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Gauchos Snap Skid, Overpower Pacific

February 11, 2013 by

With their backs against the wall, the UCSB men’s basketball team came out Saturday night with a clear sense of urgency. Opening up the game with a 12-0 run, the Gauchos never trailed Saturday on th...
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Gauchos Make Epic Comeback to Bring Streak to Three

February 11, 2013 by

The UCSB women’s basketball team went into Stockton as the clear underdog. It left as a top contender for the Big West title. Looking like the team that won the Big West Tournament Championship last...
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Gauchos Back to Winning Ways

February 8, 2013 by

All season long, the UCSB women’s basketball team has said its defense fuels its offense. That was certainly the case last night as the Gauchos edged out UC Davis on the road, 60-52. With the victor...
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Cold Gauchos Fall to Sharpshooting Davis

February 8, 2013 by

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. UCS...
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UCSB Falls to No. 1 BYU in Fifth Set Ending Win Streak

February 8, 2013 by

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 Brigh...
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UCSB Starts Season at Mardi Gras Classic

February 8, 2013 by

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, N...
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Gauchos Face Cal Poly in Final Match

February 8, 2013 by

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 Pa...
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UCSB Seeks to Break Four-Game Skid

February 7, 2013 by

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 sophomor...
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Gauchos Travel North for a Pair of Games

February 7, 2013 by

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,...
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A Day in the Life of Kirsten Tilleman

February 6, 2013 by

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 Bre...
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UCSB Wins Second Straight Game at Home

February 6, 2013 by

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 Ro...
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UCSB Ends Homestand, Faces Cal Baptist

February 5, 2013 by

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 ...
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Reviewing the Awards and Top Moments of the NFL Season

February 5, 2013 by

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 Terrel...
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UCSB Wins 40th Straight Against CSUF

February 4, 2013 by

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 watchin...
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Gauchos Snap Six-Game Skid, Defeat Tritons

February 4, 2013 by

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...
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