Keith Busam

May 9, 2001

UCSB Softball Finishes Rebuilding Year a Little Older, Wiser

By Keith Busam

Every cloud has a silver lining, but the lining for this year's UCSB women's softball team may be harder to find than others.

May 7, 2001

Matadors Put Final Stake in Gauchos’ Softball Season WIth Three-Game Sweep

By Keith Busam

They usually say that parting is such sweet sorrow, but this may not be the case with the 2001 UCSB softball team as it finished its season this past weekend, dropping three in a row to a tough Cal State Northridge squad...

May 1, 2001

Utah State Controls Gauchos in Three-Game Series

By Keith Busam

After receiving a lesson in softball from #9 Cal State Fullerton last weekend, the UCSB women's softball team was looking forward to its road trip this weekend to battle Utah State and apply what they learned.

April 25, 2001

Sawyer Leads Santa Barbara With Solid Work Ethic

By Keith Busam

Heart is the one aspect that sets great athletes apart from the rest. It is what truly inspires us to watch sports and keeps us coming back for more. The UCSB women's softball team has one such athlete, and she is junior...

April 23, 2001

Softball Team’s Hitting Disappears, Again

By Keith Busam

Unfortunately for the Gauchos, just as they were beginning to start to run instead of walk, they ran into a brick wall that goes by the name of Cal State Fullerton. #9 Cal State Fullerton to be exact.

April 19, 2001

Gaucho Softball Sweeps Doubleheader

By Keith Busam

Wednesday afternoon at the Campus Diamond, the Gauchos (17-26 overall) blanked UC Riverside, 1-0 and 3-0, in a pair of pitching gems from sophomore Sylvia Santos and freshman Katie Junge.

April 16, 2001

UCSB Softball Surprises Long Beach State

By Keith Busam

When the dust cleared and the three-game series had been played, it was the Gauchos who emerged victorious, winning the last two games of the series and sending the 49ers home as losers.

January 10, 2001

2000 UCSB Women’s Volleyball Review

By Keith Busam

In a season that began with low expectations from the public, the UCSB women's volleyball team made believers out of everyone.

January 9, 2001

Women’s Volleyball Unable to Prevail Against Hawai’i, Narrowly Missing Trip to Final Four

By Keith Busam

How does the UCSB women's volleyball team follow up a gigantic home victory over Stanford in the second round of the NCAA Tournament? Travel to Hawai'i, upset Minnesota and advance to the Elite Eight.

December 7, 2000

Santa Barbara Shuts Down Farm in Epic Five-Game Match With Stanford

By Keith Busam

There are always two halves to every match: the match itself, and then the last play. The funny thing is that while the match is longer, the only thing that anyone ever remembers is the last play.

December 5, 2000

UCSB Hopes to Mangle San Antonio in Tourney’s Opening Round

By Keith Busam

The #14 Santa Barbara women's volleyball team will host the largest sporting event of UCSB's athletic season tonight, while squaring off with an unranked but dangerous Texas-San Antonio squad in the opening round of the ...

December 1, 2000

UCSB Runs Roadrunners Out of Town With Victory

By Keith Busam

Survive and advance. That is the motto every team must have in the NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament. Thursday night in the Thunderdome, UCSB and Stanford did just that.

November 28, 2000

Santa Barbara Yields to Cougars In Three Straight Games

By Keith Busam

Most final season matches are meaningless. You're either in or out of the playoffs.

November 22, 2000

Women’s Volleyball Will Face #13 BYU in Final Home Match

By Keith Busam

The #14 Santa Barbara women's volleyball team will battle #13 Brigham Young University on Friday night at 7 in what will be the Gauchos' last home and regular season match of the year.

November 20, 2000

Santa Barbara Outlasts Mustangs

By Keith Busam

Since NCAA football had its "Rivalry Weekend" this past Saturday, it was only fitting that on Friday night Cal Poly and #14 Santa Barbara did battle in what has become a bitter central coast women's volleyball ...

November 16, 2000