Sports

January 25, 2008

Tigers Maul UCSB at Home

By Alex Pavlovic

UCSB's Big West regular season title hopes took a devastating hit last night at the hands of the University of the Pacific. The Gauchos (14-5 overall, 3-3 in the Big West) couldn't get anything going offensively until th...

January 25, 2008

Gauchos Go to Overtime in Victory Over Aggies

By Cassie Harris

The UCSB women's basketball team continued to prove it is a force to be reckoned with in the Big West, as it defeated Davis in overtime to win its seventh straight game and remain undefeated in conference play.

January 25, 2008

League Foes Invade Santa Barbara’s Turf

By Kevin Klein

The UCSB men's volleyball team is heading into a crucial stretch of the schedule, as conference play will continue to heat up rain soaked Rob Gym this weekend.

January 25, 2008

SB Hosts Runnin’ Rebels in Nonconference Meet

By Ana Pineda Staff Writer

It will be the battle of powerhouses when the UCSB men's and women's swimming teams take on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas tomorrow at Campus Pool at noon. It will be the last home meet for the Gauchos, as well as t...

January 25, 2008

“Thank you for calling the Thunderdome.”

By Staff

The QB hates covering tough Gaucho losses, but it sure beats answering the phone at the Thunderdome. It must suck to inform other schools of our growing deficit every five minutes.

January 24, 2008

SB Seeks Third Straight Victory

By Rob Garcia

Momentum is hard to come by given the parity of the Big West Conference, but after defeating Cal State Fullerton and Cal Poly, UCSB has finally found some.

January 24, 2008

Pavlovian Sayings: Let The Real Game Be Your Pregame

By Alex Pavlovic

As much as I hate to admit it, UCSB is not, and probably never will be, a school that consistently holds big time sporting events. Let's face it, the soccer team will never consistently get 5,000 fans, and the Thunderdom...

January 24, 2008

Gauchos Hit Road Riding Win Streak

By Cassie Harris

With five straight conference wins under its belt, the UCSB women's basketball team will look to continue its Big West dominance tonight on the road against Davis.

January 24, 2008

Boob Tube

By Staff

Leggy blonde Maria Sharapova will either play leggy dirty blonde Daniella Hantuchova or leggy brunette Ana Ivanovic in the Aussie Open final. Who needs late night porn when you’ve got tennis?!?

January 23, 2008

UCSB Losing Streak Hits Three

By Tiffany Polfer

The #14 UCSB men's volleyball team lost its third consecutive match, as visiting #8 Cal State Northridge defeated the Gauchos 3-1 this past weekend by scores of 31-33, 30-28, 30-24, 30-24.

January 23, 2008

Santa Barbara Races Past Northridge

By Ana Pineda Staff Writer

The UCSB men's and women's swimming teams proved that no Matador would kill their streak by defeating conference foe Cal State Northridge Friday at Campus Pool. The men took eight events to win 129-64, while the women to...

January 23, 2008

Whiskey Out a Boot

By Chris Hoffman

With Athletic Director Gary Cunningham on the way out and the search for a successor beginning, I start to wonder what the athletic department’s future leader should do upon assuming the new position. Having spent ...

January 23, 2008

Jose on Record

By Staff

In two months, Jose Canseco’s new book comes out! The QB doesn’t read, but will hit up YouTube to see Jose hit a homerun with his head every day.

January 22, 2008

MLS Scoops up Santa Barbara’s Best

By Alex Pavlovic

UCSB's status as a collegiate soccer superpower got another boost on Friday, when two Gauchos were chosen in the first round of the Major League Soccer SuperDraft.

January 22, 2008