Sports

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.

October 10, 2008

SB Finally Comes Home, Faces CSUN

By Derek Mead

After a tough three weeks on the road that resulted in a 3-3 record, the UCSB women's soccer team is finally home to rumble with Big West foe Cal State Northridge tonight. The Gauchos (8-5 overall, 1-1 in the Big West) w...

October 10, 2008

San Diego Schools Await UCSB

By Ryan Eagleson

The men's club soccer team continues league action this weekend against Southern California foes San Diego State University and University of San Diego. The Gauchos (4-0-2 overall, 1-0-1 in league) look to keep their unb...

October 10, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

Big news everyone: Hockey season has begun! That's right, it's that time of year again for Canada and Russia's best to knock the living crap out of each other, and for the QB to not care.

October 9, 2008

Gauchos Tied Up With Late Northridge Score

By John Greely

Some days, nothing goes right. The Gauchos just had one of those days. In front of a crowd of over 2,500 fans, UCSB blew two leads and squandered several opportunities on their way to a 2-2 tie with conference rival Cal ...

October 9, 2008

Santa Barbara Aims to Shoot Up Long Beach

By Ravi Bhatia

To Gaucho sophomore setter Dana Vargas, Saturday's match at the Walter Pyramid against Long Beach State is more than just a traditional Big West volleyball rivalry.

October 8, 2008

Gauchos Massacre Gaels

By Miles Yim

"We haven't heard anything about [Iona College] really," said senior driver Dane Lindstrom. "They're another East Coast team, and though we don't take anyone lightly, in the world of water polo, East Coast teams don't te...

October 8, 2008

UCSB Returns Home to Face CSUN

By John Greely

Last time the UCSB men's soccer team played at home, the result was a disastrous 6-2 beating at the hands of Wake Forest. This time, the Gauchos hope things will be different.

October 8, 2008

The Surfing Abyss That is Isla Vista, California

By Todd Prodanovich

It's a brave and depraved new world, and as the earth rotates relentlessly about the sun, we are brought face-to-face with a new school year and a new surf column. This column should have been written twice by now, but i...

October 8, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

The big news yesterday -- at least in the QB's mind ­-- was the arrest of Luke Walton's stalker. The QB just has one question for her: You didn't have anyone better to follow and pester than Luke freakin' Walton?