Victor Bryant

May 17, 2010

Gauchos’ Track and Field Wins 10 Conference Events

By Victor Bryant

Despite many outstanding individual performances, the Matadors captured the conference title, edging out the Gauchos 193-188 in the Big West Championships.

May 14, 2010

Season Rides on Final Meet

By Victor Bryant

This weekend the UCSB track and field takes on the rest of the Big West at the conference championship meet in Northridge.

May 11, 2010

Gauchos Hit Ground Running

By Victor Bryant

The women’s track and field team has jumped out to an early lead in the Big West championships after the multi-events with 17 points, three points ahead of the second place team Cal State Northridge.

May 7, 2010

UCSB Flies Into Tourney Tuneup

By Victor Bryant

Track and field season is nearing its climax as UCSB men’s and women’s teams prepare for the Occidental Invitational, their final tuneup before conference championships. The focus for both teams is to rest up and pre...

May 2, 2010

Gauchos Split at Poly

By Victor Bryant

Jane Doolittle’s record-breaking high jump helped propel the women’s track and field team to an easy 126-76 victory over Cal Poly in its annual dual meet. However, the men’s team was unable to match that success in...

April 30, 2010

UCSB Track To Battle Cal Poly

By Victor Bryant

After competing exclusively in invitationals and open meets all year — events where typically dozens of schools participate — the UCSB men’s and women’s track and field teams take on Cal Poly one-on-one to settle...

April 27, 2010

UCSB Track Keeps Up the Pace

By Victor Bryant

Despite the stiff competition the Gauchos performed well in several events this weekend, led by senior Scott Finley, who broke a 34-year old UCSB record in the pole vault by clearing 17’2.50” which tied for first pla...

April 23, 2010

Runners Break More Records

By Victor Bryant

Scott Smith's school record in the 5000-meter highlighted a weekend of record-breaking performances for both the UCSB men's and women's track and field teams.

April 16, 2010

USCB Breezes Past Big West

By Victor Bryant

The women's track and field team won the Big West Challenge Cup this past weekend, earning 236 points to easily overtake second-place Cal State Fullerton in Irvine. Meanwhile, the men came in second place at the event be...

April 6, 2010

Fullerton Breaks Out the Brooms

By Victor Bryant

UCSB softball opened conference play eyeing a fresh start to a disappointing season, but the Gauchos continued to struggle this past weekend as they were swept by Cal State Fullerton 10-1, 12-3 and 5-3 to push their losi...

March 30, 2010

UCSB Struggles at Stanford

By Victor Bryant

After opening the Stanford Invitational with a 6-5 victory over Cal State Bakersfield in 11 innings, UCSB softball dropped its remaining three games against BYU, Santa Clara and Stanford by a combined score of 18-2.

March 2, 2010

Wet-Weather Win Against Wisconsin Stops SB Slide

By Victor Bryant

After an eight-game losing streak characterized by inconsistency and mental lapses, the UCSB women's softball team got back on the winning path with a 6-1 victory over visiting Wisconsin on the second day of the Gaucho C...

February 26, 2010

Tourney Foes Throw Out ‘Chos

By Victor Bryant

UCSB softball suffered back-to-back losses on the opening day of the Gaucho Classic, falling to Drexel 4-2 and North Dakota State 2-0 to extend its losing streak to eight games. The Gauchos have been shut out in four of ...

February 19, 2010

Bruins Maul SB in Two Home Games

By Victor Bryant

After going 4-1 in its opening tournament, the UCSB softball team rode a wave of momentum into their doubleheader against UCLA on Wednesday, but the #4 Bruins took all the wind out of the Gauchos' sails by handing them t...

February 2, 2010

Washington Welcomes UCSB

By Victor Bryant

Women's track and field opened their indoor competition season at the University of Washington Invitational this past weekend. Though several UCSB athletes put on impressive opening performances, the two-day event showca...