Sports

May 9, 2013

Gauchos Are Tourney Bound

By Austin Richardson

For the first time since 2009, the UCSB men’s tennis team will be competing in the NCAA tournament for a chance to win a national championship. The Gauchos qualified for the tournament thanks to a spectacular postseaso...

May 9, 2013

Surging Gauchos Face Red Hot Northridge

By Caleb Shoffner

After stealing away a series win from UC Irvine last weekend with a dramatic walk-off win on Sunday, the UCSB baseball team will hit the road and head to Cal State Northridge for a three-game series with the second-place...

May 9, 2013

UCSB Ends Season Hosting Last Place UC Riverside

By Michael Jorgenson

The UCSB softball team plays its final three games of the season this weekend against UC Riverside. After a very up-and-down season, the Gauchos have compiled an overall 29-23 record, going 10-11 in conference play. Rive...

May 9, 2013

Gauchos Begin Big West Conference Championships With Title in Mind

By Josh Fiacco

UCSB men’s and women’s track and field are all set and ready to go for the Big West Track and Field Conference Championships this weekend in Northridge. After resting some of their top stars who were recovering from ...

May 8, 2013

Baseball for Austin Pettibone: A Family Affair

By Caleb Shoffner

When Andrew Checketts took over the UCSB baseball team as both head coach and pitching coach, it was not very surprising to see the surge in performance of his pitching staff in just the first season. This season, he has...

May 8, 2013

The Young Warriors Versus the Veteran Spurs: Stephan Curry Takes Golden State to Victory

By Kristen Henneman

  The NBA playoffs are really about one thing: who is playing the best basketball right now.The Golden State Warriors are that hot team. In the first round, Golden State upset third-seed Denver as the sixth seed to ...

May 7, 2013

Youth Are Taking Over the MLB This Season

By Tanner Gore

Just about every Major League team hit the 30 game bench mark over the weekend, and while the MLB season is a marathon not a sprint, 30 games is an adequate sample size to reflect on what we have learned so far.   T...

May 6, 2013

UCSB Wins Final Two Games to Take Third Straight Series

By Caleb Shoffner

The UCSB baseball team won its third conference series in a row this weekend, going 2-1 against UC Irvine. The Anteaters took game one in a high scoring affair 14-9, but the Gauchos surged back for games two and three af...

May 6, 2013

Gauchos Steal One From No. 22 Hawaii

By Michael Jorgenson

The UCSB softball team picked up its best win of the season in a 4-1 victory over No. 22 Hawaii Friday before losing its next two games in Saturday’s doubleheader. The Gauchos are now 29-23 overall and drop to fifth in...

May 6, 2013

Masterson Earns Second Consecutive Title

By Josh Fiacco

Senior decathlete Derek Masterson of UCSB’s track and field team won the men’s Big West Multi-Event Championship for the second year in a row this past weekend at Cal State Northridge. Three Gauchos finished in the t...

May 3, 2013

Sports Sensations: The Best of the Best

By Josh Fiacco

Professional sport is first and foremost entertainment, and marketing is the backbone of any successful entertainment industry. We’ve all seen it, heard it and read it. John Lennon famously once said that The Beatles w...

May 3, 2013

Germany Takes Over Soccer

By Austin Richardson

When this season’s FIFA World XI was announced, many fans and pundits alike were upset that every player on the team was from La Liga, the Spanish premier league. Even more amazing was that Radamel Falcao, the prolific...

May 3, 2013

Jason Collins Breaks Another Barrier

By Mark Salay

Monday was the historic day we have all been waiting for. Jason Collins of the NBA’s Washington Wizards became the first active male professional athlete from an American sports league to announce he was gay. Despite t...

May 2, 2013

UCSB Sends Multi-Event Athletes to Big West Championships at Cal State Northridge

By Josh Fiacco

After sweeping Cal Poly in a dual meet last weekend, UCSB is preparing for the Big West Track and Field Championships in Northridge, California. This weekend features the multi-event championships, when the decathlon and...

May 2, 2013

Gauchos Take Fourth at Conference Championship

By Mark Salay

Led by sophomore Brett Silvernail’s first-place score, the UCSB golf team closed out the Big West Conference Championship yesterday with a fourth-place finish. The three-day competition held at the Country Club at Sobo...

May 2, 2013

UCSB Looks to Climb the Big West Standings

By Caleb Shoffner

  This weekend, the UCSB baseball team will welcome third-place UC Irvine onto its home field for a chance to move into the top of the Big West Conference standings. The Gauchos have captured series wins the past tw...