Sports

November 6, 2012

Rookie Running Backs Making Noise in Pass-Oriented NFL

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Entering the NFL season, all the focus was on the five rookie quarterbacks that were set to begin the season as starters. However, with half of the season concluded, an equally compelling storyline of rookies finding suc...

November 5, 2012

UCSB Drops Season Finale to Cal Poly

By Kristen Henneman

A tough season for the UCSB men’s soccer team didn’t end any better as the team dropped its final game of the season 1-0 to Cal Poly. The Gauchos finish their season in fourth place in the North Division at 10-6-3 ov...

November 5, 2012

Gauchos Sweep Dual Meets at Campus Pool

By Mark Salay

A long layoff seemed to be exactly what the UCSB swim and dive team needed as they completed dual meet sweeps of UC San Diego and Cal Poly this past weekend at Campus Pool. Back in the pool for the first time in three we...

November 5, 2012

Gauchos Lose Two on the Road

By Caleb Shoffner

The UCSB women’s volleyball team has now dropped two straight games, losing two crucial road games this weekend. The Gauchos lost in three sets to Hawaii on Thursday before falling to Cal State Northridge 3-1 Saturday....

November 5, 2012

UCSB Downed by No. 1 USC

By Tanner Gore

The UCSB men’s water polo team lost its second straight Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game on Saturday to top-ranked USC 12-7. The loss was the Gauchos’ fourth in their last five games. The team drops to 1-4 in ...

November 2, 2012

No. 5 Gauchos Set to Take on No. 1 USC in Pivotal MPSF Matchup

By Sports Editor

The No. 5 UCSB men’s water polo team travels to undefeated No. 1 USC this weekend for its fifth Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game of the season. “We have changed up the practice structure a little bit and we ha...

November 2, 2012

Coming Off Trip to Hawaii, UCSB Looks to Improve Big West Record at Northridge

By Sports Editor

The UCSB women’s volleyball team will be heading to Northridge this Saturday evening to face off with the third place Matadors. The Gauchos will finish their game with Hawaii late Thursday night and head back to the ma...

November 2, 2012

Gauchos Seeking Revenge in SLO

By Kristen Henneman

The UCSB men’s soccer team will play its final game of the season Saturday when the team travels to Cal Poly for a blue-green rivalry match- up.At 10-5-3 overall and 4-4-1 in the Big West, the Gauchos are in last place...

November 2, 2012

Gauchos Dominate at Home in Exhibition Game

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

UCSB kicked off the 2012-2013 men’s basketball season with a 74-50 victory in an exhibition game over La Verne College Thursday night at the Thunderdome. With a rotation still undetermined for an inexperienced Gaucho s...

November 2, 2012

UCSB Hosts First Meet

By Web Editor

Returning to the pool for the first time in three weeks, the UCSB swim and dive team hosts its first home meets at Campus Pool this season against UC San Diego today and Cal Poly on Saturday. “It’ll be great if we ca...

November 1, 2012

UCSB Snaps Three-Game Losing Streak

By Kristen Henneman

Having lost five of its last six games, a team member and the opportunity to compete in the NCAA Tournament (ending an 11-season streak), the UCSB men’s soccer team was in desperate need of a win to end its season on a...

November 1, 2012

Gauchos Travel to Face First Place Hawaii

By Caleb Shoffner

The UCSB women’s volleyball team is in Hawaii tonight in preparation for a showdown between the first and second place teams in the Big West. No. 9 Hawaii is seemingly unstoppable, toting a 19-2 record and a 12-0 mark ...

November 1, 2012

McGlynn Charged With Battery Misdemeanor

By Kristen Henneman

After Sunday’s incident following the UC Davis game in which UCSB’s Peter McGlynn pushed the referee, the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s office decided to press charges against McGlynn Tuesday afternoon. McGlynn...

October 31, 2012

Out of Playoffs, UCSB Travels North

By Kristen Henneman

The UCSB men’s soccer team hopes to rebound from three consecutive overtime losses when the team takes on Sacramento State in its second to last game of the season tonight. The Gauchos have lost five of their last six ...

October 31, 2012

Matt Ryan Ready to Bring Falcons Back to Relevance

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The Atlanta Falcons are the only remaining undefeated team in the NFL entering week nine, thanks in large part to an explosive offense powered by quarterback Matt Ryan. With two All-Pro caliber receivers in Roddy White a...

October 31, 2012

The Young and the Restless

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

After three years of the best core of basketball players the university has ever seen, the UCSB men’s basketball team will try to reload as they start the 2012-13 season. With Orlando Johnson, James Nunnally, Jaime Ser...