Sports

January 11, 2012

Big West Basketball

By Ryan Porush, Brent Pella, Paul-Michael Ochoa, Joshua Greenberg, Mark Salay

UC Santa Barbara: Gauchos With lofty expectations set for conference play, the UCSB men’s basketball team is off to a hot start after winning its first two Big West games. The Gauchos (7-5 Overall, 2-0 Big West) opened...

January 10, 2012

Tuesday Ballin’ With Ed. and Ed.: Sports Editors Pella & Porush Tackle Some Early Season NBA Headlines

By Ryan Porush

Thunder & Lightning The Oklahoma City Thunder have gotten off to the fast start we expected, but at 8-2 the Thunder may be even better than advertised. Kevin Durant is continuing to grow and improve, which is saying ...

January 10, 2012

Tuesday Ballin’ With Ed. and Ed.: Sports Editors Pella & Porush Tackle Some Early Season NBA Headlines

By Brent Pella

“Good Lo’dy wo’dy / I just took more shots than Kobe” Big Sean didn’t need to search too far to find a metaphor with the word ‘shot’ involved. Kobe Bryant’s shooting habits are one of the most talked abou...

January 9, 2012

UCSB Grabs Sixth at Home Tourney

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The defending national runner-up UCSB men’s volleyball team opened their 2012 season with a sixth-place finish at the UCSB/asics Invitational Tournament on Saturday. The No. 14 Gauchos fell to No. 1 BYU in the sixth-pl...

January 9, 2012

Gauchos Top CSF 77-64, Improve to 2-0 Big West

By Ryan Porush

The UCSB men’s basketball team captured its second straight Big West win in the Thunderdome last Thursday night, beating visiting Cal State Fullerton 77-64 in the team’s conference home opener. With the win, the Gauc...

December 5, 2011

Gaucho Men and Women Take Seventh During Texas Invite

By Brent Pella

This weekend both the UCSB men and women’s swim and dive teams finished seventh overall at the Texas Invitational meet at the University of Texas. The meet serves as the last competition for both teams until Jan. 21, w...

December 4, 2011

UCSB Wraps Up 2011 Competition

By Brent Pella

‘Winter break’ will be more winter than break for the men’s and women’s swim and dive team this season. The squad will cease training for just 10 days during the holiday months, a stark contrast to the usual four...

December 1, 2011

Johnson’s 36 Points Not Enough to Top UNLV

By Ryan Porush

In front of a loud and restless crowd, the UCSB men’s basketball team fell to visiting No. 18 UNLV 94-88 in double overtime in one of the best games at the Thunderdome in recent memory. “We left everything out there ...

November 27, 2011

Gauchos Defeated by Creighton in Third Round of NCAA’s

By Brent Pella

The UCSB men's soccer team was defeated 2-1 in third round action of the NCAA tournament against Creighton in Omaha, Nebraska on Sunday.

November 23, 2011

Beneath the Mask- Luis Silva

By Brent Pella

Brent Pella sits down with Big West midfielder of the year Luis Silva just one week before his 2nd-round playoff game against Creighton.

November 23, 2011

Women’s Club Brings Home National Title

By Zak Weinberg

UCSB Women’s Club Soccer Head Coach Todd Heil can finally lift his ban on a team T-shirt that reads “On the Road to Five,” as the women edged out rival Cal Poly 1-0 in Saturday’s championship match to make their ...

November 23, 2011

Gauchos Take on Huskies at Home

By Kristen Henneman

UCSB women’s basketball finishes off a three-game home stand Wednesday against Pac-12 opponent Washington. After two consecutive wins last week, the Gauchos improved to 2-2. The Huskies have also won two straight, incl...

November 22, 2011

Seniors Lead Gaucho Volleyball

By David Russo

The UCSB women’s volleyball team has won every match since Oct. 29 and has secured a No. 2 ranking in the Big West Conference. The Gauchos have just two regular season games left against San Diego State and Texas Chris...

November 21, 2011

Gauchos Top Friars 3-2 in Second Round

By Brent Pella

Three players tallied one goal and one assist apiece in an offensive effort that led UCSB men’s soccer past Providence College in second round action of the NCAA tournament Sunday night. It was the first game of the to...

November 21, 2011

UCSB Tears Apart Lions for Second-Straight Win

By Kristen Henneman

The UCSB women’s basketball team earned its second consecutive win Saturday afternoon in the Thunderdome against visiting Loyola Marymount 66-49. With the victory, the Gauchos improve to 2-2 while the Lions drop to a w...

November 21, 2011

Gauchos Remain Perfect With Weekend Win

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The UCSB men’s basketball team used a dominant second half to overpower the visiting Westmont Warriors 82-61 on Friday night. “The energy level was down in the first half,” sophomore guard Kyle Boswell said. “I f...