Sports

September 26, 2013

UCSB Opens Big West Play vs. Long Beach

By Michael Jorgenson

With a new coach and a new system, there have been a lot of firsts for the UCSB women’s volleyball team this season. This weekend, the Gauchos will be looking for another first as they try to win their first Big West g...

August 28, 2013

Gauchos Ready for Season Under New Head Coach

By Michael Jorgenson

After a disappointing record last season, women's volleyball is starting off a new season with coach Nicole Lantagne Welch at the helm. This will be the first time in 38 seasons that the legendary Kathy Gregory will not ...

August 28, 2013

UCSB Ready to Reclaim Big West Crown

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

After missing the postseason for the first time in six seasons after injuries rattled the squad, the UCSB men’s soccer team looks to once again return to its place atop the Big West Conference this season. Picked to fi...

August 28, 2013

Veteran Squad Brings Back Firepower

By Roy Kim

After finishing as the No. 7 collegiate program in 2012, the UCSB men’s water polo team is again positioned for another successful fall campaign. The 2013 corps will feature an experienced squad that offsets the gradua...

August 28, 2013

Gauchos Look Strong on the Backline

By Mark Salay

A new season with a different attitude brings a new motto: Believe. That is the saying going around the UCSB women’s soccer team this year and that which the players have embraced as they prepare for the start of the s...

August 27, 2013

Recapping the NBA Offseason’s Biggest Storylines

By Michael Jorgenson

Every year, between the NBA finals in June and the beginning of the preseason in October, basketball fans are forced to suffer. SportsCenter essentially becomes an endless feed of Baseball Tonight episodes, and the dai...

August 27, 2013

A-Rod’s Suspension Changes the Way MLB Looks at Cheaters

By Mark Salay

The suspension we all knew was coming and have waited for was finally handed down by Major League Baseball, and with that also comes one of the most historic falls of a professional athlete we’ve ever seen before. Alex...

June 26, 2013

UCSB Alumnus Brian Shaw To Coach Denver Nuggets

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Former UCSB basketball legend Brian Shaw was officially named head coach of the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday, his first opportunity to lead a team of his own after coaching in the NBA since 2005. Shaw has experienced tremen...

May 31, 2013

Kobe Bryant: Down But Not Out

By Michael Jorgenson

  For the past 17 years, the world’s best basketball players have asked the same question. How do you stop Kobe Bryant? Through countless games, fadeaways, dunks, spin moves, bumps and bruises and defenders beat o...

May 30, 2013

UCSB Begins Journey to College World Series

By Caleb Shoffner

For the first time since 2001, UCSB will get to enjoy postseason baseball. In just his second season as head coach, Andrew Checketts has guided his team into the playoffs. The Gauchos made a major push in the final two m...

May 29, 2013

Nexus Staff Writers Say Their Goodbyes

By Caleb Shoffner

Well folks, I am here to say farewell. It has been four years here and I’ve been working at the Daily Nexus for the last two, and I am really glad I got to work here. I have decided that the best way to say “bye” i...

May 29, 2013

Nexus Staff Writers Say Their Goodbyes

By Tanner Gore

So here it is; my final article for the Daily Nexus. I was pretty stumped on what to write about and how to write it. In the past when I didn’t know what to write on, I’d choose something that I am very passionate ab...

May 29, 2013

Women’s Basketball: New Look, Same Style

By Kristen Henneman

At this time last year, the UCSB women’s basketball team was coming off a Big West Championship and NCAA postseason berth with almost the entire team returning for this season. This year, that isn’t quite the case. T...

May 28, 2013

Gauchos Compete at NCAA Regionals

By Michael Jorgenson

The UCSB track and field teams were well-represented this past weekend with 12 athletes going to Austin, Texas for the NCAA West Regionals. During the three-day competition, the Gauchos saw seniors Jenn Carey and Amanda ...

May 28, 2013

UCSB Sweeps Davis, Secures NCAA Tournament Bid

By Caleb Shoffner

In the final series of the 2013 regular season, the UCSB baseball team executed exactly what was needed to make their final playoff push. The Gauchos secured a sweep of UC Davis winning 10-5, 8-1 and 5-3. The sweep secur...

May 24, 2013

Water Polo Reloads With Six New Recruits

By Tanner Gore

The UC Santa Barbara men’s water polo team has six recruits lined up to bring some depth to a roster that rose to No. 2 in the national rankings during the 2012 season but finished 2-8 in their final 10 games. “When ...