Sports

April 10, 2012

Gauchos Host Cal Poly At Home Today

By Brent Pella

Green meets blue today at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, when the Cal Poly baseball team visits UCSB for a solo game, nonconference series. It will be the first of two series meetings between the two teams this year, but will n...

April 9, 2012

UCSB Keeps Playoff Hopes Alive With Wins

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Two words best describe the UCSB men’s volleyball team’s pair of victories over No. 14 Hawaii this weekend: utter dominance. After dropping their previous eight matches, the Gauchos rebounded in a big way on Friday a...

April 9, 2012

Gauchos Drop First Big West Road Series

By Mark Salay

The UCSB softball team played its first conference road games of the season against Cal State Fullerton this past weekend, losing the series by dropping two of three games with all games decided by one run. “The games ...

April 9, 2012

UCSB Nearly Completes Upset Over LBSU

By David Russo

The UCSB women’s tennis team had two third-set chances to clinch the upset over the top team in the Big West, but visiting No. 51 Long Beach State held strong and barely edged out a 4-3 win over UCSB on Saturday. The G...

April 6, 2012

Gauchos Tame Matadors in Series Opener

By Brent Pella

A windy day provided UCSB’s bats with some added power during an 11-1 rout of Cal State Northridge yesterday at Caesar Uyesaka stadium. It was the first of a three-game series between UCSB and CSUN that will continue t...

April 6, 2012

UCSB To Host Hawaii in Last Home Match

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

After resuming play after Spring Break on the road last week, the UCSB men’s volleyball team returns home to host the University of Hawaii for its last home matches of the season. After losing eight straight matches, t...

April 6, 2012

Gauchos Travel to Cal State Fullerton

By Mark Salay

With its first conference series out of the way, the UCSB softball team will pack up their bags to travel to Anderson Family Field this weekend for a three-game series against conference opponent Cal State Fullerton. “...

April 6, 2012

Water Polo Finishes Season

By Joshua Greenberg

This Saturday the No. 14 UCSB women’s water polo team (16-12 overall, 1-1 Big West) will host its final two home games of the 2012 season. After going 1-1 last weekend to open conference play, the Gauchos will face No....

April 5, 2012

Fantasy Baseball Columnist Gets You Ready For the Upcoming Season

By Joshua Greenberg

It’s almost baseball season, which means a few things. First, it means hardcore baseball fans like me are about to get a lot weirder as we start worrying about all the ways we could potentially jinx or curse our teams....

April 4, 2012

Gauchos Fall to CSU Bakersfield 8-2

By Brent Pella

A long-awaited rematch quickly turned into a disappointing loss yesterday at Caesar Uyesaka stadium. The UCSB baseball team fell 8-2 to visiting Cal State Bakersfield, giving the Roadrunners their second road victory of ...

April 4, 2012

UCSB Competes at Sam Adams Invitational

By Joseph Tapiro

Following impressive performances at the Cal Poly Invitational and Cal/Nevada Championships this past week, UCSB track & field turned its attention to the Sam Adams Multi-Event that took place here in Santa Barbara a...

April 4, 2012

MLB Season Preview

By Tanner Gore

With opening day just around the corner, aftertastes from last season are rekindled. For some clubs, it is a bitter, uncomfortable feeling, like in Boston and Atlanta. But for those in Detroit and Anaheim, the hopes of d...

April 4, 2012

Mitchell Recognized as Rookie Head Coach of Year Finalist

By Kristen Henneman

After a year in which UCSB women’s basketball Head Coach Carlene Mitchell led her team to a Big West Conference Tournament Championship and an NCAA tournament birth, the first-year coach was named one of three finalist...

April 3, 2012

Track and Field Continues Season Play

By Joe Tapiro

Last week, both the men and women’s track and field teams excelled at the Cal Poly Invitational in San Luis Obispo, finishing in first place with respective scores of 141.5 and 98. The men’s squad took first in the 4...

April 3, 2012

Gauchos Face CSUB in Rematch

By Brent Pella

UCSB baseball returns from Spring Break with a 14-12 overall record and a 2-1 start in Big West Conference play. On Sunday, the Gauchos beat UC Riverside in the final game of a three-game series. UCSB took the home serie...

April 3, 2012

UCSB Returns from Spring Break Action

By David Russo

The No. 49 UCSB men’s tennis team went 2-1 in its three home matches over Spring Break to improve to 11-7 overall and 3-1 in the Big West. The Gauchos won the battle for second place in the conference on Sunday, sweepi...