Sports

September 27, 2019

UCSB Men’s Soccer Hosts No.1 Stanford For Toughest Challenge Yet

By Richard Benites

Looking ahead, on Saturday, the Gauchos will face their biggest test of the season against the highest-ranked program in the nation — No. 1 Stanford. 

September 26, 2019

Gauchos Head North Looking To Build Up Win Streak

By Kunal Mehta

After a somewhat slow start to the season, the UCSB women’s soccer team has lost only one of their last five contests and their last two wins came in a rather convincing fashion.  

September 26, 2019

No. 1 UCSB Men’s Water Polo Set To Compete in SoCal Invitational

By Jesse Morrison

The Gauchos have been firing on all cylinders as a team this 2019 season and will look to continue this unified style of play this weekend.

September 23, 2019

No. 2 UCSB Men’s Water Polo Continues Record-Breaking Run

By Jesse Morrison

UCSB now improves to 13-0, setting the school’s single-season win streak record. Along with this, UCSB should move up in the ranks to the number one spot in the nation.

September 23, 2019

UCSB Closes Out Doubleheader with Imposing Home Win over UMBC

By Richard Benites

Overall, the Gauchos are picking up steam and will hope to carry this momentum into next week’s difficult doubleheader. 

September 23, 2019

UCSB Women’s Volleyball Looks to Keep Eight-Game Win Streak Alive

By Nick DiPierro

UCSB will take on CSUN Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. while games against UCI and Fullerton will kickoff Friday and Saturday at 7:00 and 5:00 p.m. respectively.

September 23, 2019

UCSB Women’s Soccer Takes Down LMU for Third Consecutive Win

By Kunal Mehta

With just two games left until conference play begins, UCSB will need to keep up their high level of play in order to hit the ground running in their first interconference matchup, which is just a couple weeks away.

September 22, 2019

Gauchos Bounce Back in 3-0 Win Over Fresno State

By Jake Ciccone

After their hard-fought battle against No. 2 Stanford on Sunday, the Gauchos bounced back and executed for the full 90 minutes to gain a decisive win over the previously 3-1-1 Bulldogs.

September 21, 2019

UCSB Defeats Seattle University at Home, Extends Win Streak to Three in a Row

By Richard Benites

Still, UCSB managed to hold off Seattle University for a solid 1-0 victory at Harder Stadium and they’ll look to take this momentum into this weekend’s matchup. 

September 19, 2019

No. 2 UCSB Men’s Water Polo Sets Program Record For Best Start to The Season

By Omar Hernandez

With the win, the Gauchos are now 10-0 in the season and officially hold the school record for best start to a season beating the 1988 UCSB team which also started 9-0.

September 19, 2019

UCSB Women’s Volleyball Takes Down UCLA for First Time Since 1998

By Omar Hernandez, Nick DiPierro

After a season that saw individual efforts win some games, the Gauchos have surged up the standings 10 games in and have proven to be cold-blooded killers.

September 19, 2019

UCSB Men’s Soccer Hopes To Build Positive Momentum, Hosts Seattle U

By Omar Hernandez

With a matchup against powerhouse No. 2 Stanford drawing nearer, this game will be a good test to see how close this squad is to being able to compete against the top teams in the country.

September 19, 2019

Gauchos Look To Get Back On Track, Face Fresno St. and LMU

By Kunal Mehta

After a disappointing past week, Santa Barbara will look to get back on track by creating more opportunities on the counterattack where the squad has struggled as of late.

September 19, 2019

No. 2 UCSB Men’s Water Polo Aiming For Best Start in Program History

By Spencer Ault

A 9-0 start to the season and wins over then-No. 4 Cal and then-No. 1 USC have propelled UCSB into a tie for the No. 2 ranking with UCLA.

September 16, 2019

Gauchos Hold Down Home Court, Dominate Thunderdome Invitational

By Nithesh Perumal

The weekend kicked off as the ‘Chos played the University of San Diego on Friday Sept. 13. After starting out a bit slow and eventually dropping the first set to USD, the ‘Chos went 3-0 to emerge victorious 3-1. 

September 16, 2019

No. 4 UCSB Men’s Water Polo Takes Down No. 1 USC, Wins Inland Empire Classic

By Jesse Morrison

The Gauchos’ confidence was riding high coming into the weekend’s slate of games following their first place finish at the Triton Invitational last week.