches advancing to the semi-final round being held today at Irvine high.  In doubles, sophomores Mya Wang and Emily Markus continued their incredible season winning both matches and advancing to today’s semis.  The girls are currently 33-1 on the season.  Senior captains Jackie Yoon and Kamar Alajeely also won their two matches advancing to today semi-final match.  The girls will begin the CIF team playoffs next Friday as the #1 team in Division 1.

Girls Volleyball

The girls volleyball team played its first playoff match in nine year last week. Falling short in a thrilling 4 set match against Burroughs in Burbank. The girls were feeding off the energy of the crowd and were looking to upset the host team. This season had so many great moments, taking Woodbridge to 5 sets twice, going to playoffs, all the bus rides, the girls came together as a team and now they know what playoffs feels like. Although this season is over, we are proud of these girls and are already looking forward to next year.

Boys Water Polo

The JV /Frosh Soph team had a 1st place victory at the Western Water Polo tournament this last weekend.  After 5 hard fought games, the Trojans walked away with a first place trophy.  Rounding out a great season for the entire water polo team.  Out of 5 tournaments, the Trojans took home two 1st Place trophies and one 2nd place trophy.

League play is now over.  This past week, after winning a victory against Irvine, and suffering a defeat against Beckman, the boys Varsity water polo team has finished their regular season with an 18-11 record.  This is the best record in 7 years that the boys water polo team has seen.  Having a winning record will bring them into consideration for CIF playoffs.  The CIF division playoffs will be announced on Saturday with a possible game on Tuesday.  Leading the team with goals is Sophomores Stewart Campbell and Matt Wallin, while the back court defense is orchestrated by senior captain goalie Cameron Bernardo.  The entire water polo team deserves a congratulations for all their hard work throughout the season, and dedication to each other every day at practice.  Good Luck to the boys water polo team over the next few days.

Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events

(Home events in Blue)

Continue to do what you can to help support UNI Athletics and:

1. Attend the games
2. Wear UNI clothing or colors to the games
3. Attend the GOWs
4. Support the Trojan Army so we can put on events and give always at big games
5. Spread the word about Trojan Thursday – If someone is interested in receiving Trojan Thursday send them the link – https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com

Go Trojans!

TROJAN THURSDAY 10/18/18

Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus.  If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.

Upcoming Events

• Trojan Army Day tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 19). Wear your Trojan Army Shirt to School and come out to the stadium Friday night for the big Rivalry game against Woodbridge.  Uni is the visiting team this year, so we will be sitting on the visitor’s side.  Game starts at 7:00 p.m.
• Students wearing a Trojan Army shirt will receive Free Admission to the game if they enter by 6:50 p.m. Otherwise the cost will be $5 with ASB or $8 without ASB.

Upcoming Try-outs

Athletes must have “Cleared” status for the 2018-19 school year on www.athleticclearance.com in order to participate in try-outs.  Attend all dates listed unless otherwise stated.

• Girls Lacrosse Try-outs: Oct. 23 – 25, 3pm – 5pm. Meet at the grass field behind the Varsity Baseball Field.
• Mandatory Wrestling Meeting – Oct. 24, 12:15 – 12:45 (Lunch) in MPR B.
• Boys Basketball – 2^nd Try-out for Fall Sport Athletes: Saturday, Oct. 27, 8am – 10am & Monday, Oct. 29, 3pm – 5pm. Must be a fall sport athlete or have invitation to attend.
• Girls Water Polo Try-outs: Oct. 29 – Nov. 1, 3pm – 6pm @ Uni Pool
• Girls Soccer – 2^nd try-out for Fall Sport Athletes: Nov. 5, 3pm – 4:30pm. Must be a fall sport athlete or have invitation to attend.
• Boys Soccer – 2^nd try-out: Nov. 5 & Nov. 6. Try-out is invitation only.  Contact Coach Martin if you have questions: martincarrington@iusd.org.

Fall Sports Update

Cross Country

UNI XC competed at OC Champs this past weekend at Oak Canyon Park in Silverado. We still had some solid performances even though half of our races were cancelled due to inclement weather. Sophomore Collette Lowengrub competed in the Girls Sweepstakes race among the best in the county. She finished 24^th overall and ran 18:38 despite the rain and mud on the course as you can see from the picture below. Other top performances on the girls side came from Cecilia Langlois, Alissa Kopylova and Gwen Sanders. On the boys side, our top runner of the day was Freshman Caio Souza followed by Reese Carlton, Gabriel Hertel and Shuma Jensen. This weekend we will be competing at the famous Mt. Sac Invitational. GO Trojans!

Football

Big week for the Trojans as we face our rival Woodbridge on Friday night at 7pm.  Come support our team!  Here is an article written by the OC Sports Zone featuring the Irvine Schools and the coveted “Fence Post Trophy.”  Check it out:

http://ocsportszone.com/its-an-ugly-and-beat-up-but-football-players-in-irvine-still-covet-the-fence-post-trophy/

Girls Golf

Girls Golf made it a clean sweep at Pacific Coast League Finals yesterday. Uni golfers: Nodoka Honda, Dana Choi, and Alexis Kim finished 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively at the individual final tournament. They will advance to CIF and the team finished in 1st place overall…tied with Woodbridge.  So, we will be playing for a repeat CIF title as a team.

Girls Tennis

Girls Tennis plays at home today against Woodbridge at the Uni courts.  Come out and support the team.  Match starts at 3:15.

Girls Volleyball

Girls Volleyball is playing in the first round of CIF play-offs today.  They are travelling to John Burroughs High School in Burbank.  The game is at 6:00 p.m.  If the girls win tonight they will move on to the 2^nd round of play-offs on Saturday.  Location TBA.  Good luck girls and congratulations on making it to play-offs!

Boys Water Polo

After the strong victory last Thursday against Portola and the victory over Irvine on Tuesday, the boys water polo team has accumulated 16 wins on the season, the highest in 6 years.  With two league games left, the team is looking to finish strong, and hopefully be considered into a CIF playoff position.  Sophomore Stewart Campbell and senior goalie Cameron Bernardo lead this group with energy and enthusiasm each game no matter if there is a win or a loss.  Last Tuesday was Senior day, and the boys water polo team is graduating 11 seniors.  The team will miss them, however everybody is looking forward to an up and coming strong class of underclassmen to lead the Trojans to future success.

Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events

(Home events in Blue)

Continue to do what you can to help support UNI Athletics and:

1. Attend the games
2. Wear UNI clothing or colors to the games
3. Attend the GOWs
4. Support the Trojan Army so we can put on events and give always at big games

Spread the word about Trojan Thursday – If someone is interested in receiving Trojan Thursday send them the link –  https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com

 

TROJAN THURSDAY 10/11/18

Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus.  If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.

Upcoming Events

• Football Pink Out game against Irvine High, Friday, Oct. 12^th @ Uni Stadium. Game starts at 7:00 p.m.  Come out and support!  Pink Trojan Army Shirts are available for purchase at the S.A.C.

Upcoming Try-outs

Athletes must have “Cleared” status for the 2018-19 school year on www.athleticclearance.com in order to participate in try-outs.  Attend all dates listed unless otherwise stated.

• Baseball Try-outs: Oct. 11 (3:30 – 5:00) & Oct. 12 (3:15 – 5:00)
• Girls Lacrosse Try-outs: Oct. 23 – 25, 3pm – 5pm. Meet at the grass field behind the Varsity Baseball Field.
• Mandatory Wrestling Meeting – Oct. 24, 12:15 – 12:45 (Lunch) in MPR B.
• Girls Water Polo Try-outs: Oct. 29 – Nov. 1, 3pm – 6pm @ Uni Pool

Fall Sports Update

Cross Country

Boys and Girls Cross Country had their first cluster meet of the season. For the girls we had Collette Lowengrub take 1^st overall and Avery Klauke take 2^nd overall in the girls Varsity race followed by Ceci Langlois, Marta Meinardi, Amberley Martinez and Gwen Sanders. For the Boys, our top runner was Micheal Blinstrub followed by Raja Batra, Reece Carlton, Chris Lohmeyer, Dylan Muniz, Adam Gish and Abhi Nisha Anish. Next up for the team will be OC Champs this Saturday. Go Trojan running!

Football

The Uni Trojans defeated the Portola Bulldogs in a PCL game at Portola last Friday night.  You can read all about the game in the OC Sports Zone article below:

http://ocsportszone.com/qb-keeling-fuels-universitys-second-half-comeback-in-28-16-pcl-victory-over-portola/

Come out and see our football team play what will be an exciting game against Irvine on Friday night.  It is a Pink Out so wear Pink to show your support and raise awareness for breast cancer.  Game time is 7pm!

Girls Golf

We completed the league season yesterday with a victory at Beckman. The girl’s golf team shot a 195 to Beckman’s 208. This win puts us in a tie for first place in league with Woodbridge. If Woodbridge wins their final match today, we will finish as PCL co-champions for the second straight year. Dana Choi and Nodoka Honda capped off their senior season with one over par 37. On Tuesday, Woodbridge edged us out 183-186. Tuesday was the seniors final home match at Strawberry Farms. Nodoka, Dana, and Emy Zhu were recognized in this home finale by their teammates. They have had a successful career on the Uni golf team: 3 time league champs, a CIF southern section title and a CIF state title. We are going to miss them as they move on to the next level. Nodoka will continue with her golf at division 1 Cal State Fullerton. Dana is heading to Georgetown to play on their division 1 golf team. Emy is still undecided, but will definitely carry her academic achievements here at Uni to a prominent school next year. She does not plan to play college golf. The Uni program is very proud of our senior class. Good luck to them in their future.

Girls Tennis

The girls tennis team moved to 12 and 0 on the season with a hard fought victory over Peninsula high of Rolling Hills Estates.  The top ranked Trojans were led by junior Cami Brown, senior Dana Feng and freshmen Jane Lee who all swept their singles matches.  The girls continue league play with a match today against Portola high at the Uni courts.

Girls Volleyball

Girls volleyball ended its season 6-4 in league and pushed Woodbridge who finished 2nd in league to five games. As we look forward to playoffs for the first time in nine years, we will see who we get in the first round of playoffs when it is announced this Saturday. The girls volleyball program is on the rise here at Uni and we thank everyone for their support over the last three months.

Boys Water Polo

Boys Water Polo plays at home today (10/11) against Portola at 4:00.  The Trojans are hoping to defeat the Bulldogs for the 2^nd time this season.  Come out and support the team!

Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events
(Home events in Blue)

Continue to do what you can to help support UNI Athletics and:

1. Attend the games
2. Wear UNI clothing or colors to the games
3. Attend the GOWs
4. Support the Trojan Army so we can put on events and give always at big games
5. Spread the word about Trojan Thursday – If someone is interested in receiving Trojan Thursday send them the link – https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com