Sports

Gauchos Look to Keep USC At Bay

The #13 USC men's volleyball team, hot off an upset sweep of #5 UCLA, comes riding into UCSB tonight for a conference match with the #3 Gauchos. UCSB (7-2 overall, 5-1 in the Mountain Pacific Sports F...
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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Today, it seems, everyone surfs. But what does it really mean to surf? I learned how to surf on a 7'10" mini tanker, but even before that, my friends and I would mess around and ride waves on what we ...
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Feature: The Naked Truth About Cal Poly Athletics

It is a difficult task to mention our friends to the north without talking about true sporting excellence. Whether on the field of competition or in the announcer's booth up above, the only brand of ...
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UCSTD?

The QB is thinking about transferring to Minnesota. With 24 outbreaks of herpes among high school wrestlers, UC Santa Barbara could get a run for its money.
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Gauchos Monopolize Mammoth

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...
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Rebels Force SB Into Upstream Battle

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

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...
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Zone Defense Cannot Slow SB

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 o...
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Gauchos Ace Long Beach, UCSD in Six

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...
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UCSB Snaps Tigers’ Streak

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...
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Colt Down

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.
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UCSB Fails to Keep Historic Streak

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...
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Gauchos Climb Rankings, Head South

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 voll...
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SB Bounces Back on Road

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 mu...
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SB Takes Gamble in Sin City

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.
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