Sports

January 30, 2007

Gauchos Monopolize Mammoth

By Hannah Perry

The UCSB alpine race team headed to Mammoth this past weekend for its third competition of the year and turned in another dominant performance. The Gaucho racers have already taken off to a quick lead this season, leavin...

January 30, 2007

Rebels Force SB Into Upstream Battle

By Ana Pineda Staff Writer

With several members of UCSB's swim team recently recuperating from illnesses, traveling to a foreign pool played a huge factor in the men's and women's losses to UN Las Vegas on Saturday. Yet, the women's squad found re...

January 30, 2007

How To Draft a Championship NBA Fantasy Basketball Team, Part I

By John Ciccarelli

For nearly six months every year, college students everywhere have the privilege of being the general managers of a National Basketball Association franchise - a fantasy NBA franchise, that is. I have taken it upon mysel...

January 29, 2007

Zone Defense Cannot Slow SB

By Derek Mead

After losing to Cal State Northridge 66-64 earlier this week, the UCSB women's basketball team faced practically the exact same game plan in Saturday's 89-55 dismantling of Pacific. The Tigers (7-14 overall, 1-6 in the B...

January 29, 2007

Gauchos Ace Long Beach, UCSD in Six

By Tiffany Polfer

The #4 UCSB men's volleyball team broke out the brooms and did some cleaning this past weekend in Southern California, as the Gauchos (7-2 overall, 5-1 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) swept both #8 Long Beach ...

January 29, 2007

UCSB Snaps Tigers’ Streak

By Alex Pavlovic

If only the UCSB men's basketball team could play every game on the road. After defeating Cal State Northridge on Thursday, the Gauchos withstood a late Pacific run on Saturday night to come away with a 70-62 victory and...

January 29, 2007

Colt Down

By Armchair QB

After Barbaro lost 80 percent of his hoof and had two steel pins inserted in it, the QB wonders if Peyton Manning will be the only Colt in danger of being put down this weekend.

January 26, 2007

UCSB Fails to Keep Historic Streak

By Derek Mead

In a fast-paced game, the UCSB women's basketball team narrowly missed extending its winning streak to seven with a 66-64 loss to Cal State Northridge. Santa Barbara (10-9 overall, 4-2 in the Big West) was merely seconds...

January 26, 2007

Gauchos Climb Rankings, Head South

By Kip Hanson

As the excitement from hurdling UCLA (3-5 overall, 1-4 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) and falling one set short of toppling the Irvine Empire fades into the background, the UCSB men's volleyball team (5-2, 3-...

January 26, 2007

SB Bounces Back on Road

By Chris Hoffman

What a difference one week makes. Freshman guard Justin Joyner turned in perhaps the best performance of his young career with a career-high 15 points as the UCSB men's basketball team picked up a much needed win on the...

January 26, 2007

SB Takes Gamble in Sin City

By Ana Pineda Staff Writer

The UCSB men and women's swim team are headed to the desert this weekend for a dual meet against UNLV and Colorado State after a strong performance against Davis last week.

January 26, 2007

Men’s Tennis: Gauchos Serve Up Home Opener

By Cassie Harris

A season that ends with a conference title and an appearance in the NCAA tournament can be difficult to top, but the #70 UCSB men's tennis team will be looking to do just that as it opens its season this weekend.

January 26, 2007

Don’t Mess With Texas

By Armchair QB

Everything is bigger in Texas. And if Sammy Sosa somehow manages to squeak his way into the Rangers' 40 man roster, the bats will be bigger and corkier in 2007.

January 25, 2007

Nexus Player of the Week: Jessica Wilson

By Derek Mead

Thanks in a large part to junior guard Jessica Wilson's success filling in at the point position, the UCSB women's basketball team is riding a six-game win streak that has sent the team into second place in the Big West....

January 25, 2007

Gauchos Look to Change Pace

By Chris Hoffman

After two embarrassing home losses, the UCSB men's basketball team is looking for some time away from the beach to reinvigorate its season.

January 25, 2007

SB Tests Streak on Home Turf

By Derek Mead

With a win streak against Cal State Northridge that's old enough to celebrate properly, the UCSB women's basketball team will look to bull rush the Matadors (8-10 overall, 4-1 in the Big West) tonight.