Sports

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...

March 31, 2008

Gauchos Shine at Nationals

By Ana Pineda Staff Writer

UCSB proved its power in the pool at the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship by producing five All-American swimmers. Sophomore Anne Marie May dominated at the NCAA's, coming in 3rd in the 50 free...

March 31, 2008

SB Unable to Climb Rankings as Aztecs Snap Win Streak

By Ravi Bhatia

After winning six consecutive matches since March 8, the #64 UCSB men's tennis team (9-5 overall) lost to #48 San Diego State (10-6 overall) 5-2 on Saturday afternoon at the Rec Cen courts. The loss was the Gauchos' firs...

March 31, 2008

SB Stunned in Tournament Semifinals

By Alex Pavlovic

This isn't how it was supposed to end.

March 31, 2008

Streaking Gauchos Sweep Big West Opener

By Matt Connolly

If you did not believe in them before, it is about time you jumped on the bandwagon.

March 31, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

The QB’s still hurtin’ a little from UCSB’s early Big West exit, but picking the Final Four correctly heals all wounds. It takes a real genius to pick all four #1 seeds, or a real moron. You decide. Eit...

March 10, 2008

SB Clinches Title in Overtime Thriller

By Alex Pavlovic

Channeling memories of Christian Laettner, Chris Webber and Aaron Nixon, the UCSB men's basketball team came away with an overtime victory in the wildest game of the season, clinching the Big West regular season title an...