WCRHL Pre-Season Spotlight: UC Santa Cruz

The UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs had a strong freshman season, going 6-6-4 and finishing in 7th place out of 10 Division II teams. They played very strong games against WCRHL's top Division II teams, such as a 6-4 loss to Regional Champion UC San Diego and ties against University of San Diego and USC.

Returning players from the 2008-2009 roster include Jack Kolpin, Bobby Victerno, Matt Pecenco, Richard Newens, Drew Eggleston, Erik Steggall, and goaltender Brendon Straus. Newens, Eggleston and Straus were all named to the WCRHL Division II All-Star team in 2008-2009. The Banana Slugs are also hoping to form a team for the B Division as well.

A tryout period will be held from September 20th through early October at Scotts Valley Sports Center in Santa Cruz, CA.

The UCSC team will be holding an exhibition event with the UC Davis team and any other interested college roller hockey teams. Plans are still in the works, but it will most likely be held in early October at the Norcal Indoor Sports Center in Woodland, CA (http://www.norcalindoorsports.com/).

The UCSC roller hockey website is currently under construction and will be online by the start of the season.

For more information contact Club President Erik Steggall at [email protected]or (530) 400-6194