Sports

November 24, 2008

Gauchos Outlasted by No. 1 North Carolina

By Derek Mead

If this is how wild the crowd becomes after a couple losses, imagine how intense the Thunderdome will be after some wins.

November 24, 2008

Gauchos Go Cold in the Desert

By John Greely

In basketball, a 10-point half for a team generally translates into a loss. Sunday's showdown with the University of Arizona was no exception for the UCSB women's squad.

November 24, 2008

Seniors Get Proper Sendoff, Beat UCR

By Ravi Bhatia

Neither the UCSB women's volleyball team nor UC Riverside stood to gain much from Saturday night's match at the Thunderdome.

November 21, 2008

Welcome to the Thunderdome, UNC

By Derek Mead

Tonight the UCSB men's basketball team will face #1 University of North Carolina. The sold-out matchup is the first home game against a national #1 for the Gauchos since 1991 against UNLV.

November 21, 2008

Bulldogs Lick Gauchos, 71-54

By John Greely

The UCSB women's basketball team went to Fresno State last night hoping to come away with a win. What they could not foresee, however, was a Bulldog shooting performance for the record books.

November 21, 2008

Disappointing Season Finishes This Weekend

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB women's volleyball team will play their last two matches of the season this weekend, playing at UC Irvine tonight before returning home to play UC Riverside in their last match at the Thunderdome.

November 20, 2008

SB Looks To Spay Bulldogs

By John Greely

With a season-opening win under its belt, the UCSB women's basketball team hits the road today to face the Fresno State Bulldogs, and again on Sunday to face the Arizona Wildcats.

November 20, 2008

Get The Hell Out Of Town To Find Surf

By Todd Prodanovich

Being a surfer at UCSB sometimes leaves you feeling trapped. Like a canary in a coalmine, we are suffocated by flat spells throughout the spring and summer months.

November 20, 2008

Gauchos Look To Ice Competition

By Ryan Eagleson

The UCSB club men's soccer team is in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, poised to begin their quest for a second national championship as they start the National Tournament today at 8 a.m.

November 19, 2008

Return of the Fantom

By Ryan Eagleson

The Fantom of the 'Dome will make his long-awaited return to the Thunderdome tonight to help the Gauchos battle #1 University of North Carolina. The Fantom has been UCSB's basketball mascot for the last 17 years, and des...

November 19, 2008

UCSB Gets Bye, Seniors Honored

By John Greely

While the end of the regular season and Big West Tournament may not have gone exactly as planned for the UCSB men's soccer team, the Gauchos were still rewarded on Monday with a top-16 seed into the NCAA Tournament.

November 18, 2008

UCSB Lands South of Utah

By Derek Mead

If last night was any indicator, the Thunderdome is going to be the site of some amazing basketball games this year. It's just too bad for the home fans that the Gauchos lost.

November 18, 2008

SB Torches San Diego

By John Greely

Lindsay Gottlieb is off to a good start. In her first regular season game as head coach, replacing the legendary Mark French, Gottlieb and her Gaucho squad earned a solid 75-66 victory over visiting USD.

November 17, 2008

‘Eaters Feast on Gaucho Defense

By John Greely

Playing in the conference championship game in front of a sellout crowd is something that players dream about. For the UCSB men's soccer team, that dream quickly became a nightmare against a fired-up UC Irvine squad Satu...

November 17, 2008

UCSB Ends Big Season With Loss at Stanford

By Derek Mead

After making the NCAA tournament for the first time in 17 years, the UCSB women's soccer team could have either ended their season with an NCAA title or a loss, and unfortunately the latter happened.

November 17, 2008

Gauchos Battered By Bruins, Waves

By Miles Yim

The 2008-09 regular season ended in disappointment over the weekend, as the #7 UCSB men's water polo team was dismantled 11-4 by #2 UCLA before dropping a narrow 10-9 Senior Day result against #5 Pepperdine at Campus Poo...