Matt Connolly

April 27, 2009

Mustangs Come Back to Topple Gauchos

By Matt Connolly

For the second straight week, the UCSB baseball team walked off with its series opener thanks to a game-winning hit, giving them the control in a three-game series at home. Unfortunately for the Gauchos (23-14 overall, 6...

April 22, 2009

Destruction in Bakersfield

By Matt Connolly

When they faced off against the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners last week, the Gauchos had their backs against the wall and were forced to wage a huge comeback to scrape out an 8-7 win against a team playing its inaugu...

April 21, 2009

Balling on Buddha

By Matt Connolly

In a professional sports world where undercover steroid abuse runs rampant, there is another drug, or plant really, that is slowly returning to prominence. Somehow, players continue to receive serious fines and suspensi...

April 20, 2009

Spartans Spear Series Victory

By Matt Connolly

In the Gauchos' last two weekend series, dropping the third and final game only cost them a sweep of the opposition. In yesterday's matchup with San Jose State, however, a Sunday setback cost them the series itself as th...

April 16, 2009

Gauchos Use Wind, Power in Bakersfield Comeback

By Matt Connolly

After Cal State Bakersfield knocked the Gaucho bullpen around in the fifth inning by driving in seven runs, it looked as though the Roadrunners (8-25) were ready to live up to their title and run away with an upset on th...

April 15, 2009

Gauchos Head Off to Rustle CSUB

By Matt Connolly

After taking down a crucial conference series on that road at UC Davis, the UC Santa Barbara baseball team (19-10) heads home today to take on the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners (8-23) in game two of the squads' four-...

April 13, 2009

SB Takes Series, Falls in Finale

By Matt Connolly

The Gaucho offense flexed its muscles in Davis this past weekend, punching out 40 hits over a three-game span to achieve its second straight Big West series victory.

April 9, 2009

SB Takes Series But Drops Finale

By Matt Connolly

The Gaucho offense flexed its muscles in Davis this past weekend, punching out 40 hits over a three-game span to achieve its second straight Big West series victory. However, the UC Santa Barbara baseball team (19-10 ove...

April 9, 2009

Men’s Soccer

By Matt Connolly

The UCSB men's soccer team battled the University of New Mexico in a spring season exhibition on Friday. Defense set the tone as the game ended in a 0-0 tie.

April 9, 2009

SB Goes Aggie-Tipping in Davis

By Matt Connolly

After being snubbed by Davis for the playoffs and in regular season play in their 2008 campaign - the Gauchos dropped an 18-14 rubber match in the two teams' series last season before being overlooked in favor of UCD for...

April 7, 2009

Bruin Bashers

By Matt Connolly

#11 UCSB bounced back from a close loss to Claremont by obliterating UCLA 13-1 on Sunday.

April 6, 2009

UCSB Takes Down Tigers

By Matt Connolly

Senior first baseman Eric Oliver led the offensive attack in UCSB baseball's Friday and Saturday wins over the visiting Pacific Tigers, going 4-for-8 with two home runs and six RBI, but the home cooking would simmer down...

April 2, 2009

SB Scalps Aztecs in 15-8 Win

By Matt Connolly

Heading into Wednesday's afternoon showdown at San Diego State, UCSB baseball had its sights set on exacting revenge on a team that beat them at home 7-4 only one day prior.

March 30, 2009

CSUN Surprises UCSB

By Matt Connolly

After an explosive beginning to its first conference series of the season that saw the #19 UC Santa Barbara baseball team plate 21 runs in a Friday victory, the Gauchos' (14-7 overall, 1-2 in the Big West) red-hot hittin...

March 9, 2009

UCSB Sweeps Visiting LMU

By Matt Connolly

After grinding their way to three hard-fought wins over Friday and Saturday, the Gauchos (9-2 overall) capped off a successful homestand with a 10-3 stomping of a downtrodden LMU squad in Sunday's finale. It was a fittin...

March 9, 2009

IM Basketball Edition

By Matt Connolly, Derek Mead

Move over '72 Miami Dolphins, The Rimjobs are the new measure of perfection. After blowing their way through Sunday night's excuse for a B-League, The Rimmies are ready to physically and orally decimate any opponent come...