Sports

February 3, 2012

UCSB Hosts Cal Poly in Need of a Win

By Kristen Henneman

The UCSB women’s basketball team is in desperate need of a victory after three straight losses, and a win against rival Cal Poly Saturday afternoon might be the perfect remedy. The Gauchos begin a three-game homestand ...

February 3, 2012

UCSB Looks for First MPSF Win at Pepperdine

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The start of MPSF conference play has not been kind to the No. 15 UCSB men’s volleyball team, as the Gauchos will attempt to win at Pepperdine today after losing their first four conference games. Falling to No. 4 USC ...

February 3, 2012

Swimming Faces Cal Poly on Senior Day

By Mark Salay

The UCSB swim and dive team will play host to familiar opponent Cal Poly this Saturday at Campus Pool in their final dual meet of the season. The Gauchos will have a lot of emotion on their side as they plan to send thei...

February 3, 2012

UCSB Continues Road Trip, Faces Fullerton on Saturday

By Ryan Porush

The UCSB men’s basketball team will travel to Cal State Fullerton tomorrow night to face the Titans in its final game of a four game road trip. Three games into the trip, the Gauchos are 3-0 and will look to capture it...

February 2, 2012

Gauchos Fall to USC on the Road

By Kristen Henneman

If the UCSB women’s basketball team could find a way to score, it would be a very dangerous team. Offensive inconsistency once again killed the Gauchos, who lost to USC 50-39 in a nonconference matchup. The loss was th...

February 2, 2012

Road Trip Up North

By Christian Peterson

The following is the first Online Nexus Sports Blog, from Christian Peterson, senior forward on the UCSB men’s basketball team. This past weekend was our longest road trip of the year and, for me and many other tea...

February 2, 2012

Gauchos Fall in Straight Sets at USC

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

On the road for the second match of a three game road trip, the No. 15 UCSB men’s volleyball team lost to MPSF foe USC in straight sets last night, failing once again to capture their first conference victory of the se...

February 1, 2012

Super Snacks & Big Game Bites

By Kiyan Rajabi

Ask any American what their favorite day of the year is and you will almost always find that it’s their birthday or Christmas — or 4/20 if they live in I.V. However, Super Bowl Sunday comes in a close second for many...

February 1, 2012

The 30 Seconds Worth $3.5 Million

By Amanda Hill

This Sunday, you can expect upwards of 173 million Americans to be glued to a television, watching the battle unfold between the Patriots and the Giants. But of those 173 million viewers, only 47.3 percent are tuning in ...

February 1, 2012

Super Bowl: Key Matchups to Watch

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Matchup: New York Giants’ Defensive Line vs. New England Patriots’ Offensive Line Much maligned for a good part of the season, New England’s O-line is finally healthy. It showed in the AFC championship game, as the...

February 1, 2012

Touchdowns, Peyton and Kelly Clarkson: The Best Prop Bets of The Super Bowl

By Ryan Porush

Proposition bets are fun opportunities to handicap some aspect of a game beyond the usual winner and over/under bets. A quick explanation: All the lines are based on within the context of a $100 bet. A bet of $100 on +30...

February 1, 2012

Expect a Giant Game from Eli and Crew

By Ryan Porush

So the big day is finally here. Beer, chips and dip, wings, blunts and more beer will consume my Sunday afternoon on this lovely national holiday. Go America. And go NFL for giving us such a great matchup, not only for t...

February 1, 2012

Bet on the Pats and the Brady Bunch

By Joshua Greenberg

Over the last couple weeks I’ve been hearing people say that they aren’t excited for this year’s Super Bowl. Now if they were referring specifically to the halftime show, I would understand. Why the NFL thinks peop...

January 31, 2012

No. 17 UCSB Goes 4-2 in Home Tournament Over Weekend

By Joshua Greenberg

The No. 17 UCSB women’s water polo team began a six-game home stand last Friday, four of which were part of the 2012 UCSB Winter Invite. After dropping their first game of the weekend to No. 6 Arizona State, the Gaucho...

January 31, 2012

Gauchos Hit the Road to Take on Trojans

By Kristen Henneman

The UCSB women’s basketball team takes a break from conference play tonight to take on USC, the strongest team on the schedule for this year. The Gauchos enter the game at 8-11 overall and 3-5 in the Big West, while th...

January 30, 2012

Gauchos Overcome by Late Pacific Rally

By Kristen Henneman

The UCSB women’s basketball team dropped another close game Saturday afternoon at home against University of the Pacific by a score of 52-48. With the loss, the Gauchos (8-11 overall, 3-5 Big West) drop to seventh plac...