Sports

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...

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