Sports

January 18, 2007

Gauchos Poach Visiting Bruins

By Tiffany Polfer

Last night's men's volleyball game was touted as a battle between two stars, senior opposite Evan Patak and #3 UCLA's senior opposite Steve Klosterman, with Klosterman the favorite to win. When the dust settled though, i...

January 18, 2007

SB’s Alpine Champs Look to Defend Title

By Ana Pineda Staff Writer

UCSB's underrated Ski and Snowboard Team - the alpine racing club team - has finally awakened from its summer hibernation.

January 18, 2007

Thursday

By Armchair QB

Lakers center Kwame Brown was accused of stealing a birthday cake from a stranger outside of a Los Angeles night club on Nov. 14. Too bad the Suns are blowing out L.A.’s candles.

January 17, 2007

Gauchos To Test Undefeated Streak

By Tiffany Polfer

Despite starting the season with a two-match win streak over Northern Californian teams #11 Pacific and Stanford, the #6 UCSB men's volleyball team's true test comes tonight as the Gauchos welcome the reigning national c...

January 17, 2007

Surfing’s Roots

By Lika Walker

Last week's article about the SoCal-NorCal surf rivalry sparked some controversy among my friends. Strangely enough, an argument ensued between my Huntington Beach roommate and my Santa Cruz neighbor

January 17, 2007

Why UCSB Is Better Than UCLA

By Armchair QB

The QB salutes Bryan Byrne's draft selection

January 16, 2007

Gauchos Disappoint Home Crowd

By Alex Pavlovic

The only consolation for the UCSB men's basketball team on Saturday night was that UC Davis is still not officially part of the Big West Conference. Playing in front of the third-largest home crowd of the year, the Gauch...

January 16, 2007

UCSB Goes Undefeated Up North

By Tiffany Polfer

The #6 UCSB men's volleyball team traveled up to Northern California for two games over this past weekend, coming away with a three-game winning streak and a 2-0 record in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play.

January 16, 2007

SB Succeeds in Friendly Waters

By Cassie Harris

It was a successful weekend for the UCSB swimming program as both the men's and women's teams earned wins over Davis in a dual meet showdown Saturday at Campus Pool.

January 16, 2007

Gauchos Grab Fifth Straight

By Derek Mead

With its last loss coming way back in 2006, the UCSB women's basketball team extended its win streak to five with Saturday's defeat of UC Davis.

January 12, 2007

UCSB Sends Utah Home on its Knees

By Cassie Harris

The rout was on at the Thunderdome last night as the UCSB women's basketball team dominated Utah Valley State 86-58.

January 12, 2007

Gauchos To Face Top Opponents

By Kip Hanson

The results from last weekend's Elephant Bar Invitational hosted by the #6 Santa Barbara men's volleyball team are a bit deceiving. Including eight of the country's top 15 squads, each team finished the tournament exactl...

January 12, 2007

SB Seeks to Beef Up Wins

By Chris Hoffman

A week after dropping its first conference game of the season, the UCSB men's basketball team returns home this weekend to face future Big West member UC Davis.

January 11, 2007

SB Looks for Big West Breather

By Cassie Harris

Currently riding a three-game winning streak, the UCSB women's basketball team looks to maintain its momentum as it hosts Utah Valley State tonight at the Thunderdome.

January 11, 2007

Get Wet: Who’s Got the Raddest Swell?

By Hannah Perry

Localism always has been and always will be prevalent in society. Everything that has breath somehow feels as though it owns special rights and privileges to its place of birth.

January 10, 2007

Women’s Basketball #1 UC Riverside

By Alex Pavlovic

The Riverside women's basketball team entered the 2005-06 season as the third youngest team in the nation - as an afterthought in the Big West Conference.