Sports

May 23, 2006

Column: Sac-Town Soliloquist

By Sean Swaby

If I can thank three years at the Nexus for anything - aside from a lot of lost nights and a paltry paycheck every so often - it allowed me to have the ignorance of UCSB athletics, which plagues so many in the student po...

May 22, 2006

There’s No Plate Like Home

By Tiffany Polfer

To some, it is an eyesore; to others, it is just something that they pass on their way to soccer. But for one Big West baseball team, it's called home. Caesar Uyesaka Stadium is home to the 35 men that make up the UCSB b...

May 22, 2006

A Legend in Diapers?

By Jeff Gibson

These days it seems like professional sports are riddled with individual comparisons between elite players. From arguing whether Peyton Manning or Tom Brady is better under the helm at quarterback to whether Barry Bonds ...

May 22, 2006

Baseball: Gauchos Dominate Against UC Davis in Slugfest

By Tiffany Polfer

The UCSB baseball team played its final home series of the season this weekend, as the Gauchos defeated UC Davis two games to one. The Gauchos (25-26 overall, 8-10 in the Big West) racked up a total of 39 runs over the w...

May 19, 2006

Softball: UCSB Swings Into Chicago Regional

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The UCSB softball team has packed its bags and is off to the Big Dance for the second time in program history. The Gauchos begin their NCAA tournament trip today, facing off against Notre Dame University in the first gam...

May 19, 2006

She Got Game

By Monique Moyal

If you're opening to the sports page out of your own free will, chances are you've already read Moneyball from cover to cover. Even for the average non-East Bay baseball fanatic, the book was genius. It captured the esse...

May 19, 2006

Baseball: UC Davis Moseys to SB for Last Home Series

By Chris Hoffman

After three stellar series in conference play, the UCSB baseball team faces its final nonconference opponent of the season this weekend as UC Davis comes to Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. Santa Barbara (23-25 overall, 8-10 in t...

May 18, 2006

Waves Drown UCSB

By Chris Hoffman

The UCSB baseball team's old habits came back to haunt it as the squad issued 13 walks and hit two batters in a 10-5 loss to #20 Pepperdine University. Five of the Waves' (38-18 overall) 10 runs came on free passes, and ...

May 18, 2006

Santa Barbara Closes Out Season

By cass Staff Writer

The #71 UCSB men's tennis team ended its season Saturday with a 4-0 loss to #20 Cal in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Gauchos (15-11 overall) lost the doubles point and went on to lose three singles matches ...

May 18, 2006

Column: Hits, Runs and Bonds

By Sean Lewis

It's only a matter of time before Barry Bonds hits home run number 714*. At least, it seems like it's only a matter of time before Barry catches the Sultan of Swat on the all-time home run list. Right now the Bay Area sl...

May 17, 2006

Schroeder Builds SB From the Ground Up

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

In her five years at the helm of the UCSB softball team, Head Coach Kristy Schroeder has brought her team to the NCAA Tournament for the first and second time in the program's history, and that's only the latest achievem...

May 17, 2006

Baseball

By Chris Hoffman

Fresh off its second Big West series win the UCSB baseball team (23-24 overall, 8-10 in the Big West) takes a break from conference action as it hosts #20 Pepperdine this afternoon. The Waves defeated the Gauchos 8-1 in ...

May 16, 2006

Gauchos Come Up Just Short Against Buffaloes

By Kelly Hayes

At the U.S. Lacrosse Men's Division Intercollegiate Associates (MDIA) National Championships, one goal can be the difference between a national title and coming up short. The UCSB men's lacrosse team proved just that las...

May 16, 2006

Santa Barbara Thumps Army, Maryland in Dallas

By Monique Moyal

Despite a tournament arrangement that left the #5 UCSB women's lacrosse team in an unfavorable position, the Gauchos were able to rebound from a first-round loss to win their last two games of the Intercollegiate Associa...

May 15, 2006

SB Delivers LBSU Upset

By Chris Hoffman

There is something about the black and yellow of Long Beach State that brings out the best in UCSB baseball. The Gauchos (23-24 overall, 8-10 in the Big West) took the first two games from the second-place 49ers 8-6 and ...

May 15, 2006

Gauchos Drop Series, Earn NCAA Bid

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The UCSB softball team ended its regular season on both a low note - dropping the final Big West Conference series to Long Beach State - and a high note - earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Gauchos (24-2...