Sports

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...

April 17, 2022

NBA Playoffs Are Upon Us

By Garret Harcourt

The newly made Play-In Tournament first occurred in the National Basketball Association (NBA) back when they had to implement a community bubble in Florida due to COVID-19 protocols. The NBA has since adapted to keep the...

April 17, 2022

Gauchos’ Baseball Sweeps Cal State Northridge

By Preston Espar

With his strong play in the series, freshman right-handed pitcher Ryan Gallagher was named Big West Pitcher of the Week. In his lone start of the series and the final one overall, Gallagher pitched 8 innings, a career-hi...

April 9, 2022

Men’s Volleyball Keeps Winning Against Quality Competition

By Garret Harcourt

On the season, the Gauchos improved their overall record to 16-6 and 5-2 in conference play, putting them in second place behind the only team they’ve lost to in conference, Long Beach State. In their recent run of ga...

April 9, 2022

Gauchos’ Baseball Continues Strong Start to Season

By Ethan Deyoung

The UCSB baseball team continued their hot start to the season beating Cal Poly in two of the three games over the weekend. On the run the Gauchos hitters have been consistent and the driving force to their fantastic sta...

April 9, 2022

FIFA World Cup Draw Held as USA Is Grouped With England and Iran

By Garret Harcourt

The favorite of Group B is the No. 5 team in the world, England, who have world-class players like forward Harry Kane and midfielders Phil Foden and Jack Grealish in attack. The United States, the No. 15 team in the worl...

April 3, 2022

Gauchos Miss Out on the March Madness

By Garret Harcourt

With the Gauchos being knocked out in the conference semi-finals in the Big West, it left them on the outside of March Madness. On the other hand, March Madness lived up to the name with many pets occurring throughout th...

April 3, 2022

UCSB Hosts First Track and Field Meet of the Year

By Abigail Monti

UC Santa Barbara hosted its first outdoor track and field meet in two years, in which they excelled. The meet included a full heptathlon and decathlon, with the main meet on March 11, the UCSB Invite, hosted teams from C...

April 3, 2022

A National Comparison with UCSB’s Softball Team

By Garret Harcourt

In a struggling season for the UCSB softball team, there are many areas that point towards quick improvement for the team. With solid defense throughout the season, with minor improvements to their pitching and offense, ...

March 7, 2022

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

By Abigail Monti

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 million in settlement...

March 7, 2022

The Sports World Rallies in Support of Ukraine

By Garret Harcourt

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. Napoli holding up a ba...