Sports

April 7, 2008

SB Takes Another Series

By Matt Connolly

A split in a pair of ninth-inning nail biters and a blowout win in the series finale had the UC Santa Barbara baseball team (21-9 overall, 5-1 in the Big West) take down two out of three on the road versus Pacific (6-22,...

April 7, 2008

Anteaters Eliminate Gauchos From Postseason Contention

By Tiffany Polfer

The #14 UCSB men's volleyball team (9-16 overall, 6-14 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) suffered its fourth loss in a row this past Saturday, as the #9 UC Irvine Anteaters (14-13 overall, 10-10 in the MPSF) swe...

April 7, 2008

Gauchos Dominate League Matches

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB men's tennis team (11-6 overall) clinched the first seed in the Big West Conference after a 6-1 victory over UC Davis on Saturday and another 6-1 win over the former conference leader, Pacific, on Sunday.

April 7, 2008

UCSB Stands Up to Powerhouses

By Kevin Klein

The UCSB track and field team faced its toughest competition yet this past weekend, when it traveled north to compete in the Stanford Invitational and made some noise among the national ranks, collecting three NCAA regio...

April 7, 2008

UCSB Drops Pair to Ranked Foes

By Matt Crowell

It would be easy to look at the #17 UCSB women's water polo record (4-16 overall, 0-10 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) and write off this season as all but over. But don't tell that to the lady Gauchos, as they conti...

April 7, 2008

Gauchos Break Five Game Losing Streak

By Miles Yim

After taking #49 Long Beach State down to the wire last Thursday, the UCSB women's tennis team once again struggled with its consistency, losing 5-2 to unranked Loyola Marymount on Saturday while blanking UC Riverside 7-...

April 7, 2008

Gauchos Get Another Sweep

By Rob Garcia

UCSB softball brought out the brooms for the second-consecutive weekend, as the Gauchos completed a three-game sweep of Cal Poly this past Saturday and Sunday at Campus Diamond.

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.