Sports

March 7, 2008

UCSB Makes Quick Stop at Home Before Road Swing

By Rob Garcia

When you compete well at home and in beautiful weather, it's hard not to want to have every game there.

March 7, 2008

SB Faces Anteaters in Search of Big West Conference Upset

By Ravi Bhatia

After division rival Cal Poly (6-3) upset the UCSB men's tennis (3-4) team last Sunday, the Gauchos look to bounce back against #53 UC Irvine on Saturday at 1 p.m. and UC Riverside (2-6) on Sunday at noon.

March 7, 2008

Santa Barbara Looks to Piece Together Wins at Peace Meet

By Kevin Klein

This weekend the UCSB track and field team will be running for more than just fast times - as the Gauchos will be running for peace when they travel to Aliso Viejo, Ca. for the third annual "Soka University Peace Invitat...

March 7, 2008

Dance! Dance!

By Staff

Dear Dance Team, We’re honored that you like our creepy signs, and we meant every word. For more signs, please visit our room at the Anaheim Crowne Plaza during the Big West Tournament… Love, the Sports Eds

March 6, 2008

SB and CSUN Set to Battle for First

By Rob Garcia

Sometimes the opportunity for payback comes at just the right time. UCSB heads south to the Matadome to face Cal State Northridge in tonight's clash of two teams vying for regular season dominance in the Big West. Begin...

March 6, 2008

UCSB Looks to Win Mismatch Without Stars

By Cassie Harris

After clinching the Big West regular season title over the weekend, the UCSB women's basketball team will have two more games to tune up for its postseason run, starting with a clash against Northridge tonight at the Thu...

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...