Sports

January 12, 2009

SB Swimming Drops Matches

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB men's and women's swimming teams both lost their dual matches at the Trojan's McDonald's Swim Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

January 8, 2009

SB Seeks Rebound at Home

By Derek Mead

After opening up Big West play last weekend with a pair of losses, UCSB men's basketball needs to get back to winning form quickly. With 16 total conference games, opening up the season with a losing streak of any size d...

January 8, 2009

SB Hopes to Trample Through Foes at Elephant Bar Invitational

By Matt Connolly

There are plenty of new developments with the men's volleyball team as it enters the 2009 season.

January 8, 2009

Dual Duels For UCSB Swimmers

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB swimming team will swim in their first dual meet of the New Year on Saturday at 1 p.m. against USC at the Trojans' McDonald's Swim Stadium.

January 8, 2009

Creepy Claws Return

By Todd Prodanovich

As I open my computer and begin meeting keys with fingers, I realize that I am horriebbly misspepeelling my wourdss. This is not the result of dyslexia or the tremors associated with a New Year's Day hangover, but rather...

January 8, 2009

Lacrosse Prepares to Begin Season with Renewed Focus

By Joshua Greenberg

Last season, the UCSB women's club lacrosse team went 20-2 overall. They were undefeated in the regular season and hoped for an equally successful postseason. Unfortunately, that was not to be.

January 7, 2009

Big West Preview — Cal State Northridge

By Miles Yim

After finishing third in the Big West, Cal State Northridge looks to translate their pre-season conference crowning and returning veterans into the success they failed to achieve last year.

January 7, 2009

Big West Preview — UC Santa Barbara

By Derek Mead

After a rough-and-tumble preseason that saw two losses by a combined margin of three points along with a loss while hosting then-#1 North Carolina, the UCSB men's basketball team was looking forward to a clean slate with...

January 7, 2009

Big West Preview — Pacific

By Ryan Eagleson

The first week in January always marks two things: the beginning of Winter Quarter and Big West conference play in basketball. This year's Big West looks to be especially interesting given the way the preseason unfolded ...

January 7, 2009

Big West Preview — Cal State Fullerton

By Joshua Greenberg

Coming into the 2008-09 season, the Cal State Fullerton Titans were ranked fourth in the Big West. Last year they tied for the regular season conference championship and made it to the elite eight of the NCAA tournament....

January 7, 2009

Big West Preview — Long Beach State

By Matt Connolly

What a difference a year can make. After finishing eighth in the Big West last season with an atrocious 6-25 overall record including only three wins in conference, a much improved Long Beach State team (7-7 overall, 2-0...

January 7, 2009

Big West Preview — UC Irvine

By Derek Mead

Becoming a consistently winning program is tougher in college sports than anywhere else. Student turnover rates are high, and often a team is forced to field young and inexperienced squads if they graduate a large senior...

January 7, 2009

Big West Preview — UC Davis

By Mark Bogard

Coming off a tough season, UC Davis is looking to put up some much better numbers to show everyone that they are not the league doormat that people have come to expect them to be since their move up to Division I basketb...

January 7, 2009

Big West Preview — Cal Poly

By John Greely

Kevin Bromley has his work cut out for him with this year's Cal Poly squad. The ninth-year head coach has a team picked to finish near the bottom of the Big West, with a 3-9 record and a tough road ahead.

January 7, 2009

Big West Preview — UC Riverside

By Ravi Bhatia

Expected to finish last in the Big West, the UC Riverside men's basketball team has so far surpassed all expectations, finishing the preseason 7-4 and holding the best overall record in the conference along with Pacific.

January 6, 2009

Big West Preview — UC Riverside

By Ravi Bhatia

Last season, the UC Riverside Highlanders' run for their third consecutive Big West conference tournament championship ended in the semifinals in a 63-53 loss to #2 seed UC Davis. During the preseason, Riverside was pred...