Sports

April 28, 2006

Softball: Gauchos Look to Top Third-Place Cal Poly

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

After struggling on its last road trip, the UCSB softball team is looking for the comfort of home this weekend, hosting Central Coast rival Cal Poly. Santa Barbara (19-16 overall, 3-6 in the Big West) sits in fifth place...

April 28, 2006

Track and Field: Rivals To Meet in Pauley Track Duel

By Sean Lewis

For only the second time this season, the UCSB track and field team will have the opportunity to show its skills in front of a home crowd when it plays host to Cal Poly on Saturday in the Battle of the Central Coast III,...

April 28, 2006

Women’s Water Polo: Six-Seed UC Irvine Downs UCSB

By Galen Carrico

Things went well early for the UCSB women's water polo team in its opening-round game in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament on Thursday. The Gauchos led 4-1 in the first quarter of the preliminary game aga...

April 28, 2006

Baseball: Santa Barbara Hosts Series After Long Road Trip

By Chris Hoffman

With a series against Big West powerhouse Cal State Fullerton looming, the UCSB baseball team is looking to pick up a few conference wins against Cal State Northridge this weekend. The weekend series will be the first ti...

April 27, 2006

Men’s Tennis: Gauchos Aim for NCAA Tournament

By Cassie Harris

The UCSB men's tennis team will look to prove its Big West supremacy, as it takes the #1 seed into the conference tournament this weekend. After wrapping up their third consecutive regular season Big West title with an u...

April 27, 2006

Women’s Tennis: Santa Barbara Heads to Big West Championships

By Tiffany Polfer

The #70 UCSB women's tennis team is looking to extend the season of its six seniors for at least three more matches, as the Gauchos kick off the Big West Tournament this weekend in Indian Wells. The Gauchos come into the...

April 27, 2006

Sac-Town Soliloquist: For Whom the Ball Rolls

By Sean Swaby

Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, shot! Oh, if only those words reminded me of heckling opposing players in a high school game. But, alas, it was Brent Barry that went all high school on all of us Kings fans. Hasn't Sacram...

April 26, 2006

Men’s Rugby: Cal Hands SB Playoff Loss

By Jeremy Fuller

Up against the best in the nation, the #16 UCSB men's rugby team put up a fight last Saturday, but failed in their attempt to be the first U.S. collegiate team to beat #1 Cal in the last four years.

April 26, 2006

Men’s Baseball: UCSB Squeaks Out Road Win

By Chris Hoffman

The UCSB baseball team picked up its second win of the year over a Pac-10 Conference powerhouse, defeating #22 UCLA 11-8 last night. UCSB also knocked off USC in early April.

April 26, 2006

Women’s Rugby: Wet Conditions, Turnover Sour Gauchos’ Sweet 16

By Jeremy Fuller

Although it appeared to be the better team on the field in its Sweet 16 game against Ohio State, costly turnovers held up the UCSB women's rugby team, allowing the Buckeyes to escape with a 15-10 win in the opening round...

April 25, 2006

Men’s Lacrosse: Tritons Take Out Turnover-Prone UCSB

By Kelly Hayes

An early lead, strong play from UCSD senior All-American attack Nick Dean and some Gaucho turnovers handed UC San Diego a 10-7 upset win over the UCSB men's lacrosse team in the Western Collegiate Lacrosse League (WCLL) ...

April 25, 2006

Women’s Lacrosse: Mustangs Manhandle Santa Barbara in Final

By Monique Moyal

Last weekend, the #2 UCSB women's lacrosse team made an appearance at the Western Women's Lacrosse League (WWLL) championships at Occidental College, winning two games early on Saturday but dropping the final championshi...

April 25, 2006

Yo, Barry Bonds

By Chris Dale

Barry Lamar Bonds finally hit his first home run of the season on Saturday afternoon in Colorado - and there's a lot about that statement that's interesting. First, the whole deal with using someone's middle name is to a...

April 24, 2006

Women’s Water Polo: Santa Barbara Wins Three in Tournament

By Kelly Hayes

It was a weekend of downs and ups for the UCSB women's water polo team. After dropping its final Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game of the season to #1 USC on Friday 16-9, the Gauchos returned home to host a mini to...

April 24, 2006

Baseball: Superior Irvine Pitching Tops UCSB

By Chris Hoffman

The UCSB baseball team maintained its consistency, dropping two of three games over the weekend at UC Irvine. The Gauchos have won just one game in each of their first three Big West series.

April 24, 2006

Softball: Matadors Blow Past SB, Win Series

By Monique Moyal

Despite dropping the series to Cal State Northridge, the UCSB softball team salvaged the weekend with a late win on the road yesterday to avoid a sweep.