Sports

Softball: Big West Begins for Gauchos

Do you ever want to forget some parts of your past and just start over? The UCSB softball team has just such an opportunity as the preseason becomes a thing of the past and Big West Conference play da...
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Track and Field: Down the Stretch UCSB Comes

Another chance to prove yourself. That is how the UCSB track and field team views each meet. On Friday, the track and field team will travel north to San Luis Obispo to compete in the three-day Cal/Ne...
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M. Tennis: Netters Test Undefeated Home Record

NBA Coach Phil Jackson once told Sacramento Kings fans that having the home-court advantage was overrated. The UCSB men's tennis team continually proves this theory wrong.
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W. Water Polo: Gauchos Hope to Drown Top Ten Teams

This weekend the UCSB women's water polo team will play two important Mount Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) league games. The upcoming games should heavily impact the women's rankings.
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Baseball: Wilkerson Powers UCSB to Big Win

Over the past week, it has seemed as if Santa Barbara (17-10) hasn't been playing fairly, bringing whole sheets of aluminum up to hit against pitchers who are lobbing volleyballs.
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Spring football: a Spring in their step

While the baseball season hits its stretch-drive just down the street, the scent of pigskin can be detected in the air. The daunting UCSB football team dusts off antiquated equipment and laces up clea...
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Alpine Racing: Gauchos Snag Five Titles During National Championships in Maine

UCSB's alpine racing team captured five individual and team national championships on March 1-6 at the US Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association's national championship, held in Sugarloaf, Maine.
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Baseball: A-Rod dealt to Santa Barbara

In an unprecedented deal, the New York Yankees dealt newly acquired third baseman Alex Rodriguez to UCSB for two 2005 first round, rule five draft picks and one player to be named later.
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Intramurals: Gaucho club sucks, races way to Western Regionals

The underground has cleaned up. Extreme vacuum racing has surfaced at UCSB as an official coed club sport and has established itself as one of Santa Barbara's premier clubs.
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Dreary Yiri

Some dreams just don't make any sense. For UCSB exchange student Yiri Federchofk, they make all the sense in the world. And this spring, they will come true.
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Baseball: Gauchos Ride Morlock into LMU

The Gauchos (16-10) will ride a five-game winning streak into Los Angeles this afternoon to tangle with Loyola Marymount University (16-11-1, 7-2 in the West Coast Conference) in their final midweek g...
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W. Water Polo: Gauchos Take Home Second in Hawaii

The UCSB women's water polo team headed to Hawaii this weekend to compete in the Rainbow Classic Tournament.
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Scoring Without “Scoring”

Today I watched a guy score. He went through the bases sequentially. Patiently. First base. Second base. Third base. You know, how most people do it. Hey there, get your mind out of the dugout! I'm wr...
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Bittersweet 16 for SB

Nine times in 12 years, the UCSB women's basketball team served as also-rans in the NCAA Tournament, pit stops for other schools on their way to postseason territory unexplored by the Gauchos.
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Santa Barbara Falters in Second Round

The irony is undeniable. March Madness refers to the teams who make the NCAA Tournament, but the maddest teams in March are the ones that don't even make it there.
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