Brent Pella

February 17, 2011

Team Ousts Titans in Big West Rematch

By Brent Pella

Junior forward James Nunnally grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds and senior point guard Justin Joyner added a collegiate-best 12 assists in the UCSB men’s basketball team’s 86-71 win over Cal State Fullerton last nigh...

February 14, 2011

’Chos Split Dual Meet v. Cal Poly

By Brent Pella

A matchup of two conference rivals ended in a tie this weekend, when UCSB swimming and diving visited the Cal Poly Mustangs for a dual meet. The Gaucho men beat the Mustangs 116-114, while the women lost 142-99 in what w...

February 10, 2011

Swimming Heads to Cal Poly

By Brent Pella

UCSB will compete against a familiar opponent this weekend when the team travels north to San Luis Obispo for a duel meet against Cal Poly. The first meet between these two teams was held at Campus Pool in November when ...

February 10, 2011

UCSB Wins Second In a Row, Heads to Irvine

By Brent Pella

Junior Greg ‘The Storke Tower’ Somogyi had five blocked shots and junior Orlando Johnson added 31 points as the UCSB men’s basketball team beat UC Riverside 59-47 on the road Thursday night.

January 31, 2011

Senior Women Take Wins Over Davis, Pacific in Final Home Meet

By Brent Pella

It was both a joyous celebration and a sad goodbye for the women’s swimming and diving team this weekend, as three seniors helped beat UC Davis and University of the Pacific in what was the final home meet of the seaso...

January 28, 2011

Swim and Dive Closes Season With Dual Meet

By Brent Pella

The first home meet of 2011 is also the last of the season for UCSB men and women’s swimming and diving, and will once again have UCSB race against a high level of competition. Last year’s Big West Conference champio...

January 23, 2011

UCSB Falls to Rival UNLV in Road Meet

By Brent Pella

Competing away from home is tough for any team, especially when traveling seven hours away on the road and more than 2,000 feet up in elevation. These factors were apparent during UCSB’s meet in Las Vegas, as both the ...

January 21, 2011

UCSB Swim And Dive Teams Head to Vegas to Face UNLV Rivals

By Brent Pella

The UCSB men and women’s swim and dive teams are looking to find their first victory of the New Year this weekend in an away meet against rival UNLV.

January 12, 2011

NFL Divisional Playoff Preview: Jets v. Patriots

By Brent Pella

The hype leading up to Sunday’s Jets-Patriots matchup will soon be over and will allow one team to either continue talking (ahem, Rex Ryan), or continue playing. Intriguing matchups to watch for during this game come s...

January 9, 2011

Swim and Dive Loses Dual Meets to Pair of Top-Ten Teams

By Brent Pella

The UCSB men and women’s swimming and diving teams each suffered losses this past weekend during separate meets at USC and UCLA. The Gaucho men’s swim team lost its doubleheader against the ninth-ranked Trojans 140-4...

January 7, 2011

Swim and Dive Heads to L.A. for Dual Meet

By Brent Pella

The UCSB men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will head to Los Angeles this weekend, where a divers-only meet will be held at UCLA. The remaining members of the squad will swim a dual meet against USC at the T...

January 2, 2011

Teams Close 2010 With Home Victory

By Brent Pella

Even without half of its squad, the UCSB men and women’s swimming and diving team still celebrated the New Year with a win against West Virginia at Campus Pool this past Friday.

December 8, 2010

College Cup Team Previews: #4 North Carolina Tar Heels

By Brent Pella

Sometimes a victory takes playing even more than the usual 90 minutes. Sometimes it even takes more than one overtime period. For the North Carolina Tar Heels this postseason, victories have taken just a bit more than th...

November 22, 2010

Gaucho Men Take Sixth in Invitational

By Brent Pella

Juniors Kevin Ferguson and Chris Peterson posted career-best times in the 100-meter freestyle this weekend as the men’s swimming and diving team finished the Long Beach invitational meet in sixth place.

November 17, 2010

Burley Highlights the First Season of Women’s Diving

By Brent Pella

Eleven years is enough time for something to go missing and be gone forever, but for the UCSB swimming and diving program, that missing element has finally been found. Both the men’s and women’s teams recently expand...

November 14, 2010

UCSB Takes Home Meet v. Cal Poly

By Brent Pella

UCSB swimming and diving faced its toughest competition of the season so far when Cal Poly came to Campus Pool on Saturday. Both the men’s and women’s teams finished the meet with overall victories, 155-141 and 157-1...