Matt Heitner

April 1, 2002

The K-n-B Olympics get underway

By Matt Heitner

Who would have thought that what began as a simple Isla Vista alternative to sloshball would have turned into this?

March 8, 2002

UCSB Whips Cal Poly

By Matt Heitner

If the UCSB men's basketball team experienced a sense of déj

March 4, 2002

French Earns 300 Big Ones

By Matt Heitner

But French and UCSB showed no signs of slowing down this weekend, claiming their seventh straight Big West Title with victories over Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside.

February 25, 2002

Women’s basketball: UCSB Strikes LBSU, UCI

By Matt Heitner

The Thunderdome careers of senior co-captains Kristyn Miller and Kayte Christensen came to a close this weekend in the only acceptable manner for the UCSB women's basketball team: winning.

February 19, 2002

Santa Barbara Shoots Way to Weekend Wins over UCR, Poly

By Matt Heitner

The Big West regular season schedule may not end for another two weeks, but the UCSB women's basketball team went a long way toward bringing the hunt for the title to a close with a pair of victories this past weekend.

February 11, 2002

Gauchos Cruise Past Tigers, Matadors

By Matt Heitner

Two rookies powered UCSB to a convincing 83-66 victory over UOP before giving way to the Gauchos' leader in Santa Barbara's 80-53 demolition of the Matadors on Sunday afternoon.

February 6, 2002

Gauchos Look for Motivation vs. Titans

By Matt Heitner

The UCSB women's basketball team hosts Cal State Fullerton tonight in a game that features teams on the opposite end of the Big West spectrum.

February 4, 2002

UCSB Rolls to Victories

By Matt Heitner

Playing their first back-to-back home games of the season, the Gauchos felt right at home at the Thunderdome this weekend, picking up victories over both Pacific and Idaho.

January 28, 2002

UCSB Remains Perfect in Big West with Pair of W’s

By Matt Heitner

After having their 58-game Big West winning streak snapped last season, the Gauchos are once again stringing victories together en masse, and at the expense of their conference foes.

January 22, 2002

Frigid UCSB Staggers to Victory vs. Cal Poly

By Matt Heitner

It may not have been pretty, but the UCSB women's basketball team will take it all the same.

January 18, 2002

First-Place Tilt Next for SB

By Matt Heitner

The UCSB women’s basketball team will get back to business this Sunday when it returns to Big West action to face Central Coast rival Cal Poly.

January 17, 2002

Gauchos Roll in Fourth Straight Win

By Matt Heitner

With the win against Oregon State, Santa Barbara ran its season-high winning streak to four games, while improving to 8-5 on the season.

January 15, 2002

Gauchos Smother Arizona

By Matt Heitner

After enduring a 19-game losing streak to teams coached by current Arizona Head Coach Joan Bonvicini, the UCSB women's basketball team finally broke Bonvicini's spell, topping her Wildcats on Monday night.

January 14, 2002

UCSB Heads Toward Pac-10 Land

By Matt Heitner

The UCSB women's basketball team steps out of conference for its next two games, starting today with a showdown against Pac-10 member Arizona. The Gauchos will then head north to Corvalis, Oregon to take on Oregon State.

January 10, 2002

Gauchos Follow Lead of Christensen

By Matt Heitner

Playing with a sense of urgency, Christensen steadied the Gauchos with her rock-solid play, leading Santa Barbara to its eventual conference title.

January 8, 2002

From the Cheap Seats: Parity Brings About New Contenders

By Matt Heitner

The first thing that jumps out at any fan of the National Football League is its predictability. I mean, who didn't think that the Chicago Bears would be sitting pretty with a first-round bye in the NFC.