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Gauchos Struggling on the Road

April 23, 2009 by

After being convincingly swept by Long Beach State last weekend, the UCSB softball team remains on the road for a three-game series against Pacific this weekend. The Gauchos (21-21 overall, 4-8 in Big...
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I Got Hoes

April 23, 2009 by

Editors' Note: Jesse Byrd is a junior forward on the men's basketball team. He's also a talented writer, so we convinced him to start writing for Nexus Sports. Here's his first column:
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Gauchos Swimming at Pacific

April 23, 2009 by

The #17 UCSB women's water polo team, seeded fourth in the Big West Conference's inaugural postseason women's water polo tournament, will play #25 Pacific on Friday at 4 p.m. in Stockton in a rematch...
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Destruction in Bakersfield

April 22, 2009 by

When they faced off against the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners last week, the Gauchos had their backs against the wall and were forced to wage a huge comeback to scrape out an 8-7 win against a tea...
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Gauchos Can’t Find the Hole

April 22, 2009 by

The Big West Championship tournament was the hardest yet for the UCSB men's golf team, which finished eighth out of eight teams in what proved to be a disappointing spring follow-up to the team's fall...
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SB Tears Apart School Records

April 22, 2009 by

Last weekend, the Santa Barbara track team competed in three different events, leading to several Gauchos entering the UCSB record books - most notably sophomore Barbara Nwaba, who bested her own scho...
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#1 SB Shoots Down Title

April 21, 2009 by

Last Saturday marked the opening of the 2009 Western Women's Lacrosse League Championship, which Santa Barbara entered ranked first overall. UCSB began the tournament with a 15-2 record, having not lo...
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Balling on Buddha

April 21, 2009 by

In a professional sports world where undercover steroid abuse runs rampant, there is another drug, or plant really, that is slowly returning to prominence. Somehow, players continue to receive seriou...
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Gauchos Ace Anteaters for Big West Crown

April 20, 2009 by

It was easily the toughest road to a conference championship yet, but men's Gaucho tennis was able to clinch an unheard of fourth straight Big West title on Sunday, defeating #2 seed UC Irvine in a th...
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UCI Edges UCSB to Win Conference

April 20, 2009 by

The #6 seed UCSB women's tennis team ended their season on Saturday with a 4-3 loss to #2 seed UC Irvine on Saturday afternoon in the Big West Championships.
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Spartans Spear Series Victory

April 20, 2009 by

In the Gauchos' last two weekend series, dropping the third and final game only cost them a sweep of the opposition. In yesterday's matchup with San Jose State, however, a Sunday setback cost them the...
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#3 Northridge Outmatches SB

April 20, 2009 by

The UCSB men's volleyball team played its last match of the season Friday night at Robertson Gymnasium, falling 3-0 to the third-ranked Cal State Northridge Matadors. And while a three-set sweep may n...
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Long Beach Lights Up Gauchos

April 20, 2009 by

In their first televised series of the season, the UCSB softball team caught a bit of stage fright in Long Beach as staunch 49er pitching paved the way for a three-game sweep of the Gauchos. Santa Bar...
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Gauchos Use Wind, Power in Bakersfield Comeback

April 16, 2009 by

After Cal State Bakersfield knocked the Gaucho bullpen around in the fifth inning by driving in seven runs, it looked as though the Roadrunners (8-25) were ready to live up to their title and run away...
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SB Goes for Big Finish

April 16, 2009 by

At the close of what has been an up-and-down season, the UCSB men's volleyball team has one last chance to go out on a high note Friday night.
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