Sports

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...

March 7, 2022

Gauchos Continue Opening Hot Stretch of Baseball

By Garret Harcourt

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. 

March 1, 2022

Men’s Basketball Produces Upset Against Red Hot Long Beach State

By Ethan Deyoung

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 shooting 8/11 from the...

March 1, 2022

Women’s Track and Field Team Has Solid Outing at Don Kirby Elite Invitational

By Abigail Monti

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 of 3.71 meters. The...

March 1, 2022

UCSB Baseball Starts Season Strong With Series Victory Against University of San Francisco

By Garret Harcourt

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 outfielder Nick Vogt singled...

February 17, 2022

UCSB’s Major League Baseball Legacies

By Preston Espar

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 increase his draft st...