Sports

May 23, 2022

New Begginings for a Tough Softball Season

By Garret Harcourt

The UC Santa Barbara softball team’s season came to a close this weekend as the Gauchos were swept by their in-conference opponent, Cal State Northridge. This came at the hands of losing to their other conference oppon...

May 23, 2022

Reigning NBA Champs Are Out

By Garret Harcourt

In the 2022 NBA playoffs, the underdogs have managed to climb out of the Western Conference while the Eastern Conference features the top two seeds. The Eastern Conference finals will be a matchup of the No. 1 seed Miami...

May 12, 2022

Steve Scott Invitational Provides Success for Gauchos

By Abigail Monti

The Gauchos truly rose to the occasion, coming home with 9 new marks to add to UCSB’s top 10 performances of all time as well as dozens of personal records. With the Big West Track & Field Championships beginning last ...

May 12, 2022

Rich Strike Gets Major Upset in 2022 Kentucky Derby

By Gabriel O'Brien

This year’s Kentucky Derby had a record $179 million in the pool, but had a just roughly $500,000 bet on the actual winner of the race — Rich Strike. Rich Strike, a 3-year-old Thoroughbred, was the second-biggest lon...

May 12, 2022

New Champions Are Crowned, While Others Look On

By Garret Harcourt

In a highly anticipated boxing match between the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter Canelo Álvarez and the undefeated Dmitry Bivol. In an attempt to gain the 175-pound title after securing all four world titles at 168 pounds...

May 12, 2022

UCSB Baseball Staying Hot at End 0f 2021-22 Season

By Garret Harcourt

The streak continued as the team beat the Waves 7-4, in a game where sophomore infielder Jordan Sprinkle and subbed-in redshirt junior outfielder Broc Mortensen each gathered 3 runs batted in. Following their 1-game vict...

May 5, 2022

Gauchos Sweep Rivals in Three-Game Weekend Series

By Preston Espar

The Gauchos traveled to San Luis Obispo days after a 13-7 defeat to USC. The two conference rivals were neck to neck and a Cal Poly series win could have changed the momentum for the rest of the season.

May 5, 2022

Dramatic Championship Weekend for Gauchos’ Tennis

By Gabriel O'Brien

On Friday, the women’s tennis team faced Cal State Fullerton, in which they shut out the Titans 4-1. In almost every single doubles and singles match, the ladies pulled out a victory — often by large margins. In the ...

May 5, 2022

NBA Underdogs Don’t Fare Well in Round One

By Garret Harcourt

The defending champion Milwaukee Bucks took care of the newly constructed Chicago Bulls team in 5 games. Antetokounmpo showed his playoff experience taking over the series game by game, while co-star Khris Middleton suff...

April 26, 2022

The Impacts of Baseball’s Turn to Analytics at All Levels: An Era of Efficiency

By Garret Harcourt

The new era of front office scouts and general managers is seeing a movement toward using “new” stats that more efficiently help players succeed. In the game of baseball, stealing bases, hitting the ball on the groun...

April 26, 2022

Women’s Tennis Dominates the Month of April With Undefeated Big West Play

By Garret Harcourt

Coming into their last regular season game against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, each team was undefeated in conference play, hence setting up a showdown of the undefeated teams. In the first doubles match, the No. 25- ranke...

April 26, 2022

UCSB Baseball Holds Down First Place in Big West With Long Beach Sweep

By Preston Espar

After snapping their 6-game winning streak in a 4-14 loss to the No. 14 UC Los Angeles Bruins, the Gauchos stayed in Santa Barbara to begin their series against Long Beach. UCSB set the tone of the series immediately wit...

April 25, 2022

Gauchos Sweep Series Against the Tritons

By Gabriel O'Brien

Finally, the afternoon game on Saturday provided the most thrilling feat of the whole series. The Tritons, hoping to recalibrate after losing in 2 straight near-blowouts, put up a good fight — with the final score bein...

April 25, 2022

Comparing UCSB’s Volleyball Team to Hawai’i’s 2021 Championship Run

By Garret Harcourt

As the season comes to a close, UCSB is in a prime position to make a run at the national championship in Division I men’s volleyball. Similarly, Hawai’i was the winner of the Big West Conference last season, and the...

April 25, 2022

UCSB Men’s Lacrosse Gears Up for Tournament Play

By Ethan Gardner

A win on Saturday meant first place in the Western Collegiate Lacrosse League (WSLL) Southern Division, but unfortunately the Gauchos could not get the job done. Despite this, there were good signs for the games to come,...

April 17, 2022

Women’s Water Polo Looks To Find a Spark

By Garret Harcourt

To start the month of February, the Gauchos, ranked No. 16 at the time, lost a tough matchup 4-10 against the No. 1 University of Southern California Trojans in the first match of the Triton Invitational. It didn’t get...