Sports

October 17, 2012

Early Goals Push UCSB Over Sac State

By Mark Salay

Facing Big West North conference leader Sacramento State, the UCSB men’s soccer team delivered an outstanding performance Tuesday night in a critical league game, defeating the Hornets by a score of 2-0. Coming off two...

October 17, 2012

MLB Playoffs: Don’t Look Away, One Second Can Change it All

By Caleb Shoffner

What an exciting week of baseball! I’m sure if you’re a fan at all, and I mean that to include the fan who turned it on for three seconds, you have truly enjoyed this week of baseball. I turned on the TV to catch thr...

October 17, 2012

There Is No Shortage of Brotherly Love for UCSB

By Tanner Gore

The No. 2 UCSB men’s water polo team is playing some of its best water polo in recent history, thanks in large part to three pairs of brothers and the natural team chemistry that comes along with them. The three pairs ...

October 16, 2012

Gauchos Host Big West Leader Sac State

By Kristen Henneman

October 16, 2012

Aaron Rodgers Showed on Sunday Why He Is the NFL’s Best

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Aaron Rodgers is back. Picked in the top three of virtually all fantasy drafts, Rodgers underperformed for the first three weeks of the season, and after two good weeks of play, Mr. Discount Double Check himself exploded...

October 15, 2012

Gauchos Beat UC Davis, Pacific on the Road

By Caleb Shoffner

The UCSB women’s volleyball team was victorious this weekend with two big conference wins. UCSB is now 11-11 and 4-3 in the Big West and reaches a .500 record for the first time since mid-September. On Saturday night, ...

October 15, 2012

Gauchos Fall to the Cardinal

By Tanner Gore

The No. 2 UCSB men’s water polo team lost in its first MPSF game of the season Saturday, 9-7 to Stanford. This loss was the Gauchos’ second in three games against the Cardinal. With the loss, Santa Barbara drops to 1...

October 15, 2012

UCSB Splits Home Matches

By Mark Salay

In its final home games of the regular season, the UCSB women’s soccer team defeated the University of Hawaii 1-0 before losing a close contest to Cal State Northridge by a 1-0 margin. Only able to win one game for its...

October 12, 2012

UCSB Travels North to Take on UC Davis

By Kristen Henneman

After suffering its first loss of the season last weekend to Cal State Northridge, the No. 8 UCSB men’s soccer team will look to rebound in a critical matchup Saturday against UC Davis. “We will look at [the Northrid...

October 12, 2012

UCSB Faces Set of Northern Opponents

By Caleb Shoffner

The UCSB women’s volleyball team will travel far from home this weekend, heading north for two road conference games against UC Davis tonight and Pacific on Saturday. UCSB currently ranks seventh in the Big West with a...

October 12, 2012

Gauchos Look for Second Straight Victory Against Stanford in First MPSF Game of the Season

By Tanner Gore

The No. 2 UCSB Men’s Water Polo team faces No. 5 Stanford this Saturday in its first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game of the season. The Gauchos have already played the Cardinal twice this season, losing 8-7 at ...

October 12, 2012

Gauchos Play Final Home Matches of the Year

By Mark Salay

In desperate need of a win after a disappointing two-game road trip last weekend, the UCSB women’s soccer team returns to Harder Stadium this weekend to face the University of Hawaii and Cal State Northridge. With this...

October 11, 2012

Powered by Starting Five, Lakers the Team to Beat

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

While the Miami Heat may be the defending NBA champion, most of the media attention at the start of this year’s NBA preseason is focused on the Los Angeles Lakers. In what has been prematurely deemed one of the best an...

October 10, 2012

Reality Check: It’s Just a Game

By Tanner Gore

Watching bone-crunching tackles, horrible injuries, gravity-defying athleticism and the toughest athletes in the world battle week in and week out is why we love football. But just as war desensitizes, watching football ...

October 10, 2012

Gankema Twins: UCSB’s Double Trouble

By Mark Salay

Entering the season as one of the youngest teams in the Big West, the UCSB women’s soccer team has matured into a serious contender this year thanks in large part to the veteran play of two junior Gauchos in the backli...

October 9, 2012

Andrew Luck: The Next Quarterback Star

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

While most fantasy quarterbacks underperformed on Sunday, a few standouts came through for their owners, teams and fans. Most specifically, Andrew Luck put forth a signature performance as the Indianapolis Colts pulled a...