SB Finally Comes Home, Faces CSUN

October 10, 2008 by

After a tough three weeks on the road that resulted in a 3-3 record, the UCSB women's soccer team is finally home to rumble with Big West foe Cal State Northridge tonight. The Gauchos (8-5 overall, 1-...
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40 Ounces to Competition

October 9, 2008 by

With parties, kickbacks, shindigs, cocktail hours and box socials going on seven nights a week in I.V., it's pathetically easy to string together an epic bender of intervention-worthy proportions, and...
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UCSB Splits Third Straight

October 7, 2008 by

Despite winning its seventh Big West opener in the last eight years, the UCSB women's soccer team was stuck with its third weekend split in a row. On Friday, sophomore midfielder Jacqui Simon netted t...
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UCSB Aims to End Skid Against UCR, Fullerton

October 3, 2008 by

Heading into the final weekend of a three-week road trip that has proved rough and tumble so far, the UCSB women's soccer team is looking to start off the Big West conference season with a pair of win...
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Roll With Your Homies

October 2, 2008 by

The first weekend of college has played out the same way since Gerald Ford puked on a cop after too many beer bongs his freshman year at Michigan. Between the IVFP, a high concentration of free drinks...
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UCSB Ends Year-Long Break in UCLA Rivalry With 2-2 Match

October 2, 2008 by

When a good team rebounds from a slump, there tends to be a notable moment things turn around.
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He Said, He Said

October 2, 2008 by and

I've given a great deal of thought to this. I have spent far too much time attempting to phrase this article in a way that won't make me sound lame. But I can't.
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SB Splits Pair of Nail Biters

September 30, 2008 by

With long travels, one-goal games, and a whole lot of overtime drama, the UCSB women's soccer team has spent the last two weeks living the life of an elite soccer team. Sunday the Gauchos (7-4-0) boun...
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I’m Living the Fantasy Life, and It’s Killing Me Softly

September 30, 2008 by

Sundays are the only day I even care about anymore. Seriously, I've been rushing through the week as quickly as possible just so I can get to that fateful day. I've even almost given up on partying so...
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Gaucho Women Get Barrelled In Hawaiian Soccer Tournament

September 25, 2008 by

Home-field advantage is never a thing to be taken lightly, and this is especially true when other teams have to travel 3,000 miles to play you.
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Gauchos Continue Excellent Start

September 18, 2008 by

Good teams always bounce back from tough losses, and that's exactly what the #20 UCSB women's soccer team did this past weekend. The Gauchos (5-2) gave up a late goal to lose 3-2 to Washington State (...
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The Thunderdome or Harder Stadium?

September 18, 2008 by and

Sure, Meredith Field at Harder Stadium - or whatever it's called these days - is one of the nicer soccer stadiums in the country. I've seen some good games there, and even better post-game celebration...
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No One Can Compete When the Gauchos Go Loco

August 30, 2008 by

College sports are the shit. Call me biased if you want -- writing about sports does pay my monthly booze bill, after all -- but I've passed Go on the sporting world's Monopoly board more than a few t...
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Friends Enable Good Times All the Time

July 15, 2008 by

Six years into my drinking career, I was getting pretty close to shelving the bottle. I mean, getting smashed for weeks on end was really starting to get boring. I've done everything from escaping a h...
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ESPN Is Redundant and Repetitive

July 15, 2008 by

Way back in 1979, when Scott Rasmussen and dad Bill were trying to start ESPN, the idea of a cable network dedicated to 24-hour sports coverage was an amazingly tough sell. No one in corporate televis...
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