Sports

April 7, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

Memphis guard Derrick Rose missed the National Championship media sessions this weekend due to stomach problems. Sounds like someone ate dinner at Little Asia on Friday night…

April 4, 2008

French Retires From Coaching Position

By Alex Pavlovic

After 21 seasons at the helm of the UCSB women's basketball program, Head Coach Mark French announced his retirement yesterday, just weeks after leading the Gauchos to their 12th NCAA Tournament appearance.

April 4, 2008

Santa Barbara Faces Rival Cal Poly

By Rob Garcia

Amidst a five-game winning streak, the Gauchos (20-14 overall, 3-0 in the Big West) face off against conference rival Cal Poly in a three-game home stand this weekend.

April 4, 2008

SB Looks to Stay Atop Big West

By Matt Connolly

After seeing their seven-game win streak come to an end on the road at Pepperdine on Wednesday, the UC Santa Barbara baseball team (19-8 overall, 3-0 in the Big West) will look to rebound as it continues the road trip ag...

April 4, 2008

Playoff Berth on Line for Gauchos

By Tiffany Polfer

With the 2008 season dwindling to a close, the #14 UCSB men's volleyball team is fighting to stay alive for the postseason, needing to win its last three home games to win a berth into the Mountain Pacific Sports Federat...

April 4, 2008

UCSB Hopes to Keep At-Large Bid Alive

By Ravi Bhatia

The #56 UCSB men's tennis team looks to continue on their quest for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament in May, hosting #53 Fresno State on Friday and Big West opponents UC Davis and Pacific on Saturday and Sunday.

April 4, 2008

Santa Barbara Fails to Pick Up Conference Ground Versus 49ers

By Miles Yim

Despite turning in possibly its best doubles performance this season, the UCSB women's tennis team could not pull out the overall victory against conference-rival #49 Long Beach State. Even in the close 4-3loss, the Gauc...

April 4, 2008

SB Faces Stiff Competition in Stanford

By Kevin Klein

Coming off strong performances over spring break, the UCSB men's and women's track and field teams will return to the oval and hope to make their presence known against some of the country's strongest and fastest teams w...

April 4, 2008

Adieu, adieu

By Staff

We’ll miss the wins, the candor and the humor. But most of all, we’ll miss the mustache. Coach French, you were truly one of a kind, and from a media standpoint, there’s no way you can ever be replaced.

April 3, 2008

UCLA Nabs MPSF Tournament Bid

By Kevin Klein

The UCSB men's volleyball team's playoff hopes took a big hit last night, while rival UCLA managed to capture a conference playoff berth. The #14 Gauchos loss to the #7 Bruins places UCSB three games out of the final pla...

April 3, 2008

SB Falters Against Top Notch Foes

By Miles Yim

Spring Break was unkind to the UCSB women's tennis team, as the Gauchos posted a disappointing 3-5 record over the quarterly intermission. Even though UCSB (7-9) played the majority of its games at home during the three-...

April 3, 2008

Pepperdine Earns Revenge at Home Walloping Against UCSB

By Matt Connolly

A day after pounding #11 Pepperdine at home 14-0, the UCSB baseball team got a taste of their own medicine, allowing 14 runs Wednesday afternoon at the Wave's Eddy D. Field Stadium on the way to a 14-3 blowout loss.

April 3, 2008

South Central

By Staff

Looks like things are returning to normal in Cincy with Chad Henry’s chucking beer bottles around. Carson Palmer feels right at home after his days in lovely South Central.

April 2, 2008

Gauchos Demolish Waves at Home

By Matt Connolly

There are tough wins, there are easy wins, and then there are flat out blowouts. UC Santa Barbara's 14-0 triumph yesterday afternoon at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium against Pepperdine can only be classified as the latter.

April 2, 2008

SB Hits Road in Search of Playoff Spot

By Kevin Klein

When the #14 UCSB men's volleyball team steps foot onto #7 UCLA's Pauley Pavilion court today, more than just a bitter rivalry will be running through the Gauchos' minds.

April 2, 2008

Santa Barbara Drops to Fourth in Own Tourney

By John Greely

After two rounds of its home tournament had been completed, the UCSB golf team stood in a promising second place. However, a disappointing performance on Tuesday knocked the Gauchos into a fourth-place finish.