Sports

January 17, 2022

Women’s Basketball Carries 5-Game Winning Streak Into 2022

By Garret Harcourt

The Gauchos have managed to string together a 5-game win streak. During the streak, UC Santa Barbara has dominated their opponents, winning the games by no less than 8 points and beating Bethesda University by a score of...

December 25, 2021

Men’s Basketball Begins Win Streak Before Christmas

By Preston Espar

After losing two games on the road, the UC Santa Barbara men’s basketball team came back to the Thunderdome and was able to string together consecutive wins. The Gauchos’ victories against the Florida A&M Rattler...

December 7, 2021

UCSB Men’s Basketball Team Falls in Loss to Texas Arlington

By Preston Espar

Senior forward Amadou Sow continued his strong start to the season with a game-high 23 points while shooting an efficient 66.7% from the field. In addition, Sow was able to grab 7 rebounds, and junior guard Josh Pierre-L...

December 7, 2021

Women’s Soccer Comes up Short in Big West Tournament

By Garret Harcourt

Leading up to the contest, the Gauchos were in a tough stretch of games as they started October with a draw, then a three-game win streak. From that point on, they lost to their rival Cal Poly, then to UCI, and bounced b...

December 7, 2021

UCSB Men’s Soccer Comes to a Close After a Successful Bid Into the NCAA Tournament

By Garret Harcourt

The first-round matchup was all we were able to see as the talented UCLA Bruins men’s soccer team was able to beat the Gauchos by a score of 2-1. The Bruins were riding high coming into the matchup being No. 22 in the ...

November 25, 2021

​​UCSB Women’s Volleyball in Prime Position To Steal First Place

By Garret Harcourt

In the first loss of this three-game stretch, the Gauchos were outplayed in each facet as they committed 28 errors to Cal Poly’s 25 errors and had only 41 kills as opposed to the Mustangs’ 56.  

November 25, 2021

Dominant Opening Season Win for the Gauchos

By Preston Espar

The UC Santa Barbara men’s basketball team opened the season 1-1 with a 119-65 home opening victory against the San Francisco State Gators and a 73-65 road loss against the Washington State Cougars. The 119 points in t...

November 25, 2021

Men’s Soccer Downs UCI for Big West Conference Championship

By Jacob Davis

Offensive opportunities from both sides were few and far between in the first 15 minutes of the match, but the deadlock was finally broken by freshman attacker Ramses Martinez’s solo attempt, netting him his 1st goal o...

November 25, 2021

Successful End of the Season Finish

By Abigail Monti

Leading the men once again was fifth-year Nick Randazzo, who came off his second-place finish at Big West Conference Championships with vengeance. His time of 30:15.6 in the 10K landed him in 20th place overall, and firs...

November 25, 2021

Tough Early Season Test for UCSB Basketball Team

By Zack Kobler

The Gauchos look to bounce back on Saturday for a matinee affair with the Chicago State Cougars back at the Thunderdome. They look to replicate the same success they had in the season opener against San Francisco State w...

November 3, 2021

Gaucho Sets New Cross Country Course Record

By Aamir Rehman

UC Santa Barbara runner Nick Randazzo set a new course record at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational on Oct. 16, winning the race by 16 seconds in a dominant performance. The previous record for the 8K course had stood s...

November 3, 2021

Ultimate Fighting Championship 167 Card

By Luke Zimmerman

This past weekend, the Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to the sandy shores of Fight Island for the first time since January of this year to put on another amazing card of fights. The Ultimate Fighting Championshi...

November 3, 2021

Men’s Cross Country Team Takes First at Big West Championship

By Abigail Monti

Cross country, one of the hardest yet most underrated D1 sports at UC Santa Barbara, had a great weekend at the Big West Championships, with the men’s team taking first overall. Five of the nine competing Gauchos place...

October 26, 2021

Women’s Soccer Stays Winning Against the Big West Conference

By Ethan Gardner

The UC Santa Barbara women’s soccer team has opened conference play with a convincing record of 5-1-1 and doesn’t look to end their run of good form any time soon. Currently third in the Big West table, they have the...

October 26, 2021

Men’s Soccer Retains Top Spot in Conference

By Garret Harcourt

  Beginning with the first game of the week, the UC Santa Barbara men’s soccer team took on the UC San Diego Tritons on their home turf on Wednesday, Oct. 13. The Gauchos took an early lead against the Tritons in ...

October 26, 2021

Volleyball Splits Weekend Games Against Big West Opponents

By Preston Espar

The UC Santa Barbara women’s volleyball team saw their 7-game winning streak end this weekend with a 3-1 loss to the UC Davis Aggies. The ending of the streak came only a few days after their 3-0 victory against the UC...