Sports

November 6, 2008

Gauchos Poised to Pummel Cal Poly

By Derek Mead

After 19 games, 38 goals and countless hours spent practicing, this is what a team dreams for: starting postseason play with a home match against your heated rival.

November 5, 2008

UCSB-Poly Rivalry Set to Decide Big West Champion

By John Greely

Here we go again. UCSB and Cal Poly face off tonight, likely in front of a record crowd, on senior night, with the Big West Championship riding on the line. From a fan's perspective, this rivalry keeps getting better. Th...

November 5, 2008

Harder Than Hell

By Derek Mead

It's finally playoff time at Harder Stadium, and if you're reading this, you'd better be extremely excited. In the past 16 years, UCSB has made the transition from showcasing a mediocre football team to become a futb&#24...

November 5, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

Politics is a sport right? You'd think so, with all the talk of Hail Marys and shit that the McCain campaign was pulling. But in politics, as is so often true in sports, the black guy won.

November 4, 2008

UCSB Skinned by Cal Bears

By Miles Yim

The #7 UCSB men's water polo team closed out the remainder of their regular-season road schedule this weekend with an 11-8 loss to #4 Cal before needing overtime once again to settle the score at #19 Pacific for a narrow...

November 4, 2008

Gauchos Lose First on Season

By Ryan Eagleson

The defending national champion UCSB men's club soccer team suffered their first loss since November 15th, 2007 at the hands of the USC Trojans this past weekend and now their playoff status remains unclear.

November 4, 2008

SB Wins Regional

By Joshua Greenberg

This past weekend the UCSB women's club soccer team took a trip down to Long Beach for the Regionals tournament, hoping to at least make the finals and thereby secure a bid to Nationals. The Gauchos accomplished this goa...

November 3, 2008

Gauchos Upended

By John Greely

UC Irvine turned out to be a much more frightening foe than anticipated this Halloween weekend, upsetting UCSB at Harder Stadium 3-1 Saturday night.

November 3, 2008

SB Drops Title In Last Minute

By Derek Mead

All Santa Barbara needed was a single wasted minute. After playing 19 games over the past few months, the UCSB women's soccer team came 62 seconds away from taking the Big West season title, but an 89th-minute stunner s...

November 3, 2008

Santa Barbara Splits Another Pair

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB women's volleyball team split matches again on the road this weekend, sweeping UC Davis 25-20, 25-15, 25-11 on Friday night before losing to Pacific 23-25, 25-17, 25-23, 25-19 in Stockton on Saturday.

October 30, 2008

Big West Title Bout Tonight

By Derek Mead

As the season comes to a close, all any team can ask for is a good shot at locking up a championship. The UCSB women's soccer team has done just that, and tonight faces CSU Long Beach with the Big West title on the line.

October 30, 2008

SB Comes Home vs UCI

By John Greely

After four consecutive wins, the UCSB men's soccer team is riding high. The Gauchos hope to keep it that way Saturday.

October 30, 2008

Gauchos Head Northward

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB women's volleyball team will be spending Halloween weekend away from the debauchery of Isla Vista, traveling to UC Davis for a match on Friday night and to Stockton on Saturday for a match against Pacific. Both ...

October 30, 2008

Gauchos Battle Bay Area Foes

By Miles Yim

After holding serve at home against #8 UC San Diego in epic fashion, the #7 UCSB men's water polo team hits the road to resume Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play against defending national champion #3 Cal and #19 Pa...

October 30, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

Phillies in five? If the QB recalls correctly, a certain Daily Nexus Sports Editor called it. Then again, that doesn't provide any solace considering just how pathetic and depressing this series really was. Way to go, ML...

October 30, 2008

Gauchos Outlast Matadors

By John Greely

Wednesday was a tale of two halves for UCSB soccer. Fortunately for the #13 Gauchos, a stellar second half outweighed lackluster play in the first frame and propelled them to a 3-1 comeback victory over Cal State Northri...