Sports

January 28, 2009

He Said, He Said

By Matt Connolly, Derek Mead

The new-age steel curtain is back, and the upstart Redbirds somehow find themselves one win away from their first title since 1947.

January 28, 2009

Gauchos Hit the Road to Northridge

By John Greely

Can the UCSB women's basketball team make it ten wins in a row? It has that chance Wednesday night against Cal State Northridge, and the Gauchos certainly hope to capitalize.

January 28, 2009

A Stupefying Surfventure

By Elliott Rosenfeld

In the waning summer months before my freshman year at UCSB, I told my parents that I – along with two buddies – was going to blaze down the North American coastline into Baja, Mexico, on an epic surfventure....

January 27, 2009

Gauchos Begin With Big Wins

By Miles Yim

The 2009 regular season began in earnest for the #17 UCSB women’s water polo team as the Gauchos went 2-1 at the Lancer Invitational in Riverside on Saturday. The Gauchos (2-1 overall) dropped their opener to #18 C...

January 27, 2009

Skirts Burn Four Top Ten Squads

By Mark Bogard

With a single loss coming against national #3 Stanford, the UCSB Burning Skirts ultimate Frisbee team took third place in the Santa Barbara Invitational this weekend. Despite missing the overall goal of winning the tourn...

January 27, 2009

UCSB Dominates at Surfside Cup

By Josh Greenberg

This past weekend, the UCSB women's club lacrosse team traveled to San Diego for the Surfside Cup. While Santa Barbara was only scheduled to play San Diego State and Arizona State, a large amount of big names in college ...

January 26, 2009

UCSB Earns Stripes in Ninth Straight Win

By John Greely

The University of the Pacific Tigers came to the Thunderdome looking to out-tough the Gauchos Saturday afternoon. Their plan was not exactly a success.

January 26, 2009

SB Sweeps Up Bakersfield

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB women's tennis team shut out Cal State Bakersfield 7-0 in their season opener on a windy Sunday afternoon at the Robertson Gymnasium courts, beginning the season 1-0 and setting a positive tone for the rest of t...

January 26, 2009

UOP Manhandles Gauchos

By Derek Mead

If a team holds their opponents to 10 points below their scoring average they are usually going to be in a good position to win. Of course, no amount of good defense is going to matter if that same team can't even break ...

January 26, 2009

Matadors Tuff Santa Barbara

By Matt Connolly

The odds were stacked against the Gauchos going up against the #2 ranked team in the nation, and Cal State Northridge (6-0 overall, 3-0 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) did not disappoint in their first game in...

January 26, 2009

Broncos Trample SB

By Mark Bogard

It was a gloomy afternoon in more ways than one on Saturday as the 62nd ranked Gauchos dropped their season opener under cloudy skies, six to one in favor of Boise State. UCSB came out hot but could not come up with a wi...

January 23, 2009

Women’s Basketball Update — In Brief

By John Greely

The UCSB women's basketball team cruised to a big 64-51 victory over UC Davis on Thursday night, marking its eighth consecutive victory.

January 22, 2009

Gauchos Streak Home

By John Greely

Last year's Big West Champion Gauchos lost only one game in conference. It was to UC Davis, in the Thunderdome. Thursday, undefeated-in-conference UCSB will be looking to stop history from repeating itself.

January 22, 2009

Gauchos Migrate North

By Matt Connolly

With the majority of Big West squads jockeying for position atop conference standings as they head towards the midway point of the season, the men's basketball team (8-9 overall, 2-3 in the Big West) will try to build a...

January 22, 2009

SB Digs for Redemption

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB men's volleyball team will play #2 Cal State Northridge (5-0 overall) at 7 p.m at the Matadome on Friday, giving the #10 Gauchos (2-3 overall) a chance to avenge their 30-38, 30-23, 28-30, 30-21 loss to the Mata...

January 22, 2009