Ravi Bhatia

January 12, 2009

SB Swimming Drops Matches

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB men's and women's swimming teams both lost their dual matches at the Trojan's McDonald's Swim Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

January 8, 2009

Dual Duels For UCSB Swimmers

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB swimming team will swim in their first dual meet of the New Year on Saturday at 1 p.m. against USC at the Trojans' McDonald's Swim Stadium.

January 7, 2009

Big West Preview — UC Riverside

By Ravi Bhatia

Expected to finish last in the Big West, the UC Riverside men's basketball team has so far surpassed all expectations, finishing the preseason 7-4 and holding the best overall record in the conference along with Pacific.

January 6, 2009

Big West Preview — UC Riverside

By Ravi Bhatia

Last season, the UC Riverside Highlanders' run for their third consecutive Big West conference tournament championship ended in the semifinals in a 63-53 loss to #2 seed UC Davis. During the preseason, Riverside was pred...

November 24, 2008

Seniors Get Proper Sendoff, Beat UCR

By Ravi Bhatia

Neither the UCSB women's volleyball team nor UC Riverside stood to gain much from Saturday night's match at the Thunderdome.

November 21, 2008

Disappointing Season Finishes This Weekend

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB women's volleyball team will play their last two matches of the season this weekend, playing at UC Irvine tonight before returning home to play UC Riverside in their last match at the Thunderdome.

November 17, 2008

Gauchos’ Tourney Dreams Blocked

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB women's volleyball team (10-15 overall) lost their third and fourth straight matches on Thursday against rival Cal Poly and on Saturday against UC Irvine.

November 13, 2008

SB Tries To Avenge SLO Loss

By Ravi Bhatia

With only four games to play and a 6-6 record in the Big West, the sixth place UCSB women's volleyball team has all but abandoned hope of making the NCAA tournament.

November 12, 2008

SB Gets Swept

By Ravi Bhatia

As it turns out, Barack Obama's presidential victory last week failed to provide change the women's volleyball team could believe in. UCSB was swept 25-23, 25-14, 25-22 on Friday at the Thunderdome against Big West-lead...

November 7, 2008

Redemption in the T-Dome?

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB women's volleyball team has a chance to redeem themselves at the Thunderdome on Friday night against Big West leader Long Beach State, a team who beat the Gauchos in five sets at the Walter Pyramid on Oct. 11. T...

November 3, 2008

Santa Barbara Splits Another Pair

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB women's volleyball team split matches again on the road this weekend, sweeping UC Davis 25-20, 25-15, 25-11 on Friday night before losing to Pacific 23-25, 25-17, 25-23, 25-19 in Stockton on Saturday.

October 30, 2008

Gauchos Head Northward

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB women's volleyball team will be spending Halloween weekend away from the debauchery of Isla Vista, traveling to UC Davis for a match on Friday night and to Stockton on Saturday for a match against Pacific. Both ...

October 27, 2008

UCSB Splits Again

By Ravi Bhatia

In a weekend when the UCSB women's volleyball team had a chance to gain ground in the competitive Big West Conference, the Gauchos were upset by Cal State Fullerton 25-23, 25-13, 15-25, 25-14 on Friday before sweeping Ca...

October 23, 2008

UCSB Finally Back Home

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB women's volleyball team has a chance to improve their 4-3 Big West record on Friday and Saturday, playing at the Thunderdome for the first time in two weeks against Cal State Fullerton and Cal State Northridge.

October 21, 2008

UCSB Sweeps, Gets Cleaned Up

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB women's volleyball team split matches this weekend, sweeping UC Riverside on Saturday and getting swept by Cal Poly on Thursday in San Luis Obispo.

October 16, 2008

UCSB Rides to Corral Mustangs

By Ravi Bhatia

After a disappointing loss to conference rival #24 Long Beach State last Saturday, the UCSB women's volleyball team looks to bounce back against Cal Poly (9-7 overall) tonight in San Luis Obispo and Saturday at UC Rivers...