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Five Years Later, USA Women’s Soccer Wins Equal Pay

Yet, the U.S. women’s national team persisted, filing an appeal in 2021 that eventually found its way back to court. Despite years of denial, the U.S. Soccer Federation agreed last week to pay $24 m...
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The Sports World Rallies in Support of Ukraine

From the likes of the NBA teams condemning violence against Ukraine, such as the Sacramento Kings and Denver Nuggets uniting for a moment of solidarity before their game, to FC Barcelona and S.S.C. Na...
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Gauchos Continue Opening Hot Stretch of Baseball

A couple key contributors in the game included sophomore outfielder Broc Mortensen, junior utility player Christian Kirtley, sophomore infielder Jordan Sprinkle and sophomore infielder Leo Mosby. 
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Men’s Basketball Produces Upset Against Red Hot Long Beach State

Scoring came early from freshman guard Ajay Mitchell as he delivered 8 points and 3 steals in the first 13 minutes alongside an unstoppable senior forward Amadou Sow who put up 16 first-half points sh...
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Women’s Track and Field Team Has Solid Outing at Don Kirby Elite Invitational

The big event of the weekend was redshirt sophomore Morgan Simon’s performance in the pole vault. With a vault of 3.82 meters, or 12 feet 6.25 inches, Simon surpassed the previous UCSB school record...
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UCSB Baseball Starts Season Strong With Series Victory Against University of San Francisco

Being down and going into the 8th inning, senior catcher Gianni Bloom got the scoring started, driving in sophomore outfielder Steele Ledford with an RBI double. In the same inning, sophomore outfield...
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UCSB’s Major League Baseball Legacies

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 i...
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UCSB’s Black Alumni Are Thriving in the NBA

Coming into UCSB out of Stockton, California, Vincent was stellar as a freshman, winning the 2015 Big West Freshman of the Year while averaging 10 points per game and shooting 42% from the field. The ...
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Who To Show Love to This Super Bowl?

As for the Bengals, they feature lots of young talent on the offensive side of the ball. The trio of Chase, Tee Higgins and C.J. Uzomah makes up one of the hardest receiver duos and tight ends to stop...
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Men’s Basketball Has Love-Hate Relationship With Winning

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 ...
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Women’s Water Polo on Fire To Start the Season

The No. 16 ranked team in the nation’s most recent game came against the Fresno Pacific Sunbirds, with a dominating victory. This was UCSB’s most complete performance winning 19-4 while finishing ...
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After Disappointing Start to Season, UCSB Men’s Volleyball Wins 4 of 5

The last loss of their recent stretch of games was at home to Princeton University. In this match, the Gauchos got off on the right foot, winning the first set. In the next set, they lost by 7 points,...
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UCSB Men’s Basketball Gets First Big West Win but Cannot Start Win Streak

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 gua...
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UCSB Women’s Track and Field Team Impresses at Opening Meet

The UCSB women had a strong showing with standouts in every event. Senior Gabby Sanchez threw a personal best in weight throw — 15.96 meters — placing her in second overall. Freshman Jessica Boyd ...
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First Wins for Each Gaucho Tennis Team as They Open the Season

UC Santa Barbara continued with 2 close victories in the latter 2  doubles matches with a 1-point win from senior Stefano Tsorotiotis and senior Victor Krustev, then a 2-point win from freshman Gianl...
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