Sports

March 8, 2007

2007 Big West Tournament Guide

By Alex Pavlovic

While six teams remain in the Big West Tournament, the hunt for the conference title has realistically been a four-team race for some time now.

March 8, 2007

How To Fill Out the Winning March Madness Bracket

By John Ciccarelli

When March rolls around, there is a noticeable dry spell in professional sports.

March 8, 2007

Gaucho Trio To Test Waters at Nationals

By Ana Pineda Staff Writer

UCSB looks forward to an exciting week in the water as freshman Anne Marie May and senior captain Jennifer Schwalb from the women's swim team represent the Gauchos at the NCAA Nationals.

March 8, 2007

First Round Trouble Spells Doom for SB

By Kip Hanson

A bleak first-round performance on a tough course at the Callaway Golf Invitational in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., left the Gauchos in 14th place and out of contention for the tournament cup.

March 8, 2007

UCSB Hosts Rival Cal Poly

By Chris Hoffman

With a bid to the USA Rugby Men's College Championship on the line, the #14 UCSB men's club rugby team hosts Central Coast rival #9 Cal Poly this weekend in a battle for first place.

March 8, 2007

Loading the Bases

By Armchair QB

Already known as a racist, sexist, and homophobe, John Rocker can now add Human Growth Hormone user to his list. What a resume.

March 7, 2007

Pitching Woes Allow Waves to Slide by SB

By Alex Pavlovic

In a game that featured 25 runs and 28 hits, UCSB dropped a heartbreaker to #10 Pepperdine yesterday

March 7, 2007

Injury-Plagued UCSB Falls to Georgia State

By Cassie Harris

It was a long afternoon for the injury-ridden UCSB men's tennis team yesterday as it dropped a match to Georgia State 1-6.

March 7, 2007

Why Do You Love to Surf?

By Lika Walker

The other day I took a stroll to all of my favorite think spots. For a surfer, naturally, the optimal place to ponder in peace is the beach.

March 7, 2007

Danger Under the Rack

By Armchair QB

UNC forward Tyler Hansbrough gets an elbow to the nose and Ron Artest's latest love interest gets slapped across the face. Who ever said basketball was not a contact sport?

March 6, 2007

UCSB Comes Home to Face Waves

By Alex Pavlovic

After a high-scoring road trip in which it saw three closely contested games, the UCSB baseball team returns home for a midweek matchup against #13 Pepperdine.

March 6, 2007

Santa Barbara Drops Two of Three on Weekend Road Trip

By Ana Pineda Staff Writer

The #12 UCSB women's water polo team won just one of three games this weekend, defeating Pacific 13-6, but losing to #4 Cal 10-7 and #8 UC Davis 9-5.

March 6, 2007

Gauchos Hope to End Two-Game Skid

By Cassie Harris

After a much-needed break, the UCSB men's tennis team begins a busy stretch of its schedule with a home match against Georgia State this afternoon.

March 6, 2007

NCAA Denies UCSB’s Bid to Host College Cups

By Staff

Being a champion does not make everything easy.

March 6, 2007

Swing, Batter Batter

By Armchair QB

First Washington decides to stop playing Gonzaga in college basketball and now they want to ban booing in high school sports. Talk about sucking the fun out of life.

March 5, 2007