Kip Hanson

January 11, 2005

SB Continues Southbound

By Kip Hanson

It was a tale of two halves in Starkville, Miss. last night, as the Gauchos fell at the hands of the Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs 69-62 in a nonconference bout. Down by 21 points at halftime, Santa Barbara (5-7, 3-1 B...

January 10, 2005

Idaho Assails UCSB

By Kip Hanson

UCSB (5-6 overall, 3-1 in the Big West) dropped its first league game of the year Saturday afternoon to the University of Idaho (7-5, 2-1 Big West), leaving just one question: What are they putting in the potatoes?

January 7, 2005

Seven Is Enough for SB

By Kip Hanson

Things looked grim as a diminished, seven-player UCSB roster stepped onto the court. But when the final buzzer rang, senior guard Mia Fisher had recorded a career-high 24 points, and the ailing Gauchos had crushed their ...

January 6, 2005

French Benches UCSB Trio

By Kip Hanson

In a game that was promising to turn into another Gaucho blowout, the tables have turned following several injuries and the team's suspensions of senior forwards Kristen Mann and Brandy Richardson and sophomore guard Eri...

January 5, 2005

UCSB Imports Game Versus Calgary

By Kip Hanson

Dinos will invade Rob Gym tonight at 7:05 p.m.; try not to panic. Hold your loved ones close and try to remember that these massive creatures are just volleyball-playing Canadians.

November 8, 2004

Swimming: SB Meets Big Competition

By Kip Hanson

Naptime is for kindergarteners, not the Gaucho swim team. After a full week of hard practice and an early morning drive to Irvine, the UCSB men's and women's swim squads arrived at the Big West Shootout and hardly missed...

October 29, 2004

Gauchos Finish Fright-Free

By Kip Hanson

Nothing can scare the UCSB women's soccer team this Halloween weekend. As they head into the final regular season weekend of play with two out-of-state matches against Idaho and Utah State, the Gauchos have already secur...

October 22, 2004

SB Heads into Second Half of Big West Play

By Kip Hanson

Even with the prospect of taking over the Big West lead, the 7 p.m. games against Pacific today and first-place Northridge on Sunday will mark a bittersweet farewell to four seniors as they play in the final home games o...

October 22, 2004

Men Take Second, Women Third

By Kip Hanson

After a year of training at less than full strength, Brandos managed to put together a stellar race Friday at the Titan Invitational, earning himself a spot in the Gaucho men's cross-country top nine and a trip to the Bi...

October 15, 2004

Gauchos Look for Revenge in San Luis Obispo

By Kip Hanson

First-place Santa Barbara will finally have its chance to avenge a 2-0 loss to its rival Mustangs last November in the Big West Tournament finals that sent Cal Poly on to the NCAA Tournament and the Gauchos home for the ...