Sports

April 5, 2010

49ers Outswing ‘Chos in Weekend Whomp

By Austin Pardo

The UCSB women's tennis team was outmatched by #38 Long Beach State at home Saturday and fell by a score of 2-5. The loss drops Santa Barbara's record to 9-10 on the season and 4-2 in conference play. The Gauchos will no...

April 2, 2010

SB Welcomes MPSF Rivals

By Ryan Porush

If ever there was a make-or-break weekend for the Gauchos, this is it. Stuck in a five-game losing streak that has left the squad in ninth place and one-and-a-half games out of the playoff picture, Santa Barbara is set t...

April 2, 2010

‘Chos Gun for 49ers, ‘Eaters

By Ryan Eagleson

After winning four consecutive games, the UCSB women's water polo team looks to keep its hot streak alive in its first Big West Conference action against Long Beach State and UC Irvine. The match with the 49ers is especi...

April 2, 2010

UCSB Stings Hornets

By Matt Connolly, Ravi Bhatia

Though he began the season as UCSB's third starter, junior transfer Nick Capito has quickly adapted to pitch ing like an ace. In his first ever series-opening start, the left-hander out of Santa Ana Junior College tossed...

April 1, 2010

“COWBOY” BOB WILLIAMS QUITS TO PURSUE BOYHOOD DREAM OF RODEO

By Black Abe

UCSB sports have just lost a real-life Gaucho. In a move that only those close to him could have foreseen, Bob Williams has elected to step down as head coach of the men's basketball team after 12 years at the helm. His ...

April 1, 2010

BRONTSEMASAURUS FOSSIL UNCOVERED AT CU STADIUM

By The WGE

The fossilized remnants of a Triassic period dinosaur, believed to be over 225 million years old, were discovered at a UCSB baseball game this past Sunday.

March 31, 2010

SB Keeps Up Winning Ways

By Joshua Greenberg

While the rest of the school was preparing for finals week, the UC Santa Barbara men's and women's lacrosse teams were fighting for supremacy in their respective leagues. On March 6, the second-ranked women took a tough ...

March 31, 2010

‘Chos Primed for Poly

By Ravi Bhatia

The men's tennis team travels to the Mustang Tennis Complex in Cal Poly today for a makeup match that carries postseason implications.

March 31, 2010

UCSB Aces Rivals

By Austin Pardo

The UCSB women's tennis team is coming into top form with just a handful of matches left in the season. Saturday, the Gauchos defeated Loyola Marymount on the road 5-2 and carried the momentum home on the following day t...

March 30, 2010

SB Slams Big West Foes

By Ryan Eagleson

While most UC Santa Barbara students took it easy over spring break, the women's water polo team was busy doing what it does best -- winning. Playing host at the UCSB Invitational, the Gauchos (13-8 overall) extended the...

March 30, 2010

Gauchos Cool Off as Spring Heats Up

By Ryan Porush

After a mid-season stretch where it looked like the UCSB men's volleyball team was hitting its stride, the Gauchos have now lost five straight matches and are marred in their longest losing streak of the season.

March 30, 2010

UCSB Struggles at Stanford

By Victor Bryant

After opening the Stanford Invitational with a 6-5 victory over Cal State Bakersfield in 11 innings, UCSB softball dropped its remaining three games against BYU, Santa Clara and Stanford by a combined score of 18-2.

March 29, 2010

Gauchos Go Dancing, Fall to OSU

By Matt Connolly

For the first time in eight years, the UC Santa Barbara men’s basketball team made it out of the Big West Tournament and into the big dance. But matched against Big Ten Champion Ohio State, there would be no Cinder...

March 29, 2010

Tumultuous Year Ends With Disappointment

By Miles Yim

Winner of five in a row, the #5 seeded UCSB women's basketball team continued its hot streak well into the 2009-10 Big West Tournament with blowout wins over #8 Pacific and #4 Long Beach State, but in the end ran out of ...

March 29, 2010

Brontsema Records Record Win

By Ravi Bhatia

Under clear skies on Sunday afternoon at UCSB's Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, Head Gaucho Baseball Coach Bob Brontsema clinched his 446th career victory in an 11-6 win over San Francisco, passing Al Ferrer as the winningest co...

March 29, 2010

Armchair QB

By Staff

The Yankees won the world series and Duke is in the Final Four. Seems like evil is in this year. I’m going to ride this trend all the way to the bank with a fool-proof preseason Superbowl bet: Go Raiders!