Garret Harcourt

February 17, 2022

UCSB Tennis Shows Their Quality on the Court

By Garret Harcourt

The Gauchos’ following match was against Pacific in which they had one of their most complete performances en route to a 7-0 victory. In this series, the Gauchos managed to win every single one of their matches with on...

February 17, 2022

UCSB’s Black Alumni Are Thriving in the NBA

By Garret Harcourt

Coming into UCSB out of Stockton, California, Vincent was stellar as a freshman, winning the 2015 Big West Freshman of the Year while averaging 10 points per game and shooting 42% from the field. The accolades continued ...

February 15, 2022

Who To Show Love to This Super Bowl?

By Garret Harcourt

As for the Bengals, they feature lots of young talent on the offensive side of the ball. The trio of Chase, Tee Higgins and C.J. Uzomah makes up one of the hardest receiver duos and tight ends to stop in the league. 

February 8, 2022

Women’s Water Polo on Fire To Start the Season

By Garret Harcourt

The No. 16 ranked team in the nation’s most recent game came against the Fresno Pacific Sunbirds, with a dominating victory. This was UCSB’s most complete performance winning 19-4 while finishing the game with a .559...

February 8, 2022

After Disappointing Start to Season, UCSB Men’s Volleyball Wins 4 of 5

By Garret Harcourt

The last loss of their recent stretch of games was at home to Princeton University. In this match, the Gauchos got off on the right foot, winning the first set. In the next set, they lost by 7 points, but the third set w...

February 1, 2022

First Wins for Each Gaucho Tennis Team as They Open the Season

By Garret Harcourt

UC Santa Barbara continued with 2 close victories in the latter 2  doubles matches with a 1-point win from senior Stefano Tsorotiotis and senior Victor Krustev, then a 2-point win from freshman Gianluca Brunkow and soph...

January 17, 2022

UCSB Swimming Looks for a Strong Finish to the Season

By Garret Harcourt

Kyle Brill dominated with a first-place finish. Another freshman standout, Taber daCosta, finished second in the 1650-yard freestyle. Senior Kian Brouwer, junior Dominic Falcon and sophomore Corban McIntosh each finished...

January 17, 2022

Women’s Basketball Carries 5-Game Winning Streak Into 2022

By Garret Harcourt

The Gauchos have managed to string together a 5-game win streak. During the streak, UC Santa Barbara has dominated their opponents, winning the games by no less than 8 points and beating Bethesda University by a score of...

December 7, 2021

Women’s Soccer Comes up Short in Big West Tournament

By Garret Harcourt

Leading up to the contest, the Gauchos were in a tough stretch of games as they started October with a draw, then a three-game win streak. From that point on, they lost to their rival Cal Poly, then to UCI, and bounced b...

December 7, 2021

UCSB Men’s Soccer Comes to a Close After a Successful Bid Into the NCAA Tournament

By Garret Harcourt

The first-round matchup was all we were able to see as the talented UCLA Bruins men’s soccer team was able to beat the Gauchos by a score of 2-1. The Bruins were riding high coming into the matchup being No. 22 in the ...

November 25, 2021

​​UCSB Women’s Volleyball in Prime Position To Steal First Place

By Garret Harcourt

In the first loss of this three-game stretch, the Gauchos were outplayed in each facet as they committed 28 errors to Cal Poly’s 25 errors and had only 41 kills as opposed to the Mustangs’ 56.  

October 26, 2021

Men’s Soccer Retains Top Spot in Conference

By Garret Harcourt

  Beginning with the first game of the week, the UC Santa Barbara men’s soccer team took on the UC San Diego Tritons on their home turf on Wednesday, Oct. 13. The Gauchos took an early lead against the Tritons in ...

October 14, 2021

Storybook Franchises Claim Their Places Against Two Unlikely One Seeds

By Garret Harcourt

What a way to start the postseason. Two classic rivalries, one between the longtime rivals, New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, the other between playoff foes, St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers. In the wildcar...

October 14, 2021

UCSB Women’s Volleyball Stays Perfect in Conference Play

By Garret Harcourt

Over the weekend, the UC Santa Barbara women’s volleyball team continued their winning streak and stayed perfect in conference play, sweeping Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State in a dominant 3-0 fashion.  On Fri...

October 8, 2021

UCSB Women’s Volleyball Stays Undefeated During League Play

By Garret Harcourt

The Gaucho women’s volleyball team has had an up-and-down season leading up to their most recent stretch of league games. However, starting out in the league 2-0 was huge as they came to defeat conference rivals Cal Po...

October 8, 2021

National Football League and NCAA Quarter Recap

By Garret Harcourt, Preston Espar

This week’s college football slate was, on paper, supposed to involve instant classics and somewhat tightly contested games. That proved not to be the case as the higher-ranked teams dominated the lower- ranked teams, ...