Sports

October 28, 2010

Armchair QB: Heat not so hot?

By Sports Editor

Here’s what’s going to happen with the Heat’s season:

October 28, 2010

Speace’s Pieces: Keep Going, Jeter

By Julia Speace

Harking back to my column written last month, I am here to pledge my allegiance to Derek Jeter. Given the fact that the Yankees are officially out of the hunt for October (or now, November?), it is time to make some move...

October 28, 2010

Green Advice for Green People: Fantasy Shortcomings

By Joshua Greenberg

I blame you, Ben Roethlisberger. I blame you, Kurt Warner. Now, you may be asking yourself, my good reader, how these two fine gentlemen could have possibly wronged me. I can assure you, it’s nothing personal. Roethlis...

October 27, 2010

The NBA: LeBron, Kobe, Carmelo and For Once, the Clippers

By Ryan Porush

Can you feel it in the air? The summer heat is fading away. The visitors are ready to flock to I.V. for Halloween celebrations. And it is currently one of the best times of the year to be a sports fan. The World Series i...

October 27, 2010

Alumnus Starting in World Series

By Brent Pella

Between the various dogfights, drug charges, assault charges and “sexts” taking over headlines in professional sports these days, it’s always good for fans to hear about a nice pro-athlete — especially when he on...

October 27, 2010

#13 Gauchos Face SLO Rivals

By Mark Bogard

Once again, the #13 UCSB men’s soccer team is under the spotlight.

October 25, 2010

Fall Season Continues With ITA West Regional Championships in San Diego

By Kirk Reed

The top four players on the UCSB women’s tennis team competed in the 2010 ITA Southwest Regional hosted in San Diego, Calif. this weekend. The Gauchos managed to win a pair of early matches, but eventually found themse...

October 25, 2010

Men’s Volleyball Kicks off Preseason With Winning Record in Weekend Tourney

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The UCSB men’s volleyball team finished with a 3-2 record this weekend in a two-day, six-team preseason tournament at USC, good for second behind undefeated USC, and tied 3-2 with Long Beach State.

October 25, 2010

Swim and Dive Opens 2010-11 Season With Dual Meet

By Brent Pella

The UCSB women’s swim team dove into the pool for practice Monday after coming off a successful weekend meet at UCLA, where the squad beat Oregon State 192-190 before losing to UCLA 156-98.

October 24, 2010

Softball Notches Pair of Victories

By Alex Schlick

UCSB softball had another winning weekend as they came away with two wins against College of the Canyons and Cuesta College. The Gauchos beat College of the Canyons on Saturday to the tune of 19-1 in a preseason game tha...

October 24, 2010

Club Polo Takes Second in State

By David Russo

The UCSB men’s club water polo team finished second in the state championships this weekend in San Luis Obispo, beating UC Berkeley and UC Davis on Saturday before losing to UCLA on Sunday.

October 24, 2010

Win Over Fullerton Revives Hope for Big West Tourney

By David Washington

With their Big West Tournament hopes on the line, the UCSB women’s soccer team defeated the Cal State Fullerton Titans 2-0 at Titan Stadium Sunday night, thanks to goals by senior forward Jacqui Simon and senior midfie...

October 24, 2010

Gauchos Fall to Trojans After Win at Long Beach State

By Ryan Eagleson

After coming from behind to defeat #8 Long Beach on Saturday, the #6 UCSB men’s water polo failed to bring the magic against #2 USC on Sunday.

October 24, 2010

Gauchos Rout Matadors in 4-0 Shutout

By Mark Bogard

Sophomore forward Sam Garza did something no Gaucho has done since Chris Pontius more than three years ago, scoring a hat trick that helped the UCSB men’s soccer (10-3-2 overall, 6-1 Big West) team clinch their seventh...

October 24, 2010

UCSB Steals Pair of Conference Wins

By Ryan Porush

UCSB women’s volleyball rose to the top of the Big West conference this weekend after two home wins over UC Irvine on Friday and Cal State Northridge on Saturday.

October 23, 2010

Men’s Soccer Records Seventh Straight Win

By Mark Bogard

Cal State Northridge never stood a chance against the UCSB men’s soccer team, which won 4-0 for its seventh straight victory. The scoring started early, with sophomore forward Sam Garza scoring one of his hat-trick goa...