Sports

March 6, 2008

Gauchos Brave Poor Conditions to Finish Third

By John Greely

The Gaucho men's golf squad recovered from a poor start to take third place in the UC Riverside Braveheart Classic on Tuesday. After shooting a 320 on Monday, good for a share of eighth place, the Gauchos went on to shoo...

March 6, 2008

The Wednesday Gnar

By Todd Prodanovich

"Epic" - by far the most overused word in the world of surfers and surf stories. Surfers drop the E-bomb at a frightening frequency to describe their most insane rides from years ago, or even their oddly fun chest-high w...

March 6, 2008

Down in Flames

By Staff

The QB hopes you join him in heckling some Canadians at tomorrow night's spring soccer opener against the Canadian U-23 team. Don't know anything about Canadian soccer, but they're still going down, eh?

March 5, 2008

SB Waxes Cal Poly in Slugfest

By Alex Pavlovic

After beating up on little-known Marist the last time they played in Santa Barbara, the Gauchos (6-3 overall) showed the home fans that they can keep up with more talented teams as well, defeating Cal Poly (3-5 overall) ...

March 5, 2008

UCSB Looks to Down Matadors

By Tiffany Polfer

The #13 UCSB men's volleyball team continues their four-match road swing down south to face #3 Cal State Northridge tonight in Northridge. The Gauchos (5-8 overall, 7-10 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) are on ...

March 5, 2008

Tired Gauchos Give Up Tight Match

By Miles Yim

A three-hour marathon match in the top-ranked singles slot ended in heartbreak for senior Marta Simic and the UCSB women's tennis team as the squad dropped their first match at home 4-3 to Georgia State. Simic's match, w...

March 5, 2008

Chewy Blunts

By Staff

Congrats, Chris “Birdman” Andersen, for getting back in the league after a two-year drug suspension. Here’s to smoking some celebratory chewy blunts with the QB and ‘Sheed.

March 4, 2008

Gauchos Lose Weekend Pair During Arizona Swing

By Miles Yim

The UCSB women's tennis team went 1-2 against the Arizona schools this weekend, notching a hard-fought 4-3 victory over Northern Arizona on Friday while losing to #52 Arizona 4-3 the following afternoon and being utterly...

March 4, 2008

Winning Streaks Come to End

By Kevin Klein

In just the second meet of the season, the UCSB track and field team received stellar performances by both men's and women's squads, but were unable to keep the Gaucho's All-Cal Cup winning streaks alive.

March 4, 2008

Santa Barbara Heads to UCR for Braveheart Classic Tourney

By John Greely

Fresh off a trip to Hawaii, the UCSB men's golf team must now head down to Beaumont, Calif. March 3 and 4 to compete in the annual UC Riverside Braveheart Classic. The Gauchos look to build off their strong performance i...

March 4, 2008

Armchair QB

By Staff

Congrats to Big Ben and his new $102 million contract. The QB loves how he continues to ride his motorcycle after nearly killing himself.

March 3, 2008

Seniors Sent Off in Style

By Alex Pavlovic

On a night when four seniors took the Thunderdome floor for the final time, it was a sophomore who stole the spotlight.

March 3, 2008

SB Clinches Regular Season Crown

By Derek Mead

Cases of Andre have been flying off the shelves for a Gaucho pennant celebration since Saturday night, when the UCSB women's basketball team ran over UC Riverside to lock up its 12th Big West conference title in the last...

March 3, 2008

Gauchos Earn Split With Lions

By Matt Connolly

In its first four game series of the season, the UCSB baseball team (5-3 overall) came away with two wins in four well-contested games against LMU (3-5).

March 3, 2008

Gauchos See Losing Streak Hit Three

By Kevin Klein

The #12 UCSB men's volleyball team's playoff hopes took a big hit this weekend, as the Gauchos were upset in San Diego before coming within a couple points of shocking the #2 team in the country in Long Beach.

March 3, 2008

UCSB Loses to Rivals in Conference Opener

By Ravi Bhatia

On a windy Sunday afternoon in San Luis Obispo, the UCSB men's tennis team (3-4 overall) lost 5-2 in their first conference match of the season against Cal Poly (6-3)