Matt Connolly

March 2, 2009

Gauchos Inch Past UC Davis

By Matt Connolly

Just call them the comeback kids. Led by freshman forwards James Nunnally and Jaime Serna, the UC Santa Barbara men's basketball team dug itself out of a huge first half hole before snatching the lead with 13 minutes lef...

March 2, 2009

UCSB Takes Down Two

By Matt Connolly

A triple scoop of wins would have been extra sweet for the UCSB men's baseball team (5-2 overall) playing in the Dairy Queen Classic, but after falling to host Minnesota on day one, the Gauchos could only come out of the...

February 26, 2009

UCSB Aims to Ice Foes in DQ Classic

By Matt Connolly

While Spring Training gets underway in Arizona for the California teams of Major League Baseball, the #28 UC Santa Barbara baseball team (3-1 overall) will travel a little farther east to Minnesota this weekend to play i...

February 26, 2009

Spikers Brace for Top Tier Teams

By Matt Connolly

With four of their last five losses coming in the fifth and final set, the #13 Spikers have been through a rollercoaster of emotions both physically and mentally. They have battled back and forth with several of the top ...

February 25, 2009

Gaucho Home Run Derby Blasts #9 Bruins

By Matt Connolly

The UCSB athletics department made a statement for Breast Cancer Awareness Tuesday afternoon in Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, having all members of the baseball team don pink hats and armbands. Fueled by an upsetting loss to a...

February 23, 2009

Respected MLB Agent Visits UCSB

By Matt Connolly

Professional sports agents have often been portrayed as conniving, vindictive money-grubbers that would do anything to acquire the best players on the market and negotiate the highest paying contracts for their athletes.

February 23, 2009

Gauchos Fall in Five

By Matt Connolly

It was déjà vu all over again for the #13 UCSB men's volleyball team (4-9 overall, 2-8 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) on Saturday.

February 19, 2009

Spikers Set to Slam the Tigers

By Matt Connolly

Despite going the full five sets in four of its last five matches, a hard-luck UC Santa Barbara men's volleyball team (3-7 overall, 1-6 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) rides a four-game losing streak heading into ton...

February 12, 2009

Anteaters Inch Past Gauchos

By Matt Connolly

The curse of the Anteaters lives on. Up two sets to one with all the momentum in the world on their side of the court playing at the Bren Events Center in the beautifully uniform city of Irvine, the underdog Gauchos look...

February 11, 2009

Mullin, Mopeds, Madness

By Matt Connolly

Coming off a promising 2007-08 season that saw the Warriors end up with the best record in NBA history not to make the postseason, it's confounding to get a handle on what exactly happened with the once-promising boys in...

February 11, 2009

NBA All-Star Edition

By Matt Connolly, Derek Mead

East vs. West: East: Unlike the West, the East has several players ready to show their stuff as first-time selections. Danny Granger, Devin Harris and Mo Williams should all go huge popping their All-Star cherries, a...

February 9, 2009

#10 Spikers Lose Twice

By Matt Connolly

After a resilient comeback against #15 UC San Diego fell short on Friday, a downtrodden UCSB men's volleyball team faced a #7 Long Beach squad that took no time in avenging an early season sweep with a straight set victo...

February 5, 2009

Spikers to Entertain #15 Tritons, #7 49ers

By Matt Connolly

Fresh off their first win in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation against BYU last Friday, the UCSB men's volleyball team is set to resume and wrap up its four-game homestand, first taking on #15 UC San Diego (3-5 over...

January 29, 2009

#10 UCSB Looks to Hunt Down Cougars

By Matt Connolly

With their impressive third place showing at the Elephant Bar Invitational nearly three weeks behind them, the #10 UC Santa Barbara men's volleyball team (2-4 overall, 0-3 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) retur...

January 29, 2009