Sports

November 3, 2006

SB Looks to Alter Recent Woes

By Chris Hoffman

After two difficult losses on the home court last weekend, the UCSB women's volleyball team hopes to turn things around this weekend on the road. The Gauchos (13-10 overall, 5-5 in the Big West) travel to face UC Riversi...

November 3, 2006

Seven Deadly Surfer Sins

By Lika Walker

Long before the ancient Hawaiians brought surfing to the world in the later part of the sixth century, St. Gregory the Great introduced the Seven Deadly Sins. Little did he know that centuries later these hell inviting d...

November 3, 2006

Gauchos To Host Pomona in Opene

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The UCSB women's basketball team will dust off its Adidas high tops and hit the hardwood Saturday for the first game of the 2006-2007 season - a home exhibition against Cal Poly Pomona.

November 3, 2006

UCSB Is Thirsty for MPSF Matches

By Cassie Harris

Confidence is an important ingredient for any team to be successful, and for the #6 UCSB men's water polo team, that confidence level is on the rise.

November 2, 2006

Santa Barbara Powers Past SD

By Alex Pavlovic

If Wednesday night's exhibition game was any indication, the future is bright for the UCSB men's basketball team. The Gauchos stormed out to a big first half lead and withheld a late run from UC San Diego to win 62-51. S...

November 2, 2006

Gauchos Snap Win Streak

By Kip Hanson

In a game fraught with disorder, Santa Barbara fell to the #18 Anteaters 2-0 on a cold Wednesday evening in Irvine. While a win would have clinched a Big West Conference Championship, the loss gives the Anteaters (13-3-3...

November 2, 2006

SB Drops First Conference Match

By Jonah Meyer

While most UCSB students were recovering from their adventurous Halloween weekend, the UCSB men's club water polo team made a quick trip up to San Luis Obispo on Saturday for a match against rival Cal Poly.

November 2, 2006

Swimming: UCSB Faces More Stress Than Midterms

By Galen Carrico

Head Coach Gregg Wilson of the #1 UCSB swim team has a busy weekend ahead, with his daughter expecting a baby any day now in addition to preparing his team for the competition it will face in the next three days.

November 1, 2006

Tritons Will Test Young UCSB Tonight

By Alex Pavlovic

With the injury bug once again striking the men's basketball program, tonight's game against UC San Diego will provide Gaucho fans with their first look at a young, but talented UCSB team. Following the injury to sixth-y...

November 1, 2006

May the NBA Be With You

By Cassie Harris

I know that around Halloween you want to be with someone that knows how to have a good time; someone who is really wild and makes you want to release your inhibitions and go crazy. I can identify with that, I totally get...

November 1, 2006

Santa Barbara Looks for League Championship

By Kip Hanson

When the first place Gauchos (11-6-0 overall, 6-2-0 in the Big West) take the field tonight in Irvine, they do so with the knowledge that they are a mere 90 minutes from a league championship.

October 31, 2006

Gauchos Drown in Hawaii Waters

By Galen Carrico

UCSB swimming suffered two losses this past weekend when it traveled to the University of Hawaii. Both the men's and women's teams attempted to overcome the absence of a diving team, forcing them to go down early in two ...

October 31, 2006

Wheelin’ Anna Dealin’: Deconstructing a Powerhouse

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

After dropping its two conference games last weekend and falling to fourth in the Big West, it is evaluation time for the UCSB women's volleyball team. Before we even look at why this season's team will most likely not g...

October 31, 2006

Superstitions Still Reign Sports World

By Monique Moyal

On a day when dead spirits are feared to be roaming the night, people around the globe have been able to trick themselves into investing false belief in superstitious practices.

October 30, 2006