Sean Lewis

April 7, 2006

Track and Field: Conference Competition Awaits in Irvine

By Sean Lewis

After a strong showing last weekend at the Stanford Invitational, the UCSB track and field team looks to continue its solid performance in the Big West Challenge Cup today at UC Irvine.

April 6, 2006

Champions, in My Book

By Sean Lewis

It wasn't supposed to happen like this. They were supposed to be invincible in the Big West Tournament, but the UCSB women's basketball team got hit by kryptonite that donned Highlanders jerseys.

April 3, 2006

Riverside Upsets UCSB

By Sean Lewis

For the first time in ten years, the UCSB women's basketball team watched somebody else head to the NCAA tournament, after losing to UC Riverside in the final round of the Big West Tournament on March 11 at the Anaheim C...

March 10, 2006

SB Shoots for Tenth Straight

By Sean Lewis

The UCSB women's basketball team hopes to continue its streak of ten consecutive conference tournament championships when it takes its well-rested legs down to Anaheim for the Big West Conference Tournament.

March 6, 2006

Santa Barbara Again Is Top of Conference

By Sean Lewis

The streak of Big West Conference Championships lives on for the UCSB women's basketball team. With their convincing 85-63 win over Northridge, the Gauchos (15-12 overall, 10-4 in the Big West) earned a tie for first pla...

March 3, 2006

UCSB Inches Closer to Title With Win

By Sean Lewis

March Madness has begun for Santa Barbara. The Gauchos (14-12 overall, 9-4 in the Big West) handed Pacific a 76-49 defeat Thursday night in the Thunderdome. Santa Barbara came out looking to shoot despite struggling from...

February 27, 2006

Riverside Earns First Win Over UCSB

By Sean Lewis

Riverside's women's basketball team did something Saturday afternoon that they've never been able to accomplish since their transition to Division I basketball - they beat the Gauchos.

February 24, 2006

Gauchos Hold On for Close Victory

By Sean Lewis

At this point in the season, every game is crucial, and the seniors on the UCSB women's basketball team were not about to leave Fullerton without a win. The Gauchos held off the Titans 79-78 Thursday night in Titan Gym.

February 23, 2006

SB Vies for 25th Straight Against Fullerton

By Sean Lewis

With just four conference games remaining, the UCSB women's basketball team has tradition on their minds while they head south to face Fullerton tonight. The 10-time defending champion Gauchos (12-11 overall, 7-3 in the ...

February 21, 2006

UCSB Tames Conference’s Top Dogs

By Sean Lewis

With just four games remaining in Big West Conference play, the UCSB women's basketball team told the 49ers, the fans in the Thunderdome and everyone who watched on FSN West 2 that they are the champs until someone knock...

February 17, 2006

Gauchos Drop Third Straight Game

By Sean Lewis

The UC Irvine women's basketball team proved once and for all that size truly doesn't matter in its 82-69 upset over Santa Barbara Thursday night in the Thunderdome.

February 16, 2006

Gauchos To Host Anteaters

By Sean Lewis

With only six Big West Conference games remaining for the UCSB women's basketball team, every contest becomes crucial. The second-place Gauchos (11-20 overall, 6-2 in the Big West) play host to fifth-place Irvine in the ...

February 14, 2006

High-Flyer Aims for Beijing

By Sean Lewis

On a dirt track nestled in the hills of Santa Barbara, Chris Burke soars through the air on his bike. The 22 year-old phenom traverses the track that he helped design at Elings Park so fast that if you blink you might mi...

February 10, 2006

Cardinal Dominates in Win

By Sean Lewis

Stanford taught the Gauchos a lesson last night in the Maples Pavilion: Stick to the Big West. The 14th-ranked Cardinal (17-5 overall, 11-2 in the Pac-10) handed 10-time defending Big West champion Santa Barbara (11-9, 6...

February 9, 2006

SB Vies to Sink Stanford

By Sean Lewis

The UCSB women's basketball team plays the first of its final two non-conference contests against #14 Stanford tonight at 7. The Cardinals (16-5 overall, 11-2 in the Pac-10) currently sit on top of the Pac-10 and are amo...

February 6, 2006

Santa Barbara Cracks Cal Poly in Road Win

By Sean Lewis

They say that vengeance is bittersweet, but don't tell that to the UCSB women's basketball team. Santa Barbara (11-8 overall, 6-2 in the Big West) went to Cal Poly and came away with an 80-71 victory Saturday afternoon.