Sports

September 20, 2007

Defending Champs Face Early Season Challenges

By Chris Hoffman

It took a few tries, but the defending national champion UCSB men's soccer team is beginning to show glimpses of its former self.

September 20, 2007

Santa Barbara Attempts to Build on Last Season’s Dual National Ranking

By Rob Garcia

As two of the most unsung athletic teams at UCSB, the men's and women's cross country squads will look to build on last season's achievements and once again compete for Big West supremacy.

September 20, 2007

Santa Barbara Upsets #22 Santa Clara in SCU Invitational

By Ana Pineda Staff Writer

The UCSB women's volleyball team brought out their balls of fury in a big way last weekend, emphatically ending their six-match losing streak with three consecutive wins off by a 3-2 victory over #22 Santa Clara on the r...

September 20, 2007

Gauchos Finish Eighth Place in NorCal Open

By Alex Pavlovic

After a weekend of tension filled games, the #7 UCSB men's water polo team finished just about where they started, taking home eighth place in the NorCal Open.

September 20, 2007

#1 Pick

By Staff

The QB isn’t buying the Blazers’ contention that #1 pick Greg Oden will recover from microfracture surgery. After all, how do you think I ended up in an armchair…

August 29, 2007

Places Every Gaucho Fan Should Frequent

By Staff

Places to know if you're going to be a Gaucho fan...

August 29, 2007

A Look at Head Coach Tim Vom Steeg

By Staff

Daily Nexus: After nine months of being on top of the collegiate soccer world, how does it feel to finally begin the national title defense? Tim Vom Steeg: I'm excited because we are returning 22 players and its always g...

June 27, 2007

Gauchos Visit President During NCAA Ceremony

By Chris Hoffman

Six months after capturing UCSB's second national championship, the men's soccer team joined 28 other NCAA title teams at the White House for an audience with President Bush.

June 27, 2007

UCSB Excels at Nationals

By Alex Pavlovic

While their classmates were preparing for finals, six members of the UCSB track and field team tested themselves in a different way, participating in the NCAA Championships in Sacramento.

June 27, 2007

Tank loses a tread.

By Armchair QB

Stupid NFL. Tank Johnson was only impaired to the slightest degree! If those cops were in IV for a night, half the town would be behind bars.

June 7, 2007

UCSB Reclaims Highest Honor

By Staff

After a one-year hiatus, Santa Barbara athletics once again reign supreme, as the Gauchos won this year's Big West Commissioner's Cup.

June 7, 2007

Future Looks Bright For Gauchos

By Alex Pavlovic

Over the course of this school year, I've seen nearly 100 UCSB sporting events.

June 7, 2007

Six Gauchos Compete in Nationals

By Staff

Six members of the UCSB track and field team are competing at the highest level at this week's NCAA Championships.

June 7, 2007

Quack, Quack, Quack

By Armchair QB

The Anaheim Ducks won 6-2 last night to win the Stanley Cup. It's only a matter of time before Snoop Dogg is drinking some gin and juice out of Lord Stanleys mug.

June 1, 2007

Men’s Soccer- 2006 NCAA National Champions

By Chris Hoffman

No Gaucho athletic team's accomplishments have ever been as far-reaching as those of the 2006 UCSB men's soccer team. Period.

June 1, 2007

No Frills League

By Armchair QB

No more alcohol on team planes? The NFL is surely enhancing its rep as the "No Fun League." Maybe if Mr. Goodell had a few drinks with TO, he'd be inclined to change his mind.