Sports

It’s the Game of the Season…

October 1, 2009 by

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 Hoosie...
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SB Readies for Return Home

October 1, 2009 by

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 Di...
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Armchair QB

October 1, 2009 by

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." Jac...
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Gauchos Lose Heartbreaker

September 30, 2009 by

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 ...
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Surfer’s Paradise

September 30, 2009 by

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...
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MLB End-of-Season Honors

September 30, 2009 by

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...
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SB Slows at Stanford

September 29, 2009 by

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 ...
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Playoff Chases

September 29, 2009 by

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 ...
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UCSB Aces Anteaters

September 28, 2009 by

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 a...
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Gauchos Split Pair

September 28, 2009 by

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.
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Pac-10 Pwns Santa Barbara

September 28, 2009 by

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 Sunda...
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SB Seeks ‘Eater Revenge

September 25, 2009 by

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 th...
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Gauchos Fight for UC Supremacy

September 25, 2009 by

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.
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Gauchos Rally Late for Win

September 24, 2009 by

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.
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SB Surges to Scorching Start

September 24, 2009 by

After two consecutive losing seasons, the UC Santa Barbara women's volleyball team is back with a vengeance. With Big West play right around the bend, the Gauchos have reemerged as a conference conten...
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