Brent Pella

April 16, 2012

Gauchos Drop Three Games at Long Beach

By Brent Pella

The UCSB baseball team finished the weekend on the wrong side of a three-game sweep against Long Beach State. The Gauchos fell in all three games over the course of the weekend by scores of 6-3, 5-4 and 4-3, all of which...

April 10, 2012

Gauchos Host Cal Poly At Home Today

By Brent Pella

Green meets blue today at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, when the Cal Poly baseball team visits UCSB for a solo game, nonconference series. It will be the first of two series meetings between the two teams this year, but will n...

April 6, 2012

Gauchos Tame Matadors in Series Opener

By Brent Pella

A windy day provided UCSB’s bats with some added power during an 11-1 rout of Cal State Northridge yesterday at Caesar Uyesaka stadium. It was the first of a three-game series between UCSB and CSUN that will continue t...

April 4, 2012

Gauchos Fall to CSU Bakersfield 8-2

By Brent Pella

A long-awaited rematch quickly turned into a disappointing loss yesterday at Caesar Uyesaka stadium. The UCSB baseball team fell 8-2 to visiting Cal State Bakersfield, giving the Roadrunners their second road victory of ...

April 3, 2012

Gauchos Face CSUB in Rematch

By Brent Pella

UCSB baseball returns from Spring Break with a 14-12 overall record and a 2-1 start in Big West Conference play. On Sunday, the Gauchos beat UC Riverside in the final game of a three-game series. UCSB took the home serie...

March 9, 2012

Gauchos Advance to Second Round

By Brent Pella

The UCSB men’s basketball team hosted a party for three on Thursday afternoon at the Honda Center. Riding 10 three-pointers on the day at 47 percent shooting from behind the arc, the Gauchos beat University of the Paci...

March 6, 2012

Gauchos Face CSUB in Solo Game Series

By Brent Pella

UCSB’s disappointing 1-2 showing against Loyola Marymount University this past weekend will transition into a solo-game series against visiting Cal State Bakersfield today at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. The Gauchos beat LM...

March 2, 2012

UCSB Welcomes Loyola For Weekend Three-Game Series

By Brent Pella

The UCSB baseball team has the opportunity to increase its four-game win streak to seven this weekend when Loyola Marymount comes to town for a three-game series at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. The Gauchos are returning from ...

February 28, 2012

Gauchos Travel to Fresno State Tonight

By Brent Pella

After a 3-0 sweep at San Jose State this past weekend, the UCSB baseball team finishes its road trip with a game against Fresno State this evening. The Gauchos outscored San Jose State 11-5 on the road and look forward t...

February 26, 2012

Beneath the Mask – Kelsey Adrian

By Brent Pella

Sports Editor Brent Pella sits down with women’s senior guard Kelsey Adrian. Adrian, a member of the Canadian senior national team since age 16, has travelled the world while competing for national, collegiate and ...

February 24, 2012

Gauchos Travel North to Take on San Jose State

By Brent Pella

The UCSB baseball team will pack up the pine tar for a three-game road series against San Jose State this weekend. After dropping three of four games in a seven-error showing against No. 23 Oregon State last weekend, the...

February 21, 2012

Baseball Takes One of Four Vs. No. 23 Oregon State

By Brent Pella

Head Coach Andrew Checketts began his tenure as a Gaucho this past weekend when UCSB dropped three of four games in a three-day series against No. 23 Oregon State. The Gauchos were able to pull off a one-run victory in e...

February 17, 2012

Baseball Opens Season Versus Oregon State

By Brent Pella

Head Coach Andrew Checketts will begin his future with the UCSB baseball program this weekend by welcoming pieces of his past to Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. The Gauchos will face Oregon State in a three-game series over the ...

February 15, 2012

Audacious Author Reveals All

By Brent Pella

His name is Tucker Max, and he is an asshole.   The man whose stories are too terrible for your mother’s eyes, yet too hilarious for her not to love, has recently published his third and final book in a trilogy of...

January 11, 2012

Big West Basketball

By Ryan Porush, Brent Pella, Paul-Michael Ochoa, Joshua Greenberg, Mark Salay

UC Santa Barbara: Gauchos With lofty expectations set for conference play, the UCSB men’s basketball team is off to a hot start after winning its first two Big West games. The Gauchos (7-5 Overall, 2-0 Big West) opened...

January 10, 2012

Tuesday Ballin’ With Ed. and Ed.: Sports Editors Pella & Porush Tackle Some Early Season NBA Headlines

By Brent Pella

“Good Lo’dy wo’dy / I just took more shots than Kobe” Big Sean didn’t need to search too far to find a metaphor with the word ‘shot’ involved. Kobe Bryant’s shooting habits are one of the most talked abou...