Sports

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...

January 14, 2009

SB Tries to Fend off Viking Invasion

By John Greely

UCSB women's basketball gets a rare break from Big West play tonight, as the Portland State Vikings are coming to town for Santa Barbara's second to last nonconference game of the season.

January 14, 2009

Birkenstocks and Banana Slugs

By Todd Prodanovich

Just so everyone is clear, what I am about to say is not an opinion; it is a fact. It is one of the indisputable truths in life, just like the fact that the Earth is round, the sky is blue, and you are going to check you...

January 14, 2009

Club Roller Hockey

By Ryan Eagleson

After loosing the bulk of its lineup to graduation last year, the UC Santa Barbara roller hockey team was expected to have a mediocre year. However the men's hockey team has exceeded everyone's expectations, including th...

January 14, 2009

Armchair QB

By Staff

Friends turned bitter rivals Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin face off tonight, and the QB for one wants to see the two Russian NHLers duke it out. Wait, what teams do they play for?

January 13, 2009

He Said, He Said

By Matt Connolly

American Football Conference Championship Four years ago, Ben Roethlisberger had a magical rookie season, going 13-0 in the regular season before leading his team to the AFC Championship game. Unfortunately for Big Ben, ...

January 13, 2009

Gauchos Split for Twice the Wins

By Mark Bogard

With the hopes and expectations of a national championship always in the back of its mind, the UCSB men's ultimate Frisbee team is off to a fair start.

January 13, 2009

SB Lacrosse Led By All-American

By Josh Greenberg

Katie Moran is a senior English major and a midfielder for the UCSB women's lacrosse club, and she has been a force for the Gauchos in her three years on the squad, as well as a captain the last two.

January 12, 2009

SB Sweeps Long Beach

By Matt Connolly

They may not have won the tournament, but finishing third in a group of eight of the top teams in the nation was definitely a great way to kick off the 2009 season for UCSB men's volleyball.

January 12, 2009

Gauchos Waste Lead Against CSUF

By Derek Mead

When a team shows up with two very different mentalities in two different halves of a game, all the coach and players can hope for is that their more productive minutes were enough for them to prevail. Unfortunately for ...

January 12, 2009

UCSB Nets Two Road Wins

By John Greely

Count UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton as UCSB's latest victims, because the Gauchos thundered past the Anteaters and the Titans on their way to two weekend wins.