Sports

October 20, 2008

Gauchos Best Anteaters Yet Again

By Miles Yim

In a game full of heroes, senior driver Daniel Natalizio rose above the rest, netting a tremendous backhand in sudden death to lift the #8 UCSB men's water polo team over #9 UC Irvine 13-12 at Campus Pool last Saturday. ...

October 17, 2008

Rivalry, Renewed

By John Greely

Tonight is going to be big. UCSB heads up to Cal Poly to take on the Mustangs on national television tonight at 8. The Big West regular season attendance record is likely to be broken for the third consecutive time in th...

October 17, 2008

UCSB Readies for One Final Game Against Conference Foe UC Irvine

By Miles Yim

Here we go again. After a disappointing eighth-place finish at last weekend's SoCal Tournament, the road-weary #8 UCSB men's water polo team returns to the friendly confines of Campus Pool this Saturday to face off again...

October 17, 2008

Gauchos Sprint to Ind Pre-Nationals

By Ana Pineda Staff Writer

After a strong finish at the Stanford Invitational in September, the UCSB men's and women's cross country teams are ready for Gaucho gold as Saturday, Oct. 18th brings the NCAA Pre-National Invitational in Indiana. The m...

October 17, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

Really Rays? Really? A seven run lead doesn't do it for you? Honestly, if you let Boston pull the same shit on you that it did to the Indians last year, the QB will not be happy. He might even cry.

October 16, 2008

UCSB Rides to Corral Mustangs

By Ravi Bhatia

After a disappointing loss to conference rival #24 Long Beach State last Saturday, the UCSB women's volleyball team looks to bounce back against Cal Poly (9-7 overall) tonight in San Luis Obispo and Saturday at UC Rivers...

October 16, 2008

Six Teams That Just Deserve to Lose

By John Greely

Sports Editor John Greely discusses his least favorite college teams. Actually, they're his favorite teams, as long as he gets to watch them lose.

October 15, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

Did you see that crazy fight that broke out at Talladega the other day? The QB would totally talk about it, except that NASCAR has no place on a sports page ever.

October 14, 2008

Long Beach Rolls On UCSB

By Ravi Bhatia

Once again, the UCSB women's volleyball team could not quite close on a match they could have won.

October 14, 2008

Santa Barbara Shoots To Redeem Tough Loss

By John Greely

Last week, the UCSB men's soccer team took a step backward. Tuesday, it looks to start moving again in the right direction.

October 14, 2008

Undefeated Gauchos Win Another Pair

By Ryan Eagleson

The UCSB men's club soccer team defeated league rivals SDSU and USD this weekend, and now has sole possession of first place in the California College Cup Soccer League.

October 14, 2008

Men’s Water Polo Goes 1-3 In So Cal Tourney

By Miles Yim

Familiar faces and late losses were abundant this weekend at the Southern California Tournament, where the #7 UCSB men's water polo team beat #8 UC Irvine 11-10 for the second time this season before losing their next th...

October 13, 2008

Nexus Sports Editors Sit Down With Santa Barbara’s New Athletic Director

By John Greely, Derek Mead

The UCSB Athletics Dept. recently selected Mark Massari as the replacement for Gary Cunningham as athletic director. Massari just left Oregon State after six highly successful years running the Beaver sports department. ...

October 13, 2008

Aggies Blank Gauchos at Harder

By John Greely

It was a rough week for UCSB men’s soccer. Coming into the week as the #16 team in the country, the Gauchos were looking forward to playing in front of the friendly crowds at Harder Stadium against Big West competi...

October 13, 2008

Santa Barbara Bullrushes Matadors

By Derek Mead

After close to a month on the road, coming home starts to sound pretty good. For the UCSB women's soccer team, coming home was exactly what the doctor ordered, as the team put on a show for the home crowd with a 3-0 thro...

October 10, 2008

Gauchos Look to Knock Aggies off High Horse

By John Greely

The UCSB men's soccer team is preparing to take on UC Davis on Saturday, and they will certainly face a challenge. The Aggies are 10-1-1, and unbeaten in conference play at 2-0-1.