Sports

It’s All Business in Hawaii

May 2, 2013 by

The UCSB softball team faces one of its toughest challenges of the year this weekend when it travels to No. 22 Hawaii for its final away games of the season. The Gauchos come in at 28-21 overall and 9...
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UCSB’s Ultimate Threat

May 1, 2013 by

Playing sports growing up, you can usually play whatever position you want to. It’s not until later when people tend to specialize into a specific aspect of their game, be it a quarterback in footba...
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A Wide Open Western Conference: Oklahoma City is Still the Team to Beat

May 1, 2013 by

Miami takes the East, Oklahoma City takes the West. That was the consensus from basketball fans going into the NBA playoffs. Not anymore. On April 24, during Game Two of the first-round series between...
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A Wide Open Western Conference: San Antonio is Healthy and Ready to Win

May 1, 2013 by

Entering the NBA postseason it was apparent the Miami Heat was once again the clear favorite to represent the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals. The Western Conference is the exact opposite, howeve...
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Hits and Misses of the 2013 NFL Draft

April 30, 2013 by

After last year’s draft featured three or four franchise-changing quarterbacks, the top of the 2013 draft was quite the opposite. Instead of a selecting big time playmakers, the Chiefs and Jaguars s...
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UCSB Defeats Rival Cal Poly in Dual Meet

April 29, 2013 by

After a long stretch of tough scheduling, UCSB track and field took both ends of their weekend dual meet against Cal Poly. The men’s side ended up winning 101-96 in Saturday’s competition, while t...
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Gauchos Take Two of Three Against UC Riverside

April 29, 2013 by

  The UCSB baseball team could not complete a weekend sweep for the second week in a row. The Gauchos defeated UC Riverside Friday and Saturday to take the series win but were unable to come away...
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UCSB Ends Regular Season As Big West Champions

April 29, 2013 by

  The UCSB men’s tennis team capped off an improbable run on Sunday by winning its first Big West Championship title since 2009 with a 4-2 win over No. 3 seed Pacific. The Gauchos had a disappo...
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UCSB Places Sixth at Big West Tourney

April 29, 2013 by

The No. 16 UCSB women’s water polo concluded its year with a sixth place finish at this weekend’s Big West Tournament. The Gauchos lost two games to No. 8 San Diego State and No. 14 CSU Northridge...
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Gauchos Capture Series Against Northridge

April 29, 2013 by

UCSB utilized a balanced offensive attack to take two out of three games this past weekend against Big West opponent Cal State Northridge. The Gauchos are now 28-21 this season and fourth in the Big W...
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Davis Named National Blocker of the Year

April 26, 2013 by

After four years serving the UCSB men’s volleyball team, senior middle blocker Dylan Davis was honored this past week with the Off The Block/Springbak, Inc. National Blocker of the Year award as vot...
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Germany Taking Over Soccer

April 26, 2013 by

The semi-final round of the UEFA Champion’s League is underway, and the two German teams are attempting a coup d’état of the Spanish soccer dominance. On Tuesday, Bayern Munich took a commanding ...
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Solving the ‘Hack-a-Howard’ Dilemma

April 26, 2013 by

Earlier this season, on March 12 to be exact, Dwight Howard tied his own NBA record for most free throws shot in a game with 39 attempts against the Orlando Magic. In most cases, earning records is a ...
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Gauchos Begin Big West Championships Against Cal State Northridge

April 25, 2013 by

The UCSB women’s tennis team finished its regular season on Tuesday in a tough 6-1 loss against No. 7 Cal. The loss puts the Gauchos’ final regular season record at 14-8 overall and 5-3 in Big Wes...
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UCSB Preps to Face SDSU in Big West Tourney

April 25, 2013 by

The No. 16 UCSB women’s water polo team will culminate its season with the Big West Championship this weekend. The Big West Tournament will be a three-day affair, with the top placing team guarantee...
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