Sports

January 25, 2013

UCSB Drops Tough Contest Against Matadors

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The UCSB men’s basketball team looked as if it was going to win its third straight game — and then things took a turn for the worse. Santa Barbara committed 15 second-half turnovers on the way to a 75-69 loss at the ...

January 25, 2013

UCSB Hits Road Against Tough Foes in No. 14 Pacific, No. 4 Stanford

By Mark Salay

The first road trip of the season has come at an inopportune time for the No. 10 UCSB men’s volleyball team as they travel north to face No. 14 Pacific and No. 4 Stanford Friday and Saturday, respectively. After starti...

January 25, 2013

Gauchos Travel to Take on UC Davis in Fresno

By Josh Fiacco

UCSB’s women’s swim and dive team will hit the road this weekend to compete against UC Davis on Saturday in Fresno. UC Davis will also compete against Fresno State, while the Gauchos will be matched exclusively agai...

January 23, 2013

UCSB Looks to Upset UCLA on the Road

By Michael Jorgenson

The UCSB men’s tennis team will face its toughest challenge of the year when it travels to No. 3 UCLA today. “No fear,” Head Coach Marty Davis said about what he stressed this week in practice. “On paper they’r...

January 23, 2013

UCSB Student Takes Over as Official Play-by-Play Announcer

By Kristen Henneman

For the first time in 19 years, a student has taken over the job of the official radio play-by-play announcer for the UCSB women’s basketball team, according to Assistant Athletics Director Bill Mahoney. Fourth-year Mi...

January 23, 2013

Peyton Manning Wins Record Fifth MVP

By Tanner Gore

The 2012 NFL season not only brought the usual on-field excitement of breathtaking athleticism and bone-crunching hits, but it also gave football fans the enormous amount of controversy that we crave. We began the year w...

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