Kip Hanson

October 17, 2005

SB Bows Out to Big West Rivals

By Kip Hanson

A lackluster first half performance against #24 Fullerton set the tone for a long Sunday afternoon for the UCSB women's soccer team. The visiting Titans (12-3 overall, 4-1 in the Big West) outshot Santa Barbara 22-7 on t...

October 10, 2005

Santa Barbara Splits Weekend on the Road

By Kip Hanson

After charging out of the gates to start 2005 conference play by trouncing Irvine, the UCSB women's soccer team could not avoid a couple unlucky bounces in Long Beach, landing it a weekend split to kick off the Big West ...

October 7, 2005

Santa Barbara Makes League Debut

By Kip Hanson

With the sting of three straight losses in the Big West Tournament championship game over the past three seasons still fresh on its mind, the UCSB women's soccer team kicks off the 2005 conference season on the road toni...

October 3, 2005

Gauchos Annihilate Aggies Early

By Kip Hanson

Anyone who got to the game four minutes late on Friday night missed a couple of important goals from the UCSB women's soccer team in its 2-1 win.

September 30, 2005

Santa Barbara Hosts Future Big West Rival Davis

By Kip Hanson

The UCSB women's soccer team has the first chance this season to take on the team that will soon be the newest member of the Big West Conference. Davis, a former Division II school, will become an active member of the Bi...

September 29, 2005

Bruins Bump Undermanned SB

By Kip Hanson

#4 UCLA (9-1 overall) lived up to its notorious reputation last night by subjecting UCSB (5-6 overall) to ninety minutes of ruthless, fast and just plain quality soccer that ended with a tally of 5-0.

September 28, 2005

Gauchos Look To Handle Hot UCLA

By Kip Hanson

A penalty kick shootout is an especially unpleasant means of deciding any soccer game, but especially a national championship. Surprisingly, the UCSB men's soccer team was not the only Division I soccer squad to discover...

September 27, 2005

Gauchos Suffer Two Heartbreakers in the Heat

By Kip Hanson

If tough experiences build character, then the UCSB women's soccer team (5-5-0 overall) has surely returned to Santa Barbara a better team than when they left.

September 23, 2005

Santa Barbara Takes On Speed, Pac-10 In the Southwest

By Kip Hanson

For UCSB freshman forward Genelle Ives, it pays to be fast. Of the ten goals tallied by the women's soccer team so far this season, Ives has scored three and assisted on five others, topping the team in both categories.

May 25, 2005

Female Athlete of the Year

By Kip Hanson

Some people get to have all the fun. During her tenure at UCSB, forward Kristen Mann got to enjoy four Big West Championships and subsequent trips to March Madness - including a visit to the Sweet 16 - and back-to-back A...

April 18, 2005

Gaucho Star Nets WNBA Draft Pick in 1st Round

By Kip Hanson

Most children entertain fantasies of playing professional sports when they grow up - senior Kristen Mann will get to live out that dream. Mann became the highest Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) draft pick ...

March 4, 2005

Gauchos Trounce Anteaters

By Kip Hanson

The bad news last night was that UCSB didn't score a basket from the field in the last 10.5 minutes of play. The good news, however, was that it set a school record for free throws both made and taken, scored 79 points a...

March 3, 2005

Seniors Prepare for Final Home Games

By Kip Hanson

When the final buzzer blares this Saturday night, the Thunderdome will lose just a little bit of its thunder. Senior forwards Kristen Mann, Brandy Richardson, Kate Bauman and senior guard Mia Fisher will bid farewell thi...

February 28, 2005

SB Fends Off Riverside

By Kip Hanson

In its final road battle of the season, Santa Barbara (17-8 overall, 14-2 in the Big West) avoided further blood on its record after escaping unscathed from a second-half barrage by the Highlanders (13-12 overall, 8-8 Bi...

February 25, 2005

SB Widens Gap

By Kip Hanson

The Gauchos showed last night why they've been the Lords of the Hoop in the Big West Conference for the past 10 years by destroying Fullerton 83-40 with the help of its Two Towers, junior forward Autumn Nichols and senio...

February 24, 2005

UCSB Endeavors to Hold Onto First Place

By Kip Hanson

The UCSB women's basketball team is locked and loaded for its final road trip of the regular season. Facing yet another team that has been victorious over the Gaucho's (15-8 overall, 12-2 in the Big West) nemesis Idaho, ...