Sports

September 26, 2008

UCSB Takes Ninth in Nor-Cal Tourney

By Miles Yim

During a weekend that had a little bit of everything, the #10 UCSB men's water polo team edged #14 Pacific 7-6 on Friday before placing ninth at the Northern California Tournament with three wins and a loss on Saturday a...

September 26, 2008

Men’s Club Soccer Update

By Ryan Eagleson

The men's club soccer team looked to continue last year's success last weekend, opening up the season in the highly touted and prestigious San Diego Aztec Cup.

September 26, 2008

SB Off to a Running Start

By Ana Pineda Staff Writer

UCSB proved the "S" stands for speed as the men's and women's cross country teams opened their 2008 seasons with a first-place finish for the women and second place for the men at the UCSB Lagoon Open on Aug. 30. UCSB co...

September 26, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

Who would have thought that Oregon State would be the OSU to beat USC? Oh wait, anyone who pays attention to USC ever. Bye bye BCS Championship, hello consolation bowl!

September 25, 2008

Gauchos Grope For Victory; Deacons Get Happy Ending

By John Greely

For 42 minutes and 22 seconds, UCSB led the top-ranked team in the country. After that, things went downhill.

September 25, 2008

Gaucho Women Get Barrelled In Hawaiian Soccer Tournament

By Derek Mead

Home-field advantage is never a thing to be taken lightly, and this is especially true when other teams have to travel 3,000 miles to play you.

September 25, 2008

SB Sweeps Texas St. to End Five-Game Skid

By Ravi Bhatia

More than one Gaucho made history this summer. Besides alumnus Jason Lezak's historical relay finish that contributed to one of Michael Phelps' eight gold medals for the United States in the Olympics, UCSB women's volley...

September 25, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

The $209 million payrolled Yanks are missing their first October in 15 years, while the $43 million Rays are in for the first time ever. It's just like the old adage says: "Fuck the Yankees."

September 18, 2008

Gauchos Continue Excellent Start

By Derek Mead

Good teams always bounce back from tough losses, and that's exactly what the #20 UCSB women's soccer team did this past weekend. The Gauchos (5-2) gave up a late goal to lose 3-2 to Washington State (2-2-3) on Friday, bu...

September 18, 2008

Santa Barbara Drowns Aggies

By Miles Jones

No shirt? No shoes? No pool? No problem. After taking two of four from UC San Diego's Triton Invitational at the top of the month, the UCSB men's water polo team opened up their 2008-09 home schedule with a solid 7-5 win...

September 18, 2008

UCSB Falters on Road Trip

By John Greely

The UCSB men's soccer team has a lot of talent to go around. It just lacks a lot of experience. This is the trade-off that Head Coach Tim Vom Steeg will have to deal with in his 10th year at the helm. As one would expect...

September 18, 2008

Bengals?

By Staff

What the hell has happened to the Cincinatti Bengals?

September 18, 2008

The Thunderdome or Harder Stadium?

By Derek Mead, John Greely

Sure, Meredith Field at Harder Stadium - or whatever it's called these days - is one of the nicer soccer stadiums in the country. I've seen some good games there, and even better post-game celebrations. Particularly memo...

August 30, 2008

Welcome to Town, Get Ready to Cheer

By John Greely

So football season is upon us, and as incoming freshman, it's likely just dawned on you that UCSB doesn't actually have a team. Distressing, no? That's what I thought when I was in your position a couple years back. But ...

August 30, 2008

No One Can Compete When the Gauchos Go Loco

By Derek Mead

College sports are the shit. Call me biased if you want -- writing about sports does pay my monthly booze bill, after all -- but I've passed Go on the sporting world's Monopoly board more than a few times, and the fun I'...

August 30, 2008

Sports Buffs

By Staff

You freshmen think you know sports? The QB is here to help you wade through al the bullshit in the sports world. Here's to hoping that the painfully boring NFL preseason ends soon.