Sports

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.

April 2, 2008

The Rookie

By Staff

Nice to see that yesterday’s Giants’ starting lineup featured six guys over 30 years old, followed by a couple of infielders who don’t belong in the majors. Youth movement, my ass.

April 1, 2008

All The Important Gaucho Shit You Missed While Watching a Donkey Show in Tijuana

By Staff

Two weeks after fellow senior Alex Harris won the Big West Co-Player of the Year award, forward Nedim Pajevic received a far more prestigious honor when the NCAA, in partnership with Gillette, named him the 18th recipien...

April 1, 2008

Gaucho Polo Player in Speedo Arrested

By Chris Hoffman

In a follow-up to the tortilla incident at the UCSB men's basketball game against UC Riverside on Senior Night, one member of the Gaucho men's water polo team was expelled from the university, while a member of the Event...

April 1, 2008

Rome to Bring “The Jungle” to AD

By Captain Morgan

Following an eight-hour interview yesterday, television and radio personality Jim Rome was named UCSB's new athletic director, a shocking development in the search for outgoing A.D. Gary Cunningham's replacement.

April 1, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

This article appeared as part of the Nexus’ April Fools’ edition. Armchair QB: QB 1: Hey quick, tell me a joke. QB2: Title IX

March 31, 2008

Big West Champs Go Dancing

By Alex Pavlovic

Back in the Big Dance for the first time since 2005, the UCSB women's basketball team gave its ranked opponent quite a scare before the music stopped.

March 31, 2008

Harris Breaks UCSB Career Scoring Record

By Alex Pavlovic

A year ago, as he wrapped up a remarkable junior season, Alex Harris stood on the Thunderdome floor after practice and responded to a question about the possibility that he would break the school's scoring record by reit...

March 31, 2008

SB Dominates First Weekend of League Play

By Rob Garcia

With the exception of a pair of losses to UCLA, UCSB softball has been loading up in the win column these past two weeks.

March 31, 2008

UCSB Swings and Misses in Upset Attempt

By Tiffany Polfer

The #14 UCSB men's volleyball team had a roller coaster of a Spring Break, with ups and plenty of downs through the many games they played this past week. The Gauchos (9-14 overall, 6-12 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Fe...