Sports

April 23, 2012

Gauchos Finish Weekend Atop Big West

By Mark Salay

The UCSB softball team comes out of this weekend in a four-way tie for first place in the Big West after winning two out of three from the University of the Pacific this past weekend at Campus Diamond. “I think we’re...

April 23, 2012

No Sparks of Lightning This Year for OKC

By Ryan Porush

There is a recent commercial featuring Kevin Durant promoting the NBA on ESPN Playoffs. In the 30-second clip, Durant sits among the rafters in his home Chesapeake Energy Arena, contemplating raising a banner in that ver...

April 23, 2012

Gaucho Women’s LAX Takes Championship at WWLL Tourney

By Katelyn Stefani

The No. 1 UCSB women’s lacrosse team beat No. 3 Chapman University 10-4 at Harder Stadium on Sunday for the final game in the Western Women’s Lacrosse League Championship tournament, becoming the 2012 WWLL champions ...

April 20, 2012

Gauchos Face First Place Pacific

By Mark Salay

After a three-game sweep against UC Riverside last weekend, the UCSB softball team returns to Campus Diamond this weekend to face defending Big West champion and current league leader Pacific. With this weekend’s serie...

April 20, 2012

UCSB Looks to Build On Good Showing at Big West Challenge

By Kristen Henneman

Track and field will participate in two events this weekend, the Mt. SAC Relays and the Azusa Pacific Bryan Clay Invitational, after a successful meet last weekend at the Big West Challenge Cup. At the Big West Challenge...

April 20, 2012

The Best Stoner Athletes of Our Time

By Ryan Porush

Here it is, ladies and gents. The time to freshen the water in those bongs, heat up those vapes and spark up those joints and blunts. Yup, it’s 4/20, and that means one thing: weed. Marijuana permeates our everyday liv...

April 20, 2012

UCSB Travels North to Face Tigers

By Brent Pella

After charging through the Trojans 5-4 on the road Wednesdsay, the UCSB baseball team now travels north for a three-game series against University of the Pacific. Pacific is currently ranked last place at No. 8 overall i...

April 19, 2012

Kelsey Adrian: Clutch Canadian

By Kristen Henneman

To win a championship, a team needs players who step up in big moments. For the UCSB women’s basketball team this past season, Kelsey Adrian was one of those players. “Kelsey’s always had a reputation as a clutch s...

April 18, 2012

A Home Within a Home

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Growing up in Goleta since birth, Miles Evans always envisioned himself one day attending UCSB and starring as a major athlete on campus. The junior outside hitter just never imagined that his sport would be volleyball. ...

April 18, 2012

Gauchos Travel to USC for Evening Game

By Brent Pella

After a disappointing series at Long Beach State over the weekend, the UCSB baseball team will once again travel south in the hopes of snapping a three-game losing streak this evening against USC. The Gauchos are current...

April 16, 2012

UCSB Finishes Season With Weekend Losses

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

On the road for the final two regular season games of the year, the UCSB men’s volleyball team dropped a pair of tough matches, eliminating the Gauchos from the playoffs. Needing two victories to qualify for the playof...

April 16, 2012

Gauchos Drop Three Games at Long Beach

By Brent Pella

The UCSB baseball team finished the weekend on the wrong side of a three-game sweep against Long Beach State. The Gauchos fell in all three games over the course of the weekend by scores of 6-3, 5-4 and 4-3, all of which...

April 16, 2012

Gauchos Bring Home Top-Two Finishes

By Kristen Henneman

April 16, 2012

UCSB Victorious on Senior Day

By David Russo

On Senior Day for the UCSB women’s tennis team, the whole team dominated en route to a 7-0 win over UC Riverside after defeating Cal State Fullerton 6-1 on Saturday in Fullerton. The Gauchos end the regular season at 1...

April 15, 2012

Men’s Lax Travels to San Diego

By Tanner Gore

The UCSB men’s lacrosse team will travel down to San Diego this Saturday to face San Diego State University for their second-to-last game of the regular season. The game will be at Westview high school in San Diego at ...

April 13, 2012

Gauchos Play for Post-Season Appearance

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

With a berth to the postseason on the line, the UCSB men’s volleyball team will play its final two regular season games of the year when traveling to Stanford and Pacific this weekend. After winning two straight over H...