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February 21, 2012

UCSB Falls to Long Beach State 3-1

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

On the road at Long Beach State to kick off a four-game road trip, the No. 12 UCSB men’s volleyball team fell to the 49ers 3-1 on Friday. After defeating No. 15 Northridge on Wednesday, the Gauchos dropped the match to...

February 21, 2012

Tennis: Men Pick Up Win Against UCI, SMU, Women Fall to Santa Clara, SMU

By David Russo

After a pair of losses last weekend, the No. 62 UCSB men’s tennis team bounced back with a 5-2 win at No. 55 UC Irvine yesterday and a 4-3 win over SMU on Saturday. Santa Barbara improves to 6-4 overall and 1-0 in the ...

February 21, 2012

Women’s Swim & Dive Falls Just Short of MPSF Championship

By Mark Salay

After leading the first two days of the MPSF Swimming Championships held in East Los Angeles College, the UCSB women’s swim and dive season came to a disappointing end Saturday night, falling just short of taking home ...

February 21, 2012

Softball Struggles In Season Opening Road Trip

By Mark Salay

The UCSB softball team concluded its season-opening 11-game road trip this past weekend, losing all five of their games in the Campbell/Cartier Classic, which was hosted by the University of San Diego and San Diego State...

February 21, 2012

Baseball Takes One of Four Vs. No. 23 Oregon State

By Brent Pella

Head Coach Andrew Checketts began his tenure as a Gaucho this past weekend when UCSB dropped three of four games in a three-day series against No. 23 Oregon State. The Gauchos were able to pull off a one-run victory in e...

February 18, 2012

Golf Ready For Weekend Tournament

By Tanner Gore

The UCSB Men’s Golf team will be competing in the Folino Invitational this weekend beginning on Saturday and finishing on Tuesday. The tournament will be held at the 36-hole Industry Hills Golf Course in the city of In...

February 17, 2012

Women Ready For Big Weekend

By David Russo

The No. 65 UCSB women’s tennis team plays back-to-back-to-back over the holiday weekend, starting with No. 36 St. Mary’s tomorrow, then at San Francisco on Sunday and at Santa Clara on Monday. The Gauchos are 1-4 and...

February 17, 2012

Men Set to Host SMU, Travel to Irvine

By David Russo

The No. 62 UCSB men’s tennis team hosts SMU tomorrow before traveling to No. 55 UC Irvine on Monday to take on the Anteaters in its first Big West match of the year. The Gauchos are 4-4 this year and 2-0 at home. The t...

February 16, 2012

Raised by Popular Culture: Tucker and Dale Take Fight Bad Cinema

By Damion Damaske

Drop everything you’re doing and see this movie right now. It’s awesome. It’s hard to describe exactly why this film is so special. For starters, it has a one-note premise. A bunch of dumb, drunk college kids mista...

February 15, 2012

A Win at Home, and off on the Road Again

By Christian Peterson

So after a nice week home and a win against Riverside on Saturday night, we’re back on the road for the next week basically. The game against Riverside didn’t go exactly as I thought it would. We came out pretty flat...

February 13, 2012

Women’s Lacrosse Goes 3-0 at Tournament

By Katelyn Stefani

The UCSB women’s lacrosse team had successful results in this past weekend’s tournament in Arizona, as it finished the weekend with a 3-0 record. The Gauchos beat the University of Arizona Wildcats on Saturday and th...

February 13, 2012

Gauchos Go 1-2 in UC San Diego Triton Invitational

By Joshua Greenberg

The UCSB women’s water polo team returned to action over the weekend after two weeks off as they traveled south for UC San Diego’s Triton Invitational. After playing three games over the course of Saturday and Sunday...

February 6, 2012

Theft: An Epidemic Rampant in Isla Vista

By Michael S., Carl P.

The Isla Vista Beachfront at sunset is tantalizing, but do not be fooled! When the sun goes down, the trouble begins. When your mother said “nothing good happens after 12 A.M.” she was right! Have you ever had anythi...

February 6, 2012

Roommateships with BFFs

By Maya Salmon

Valentine’s Day isn’t just for romantic relationships. Community Housing Office (CHO) is going to take this time to address some of those other wonderful relationships in your life- your friends! Does Best Friend = B...

February 2, 2012

Gauchos Fall to USC on the Road

By Kristen Henneman

If the UCSB women’s basketball team could find a way to score, it would be a very dangerous team. Offensive inconsistency once again killed the Gauchos, who lost to USC 50-39 in a nonconference matchup. The loss was th...

February 2, 2012

Road Trip Up North

By Christian Peterson

The following is the first Online Nexus Sports Blog, from Christian Peterson, senior forward on the UCSB men’s basketball team. This past weekend was our longest road trip of the year and, for me and many other tea...