Sports

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...

October 30, 2008

Gnar The Vote, It’s In Your Roots

By Todd Prodanovich

This is never the most fun topic of discussion, as differences in political opinions can lead to friends fighting, couples divorcing with the wife taking not only the kids, but the jovial German Shepherd as well, and eve...

October 29, 2008

SB Looks to Quake CSUN

By John Greely

With just four regular season games remaining, UCSB is looking to pick up every win it can get. However, there are no easy games remaining on Santa Barbara's schedule.

October 29, 2008

The West is the Best, Screw the Rest

By Derek Mead

The NBA season has finally started, and God dammit, I am excited as hell for it. After months of blue balls, I can finally get dummy retardo in my living room and have a proper Sheedgasm.

October 28, 2008

SB Sweeps Exhibition Tourney

By Mark J. Bogard Reporter

For most teams, a Big West Conference second-place finish could easily bring satisfaction or even complacency, but for UCSB women's softball, it is merely a stepping-stone. This weekend, the Gauchos dominated an exhibiti...

October 28, 2008

UCSB Winning Streak Hits Ten

By Josh Greenberg

Coming into Saturday, the USCB women's club soccer team had played nine games and had won them all. On Saturday, they traveled to CSU Northridge, hoping to keep their winning streak going through ten games. After 90 minu...

October 28, 2008

The Best of the Best in a Brady-less NFL

By John Greely

It occurs to me that people are all atwitter about this presidential election thing. In the spirit of democracy and voting, I decided to conduct a poll of all Nexites to find out which NFL team will win the Super Bowl. T...

October 28, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

The big news from the weekend of football? USC choked! Well, they still won. But in the process they gave up 10 points, which ended a streak of 141 unanswered points that they'd been on for 11 quarters. Wow.

October 27, 2008

Tritons Sunk in Epic Match

By Miles Yim

After a firework finish Friday afternoon at Campus Pool, perhaps Head Coach Wolf Wigo put it best. "Just when you thought it couldn't get any better, [this game] did it," Wigo said. "Just another great game by both team...

October 27, 2008

Gauchos Pick Up Big Road Win

By John Greely

Winning on the road is never easy. Saturday night in Fullerton, the Gauchos did just enough to pull it off.

October 27, 2008

UCSB Splits Again

By Ravi Bhatia

In a weekend when the UCSB women's volleyball team had a chance to gain ground in the competitive Big West Conference, the Gauchos were upset by Cal State Fullerton 25-23, 25-13, 15-25, 25-14 on Friday before sweeping Ca...

October 27, 2008

Gauchos Stay In Title Hunt With Win

By Derek Mead

With the Big West regular season drawing to a close, the UCSB women's soccer team is doing all the right things in its bid to win the Big West Championship.

October 27, 2008

Seventh Heaven for Santa Barbara

By Ryan Eagleson

The Gauchos (9-0-2 overall) came from behind Saturday night to defeat University of San Francisco 2-1 to close out league in the same spot they have been for the last seven years: first place.

October 24, 2008

UCSB Looks to Best Fullerton For A Tenth Consecutive Time

By John Greely

None of the players on this year's UCSB squad have ever lost to Cal State Fullerton. They hope this year will not be any different.

October 24, 2008

SB Takes Hot Streak to the Central Valley

By Derek Mead

After pulling out a big win over Cal Poly last Sunday, the UCSB women's soccer team will take advantage of a one-game weekend against conference newcomer UC Davis. The Gauchos (10-5-1, 3-1-1 Big West) have not lost in th...

October 24, 2008

SB Readies for Match With SD

By Miles Yim

After earning a well-deserved week off in the wake of last weekend's thrilling sudden-death victory over #9 UC Irvine, the #8 UCSB men's water polo team looks to keep their unbeaten home record alive against #7 UC San Di...