Sports

May 21, 2012

UCSB Signs Four Recruits for Next Season

By David Russo

Needing to replace three standout seniors, the UCSB women’s volleyball team has signed four new players for the fall 2012 season. The Gauchos are coming off a 19-12 season with an 11-5 second-place finish in the Big We...

May 21, 2012

Gauchos Struggle in Final Big West Series

By Brent Pella

A winless outing in Cal Poly capped off the final Big West Conference series for the UCSB baseball team this past weekend. The Gauchos lost all three road games by a combined score of 29-14. With the losses, UCSB drops t...

May 21, 2012

UCSB Falls Short in Second Round

By Tanner Gore

The UCSB men’s lacrosse team’s successful season was ended on May 15 in the second round of the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association National Championship tournament with a 6-3 loss to eventual champion Colorado S...

May 18, 2012

13 Freshmen To Aid Gauchos Next Season

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

With 10 seniors set to graduate this spring, the UCSB women’s soccer team is in a state of flux after their 2-6 last place finish in conference this season (7-11-2 overall). Luckily, for UCSB, Head Coach Paul Stumpf an...

May 18, 2012

UCSB Faces Cal Poly in Final Season Series

By Brent Pella

Though all but disqualified from post-season contention, the UCSB baseball team will look for a winning weekend against Cal Poly in its last three-game series of the season beginning tonight. The Gauchos will face the Mu...

May 18, 2012

Big West Crowned, Olympic Bound?

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Before becoming a track star at UCSB, senior 800-meter runner Ryan Martin always envisioned athletics propelling him into the spotlight. The only difference is he expected his path to go through the PGA tour instead of r...

May 17, 2012

Rebuild and Reload

By Ryan Porush

After losing five seniors — including three starters — to graduation this season, the UCSB men’s basketball team is best described by two words: young and inexperienced. This year’s crop of five recruits, followi...

May 16, 2012

The Seventh Wonder of the World

By Kristen Henneman

As a freshman at UCSB, Barbara Nwaba didn’t know what the heptathlon was. Now, it may be the event that takes her to the Olympics. “I’ve always had big dreams and [the heptathlon] is what I think will get me there,...

May 16, 2012

Gaucho Student-Athletes Receive Honors at Golden Eagle Awards

By Brent Pella

May 15, 2012

Tennis Reloads with Talented Recruits

By David Russo

For the second straight year, the UCSB men’s tennis team will bring in a highly touted “blue chip” recruit from California: Matthew Alves from Gold River, who has been ranked as high as No. 19 in the country among ...

May 15, 2012

World Peace, Hulk, and Fantasy Baseball

By Joshua Greenberg

You know what we need? Fantasy pro-bending. Have you seen that shit in “The Legend of Korra”? It’s sweet, and even though it’s not a real sport, it would be pretty awesome to have a fantasy baseball-like game bas...

May 14, 2012

UCSB Ends Season, Earns Second Place

By Mark Salay

In its final series of the season, the UCSB softball team completed a sweep of Cal State Northridge this past weekend to end on a seven-game winning streak. With first-place Long Beach State winning two out of three from...

May 14, 2012

Gauchos Drop Series to No. 8 Fullerton

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Hosting No. 8 Fullerton in its last home series of the season, the UCSB baseball team lost two of three games to one of the best teams in the nation in a wild weekend affair. UCSB split the first two games of the series ...

May 14, 2012

UCSB Men Take Big West Championship

By Kristen Henneman

It was a weekend of mixed emotions for the UCSB track and field teams as they competed in the Big West Conference Championships at UC Irvine. The men pulled out a Big West Championship for the first time in school histor...

May 11, 2012

UCSB Faces Top-Ranked Fullerton

By Brent Pella

An extra motivation will be added for the UCSB baseball team during this weekend’s series against Cal State Fullerton. Not only will the Gauchos play in the final conference home games of the season, which doubles as a...

May 11, 2012

UCSB Competes for Big West Championships

By Kristen Henneman

All season, UCSB Track and Field has been working toward the Big West Conference Championships. That event is finally here. “[This is] what we’ve been waiting for,” junior Barbara Nwaba said. “Everyone’s really...