Keith Busam

May 8, 2003

Men’s Tennis: Gauchos Meet Trojans in NCAA Tourney

By Keith Busam

Nothing is as sweet as revenge, and when the #62 UCSB men's tennis team takes to the courts this weekend in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against defending national champion #21 USC, the revenge the Gauchos will...

May 1, 2003

Men’s Tennis: SB’s Freshman Fury

By Keith Busam

The #62 UCSB men's tennis team is gearing up for its second consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament this week, and the Gauchos are doing it in a slightly different fashion than some of the other teams around the country.

April 28, 2003

Men’s Tennis: Santa Barbara Netters Cut the Nets

By Keith Busam

For the second consecutive year the UCSB men's tennis team is heading to the Big Dance. Behind a gritty performance from senior team ace and 2002 Big West Player of the Year Carlos Palencia, the #62 Gauchos defeated top-...

April 25, 2003

Men’s Tennis: Santa Barbara Hits Highlanders Hard

By Keith Busam

In a display of complete dominance, the Gauchos whipped and humbled UC Riverside, pulling out a convincing 5-0 win in the opening-round match of the Big West Tennis Championships at Blackhawk Country Club in Danville.

April 21, 2003

Men’s Tennis: UCSB Squeezes San Diego

By Keith Busam

On Saturday, the #70 UCSB men's tennis team won its fourth-straight match by edging #39 University of San Diego 4-3 in an important non-conference win at Campus Courts. The Gauchos will spend this week preparing to defen...

December 5, 2002

Gauchos Seed Magic Eight Ball in Tourney

By Keith Busam

Santa Barbara (28-2 overall) has advanced to the NCAA Tournament for a national record 22nd consecutive year and is now ready to make its first ever appearance in the tournament's Final Four.

November 26, 2002

Real Trojan War Begins Tonight

By Keith Busam

Tonight at 7 in the Thunderdome these two national powerhouses will sort things out in a battle that will not only have huge implications for NCAA seedings but will also be the last chance both teams have to figure out w...

November 26, 2002

SB Fails to Break Trojans

By Keith Busam

So close, yet so far away.The #7 UCSB women's volleyball team battled #1 USC for as long as the Gauchos could hold on, but in the end, it just wasn't enough.

November 25, 2002

Women’s volleyball: Gauchos Sweep Big West

By Keith Busam

Rewriting the record books may not be exactly what the UCSB women's volleyball squad set out to do this year, but it is just what they have done.

November 18, 2002

Gauchos Clinch Big West

By Keith Busam

The #7 UCSB women's volleyball team wrapped up its first ever outright Big West Conference Championship by disposing of league bottom-dwellers UC Riverside and Cal State Fullerton on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

November 15, 2002

Women’s Bolleyball: Gauchos Have Big Thoughts

By Keith Busam

Despite all of the amazing and unprecedented success that Santa Barbara (24-1 overall, 14-0 in the Big West) has enjoyed over the years, UCSB has never won the Big West outright.

November 12, 2002

Gauchos Rebound From Black Out

By Keith Busam

Saturday night's match was much more than just another bout with its Central Coast rival; it was also the first opportunity for Santa Barbara to rebound from a loss.

November 7, 2002

Pepperdine Wins

By Keith Busam

The #6 UCSB women's volleyball team's success has become so routine, the squad almost became boring. Entering Wednesday night, the Gauchos cruised to a 23-0 record while boasting the nation's longest current winning stre...

November 5, 2002

Gauchos Host War on Floor vs. Waves

By Keith Busam

They say that your next match is always the biggest. If this statement holds true, then tonight's Central Coast showdown at the Thunderdome between #6 UCSB and #10 Pepperdine will be the most important match of this seas...

November 4, 2002

Women’s volleyball: Gauchos Roll by Idaho, Utah State

By Keith Busam

The #5 UCSB women's volleyball team had to battle bad weather and two middle-of-the-pack conference opponents this past weekend to secure the 22nd and 23rd consecutive wins of the season.

October 30, 2002

UCSB Hopes to Remain Perfect

By Keith Busam

For the last couple of months, the #5 UCSB women's volleyball team has been on a magical carpet ride. The Gauchos have already exceeded the expectations those around them set for the 2002 season.