Sports

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...

October 14, 2021

Storybook Franchises Claim Their Places Against Two Unlikely One Seeds

By Garret Harcourt

What a way to start the postseason. Two classic rivalries, one between the longtime rivals, New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, the other between playoff foes, St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers. In the wildcar...

October 14, 2021

Men’s Soccer Jumps to First in Big West With Two Wins

By Jacob Davis

The UC Santa Barbara men’s soccer team now sits at the top of the Big West table with 10 points following their last 2 home games against the UC Irvine Anteaters and CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners. The rival Cal Poly Must...

October 14, 2021

Women’s Soccer Heating Up Weeks Before Postseason

By Preston Espar

With two, huge 2-0 victories against Big West rivals, the UC Santa Barbara women’s soccer team was able to skyrocket to second place in the conference. The Gauchos have now won five of their last seven matches and are ...

October 14, 2021

UCSB Women’s Volleyball Stays Perfect in Conference Play

By Garret Harcourt

Over the weekend, the UC Santa Barbara women’s volleyball team continued their winning streak and stayed perfect in conference play, sweeping Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State in a dominant 3-0 fashion.  On Fri...

October 8, 2021

UCSB Women’s Volleyball Stays Undefeated During League Play

By Garret Harcourt

The Gaucho women’s volleyball team has had an up-and-down season leading up to their most recent stretch of league games. However, starting out in the league 2-0 was huge as they came to defeat conference rivals Cal Po...

October 8, 2021

National Football League and NCAA Quarter Recap

By Garret Harcourt, Preston Espar

This week’s college football slate was, on paper, supposed to involve instant classics and somewhat tightly contested games. That proved not to be the case as the higher-ranked teams dominated the lower- ranked teams, ...