Sports

February 27, 2012

Gauchos Battle Back to Overcome BYU

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Down two games to none at No. 3 BYU, the UCSB men’s volleyball team rallied on Saturday night, capturing three consecutive sets to give the Gauchos their biggest victory of the season. Trailing 12-8 in the decisive fif...

February 26, 2012

Softball wins Five of Six Games in Weekend Tourney

By Mark Salay

Riding a six-game losing streak entering their home opener at Campus Diamond, the UCSB softball team came out of the weekend winners of five out of six games, including two wins against a ranked opponent. The Gauchos wer...

February 26, 2012

Beneath the Mask – Kelsey Adrian

By Brent Pella

Sports Editor Brent Pella sits down with women’s senior guard Kelsey Adrian. Adrian, a member of the Canadian senior national team since age 16, has travelled the world while competing for national, collegiate and ...

February 24, 2012

UCSB LAX Looks to Remain Undefeated at Home

By Tanner Gore

The UCSB men’s lacrosse team looks to remain unbeaten this weekend at home against Claremont on Saturday. The game has been chosen as the Southwestern Lacrosse Conference game of the week and will be shown live on Yout...

February 24, 2012

Gauchos Go South for Irvine Invitational

By Joshua Greenberg

This weekend the No. 15 UCSB women’s water polo team, which moved up from 16th in the polls after running their record to 8-7 to take seventh place in the Triton Invitational, will travel to Irvine for the Irvine Invit...

February 24, 2012

UCSB, Cal Poly Clash Saturday on ESPNU

By Ryan Porush

Senior guard Orlando Johnson needs just three points to become UCSB’s all-time leading scorer as the third-place men’s basketball team is set to host Cal Poly in a nationally-televised Saturday night matchup. UCSB (1...

February 24, 2012

Weekend Doubleheader for UCSB

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

On the road for their furthest road trip of the season, the No. 12 UCSB men’s volleyball team will play a pair of games in Utah this weekend when they visit No. 3 BYU. Winners in two of their last four, the Gauchos wil...

February 24, 2012

Gauchos Travel North to Take on San Jose State

By Brent Pella

The UCSB baseball team will pack up the pine tar for a three-game road series against San Jose State this weekend. After dropping three of four games in a seven-error showing against No. 23 Oregon State last weekend, the...

February 24, 2012

Gauchos Tame CSUN Matadors 61-44

By Kristen Henneman

While senior day isn’t until Saturday, the UCSB women’s basketball team rode its seniors to an impressive 61-44 victory against Cal State Northridge, its 11th consecutive win against the Matadors. The Gauchos improve...

February 23, 2012

Gauchos Fall to Long Beach State 70-58

By Ryan Porush

Long Beach State continued its dominance of the Big West conference Saturday night, as the 49ers (20-7 overall, 13-0 Big West) beat visiting UCSB 70-58. In front of a sold out crowd in The Pyramid, Long Beach improved to...

February 23, 2012

UCSB Takes On League-Leading CSU Northridge

By Kristen Henneman

The Gauchos will say goodbye to their two seniors Emilie Johnson and Kelsey Adrian when the UCSB women’s basketball team plays its final two home games of the season this week, beginning with Cal State Northridge tonig...

February 22, 2012

Gauchos Head to Long Beach State

By Ryan Porush

In a nationally televised matchup costarring the top two teams in the Big West conference, the UCSB men’s basketball team will travel to face undefeated Long Beach State tonight. The game, televised on ESPN2, features ...

February 22, 2012

Men Prepare For Pac-12 Championships

By Mark Salay

The UCSB men’s swim and dive team begin their run at stopping Stanford’s 30 year reign as conference champions this Thursday, as the men’s diving competition gets underway at the Weyerhaeuser King Co. Aquatic Cente...

February 22, 2012

Gauchos Place Seventh Out of Ten at Folino Invitational

By Tanner Gore

The UCSB men’s golf team finished the Folino Invitational on Tuesday, placing seventh overall out of the 10 teams. The tournament was hosted by Cal State Fullerton at the Industry Hills Golf Club in the City of Industr...

February 21, 2012

UCSB Three-Game Win Streak Snapped by UC Irvine on the Road

By Kristen Henneman

If the UCSB women’s basketball team wasn’t familiar with Kassandra McCalister from their last meeting, when she scored 21 points, it is now. On Irvine’s senior day, the senior guard proved too much to handle for th...

February 21, 2012

UCSB Falls to Long Beach State 3-1

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

On the road at Long Beach State to kick off a four-game road trip, the No. 12 UCSB men’s volleyball team fell to the 49ers 3-1 on Friday. After defeating No. 15 Northridge on Wednesday, the Gauchos dropped the match to...