Sports

April 20, 2009

Long Beach Lights Up Gauchos

By Miles Yim

In their first televised series of the season, the UCSB softball team caught a bit of stage fright in Long Beach as staunch 49er pitching paved the way for a three-game sweep of the Gauchos. Santa Barbara (21-21 overall,...

April 16, 2009

Gauchos Use Wind, Power in Bakersfield Comeback

By Matt Connolly

After Cal State Bakersfield knocked the Gaucho bullpen around in the fifth inning by driving in seven runs, it looked as though the Roadrunners (8-25) were ready to live up to their title and run away with an upset on th...

April 16, 2009

SB Goes for Big Finish

By John Greely

At the close of what has been an up-and-down season, the UCSB men's volleyball team has one last chance to go out on a high note Friday night.

April 16, 2009

Northridge Avoids Sweep

By Miles Yim

An unusually blustery day at Campus Diamond kept the Gaucho brooms in the closet as visiting Cal State Northridge avoided a series sweep against the UCSB softball team with a 4-2 victory Wednesday afternoon.

April 16, 2009

SB Strives to Be Big West’s Best

By Mark Bogard

Another regular season has come and gone for the UCSB men's tennis team, which finished 8-12 on the season, including 3-2 in conference. As the team's veterans know, and as younger players will soon find out, the regular...

April 16, 2009

UCSB Takes Swing at Big West Championships

By Ravi Bhatia

So it begins. In their quest for an NCAA Tournament spot, the UCSB women's tennis team will play rival Cal Poly in the first round of the Big West Championships on Friday at 3 p.m. in Indian Wells. The teams have met in...

April 15, 2009

Breakfast Surfing

By Todd Prodanovich

Oh dawn patrol, you silly bitch. Nothing brings you back to gromhood faster than an early bedtime, perhaps getting tucked in by your mom (or now your roommate, I guess), putting on a surf video and dreaming of epic waves...

April 15, 2009

Gauchos Head Off to Rustle CSUB

By Matt Connolly

After taking down a crucial conference series on that road at UC Davis, the UC Santa Barbara baseball team (19-10) heads home today to take on the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners (8-23) in game two of the squads' four-...

April 15, 2009

Santa Barbara Set to Dust Matadors

By Miles Yim

Coming off two wins against the Matadors last Saturday, the UCSB softball team looks to break out the brooms for today's series finale against conference-rival Cal State Northridge. The Gauchos (21-17 overall, 4-4 in Big...

April 14, 2009

SB Whips Wildcats

By Derek Mead

The UCSB women's club volleyball team won the NIRSA Division 1 National Championship with a 25-23, 25-21 drubbing of the University of Arizona Saturday night in Kansas City, Missouri. According to sen ior middle blocker ...

April 14, 2009

‘Chos Burst Through Trojans

By Josh Greenberg

In their last regular season game, the UCSB women's lacrosse club team took the opportunity to show the rest of the league why they are number one. In what might have been their best game of the season, the Gauchos steam...

April 14, 2009

UCSB Lets Loose on Lions

By Mark Bogard

Loyola Marymount never stood a chance as UCSB men's tennis annihilated the Lions' lineup from top to bottom in a 6-1 thrashing on Friday. The #75-ranked Gauchos improved to 8-12 on the season (3-2 Big West), and gained a...

April 14, 2009

Gauchos Challenge for Cup in Fullerton

By Ryan Eagleson

The Santa Barbara track team competed in the Big West Challenge Cup at Cal State Fullerton this past weekend and saw another pair of Gauchos earn bids to the NCAA Western Regionals. Freshman thrower Irene Kujore and red...

April 13, 2009

UCSB Cleans Out Northridge

By Miles Yim

After coming all the way back from a 6-3 deficit to win the first game in the bottom of the seventh, the UCSB softball team utilized another complete-game shutout from freshman Krista Cobb to take the doubleheader agains...

April 13, 2009

SB Takes Series, Falls in Finale

By Matt Connolly

The Gaucho offense flexed its muscles in Davis this past weekend, punching out 40 hits over a three-game span to achieve its second straight Big West series victory.

April 13, 2009

UCSB Assaults Washington

By Ravi Bhatia

After beating Washington State and Eastern Washington in Pullman this weekend the UCSB women's tennis team ended their regular season 15-5, winning four consecutive matches - six of their last seven - going into the Big ...