Sports

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...

February 17, 2022

UCSB’s Black Alumni Are Thriving in the NBA

By Garret Harcourt

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 accolades continued ...

February 15, 2022

Who To Show Love to This Super Bowl?

By Garret Harcourt

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 in the league. 

February 15, 2022

Men’s Basketball Has Love-Hate Relationship With Winning

By Preston Espar

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 the 84-48 victory.

February 8, 2022

Women’s Water Polo on Fire To Start the Season

By Garret Harcourt

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 the game with a .559...

February 8, 2022

After Disappointing Start to Season, UCSB Men’s Volleyball Wins 4 of 5

By Garret Harcourt

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, but the third set w...

February 8, 2022

UCSB Men’s Basketball Gets First Big West Win but Cannot Start Win Streak

By Preston Espar

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 guard Elijah Hardy who ...

February 1, 2022

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

By Abigail Monti

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 placed third in the ...

February 1, 2022

First Wins for Each Gaucho Tennis Team as They Open the Season

By Garret Harcourt

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 Gianluca Brunkow and soph...

February 1, 2022

UCSB Men’s Basketball Looks To Turn Around Sluggish Start to League Play

By Preston Espar

Freshman guard Cole Anderson led the team with 21 points off the bench, and senior guard Ajare Sanni led all UCSB starters with 12 points. Senior guard Damari Milstead led all Titans in scoring with 21 points.

January 17, 2022

UCSB Swimming Looks for a Strong Finish to the Season

By Garret Harcourt

Kyle Brill dominated with a first-place finish. Another freshman standout, Taber daCosta, finished second in the 1650-yard freestyle. Senior Kian Brouwer, junior Dominic Falcon and sophomore Corban McIntosh each finished...

January 17, 2022

Attendance Policy Remains Unchanged

By Preston Espar

However, now that some students will be returning to campus, the athletic department’s choices have become more complicated. UCSB will need to make a decision soon, as the men’s basketball team plays at home only thr...