Sports

October 2, 2009

‘Chos Eye Weekend Wins

By Miles Yim

After a brutal 10-game nonconference schedule that pitted them against five ranked opponents, the UCSB women's soccer team is granted a clean slate as Big West play begins this weekend. The Gauchos (3-6-1 overall) hit th...

October 2, 2009

SB Streaks to the Beach

By Matt Connolly

Coming off a comeback thriller against #21 UC Irvine, the red hot Gauchos take their six-game win streak on the road this weekend to take on #22 Long Beach State (8-3, 1-0) and Cal State Fullerton (9-5, 0-1). Though they...

October 1, 2009

It’s the Game of the Season…

By John Greely

The Gauchos are hoping to set the mark for biggest crowd ever to attend a regular season game in a college soccer venue. And what better opponent could they ask for than the illustrious Indiana Hoosiers?

October 1, 2009

SB Readies for Return Home

By Ryan Eagleson

The #6 UCSB water polo team will host their first games of the season this weekend, commencing with their annual alumni game on Saturday and culminating with a two-game series Sunday against fellow Division I opponents #...

October 1, 2009

Armchair QB

By The Armchair QB

Nike has re-sponsored the dog-torturing douchetool known as Mike Vick. I guess when confronted with the prospect of selling their souls to make a couple bucks, Nike's motto really is "Just do it." Jackasses.

September 30, 2009

Gauchos Lose Heartbreaker

By Josh Greenberg

After taking second place in the Aztec Cup in San Diego two weeks ago, the UCSB men's soccer club welcomed the University of San Francisco for their first home game of the season. Though the team was feeling confident af...

September 30, 2009

Surfer’s Paradise

By Todd Prodanovich

Welcome back to the pool, kids. I hope you brought your water wings. Here comes another new school year, and another surf column in your crisply folded edition of the Daily Nexus. Oddly enough, as you read this, I'll be ...

September 30, 2009

MLB End-of-Season Honors

By Matt Connolly

It's tough to deny Joe Mauer in this one. He's batting .370 with power the likes of which no one ever thought possible (28 jacks to be precise), and has almost singlehandedly carried his club into the heart of a pennant ...

September 29, 2009

SB Slows at Stanford

By Josh Greenberg

At the end of a hot September day, both the men's and the women's cross country squads came away with sixth-place finishes in the Stanford Cross Country Invitational, though it looked for much of the race as if the women...

September 29, 2009

Playoff Chases

By Matt Connolly

As we hit the home stretch of another season in Major League Baseball, a couple playoff spots are still up for grabs, much like the regular season awards that await the game's best in show. Need some help sorting out all...

September 28, 2009

UCSB Aces Anteaters

By Matt Connolly

Watching the UC Santa Barbara women's volleyball team this year, there is no questioning the team's physical toughness. The players lay out for impossible digs, have towering lift on their verticals and spike the ball wi...

September 28, 2009

Gauchos Split Pair

By John Greely

Winning big games seems to come natural to the UCSB men's soccer team. Now the question is whether it can win the little ones.

September 28, 2009

Pac-10 Pwns Santa Barbara

By Miles Yim

It was a tough weekend for the UCSB Women's Soccer team, returning home for the first time in weeks only to lose 2-1 to Arizona on Friday, before dropping a 3-1 decision to #3 UCLA the following Sunday. The Gauchos (3-6-...

September 25, 2009

SB Seeks ‘Eater Revenge

By John Greely

The weekend slate includes a Friday game in San Diego, followed up by a home match with conference rival Irvine on Sunday. While Sunday's Big West opener may loom large on the horizon, getting past the Aztecs first will ...

September 25, 2009

Gauchos Fight for UC Supremacy

By Matt Connolly

What a difference a year can make, after an unkind 2008 campaign that tagged UCSB women's volleyball team with their second losing season in school history.

September 24, 2009

Gauchos Rally Late for Win

By John Greely

UCSB came from behind to oust the Mexican National U-17 Team 2-1 in dramatic fashion in an exhibition match, notching a game-winning goal in the final moments of double overtime.