Sports

September 25, 2011

Gauchos Split Pair of Big West Openers

By Joshua Greenberg

The UCSB women’s volleyball team split its opening games of conference play on the road last weekend, beating No. 21 Long Beach State on Friday before falling to Cal State Fullerton on Saturday. After five hard-fought ...

September 23, 2011

Gauchos Face San Diego Friday, Sac State Sunday

By Brent Pella

After suffering its first loss of the season last Friday at UCLA, the UCSB men’s soccer team will return to action tonight at home against University of San Diego, and again on Sunday against Sacramento State. Last wee...

September 22, 2011

Letters From Your Editors: (Ryan Porush/Brent Pella) Welcomes You To The Daily Nexus Sports Page

By Brent Pella

UCSB! Welcome back. For the new faces, welcome to campus. It was this time last year that I was first walking the streets of Isla Vista as a Gaucho, fresh off the transfer boat from UC Santa Cruz. I played basketball at ...

September 21, 2011

Letters From Your Editors: (Ryan Porush/Brent Pella) Welcomes You To The Daily Nexus Sports Page

By Ryan Porush

Hello, my name is Ryan and I am one of your proud new sports editors. I am kind of obsessed with sports. You could say I bleed Gaucho blue and gold (and occasionally red). A couple things about me: I believe that basketb...

September 15, 2011

No. 8 Gauchos Have Record-Setting Weekend

By David Russo

The No. 8 UC Santa Barbara men’s water polo team had an eventful weekend, losing its first game of the season to UC Irvine before winning three in a row at the Inland Empire Classic to improve its record to 5-1 on the ...

September 15, 2011

UCSB Splits Pair of Games Over the Weeekend

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Borrowing a travel tip from the men’s team, the UCSB women’s soccer team took a red eye flight to Michigan last Wednesday night to get an extra day’s rest to prepare for their pair of matches this past weekend. The...

September 15, 2011

Gauchos Tour Canada in Offseason

By Ryan Porush

Although the UCSB men’s basketball team doesn’t officially open its season until November, the two-time defending Big West Tournament champions have had a busy offseason, going 4-1 in an offseason exhibition tour o...

September 15, 2011

UCSB Goes 3-0 to Win Santa Clara Tournament

By Joshua Greenberg

The UCSB women’s volleyball team swept the competition last weekend, going 3-0 to win the Santa Clara Tournament. Ranked third in the Big West preseason polls, the Gauchos (5-4) entered the tournament with a 2-4 record...

September 15, 2011

Gauchos Tie Visiting Villanova

By Brent Pella

The result of Sunday’s game against visiting Villanova was not the shutout that the UCSB men’s soccer team was hoping for. However, the 0-0 double- overtime draw allowed the team to escape with a still unbeaten recor...

August 24, 2011

UCSB Dominates in Preseason Exhibition

By Brent Pella

May 26, 2011

Gauchos look toward Postseason

By David Russo

Ten Gauchos will compete in the NCAA West Preliminaries this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The UCSB track and field team will compete in nine different events for the chance to qualify for the NCAA Championships in Iowa...

May 26, 2011

Nexus Sports Editors Say Their Goodbyes

By Mark Bogard

From my position as sports editor this year, I got to see Gaucho sports in a way only a handful of people do. Unlike a school that attracts a handful of fans purely for athletics, UCSB fans tend to come here for the acad...

May 26, 2011

Nexus Sports Editors Say Their Goodbyes

By Ravi Bhatia

When ESPN’s Jim Rome visited our campus on Alumni Weekend at the beginning of the month, Mark and I were invited to his reception at the Intercollegiate Athletics Building.

May 23, 2011

UCSB Adds Multiple Racquets for 2011-12

By Kyle Detz

With the addition of the No. 1 junior college singles player in the nation, the UCSB men’s tennis squad has every reason to believe it can improve on its 10-15 record from this past season.

May 23, 2011

Gauchos Look to Improve With New Recruits

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

With 16 seniors currently on the roster, the UCSB baseball team will be reloading with a strong recruiting class of seven high school players that have a chance to play right away for a young Gaucho team.

May 19, 2011

Gauchos Name New Head Coach

By Kristen Henneman

UCSB Director of Athletics Mark Massari announced at a press conference Thursday morning that Carlene Mitchell — who has spent the last ten years at Rutgers — will take over as the head coach of the Gaucho women’s ...