Sports

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...

October 8, 2012

UCSB Suffers First Loss of the Season

By Kristen Henneman

Despite an exciting 2-1 double overtime victory Friday night against UC Irvine, Cal State Northridge handed the No. 4 UCSB men’s soccer team its first loss of the season in a 1-0 decision at Harder Stadium. The Gauchos...

October 8, 2012

Gauchos Sweep CSUN, Fall to No. 8 Hawaii

By Caleb Shoffner

The UCSB women’s volleyball team split its weekend match-ups, losing 3-0 Saturday night to No. 8 Hawaii after defeating Cal State Northridge 3-0 Friday. UCSB dropped to 9-11 overall and 2-3 in the Big West while Hawaii...

October 8, 2012

Gauchos Lose Two on Road

By Mark Salay

In its first conference road trip of the season, the UCSB women’s soccer team came up empty in its two games against Long Beach State and UC Irvine this past weekend. Despite leading Long Beach and UCI at one point in ...

October 8, 2012

UCSB Perfect in Doubleheader

By Tanner Gore

The newly-ranked No. 2 UCSB men’s water polo team moved to 14-3 overall this season with two nonconference wins against Iona and Harvard on Sunday. Relative to their success in last weekend’s SoCal tournament, the Ga...

October 5, 2012

UCSB to Play First Big West Home Games

By Kristen Henneman

This weekend holds a couple of firsts for the No. 4 UCSB men’s soccer team. Not only will the Gauchos play their first games at home since the arrival of students for fall quarter, but they will also play their first c...

October 5, 2012

UCSB Looks for First Conference Win

By Mark Salay

With a loss and a draw in its first two Big West conference games this past weekend, the UCSB women’s soccer team now goes on the road for its first road trip of conference play. The Gauchos will have no easy task as t...