Sports

April 25, 2012

Stud Sophomores Lead Bright UCSB Future

By Mark Salay

With one of the best seasons in the history of UCSB women’s swimming and diving already wrapped up, a pair of sophomore swimmers are geared to step onto center stage next season. Sophia Yamauchi and Andrea Ward broke o...

April 25, 2012

Fantasy Baseball: More Fun Than a Pillow Fight

By Joshua Greenberg

Now I know I promised that this week I would regain my sanity, but unfortunately I can’t say for certain that I have. I feel like I’m back to normal, but I’m not even sure I was sane in the first place. Not that it...

April 25, 2012

Can LeBron Handle the Heat in the Playoffs?

By Ryan Porush

LeBron James is in his ninth NBA season. He has zero championship rings. It would be ignorant to say that James is not the most talented — if not the overall best — player in the league. And yes, he took the easy way...

April 24, 2012

UCSB Sweeps UOP, Falls to St. Mary’s 2-1

By Brent Pella

After a three-game sweep against Pacific over the weekend, the UCSB baseball team was handed its first loss in five games against St. Mary’s on the road last night. The 2-1 loss came after the Gauchos took the UOP seri...

April 24, 2012

Can Anyone Stop a Seemingly Inevitable Heat- Bulls Eastern Conference Finals Matchup?

By Ryan Porush

We have been heading toward this all season. A rematch of last season’s Eastern Conference Finals, in which Miami won in five games, seems to be preordained. Now that we are approaching the start of the NBA playoffs th...

April 23, 2012

UCSB Competes at Mt. SAC, Azusa Pacific

By Kristen Henneman

The UCSB track and field team was divided between two events this weekend, sending several runners to the 54th annual Mt. SAC Relays, which took place Thursday through Saturday, while the majority of the team headed to t...

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...