Sports

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...

May 11, 2012

Gauchos Play in Final Series of the Season

By Mark Salay

Two games behind first place Long Beach with one series left in the season, the UCSB softball team travels to Cal State Northridge today with the oppor- tunity to earn a Big West Championship crown. With three other team...

May 11, 2012

Gauchos Head East to South Carolina To Play in Final Series of the Season

By Tanner Gore

The UCSB men’s lacrosse team heads to South Carolina for the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association tournament after a tough 10-8 loss to Arizona State in the Southwestern Lacrosse Conference semifinal game. The Gauch...

May 10, 2012

From Abroad to All-Big West

By David Russo

Seniors Mathieu Forget from Geneva, Switzerland and Natalia Lozano from Valladolid, Spain helped lead the way for the UCSB men’s and women’s tennis teams this season. Last week, Forget was named First Team All-Big We...

May 9, 2012

Perseverance at the Plate and Off the Field

By Mark Salay

The UCSB softball team enters its final series of the season this weekend with a chance of winning the Big West for the first time in the program’s history. There is no doubt that the Gauchos would not be in this posit...

May 8, 2012

Gauchos Fall Short in Semis, Clinch Playoff Spot With Quarterfinals Win

By Sports Editor

UCSB men’s lacrosse recently clinched a spot in the MCLA National Championship playoffs after reaching the SLC semifinals this weekend. The Gauchos fell 10-8 to eventual SLC winner Arizona State on Friday, May 4 in San...

May 8, 2012

UCSB Sets Sights on Championship, Enters Tournament as No. 2 Seed

By Sports Editor

UCSB women’s lacrosse heads to Colorado Springs to participate in the WCLA National Championship Tournament this week, beginning play Wednesday against the University of Minnesota. The Gauchos enter the tournament as t...

May 8, 2012

Fantasy League Gone Wrong

By Joshua Greenberg

What do you do when everything goes wrong? Where do you turn when the players you drafted for their production are not producing and that one random player who you didn’t expect to produce much at all stops being so su...

May 7, 2012

UCSB Sweeps Poly in Final Home Series

By Mark Salay

In its final homestand of the regular season, the UCSB softball team was able to stay in contention for first place in the Big West as the Gauchos completed a sweep of Cal Poly at Campus Diamond last weekend. “We wante...

May 7, 2012

Gauchos Win Both Multi-Event Crowns

By Kristen Henneman

The UCSB track and field team began postseason play in strong fashion on Friday and Saturday, taking first place at the Big West Multi-Event Championships at UC Irvine on both the men’s and women’s sides. Three Gauch...

May 7, 2012

UCSB Swept by Irvine, Drops to Fifth Place

By Brent Pella

A three-day trip to face lower-ranked UC Irvine turned into a three-game series sweep for the Anteaters and two shutout losses for the UCSB baseball team. The Gauchos fell to UCI 2-0, 2-0 and 5-4 on the road this past we...