Preston Espar

August 29, 2022

Women’s Volleyball Begins Season With Exhibition Matches

By Preston Espar

The Gauchos will look for production from four returners who were on the all-conference team in 2021 to improve their record from last season. These returners are senior middle blocker Deni Wilson,  junior libero Macall...

August 29, 2022

2022 NFL Preview

By Preston Espar

After the Los Angeles Rams won Super Bowl LVI by defeating the Cincinnati Bengals last February, teams across the NFL looked to find ways to improve in hopes of lifting the Lombardi Trophy themselves.  The Rams did not ...

May 31, 2022

Best of the 2021-22 UCSB Men’s Basketball Team

By Preston Espar

Coming off a successful 2021 season, senior forward Amadou Sow comes in as the best overall player and best defensive player. Sow had a solid year averaging almost a double-double with a rate of 15.6 points per game and ...

May 5, 2022

Gauchos Sweep Rivals in Three-Game Weekend Series

By Preston Espar

The Gauchos traveled to San Luis Obispo days after a 13-7 defeat to USC. The two conference rivals were neck to neck and a Cal Poly series win could have changed the momentum for the rest of the season.

April 26, 2022

UCSB Baseball Holds Down First Place in Big West With Long Beach Sweep

By Preston Espar

After snapping their 6-game winning streak in a 4-14 loss to the No. 14 UC Los Angeles Bruins, the Gauchos stayed in Santa Barbara to begin their series against Long Beach. UCSB set the tone of the series immediately wit...

April 17, 2022

Gauchos’ Baseball Sweeps Cal State Northridge

By Preston Espar

With his strong play in the series, freshman right-handed pitcher Ryan Gallagher was named Big West Pitcher of the Week. In his lone start of the series and the final one overall, Gallagher pitched 8 innings, a career-hi...

February 17, 2022

UCSB’s Major League Baseball Legacies

By Preston Espar

While putting in solid years for the Gauchos, Johnson was drafted in the 27th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft by the New York Yankees. However, Johnson stayed in college for another year to increase his draft st...

February 15, 2022

Men’s Basketball Has Love-Hate Relationship With Winning

By Preston Espar

UCSB carried their defensive and offensive prowess over in their drubbing of UCSD. After scoring a career-high 31 points against CSUN three games prior, Norris set a new career-high with 32 points in the 84-48 victory.

February 8, 2022

UCSB Men’s Basketball Gets First Big West Win but Cannot Start Win Streak

By Preston Espar

Senior center Amadou Sow was the second-highest scorer for the Gauchos with a total of 17 points. No other player for UCSB scored more than 7 points. The leading scorer for the Matadors was senior guard Elijah Hardy who ...

February 1, 2022

UCSB Men’s Basketball Looks To Turn Around Sluggish Start to League Play

By Preston Espar

Freshman guard Cole Anderson led the team with 21 points off the bench, and senior guard Ajare Sanni led all UCSB starters with 12 points. Senior guard Damari Milstead led all Titans in scoring with 21 points.

January 17, 2022

Attendance Policy Remains Unchanged

By Preston Espar

However, now that some students will be returning to campus, the athletic department’s choices have become more complicated. UCSB will need to make a decision soon, as the men’s basketball team plays at home only thr...

December 25, 2021

Men’s Basketball Begins Win Streak Before Christmas

By Preston Espar

After losing two games on the road, the UC Santa Barbara men’s basketball team came back to the Thunderdome and was able to string together consecutive wins. The Gauchos’ victories against the Florida A&M Rattler...

December 7, 2021

UCSB Men’s Basketball Team Falls in Loss to Texas Arlington

By Preston Espar

Senior forward Amadou Sow continued his strong start to the season with a game-high 23 points while shooting an efficient 66.7% from the field. In addition, Sow was able to grab 7 rebounds, and junior guard Josh Pierre-L...

November 25, 2021

Dominant Opening Season Win for the Gauchos

By Preston Espar

The UC Santa Barbara men’s basketball team opened the season 1-1 with a 119-65 home opening victory against the San Francisco State Gators and a 73-65 road loss against the Washington State Cougars. The 119 points in t...

October 26, 2021

Volleyball Splits Weekend Games Against Big West Opponents

By Preston Espar

The UC Santa Barbara women’s volleyball team saw their 7-game winning streak end this weekend with a 3-1 loss to the UC Davis Aggies. The ending of the streak came only a few days after their 3-0 victory against the UC...

October 14, 2021

Women’s Soccer Heating Up Weeks Before Postseason

By Preston Espar

With two, huge 2-0 victories against Big West rivals, the UC Santa Barbara women’s soccer team was able to skyrocket to second place in the conference. The Gauchos have now won five of their last seven matches and are ...