Sports

March 8, 2013

In Need of Playoff Push, Gauchos Host Pair of Ranked Opponents

By Mark Salay

A season’s worth of play will all come down to this weekend for the No. 14 UCSB men’s volleyball team. Entering in ninth-place in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation with nine conference games left on the season, ...

March 8, 2013

UCSB Defeats Long Beach, Secures Fourth Seed

By Kristen Henneman

When it mattered most, the UCSB women’s basketball team came up with the victory. With a 59-50 win over Long Beach State, the Gauchos solidified the fourth seed and earned a first round bye going into the Big West Tour...

March 7, 2013

UCSB Faces Long Beach State at Thunderdome

By Kristen Henneman

While it will surely be an emotional weekend for the UCSB women’s basketball team as it plays its final home games of the season, tonight’s game against Long Beach State is without doubt the most crucial game of the ...

March 7, 2013

Gauchos Battle For Position, Host Titans

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

With a postseason conference birth already clinched, the eighth-place UCSB men’s basketball team has a chance to improve its standing tonight when it hosts seventh-place Cal State Fullerton. Santa Barbara enters the ga...

March 6, 2013

Johnson Making Impact with Indiana

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

At this time last season, Orlando Johnson was the best player for the UCSB men’s basketball team and a hopeful candidate for the NBA draft. Fast forward a year and Johnson is a thriving role player for the Indiana Pace...

March 6, 2013

Crunch Time in the NBA: the Playoff Picture

By Kristen Henneman

The NBA season is almost three-quarters the way through. Now is the time when we start seeing which teams are real contenders for an NBA title and which teams can pull through to earn those final playoff spots. Here’s ...

March 6, 2013

Nexus Sports Examines Hottest Teams in the NHL

By Tanner Gore

The National Hockey League is back and the painfully long off-season lockout seems like ancient history. Although this season will only feature 48 games, it is proving to be worth the 119 day wait. The Blackhawks have ea...

March 5, 2013

Gauchos Win Fourth Straight in Rout

By Caleb Shoffner

The UCSB baseball team capped its long nine-game homestand on Monday with a blowout win over Saint Mary’s College by a score of 10-1. With the win, the Gauchos claim a 6-3 record over the nine home games and are now wi...

March 5, 2013

Joe Flacco is a Champion, But is He Worth $120 Million?

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

In case you haven’t heard, Joe Flacco is now the highest-paid player in the history of the NFL after agreeing to a six-year, $120.6 million deal with the Baltimore Ravens. While Flacco may have guided his team to an im...

March 4, 2013

UCSB Earns Big West Tournament Berth

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The UCSB men’s basketball team proved Saturday they could win the pivotal games that can make or break a season. UCSB defeated Cal State Northridge 83-74 on the road to clinch a spot in the Big West Tournament, defeati...

March 4, 2013

Gauchos Go Perfect 5-0 at Campus Diamond

By Michael Jorgenson

In its second home stand of the young season, the UCSB softball team returned to form with a 5-0 sweep in the Gaucho Classic II, defeating Seattle three times and South Dakota State twice. “We played really strong; we ...

March 4, 2013

Gauchos Get Revenge Against Riverside

By Kristen Henneman

After a horrible loss to Cal State Fullerton Thursday that broke a 40-game winning streak, the UCSB women’s basketball team responded in dominating fashion Saturday, defeating UC Riverside 62-42. The Gauchos not only p...

March 4, 2013

UCSB Sweeps San Jose State at Home

By Caleb Shoffner

Just three days after a crushing defeat to UCLA, the UCSB baseball team bounced back with a three-game sweep of San Jose State. The Gauchos took two of the three games in the final at bat in walk-off fashion Friday and S...

March 1, 2013

Finding Their Stride at the Right Time

By Mark Salay

UCSB Men’s Volleyball Has Won Two Straight Entering Second Half of Conference  Winner of its last two games, the UCSB men’s volleyball team heads into tonight’s match against No. 3 Long Beach State looking to end ...

March 1, 2013

Gauchos Prepare for Pair of Matches in Texas

By Austin Richardson

This weekend the UCSB women’s tennis team travels to Arlington, Texas for a pair of out-of-conference matches against Stephen F. Austin and the University of Texas-Arlington. The Gauchos are coming off their biggest wi...

March 1, 2013

Gauchos Face San Jose State at Home

By Caleb Shoffner

The UCSB baseball team continues its nine-game homestand today by welcoming San Jose State to Southern California for a three-game series. The struggling 2-6 Spartans are mired in a six-game losing streak after winning t...