Sports

Reaction From the NFL Divisional Round

January 18, 2012 by Joshua Greenberg

I’m back, baby. After getting only one prediction right in the wildcard round, I got three out of four games right in the divisional round to make me 4-4 in the playoffs so far, and I’m feeling go...
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Team Shuts Down Cal Baptist 3-0, Begins Conference Play This Friday

January 17, 2012 by Paul-Michael Ochoa

The No. 13 UCSB men’s volleyball team easily defeated Cal Baptist on Wednesday with a dominating 3-0 sweep in their final matchup before league play begins. UCSB improves to 2-2 on the season thus f...
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UCSB Dominates UC Irvine, Loses in Overtime Against UC Riverside

January 17, 2012 by Ryan Porush

The UCSB men’s basketball team suffered its first Big West loss of the season Thursday on the road at UC Riverside before beating UC Irvine at home on Saturday. The Gauchos (8-6 overall, 3-1 Big Wes...
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Gaucho Team Effort Overcomes UCR

January 17, 2012 by Kristen Henneman

It was a true team win for UCSB women’s basketball on Saturday afternoon when the squad knocked off UC Riverside 63-43 at the Thunderdome. With the victory, the Gauchos improve to 7-8 and 2-2 in the...
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Big West Conference: Women’s Basketball Preview

January 13, 2012 by Kristen Henneman, David Russo, Mark Salay and Ryan Porush

UC Santa Barbara: Gauchos There’s been a lot of change for the UCSB women’s basketball team in the past year — a new coach and a new system — but last year’s co-champions of the Big West loo...
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Big West Basketball

January 11, 2012 by Ryan Porush, Brent Pella, Paul-Michael Ochoa, Joshua Greenberg and 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, ...
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Tuesday Ballin’ With Ed. and Ed.: Sports Editors Pella & Porush Tackle Some Early Season NBA Headlines

January 10, 2012 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 impro...
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Tuesday Ballin’ With Ed. and Ed.: Sports Editors Pella & Porush Tackle Some Early Season NBA Headlines

January 10, 2012 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 ...
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UCSB Grabs Sixth at Home Tourney

January 9, 2012 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...
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Gauchos Top CSF 77-64, Improve to 2-0 Big West

January 9, 2012 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. Wi...
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Gaucho Men and Women Take Seventh During Texas Invite

December 5, 2011 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 te...
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UCSB Wraps Up 2011 Competition

December 4, 2011 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 contra...
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Johnson’s 36 Points Not Enough to Top UNLV

December 1, 2011 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 e...
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