Women’s basketball: SB Runs Ahead of Pack in Comeback Road Victory

The #25 UCSB women's basketball started the season with a victory on Friday night at North Carolina State and marked the ninth consecutive time that the Gauchos came out on top in their season opener.
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Santa Barbara Hopes to Stay With Pack

Tonight, the UCSB women's basketball team makes its 2002-03 regular season debut and marks the first pit stop along the path towards March's madness.
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#1 Hoosiers Overcome Feisty Santa Barbara

#1 Indiana lived up to its reputation as a national power and showed the #17 UCSB men's soccer team the full meaning of tradition. The Gauchos lost 3-1 to the Hoosiers (13-2-2) on Sunday night in Full...
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Santa Barbara Stirs Hornets’ Nest, Stings Late

Following a wet weekend on campus, Sunday afternoon's forecast called for clear skies after the No. 24 UCSB men's soccer team soaked up a home victory over the Hornets.
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Santa Barbara Tops Rivals, Polls

Santa Barbara anticipates that its early domination will impress the pollsters and the voters of the NCAA tournament committee in a few months.
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Gauchos On Cruise Control at 5-0

After winning the Big West Championship in 2001 the UCSB men's soccer team was psyched to get a shot at the rest of the collegiate squads at the NCAAs. Ten months later, the Gauchos are still waiting ...
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Mercury in the Rising: Christensen Makes Final Cut

Christensen was drafted in the second round and No. 40 overall in last month's WNBA draft but had to complete the rigorous workouts, camps and pre-season before actually making the squad.
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Sports Guy: NorCal vs. SoCal: Why the Bitter Rivalry With Sports?

I am fascinated by the bitter athletic rivalry at UCSB between students originating from northern and southern California. I'm bewildered by the number of times I've heard the bashing, profanity and u...
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Rock Climbing: Santa Barbara: Like a Rock

High above the city, among the purple majesty of the Santa Barbara mountains, a man clings to a modest handhold, high on a jagged face of a 40-foot boulder.
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Sports Guy: One Man’s Fantasy Is Another’s Reality

In a fantasy world, I would own a Major League Baseball team. Give me the thrills of the war room on draft day, and the grueling negotiations of signing and trading guys.
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2003 Gauchos: Life After Christensen Begins

The 2002 UCSB women's basketball team had about as successful a season as Head Coach Mark French could have hoped.
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After Playoff Run to MPSF Final Four, UCSB Looks Ahead

The UCSB men's volleyball team set lofty goals at the beginning of the 2002 season. Aside from individual goals, the Gauchos went into the season vowing to make the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ...
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Rainbows Light Up UCSB

The UCSB men's volleyball team's magical season concluded Thursday at Pepperdine in the Final Four of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament.
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Men’s Tennis: Gauchos Strut to League Title

The UCSB men's tennis team swept past Idaho and the University of the Pacific to clinch the 2002 Big West Conference Championship. The Gauchos emphatically destroyed the Tigers 4-0 at the Ojai Valley ...
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UCSB Into Final Four

The Gauchos are on a crusade to win the National Championship. They have gone too far to turn back now.
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