Sports

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...

February 5, 2013

UCSB Ends Homestand, Faces Cal Baptist

By Mark Salay

After putting an end to its six-game losing streak last Friday, the No. 12 UCSB men’s volleyball team looks to keep riding the momentum tonight at Rob Gym against No. 14 Cal Baptist. Playing in the final match of their...

February 5, 2013

Reviewing the Awards and Top Moments of the NFL Season

By Tanner Gore

The 2012-13 NFL season is in the books and the Baltimore Ravens have been crowned champions. All they had to do was endure the preseason injury to last year’s NFL Defensive Player of the Year Terrell Suggs, rally aroun...

February 4, 2013

UCSB Wins 40th Straight Against CSUF

By Kristen Henneman

Usually when Head Coach Carlene Mitchell makes her patented five-man line change, she’s looking for an increase in intensity, which is exactly what she got. After blowing a 10-point lead and watching the score become a...

February 4, 2013

Gauchos Snap Six-Game Skid, Defeat Tritons

By Mark Salay

Despite losing six straight games, the No. 12 UCSB men’s volleyball team delivered its best performance of the season in a must-win game against No. 13 UCSD, winning three sets to one. Led by senior middle blocker Dyla...

February 4, 2013

Gaucho Comeback Falls Short in Irvine

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Santa Barbara fell behind early in the first half against UC Irvine, and despite a furious second-half comeback, the Gauchos dropped a 62-60 decision off a game-winning three-pointer from Irvine. Sophomore center Alan Wi...

February 4, 2013

UCSB Sweeps in Final Home Meet of Year

By Josh Fiacco

UCSB’s swim teams bounced back after a rough stretch by sweeping Saturday’s dual meets at Campus Pool against the University of the Pacific and Loyola Marymount. The return home proved fruitful, as the women’s swim...

February 1, 2013

Keeping the Streak Alive

By Kristen Henneman

After a devastating 45-42 loss to ninth-place Riverside last night in a game that went down to the buzzer, the UCSB women’s basketball team will have to rebound quickly to take on Fullerton Saturday as the team looks t...

February 1, 2013

UCSB Looks to Break Three-Game Losing Skid

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Times are tough for the UCSB men’s basketball team, but it is still fighting hard without its best player in sophomore center Alan “Big Al” Williams. Santa Barbara, losers of three-straight by an average of fewer t...