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UCSB Faces Set of Northern Opponents

The UCSB women’s volleyball team will travel far from home this weekend, heading north for two road conference games against UC Davis tonight and Pacific on Saturday. UCSB currently ranks seventh in...
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Gauchos Look for Second Straight Victory Against Stanford in First MPSF Game of the Season

The No. 2 UCSB Men’s Water Polo team faces No. 5 Stanford this Saturday in its first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game of the season. The Gauchos have already played the Cardinal twice this se...
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Gauchos Play Final Home Matches of the Year

In desperate need of a win after a disappointing two-game road trip last weekend, the UCSB women’s soccer team returns to Harder Stadium this weekend to face the University of Hawaii and Cal State N...
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Powered by Starting Five, Lakers the Team to Beat

While the Miami Heat may be the defending NBA champion, most of the media attention at the start of this year’s NBA preseason is focused on the Los Angeles Lakers. In what has been prematurely deeme...
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Reality Check: It’s Just a Game

Watching bone-crunching tackles, horrible injuries, gravity-defying athleticism and the toughest athletes in the world battle week in and week out is why we love football. But just as war desensitizes...
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Gankema Twins: UCSB’s Double Trouble

Entering the season as one of the youngest teams in the Big West, the UCSB women’s soccer team has matured into a serious contender this year thanks in large part to the veteran play of two junior G...
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Andrew Luck: The Next Quarterback Star

While most fantasy quarterbacks underperformed on Sunday, a few standouts came through for their owners, teams and fans. Most specifically, Andrew Luck put forth a signature performance as the Indiana...
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UCSB Suffers First Loss of the Season

Despite an exciting 2-1 double overtime victory Friday night against UC Irvine, Cal State Northridge handed the No. 4 UCSB men’s soccer team its first loss of the season in a 1-0 decision at Harder ...
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Gauchos Sweep CSUN, Fall to No. 8 Hawaii

The UCSB women’s volleyball team split its weekend match-ups, losing 3-0 Saturday night to No. 8 Hawaii after defeating Cal State Northridge 3-0 Friday. UCSB dropped to 9-11 overall and 2-3 in the B...
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Gauchos Lose Two on Road

In its first conference road trip of the season, the UCSB women’s soccer team came up empty in its two games against Long Beach State and UC Irvine this past weekend. Despite leading Long Beach and ...
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UCSB Perfect in Doubleheader

The newly-ranked No. 2 UCSB men’s water polo team moved to 14-3 overall this season with two nonconference wins against Iona and Harvard on Sunday. Relative to their success in last weekend’s SoCa...
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UCSB to Play First Big West Home Games

This weekend holds a couple of firsts for the No. 4 UCSB men’s soccer team. Not only will the Gauchos play their first games at home since the arrival of students for fall quarter, but they will als...
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UCSB Looks for First Conference Win

With a loss and a draw in its first two Big West conference games this past weekend, the UCSB women’s soccer team now goes on the road for its first road trip of conference play. The Gauchos will ha...
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Gauchos Set for Weekend Games Against Cal State Northridge, Hawaii

Tonight is the first of two immensely important games that the UCSB women’s volleyball team will host this weekend. Tonight, the Gauchos, 8-10 overall and 1-2 Big West, will welcome Cal State Northr...
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UCSB Welcomes Iona, Harvard to Campus Pool

The UCSB men’s water polo team will look to ride the momentum of a second place finish last weekend in the SoCal Tournament when they face Iona and Harvard Sunday. The Gauchos are currently 12-3 ove...
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