Sports

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...

October 5, 2012

Gauchos Set for Weekend Games Against Cal State Northridge, Hawaii

By Caleb Shoffner

Tonight is the first of two immensely important games that the UCSB women’s volleyball team will host this weekend. Tonight, the Gauchos, 8-10 overall and 1-2 Big West, will welcome Cal State Northridge, which holds a ...

October 5, 2012

UCSB Welcomes Iona, Harvard to Campus Pool

By Tanner Gore

The UCSB men’s water polo team will look to ride the momentum of a second place finish last weekend in the SoCal Tournament when they face Iona and Harvard Sunday. The Gauchos are currently 12-3 overall, the best start...

October 3, 2012

UCSB Returns Home to Face Pepperdine

By Caleb Shoffner

The UCSB women’s volleyball team welcomes Pepperdine to the Thunderdome for a nonconference matchup tonight. This will be the first home game for the Gauchos in over a month. The Gauchos are currently 8-9 overall and 1...

October 3, 2012

BMX Flatland Pro Rider Terry Adams, Red Bull Visit UCSB

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

If you were walking around campus on Friday afternoon, you might have seen a man performing bicycle tricks unparalleled by nearly anyone in the world. That man was Terry Adams, a flatland BMX rider, who is on a 14-day Re...

October 3, 2012

Gore Ranks Top NFL Teams, Discusses Ryders Cup

By Tanner Gore

It was a bittersweet week in the world of American sports. The return of the real referees in the NFL and a strong opening to the Ryder Cup brought smiles to many sports fans. Then came Sunday, when the American Ryder Cu...

October 2, 2012

Peyton Manning Leads a Quarterback Resurgence

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The NFL is becoming a passing league, and anyone who says otherwise did not watch a number of quarterbacks produce both career and NFL record-breaking numbers. This year’s fantasy drafts were unlike any other in histor...

October 1, 2012

UCSB Opens Big West, Still Undefeated

By Kristen Henneman

The No. 3 UCSB men’s soccer team remained undefeated after opening up Big West play on the road with a 3-1 win over No. 24 UC Riverside on Friday and a 0-0 draw with Cal State Fullerton Sunday night. The Gauchos improv...

October 1, 2012

Gauchos Earn Second in SoCal Tournament

By Tanner Gore

The UCSB men’s water polo team placed second overall in the highly contested Southern California Tournament. With huge wins over UC San Diego, Stanford and UCLA, the Gauchos ran out of gas, falling short against USC in...

October 1, 2012

Gauchos Dominate Cal Poly

By Caleb Shoffner

The UCSB women’s volleyball team concluded its season-high, four-game losing streak with a sweep of Cal Poly Saturday night. With the win over the rival Mustangs (1-14, 0-3 Big West), Santa Barbara (8-9, 1-2 Big West) ...

October 1, 2012

UCSB Loses, Ties at Harder

By Mark Salay

Fans were on the edge of their seats at Harder Stadium this past weekend as the UCSB women’s soccer team played two overtime matches against UC Davis and the University of the Pacific to begin the Big West conference s...