Sports

January 23, 2013

Adrian Peterson Brings MVP to Twin Cities

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

This year’s NFL season certainly faced high levels of controversy ranging from the replacement refs to on-field fines and rule changes, but before the final game of the season is played in two weeks, one final hot topi...

January 22, 2013

UCSB Downs Cal Poly in 2OT Thriller

By Mark Salay

Rarely do rivalry games live up to their billing, let alone surpass them. Saturday’s matchup at the Thunderdome between the UCSB men’s basketball team and Cal Poly did exactly just that, as fans were treated to a dou...

January 22, 2013

Gauchos Fall to Rival Mustangs in SLO

By Kristen Henneman

In a Blue-Green rivalry game that pitted two teams with polar opposite styles against each other, Cal Poly’s offense proved to be too much to handle for the UCSB women’s basketball team as the Gauchos fell 66-47 to t...

January 21, 2013

UCSB Falls Short Against UNLV

By Josh Fiacco

The UCSB swim and dive team traveled to Las Vegas over the weekend for a matchup against UNLV Saturday. The Gauchos recovered from an early deficit but fell just short in a tightly contested match. UNLV won the first fiv...

January 21, 2013

Gauchos Downed by UCLA

By Mark Salay

The No. 8 UCSB men’s volleyball team fell short once again to No. 5 UCLA last Friday night at Rob Gym, losing three sets to one. Despite winning the first set of the match, the Gauchos dropped the next three sets as th...

January 21, 2013

UCSB Goes 2-0 to Start Season

By Roy Kim

The UCSB women’s water polo team found a lot to smile about following their wrap of a successful opening weekend. The No. 15 Gauchos defeated CSU Bakersfield 13-10 on Friday before demolishing Cal State San Bernardino ...

January 18, 2013

UCSB Travels to Cal Poly for Heated Rivalry

By Kristen Henneman

Beginning a three-game road trip this Saturday, the UCSB women’s basketball team could think of no better way to start that road trip than a win over rival Cal Poly. Santa Barbara enters the Blue-Green rivalry game at ...

January 18, 2013

Gauchos Seek to Avenge Five Set Loss When Hosting UCLA Friday

By Mark Salay

Payback will be the mindset for the No. 8 UCSB men’s volleyball team this Friday at Rob Gym as they prepare to host No. 5 UCLA in a rematch of the first game of the season. After losing to the Bruins in five sets in th...

January 17, 2013

Gauchos Dominate Westmont at Home

By Michael Jorgenson

The UCSB men’s tennis team got out to a hot start to open its season yesterday, sweeping Westmont at home 7-0. With the victory, the Gauchos begin the season with a 1-0 record. The Gauchos, who last year were much stro...

January 17, 2013

Top NBA MVP Candidates Already Surfacing

By Kristen Henneman

January 16, 2013

Kathy Gregory Announces Retirement

By Caleb Shoffner

On Monday, it was announced that the only head coach the UCSB women’s volleyball program has ever known would retire. On Tuesday afternoon, Head Coach Kathy Gregory officially announced in a press conference full of su...

January 16, 2013

He Said, He Said: The MLB Hall of Fame

By Tanner Gore, Caleb Shoffner

Bonds and Clemens in, Sosa Out The results of the 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame election were announced last week and the controversy is still simmering. For just the eighth time since its inception in 1936 and the first ti...

January 16, 2013

UCSB Faces Westmont in Season Opener

By Michael Jorgenson

The UCSB men’s tennis team will be looking to start its season off strong when it hosts Westmont on Wednesday. The Gauchos will try to build on last season’s efforts, as they finished just two points short of winning...

January 15, 2013

Patriots, 49ers Favorites To Reach Super Bowl

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

This NFL postseason has been a tale of two weeks. The wild card round was one of the worst rounds of playoff football in recent memory, with really only one game providing a somewhat compelling ending. This past week’s...

January 14, 2013

UCSB Snaps Two-Game Losing Streak Against UC Davis

By Kristen Henneman

One team was going to break its losing streak. With a dominating 58-43 performance over UC Davis, the UCSB women’s basketball team snapped a two-game skid and won its first game at home in its last six appearances. The...

January 14, 2013

UCSB Splits Weekend Series in Nor Cal

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Despite receiving a pair of monster performances from sophomore center Alan Williams, the UCSB men’s basketball team split its two conference games this week. UCSB dropped an 80-62 game at Pacific on Thursday before ea...