Sports

February 13, 2013

Setting the Bar Beyond Expectations

By Mark Salay

Coming into the season as one of the youngest teams in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, the UCSB men’s volleyball team knew it had to rely on its underclassmen to help them reach the postseason once again. What ...

February 13, 2013

Nexus Sports Examines MLB Offseason Moves

By Tanner Gore

With spring training beginning yesterday, it is time to start looking ahead to the 2013 Major League Baseball season. This offseason was filled with major free agent signings and blockbuster trades that will undoubtedly ...

February 12, 2013

With Football Over, It’s Time To Hoop It Up

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The 2012-13 football season has been over for more than a week and I’m already depressed by the thought of waiting over six months for football to start back up again. There will be no more disoriented Sunday mornings ...

February 11, 2013

UCSB Wins Tourney With Perfect Weekend

By Michael Jorgenson

The UCSB softball team started its season in winning fashion, as it was crowned tournament champions after a perfect 5-0 record at the Mardi Gras Classic in Louisiana this weekend to open the 2013 season. The Gauchos sta...

February 11, 2013

UCSB Splits Final Dual Meet of the Year

By Josh Fiacco

Both of UCSB’s swimming and diving teams traveled to San Luis Obispo on Saturday to compete in their final regular season dual meet before championship season. The men won a close matchup by a score of 151.5-146.5, whi...

February 11, 2013

Gauchos Snap Skid, Overpower Pacific

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

With their backs against the wall, the UCSB men’s basketball team came out Saturday night with a clear sense of urgency. Opening up the game with a 12-0 run, the Gauchos never trailed Saturday on the way to a 66-53 vic...

February 11, 2013

Gauchos Make Epic Comeback to Bring Streak to Three

By Kristen Henneman

The UCSB women’s basketball team went into Stockton as the clear underdog. It left as a top contender for the Big West title. Looking like the team that won the Big West Tournament Championship last year, the Gauchos w...

February 8, 2013

Gauchos Back to Winning Ways

By Kristen Henneman

All season long, the UCSB women’s basketball team has said its defense fuels its offense. That was certainly the case last night as the Gauchos edged out UC Davis on the road, 60-52. With the victory, Santa Barbara imp...

February 8, 2013

Cold Gauchos Fall to Sharpshooting Davis

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The shots weren’t falling for the UCSB men’s basketball team last night as the Gauchos dropped a 64-56 game to UC Davis that extended Santa Barbara’s season long losing streak to five games. UCSB falls to 7-15 on t...

February 8, 2013

UCSB Falls to No. 1 BYU in Fifth Set Ending Win Streak

By Mark Salay

Facing the No. 1 team in the country on the road isn’t exactly the way the No. 15 UCSB men’s volleyball team wanted to begin its six-game road trip. Nevertheless, the Gauchos took top-ranked Brigham Young University ...

February 8, 2013

UCSB Starts Season at Mardi Gras Classic

By Michael Jorgenson

The UCSB softball team kicked off its season yesterday, playing Grambling State University in the Mardi Gras Classic in Louisiana. They will play four more games this weekend, against Wichita State, Northwestern, Mississ...

February 8, 2013

Gauchos Face Cal Poly in Final Match

By Josh Fiacco

UCSB swim and dive will compete in its final regular season meet this Saturday against Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. It will be both the men’s and women’s final head to head dual meet before the Pac-12 swimming and di...

February 7, 2013

UCSB Seeks to Break Four-Game Skid

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The UCSB men’s basketball team will attempt to break its season high four-game losing streak tonight when they host UC Davis at the Thunderdome. Santa Barbara was without its best player in sophomore center Alan Willia...

February 7, 2013

Gauchos Travel North for a Pair of Games

By Kristen Henneman

With just two games separating the second and seventh place teams in the Big West to begin round two of conference play, every game counts. And after losing to lower-ranked UC Riverside last Thursday, this weekend’s ga...

February 6, 2013

A Day in the Life of Kirsten Tilleman

By Kristen Henneman

On the UCSB roster, Kirsten Tilleman is listed as a senior, but she is definitely no ordinary student athlete. For one, Tilleman isn’t an undergrad; she’s a second-year graduate student at the Bren School of Environm...

February 6, 2013

UCSB Wins Second Straight Game at Home

By Mark Salay

Faced with the task of accomplishing a feat it has struggled with all season long, the No. 15 UCSB men’s volleyball team earned its first five-set victory last night against No. 12 Cal Baptist at Rob Gym. In a back-and...