Sports

January 6, 2009

Big West Preview — Long Beach State

By Ryan Eagleson

January marks the beginning of the New Year, where people make resolutions to change their life for the better. While some people vow to lose weight, be a better parent or get out of debt, for others, a New Year's resolu...

January 5, 2009

UCSB Undefeated to Start Big West Play

By John Greely

UC Riverside was the preseason pick to take home the Big West title. Defending champion UCSB felt disrespected. Sunday afternoon, in what may well have been a preview of the Big West Championship, the Gauchos did somethi...

January 5, 2009

Gauchos Lose Twice in Conference

By Matt Connolly

Unfortunately for James Powell and UCSB (6-8 overall, 0-2 in the Big West), this shot from beyond the arc was released just a second after the end of regulation and was waived off, giving the Gauchos a heartbreaking 71-6...

December 4, 2008

SB On Road Again

By Derek Mead

Tonight the UCSB men's basketball team plays their last game before settling down for finals week in a match against Utah Valley. The game is the Gauchos' fifth road game in a row, and is a chance for the 3-4 squad to pu...

December 4, 2008

UCSB Attempts to Rebound

By John Greely

The UCSB women's basketball team is coming home from their road trip just in time for the holidays. However, the Gauchos have a couple of obstacles to hurdle before they can celebrate -- and that is not even counting fin...

December 4, 2008

Gauchos Feeling Good in the Scrum

By Miles Yim

After finishing a respectable 8-6 overall and 6-3 in the Southern California Conference during the 2008 regular season, the UCSB men's rugby team looks to close out the 2009 preseason against Utah after going 1-1 at the ...

December 1, 2008

SB Takes Second In World Vision Invite

By John Greely

The UCSB men's basketball team spent Thanksgiving weekend taking on the field at the World Vision Invitational in Normal, Illinois, and came away with mixed results.

December 1, 2008

Gauchos Fall to Southern California

By John Greely

The slump continues for UCSB, as the Gauchos fell to the University of Southern California 62-53 on the road Sunday afternoon.

December 1, 2008

UCSB Finishes Fifth in MPSF Tournament

By Miles Yim

With an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships on the line, the sixth-seeded UCSB men's water polo team came up short of perfection in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament, losing to #3 Pepperdine in the fi...

November 26, 2008

Title Dreams Dashed in OT Thriller

By John Greely

And just like that, the dream died. UCSB's 2008 campaign was cut short in the blink of an eye Tuesday night, as the Gauchos fell 3-2 in double overtime to Cal.

November 26, 2008

Gauchos Dump 11 Point Lead

By Derek Mead

A team that out-shoots and out-rebounds their opponent usually wins, and a team that gives up a 15-0 run late in the game will usually lose. Last night the UCSB men's basketball team did both, and gave up a 65-54 lead wi...

November 26, 2008

No Title Repeat For SB After Loss

By Ryan Eagleson

After dominating the competition all year, the six-time repeating champion men's club soccer team lost its swagger near the end of the year and failed to win another national championship.

November 26, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

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November 25, 2008

Dominant.

By Joshua Greenberg

Perfection isn't a word that should be casually tossed around in sporting circles, for in the strictest sense perfection is almost impossible to achieve. That said, the UCSB women's club soccer team was perfect this seas...

November 25, 2008