Sports

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

UCSB Welcomes BYU

By Mark Bogard

This Friday, revenge will be on the minds of the UCSB men's tennis team as they look to avenge last year's beating at the hands of 70th ranked BYU.

January 22, 2009

UCSB Aims to Right Ship in ’09

By Miles Yim

Coming off a season filled with underachievement, humiliation and disappointment, the UCSB women's water polo team opens the 2008-09 season at the Lancer Invitational in Riverside this Saturday with new faces poised to t...

January 22, 2009

SB Club Lacrosse To Cross With SD State

By Josh Greenberg

The Gauchos have another busy weekend ahead of them. On Saturday, the Gauchos open their season with the Surfside Cup at Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego.

January 21, 2009

Be a Good Fan, Save Your $cratch

By Derek Mead

With the inauguration taking place yesterday, hope and optimism throughout the majority of the American populace are at their highest levels in a decade. Despite the economy going Chernobyl, a tremendous lack of fresh wa...

January 21, 2009

SB Welcomes Weekend Homestand

By Miles Yim

The Gauchos (1-3-1 overall, 0-1 in conference) bookended their preseason against a Utah squad (9-2-1) that had won eight out of the last 11 games going into the Jan. 10 contest.

January 20, 2009

UCSB Wrecks Poly

By John Greely

Losing is hard to take. Maybe that could explain why Santa Barbara seems to be avoiding it like the plague recently.

January 20, 2009

SB Rolls on Poly

By Derek Mead

With the Big West conference better than it ever has been, it takes 40 full minutes of solid effort to snag a win. Saturday night against Cal Poly, the UCSB men's basketball team did just that. The Gauchos (8-9, 2-3 Big...

January 20, 2009

Gauchos Sink Davis

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB men's and women's swimming teams cruised past conference rival UC Davis on Saturday afternoon at Campus Pool, the men winning 168-94 and the women winning 154.5-87.5.

January 20, 2009

UCLA Skates Past Gauchos

By Matt Connolly

Gaucho sophomore outside hitter Jeff Menzel posted a match high in kills with 24 on a season high .419 attack percentage, but #8 UCLA (2-3 overall, 1-1 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) held down the home court,...

January 15, 2009

Gauchos Take Wind out of Vikings’ Sails

By John Greely

Three weeks ago, the UCSB women's basketball team was off to a rocky start under first-year coach Lindsay Gottlieb. The team had just lost to Kentucky and found itself with an uncomfortable 3-6 record. What a difference ...

January 15, 2009

Irvine Spoils SB’s MPSF Opener

By Ravi Bhatia

UC Irvine's 6-5 redshirt freshman opposite Carson Clark from Santa Barbara hit a career-high of 24 of the team's 59 kills on 32 attacks and four errors for a .625 hitting percentage on the way to a 30-23, 30-25, 26-30, 3...

January 15, 2009

SB Heading for SLO Victory

By Derek Mead

After giving up yet another come-from-behind loss to Cal State Fullerton last Saturday, the UCSB men's basketball team will be shooting to pick up some Big West momentum this Saturday night against conference rival Cal P...

January 15, 2009

UCSB Welcomes Davis

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB swimming team will host their first dual meet of 2009 on Saturday at noon, swimming against conference rival UC Davis at Campus Pool. “If they want to beat us, they will have to swim really fast,” He...

January 14, 2009

Gauchos Look to Herd ‘Eaters

By Matt Connolly

A rejuvenated Gaucho lineup made a statement in the Elephant Bar Invitational this past weekend, laying a 3-0 shutout on #4 Long Beach State to take third in the tournament. National polls took notice, bumping up Santa B...