Anna Oleson-Wheeler

October 10, 2005

Men’s Water Polo: SB Drops Two Straight to Start MPSF Season

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The waters of Southern California were anything but warm and friendly for the UCSB men's water polo team this weekend. Fifteenth-ranked Santa Barbara dropped its first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) match 11-5...

October 7, 2005

Men’s Water Polo: Rough Waters Lie Ahead in First MPSF Match

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

With its spectacular ocean views and former U.S. National team captain as the coach, the UCSB men's water polo team may feel at home at Pepperdine, but this weekend's match will be anything but friendly away from the con...

May 12, 2005

Men’s Ultimate: UC San Diego Denies ‘Tide’ Nationals Berth

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

Failing to paint Colorado Springs, Colo., black last weekend at Regionals the UCSB men's ultimate Frisbee team, the Black Tide, took third place losing to San Diego in the backdoor finals 9-15 dismissing a chance at Nati...

May 9, 2005

Softball: Santa Barbara Gets Rocked on the Road

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

Long Beach State showed the UCSB softball team how a conference championship is won this weekend in sweeping fashion. The #24-ranked 49ers (36-14 overall, 16-2 in the Big West) claimed the outright title to the Big West,...

May 6, 2005

Softball: SB Takes Weekend Trip to Beach

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

It's a Big West softball battle to the death for UCSB and Long Beach. The Beach, which took the conference title last year, sits atop Big West rankings and climbed to #24 in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association pol...

May 4, 2005

Cycling: Gaucho Cyclists Finish Season in Seventh Place

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The UCSB cycling team will have to wait for next year to make an appearance at Nationals after finishing out its season with a seventh place showing at last weekend's Western Collegiate Cycling Conference Regionals in Re...

May 3, 2005

Softball: Senior Hits Home for Record

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

With 22 home runs in only two years at UCSB, senior first baseman Lindsey Herrin is kind of a big deal. Recruited by Iowa State to pitch, the Coalinga, Calif. native threw just 29 innings compiling a 3.62 ERA before movi...

May 2, 2005

Softball: Santa Barbara Mercies Northridge

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

UCSB's sweep over Northridge this weekend resembled a home run derby more than a softball series. The UCSB softball team combined with Northridge to tally seven four-baggers in a series that was markedly one-sided.

April 29, 2005

Softball: Struggling Northridge Comes to Town to Take On UCSB

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

When you're up you're up and, more noticeably, when you're down, everyone is trying to keep you down. Santa Barbara and Northridge are two clear examples of this, and they take to Campus Diamond this weekend for a three-...

April 19, 2005

Men’s Water Polo: UCSB Goes Wacko For Wigo

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The rest of the men's water polo teams in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation might be feeling like Little Red Riding Hood because the Big Bad Wolf is coming to Santa Barbara.

April 19, 2005

Tide Takes Tourney

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

It is Nationals or bust for the UCSB men's ultimate Frisbee team, who qualified for Regionals after defeating UC San Diego in Sunday's sectional final 15-8.

April 18, 2005

She Said: Biking and Chatting Warrants a Swift Kick to the Face

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

When you learn to drive they advise you against certain distractions while operating the vehicle: listening to headphones, giving road head and talking on the phone - to avoid an untimely death.

April 12, 2005

Cycling: Gauchos Ride to Ninth

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

Despite three crashes last week, the UCSB cycling team took off this weekend at Irvine, placing several riders in the top finishers. Santa Barbara finished in ninth place as a team with 16 points while Stanford took top ...

April 11, 2005

Softball: Gauchos Weather Aggie Storm

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

Neither rain nor snow could stop the UCSB softball team from taking two out of three from Utah State this weekend. The Gauchos, who improved to 19-14 overall and 5-4 in the Big West Conference, won the series with 9-4 an...

April 8, 2005

Softball: Gauchos Go On Mission to Utah

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The possibility of snow is the scariest thing about the UCSB softball team's trip to Logan, Utah, this weekend for a Big West Conference matchup with Utah State.

April 7, 2005