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UCSB Signs Four Recruits for Next Season

Needing to replace three standout seniors, the UCSB women’s volleyball team has signed four new players for the fall 2012 season. The Gauchos are coming off a 19-12 season with an 11-5 second-place ...
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Gauchos Struggle in Final Big West Series

A winless outing in Cal Poly capped off the final Big West Conference series for the UCSB baseball team this past weekend. The Gauchos lost all three road games by a combined score of 29-14. With the ...
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UCSB Falls Short in Second Round

The UCSB men’s lacrosse team’s successful season was ended on May 15 in the second round of the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association National Championship tournament with a 6-3 loss to eventual...
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13 Freshmen To Aid Gauchos Next Season

With 10 seniors set to graduate this spring, the UCSB women’s soccer team is in a state of flux after their 2-6 last place finish in conference this season (7-11-2 overall). Luckily, for UCSB, Head ...
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UCSB Faces Cal Poly in Final Season Series

Though all but disqualified from post-season contention, the UCSB baseball team will look for a winning weekend against Cal Poly in its last three-game series of the season beginning tonight. The Gauc...
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Big West Crowned, Olympic Bound?

Before becoming a track star at UCSB, senior 800-meter runner Ryan Martin always envisioned athletics propelling him into the spotlight. The only difference is he expected his path to go through the P...
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Rebuild and Reload

After losing five seniors — including three starters — to graduation this season, the UCSB men’s basketball team is best described by two words: young and inexperienced. This year’s crop of fi...
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The Seventh Wonder of the World

As a freshman at UCSB, Barbara Nwaba didn’t know what the heptathlon was. Now, it may be the event that takes her to the Olympics. “I’ve always had big dreams and [the heptathlon] is what I thin...
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Gaucho Student-Athletes Receive Honors at Golden Eagle Awards

Seventeen UCSB student-athletes were honored at a special reception ceremony this past Monday evening for their continued achievement and success in academics. The event — hosted by Peter and Gerd J...
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Tennis Reloads with Talented Recruits

For the second straight year, the UCSB men’s tennis team will bring in a highly touted “blue chip” recruit from California: Matthew Alves from Gold River, who has been ranked as high as No. 19 i...
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World Peace, Hulk, and Fantasy Baseball

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 ba...
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UCSB Ends Season, Earns Second Place

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 t...
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Gauchos Drop Series to No. 8 Fullerton

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 ...
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UCSB Men Take Big West Championship

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 t...
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UCSB Faces Top-Ranked Fullerton

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...
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