Sports

April 27, 2009

Mustangs Come Back to Topple Gauchos

By Matt Connolly

For the second straight week, the UCSB baseball team walked off with its series opener thanks to a game-winning hit, giving them the control in a three-game series at home. Unfortunately for the Gauchos (23-14 overall, 6...

April 27, 2009

Gauchos Charge Through the Oregon Trail

By Ryan Eagleson

The Santa Barbara track team competed in the highly touted Oregon Relays this past weekend, and several Gauchos enjoyed success with freshman middle distance runner Ryan Martin and sophomore hurdler Barbara Nwaba leading...

April 27, 2009

UC Berkeley Wamboozles SB

By Mark Bogard

The newly crowned Big West Champion Gauchos took a last-minute offer to play UC Berkeley yesterday, hoping to improve on their seeding for the NCAA tournament. Unfortunately, the #38 ranked Golden Bears proved too much t...

April 23, 2009

SB Readying For Mustangs

By John Greely

With 12th ranked Cal Poly coming to town, the UCSB Baseball team will have its hands full at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium this weekend. The Gauchos think they are up for the challenge.

April 23, 2009

Gauchos Struggling on the Road

By Miles Yim

After being convincingly swept by Long Beach State last weekend, the UCSB softball team remains on the road for a three-game series against Pacific this weekend. The Gauchos (21-21 overall, 4-8 in Big West) take an 0-6 B...

April 23, 2009

I Got Hoes

By Jesse Byrd

Editors' Note: Jesse Byrd is a junior forward on the men's basketball team. He's also a talented writer, so we convinced him to start writing for Nexus Sports. Here's his first column:

April 23, 2009

Gauchos Swimming at Pacific

By Ravi Bhatia

The #17 UCSB women's water polo team, seeded fourth in the Big West Conference's inaugural postseason women's water polo tournament, will play #25 Pacific on Friday at 4 p.m. in Stockton in a rematch of the 4-3 loss the...

April 22, 2009

Destruction in Bakersfield

By Matt Connolly

When they faced off against the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners last week, the Gauchos had their backs against the wall and were forced to wage a huge comeback to scrape out an 8-7 win against a team playing its inaugu...

April 22, 2009

Gauchos Can’t Find the Hole

By Mark Bogard

The Big West Championship tournament was the hardest yet for the UCSB men's golf team, which finished eighth out of eight teams in what proved to be a disappointing spring follow-up to the team's fall season. UCSB finish...

April 22, 2009

SB Tears Apart School Records

By Ryan Eagleson

Last weekend, the Santa Barbara track team competed in three different events, leading to several Gauchos entering the UCSB record books - most notably sophomore Barbara Nwaba, who bested her own school record in the hep...

April 21, 2009

#1 SB Shoots Down Title

By Josh Greenberg

Last Saturday marked the opening of the 2009 Western Women's Lacrosse League Championship, which Santa Barbara entered ranked first overall. UCSB began the tournament with a 15-2 record, having not lost since Feb. 15. Co...

April 21, 2009

Balling on Buddha

By Matt Connolly

In a professional sports world where undercover steroid abuse runs rampant, there is another drug, or plant really, that is slowly returning to prominence. Somehow, players continue to receive serious fines and suspensi...

April 20, 2009

Gauchos Ace Anteaters for Big West Crown

By Mark Bogard

It was easily the toughest road to a conference championship yet, but men's Gaucho tennis was able to clinch an unheard of fourth straight Big West title on Sunday, defeating #2 seed UC Irvine in a thrilling 4-2 barnburn...

April 20, 2009

UCI Edges UCSB to Win Conference

By Ravi Bhatia

The #6 seed UCSB women's tennis team ended their season on Saturday with a 4-3 loss to #2 seed UC Irvine on Saturday afternoon in the Big West Championships.

April 20, 2009

Spartans Spear Series Victory

By Matt Connolly

In the Gauchos' last two weekend series, dropping the third and final game only cost them a sweep of the opposition. In yesterday's matchup with San Jose State, however, a Sunday setback cost them the series itself as th...

April 20, 2009

#3 Northridge Outmatches SB

By John Greely

The UCSB men's volleyball team played its last match of the season Friday night at Robertson Gymnasium, falling 3-0 to the third-ranked Cal State Northridge Matadors. And while a three-set sweep may not have been the ide...