Eliav Appelbaum

January 19, 2001

Men’s Basketball, Fullove Come Up Just Short

By Eliav Appelbaum

The UCSB men's basketball team came out with rousing intensity to a surging crowd of 4,904 fans, only to fall just short in its last-minute comeback, bowing down to Big West rival Long Beach State, 76-75 Thursday night i...

January 17, 2001

ESPN Uses Pit-Stop to Solidify Ties With Athletic Director, Gaucho Sports

By Eliav Appelbaum

When one of the most powerful sports networks visits a campus they haven't frequented for five years, it make sure its presence is felt again.

January 17, 2001

Men’s Basketball Amps Up for Televised Battle Versus Long Beach State

By Eliav Appelbaum

The UCSB men's basketball team will square off tonight against conference nemesis Long Beach State in the Thunderdome at 9. The game will be televised across the country by ESPN, arguably the premier sports network in th...

January 16, 2001

Women’s Basketball Crunch Cal Poly to Break Big West Win Record

By Eliav Appelbaum

After destroying Cal Poly 74-48 to improve to 8-6 and 2-0 in conference this past Saturday, the Gauchos won their 44th consecutive Big West game to break the conference record in smashing style.

January 16, 2001

Men’s Basketball Succumbs to Anteaters on Road at End of Long Trip

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Gauchos (5-8, 2-1 in the Big West) fell to the Anteaters (11-2, 3-0) for their first loss in Big West competition before 3,084 spectators.

January 12, 2001

Men’s Basketball Prepares for Big West Showdown With Titans

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Gauchos are looking for a streak that they have been unable to accomplish all year: the attempt to win three games in a row.

January 12, 2001

Men’s Basketball Slays Titans in 74-71 Win

By Eliav Appelbaum

After blowing a double-digit lead against CSUF and allowing the Titans to recapture the lead in the final minute, Santa Barbara (5-7, 2-0 in the Big West) took over with key plays from its young veterans that got the tea...

January 12, 2001

This Just In: Professioal Basketball Less Interesting Than Budweiser Frogs Mating

By Eliav Appelbaum

The National Basketball Association's season is a couple of weeks away from a much-needed pit stop at midseason. And there's already trouble brewing again in Washington, this time about available fan seating at the All-S...

January 12, 2001

Men’s Volleyball Looks to Keep Momentum With Win Over UCSD

By Eliav Appelbaum

On Jan. 13, the Gauchos will travel south to San Diego to face University of California-San Diego in the season opener. Because UCSD does not have a Division I program, the Gauchos have to be careful not to lose focus ea...

January 10, 2001

Lady Gauchos Wallop Titans in Big West Opener

By Eliav Appelbaum

The UCSB women's basketball team sank Cal State Fullerton 74-51 at Titan Gym.

January 9, 2001

Men’s Volleyball Stomps Bruins to Claim E-Bar Tournament

By Eliav Appelbaum

Although you couldn't hear elephants stampede in the Thunderdome last week, plenty of noise was made by the fifth-ranked UCSB men's volleyball team, who left their large tracks behind, warning their future opponents to b...

January 8, 2001

Men’s Basketball Drops Bombs on Loyola Marymount, Boise State

By Eliav Appelbaum

Santa Barbara finished December with a bang by crunching Loyola Marymount 85-69 at the Thunderdome. The Gauchos followed up their last win of non-conference play with a come-from-behind Big West opening victory on Jan. 4...

January 8, 2001

Women’s Basketball Looks to Turn Season Around

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Gauchos head toward their Big West with a record of 6-6 and hope for a revival against their conference opponents.

December 7, 2000

Three-firric! Ward’s Three Vs. Westmont Leads UCSB; Gauchos Eke by Aztecs in Triple Overtime

By Eliav Appelbaum

Two teams waltzed into the Thunderdome expecting the Santa Barbara men's basketball team to lie down and die this past week. The Gauchos had other plans against Westmont and San Diego State.

December 7, 2000

Santa Barbara Puts Jets On to Burn Sun Devils for Tourney Championship

By Eliav Appelbaum

The UCSB women's basketball team came out of the Arizona State Holiday Classic basketball tournament Thursday rejuvenated after scorching Kent State 68-53 and the host Sun Devils 76-66 in the championship game at Ned Wul...

December 1, 2000

BCS: Bowl of B.S

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Bowl Championship Series is to college football what the Los Angeles Clippers are to the NBA. They are both are joke, and need to be replaced quickly, before the Cincinnati Bengals defect to the collegiate level.