Sports

January 21, 2011

Women’s Polo Thrashes Monterey Bay, Faces CSU East Bay Next

By Joshua Greenberg

The UCSB women’s water polo team traveled north to CSU Monterey Bay on Thursday to play its season opener against the Otters, using their superior talent to overcome the Otters’ physicality on their way to a 14-8 thr...

January 21, 2011

UCSB Swim And Dive Teams Head to Vegas to Face UNLV Rivals

By Brent Pella

The UCSB men and women’s swim and dive teams are looking to find their first victory of the New Year this weekend in an away meet against rival UNLV.

January 21, 2011

Volleyball Hopes to Recover From Conference Losses, Faces #11 CSUN

By Kirk Reed

After back-to-back losses, UCSB men’s volleyball (3-3 overall, 1-2 MPSF) looks to regroup with an away match against conference rival #11 Cal State Northridge (2-4,1-2) tonight at 7p.m. The Gauchos will try to get thei...

January 21, 2011

UCSB Faces #21 Waves in Season Opener

By Mark Bogard

No one ever said a top-40 finish was supposed to be easy.

January 21, 2011

‘Chos Face Fullerton at Home

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Coming off a disappointing 81-48 loss at the hands of Riverside, UCSB women’s basketball is looking to rebound in a big way when they take on Cal State Fullerton on Saturday at the Thunderdome.

January 21, 2011

Gauchos Look for Third Straight

By Ravi Bhatia

After winning its last two games, the UCSB men’s basketball team looks to be hitting its stride heading into Saturday night’s Big West matchup at Cal State Fullerton.

January 19, 2011

Deity of the Ice: Why It’s a Great Month for Hockey

By Josh Deitell

Southern Californians may not have access to the multitude of hockey broadcasts available to cable subscribers in the northeastern part of the United States on a nightly basis, but you might be surprised at how many qual...

January 19, 2011

Speace’s Pieces: And the NFL Playoff Rose Goes To…

By Julia Speace

The NFC and AFC Championships are upon us, with each team just as desperate, hopeful and hungry as the final four vixens vying for the heart of an emotionally distant/socially awkward “primo bachelor.”

January 19, 2011

AQB: On Wes Welker’s Foot Jokes

By Sports Editor

AQB was searching for Wes Welker’s foot jokes about Rex Ryan on YouTube when he realized that the NFL doesn’t permit the reproduction of anything without its expressed written consent.

January 19, 2011

Gauchos Set to Avenge 2010 Tourney Loss

By Joshua Greenberg

Entering last season’s Big West Tournament with a winning record for the second consecutive season, UCSB women’s water polo believed it had the opportunity to do something special.

January 19, 2011

Week Two: The Point System

By Mark Bogard

I swear that there’s only one thing preventing me from achieving academic, social and general life perfection: effort. Of course, effort is also the only thing keeping me from a glorious six-pack and taut, bronzed skin...

January 19, 2011

AQB: Get off LBJ’s Privates

By Sports Editor

The Miami Heat have lost four games in a row in spite of LeBron James returning from an injury. AQB thinks this might officially be the time for LeBron lovers to get off his nuts. AQB is not being hasty. Go Kobe.

January 19, 2011

How To Train Your Sports Editor: The Point System

By Mark Bogard

I swear that there’s only one thing preventing me from achieving academic, social and general life perfection: effort.

January 19, 2011

Gauchos Swept By Long Beach

By Kirk Reed

In the men’s volleyball team’s third straight road game, #5 UCSB fell to #8 Long Beach State last night 25-18, 25-12, 25-22. With back-to-back losses, the Gauchos are now off to a 1-2 start in Mountain Pacific Sports...

January 18, 2011

Gauchos Split Weekend MPSF Play Against San Diego, Irvine

By Kirk Reed

In its first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference match, UCSB defeated UCSD on Friday in straight sets, 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-21). The Gauchos were unable to keep the ball rolling during the rest of the conferen...

January 18, 2011

UCSB Stumbles on Road Against UCR

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

A slow start doomed the UCSB women’s basketball team on Saturday night in an 81-48 loss at UC Riverside. The Highlanders used a 21-point scoring streak to take a 27-2 lead while the Gauchos were never able to recover.