Sports

February 23, 2006

Women’s Water Polo: Gaucho Invite Hosts a Throng of Squads

By Galen Carrico

The top 16 teams in the nation will venture to Santa Barbara this weekend, as the women's water polo team hosts the Gaucho Invitational at both Campus Pool and the Rec Cen pools.

February 22, 2006

Women’s Tennis: Santa Barbara Trips Riverside at Home

By Tiffany Polfer

The 68th-ranked UCSB women's tennis team welcomed back #1 singles player and team leader senior Marielle Gruenig and defeated UC Riverside 6-1 Sunday before losing to Cal Poly 4-3 Monday. In the Gauchos' home opener Sund...

February 22, 2006

Baseball: SB Edges Warriors

By Chris Hoffman

It was a little harder the second time around, but the UCSB baseball team managed to defeat cross-town rival Westmont once again, 5-3.

February 22, 2006

Swimming: Gauchos Drown Conference Competition

By Katie Sowell

Victory certainly was sweet for the UCSB swim teams last weekend, as both the men's and women's squads cruised to Big West Conference Championship wins at the Belmont Plaza in Long Beach. The Gaucho teams pulled out vict...

February 22, 2006

UCSB Ends Eight-Year Drought Against Pac-10 Teams

By Cassie Harris

It was a long time coming, but the #75 UCSB men's tennis team finally claimed victory over a Pac-10 team, as it defeated Oregon 4-2 on Saturday.

February 22, 2006

Track & Field

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February 21, 2006

UCSB Tames Conference’s Top Dogs

By Sean Lewis

With just four games remaining in Big West Conference play, the UCSB women's basketball team told the 49ers, the fans in the Thunderdome and everyone who watched on FSN West 2 that they are the champs until someone knock...

February 21, 2006

Gauchos Bust San Jose State

By Kelly Hayes

Thirty-five minutes of quality basketball was just enough for the UCSB men's basketball team to squeeze out a 76-72 win over San Jose State in ESPN's Bracket Buster Saturday.

February 21, 2006

Women’s Softball: Bad Weather Cuts Tournament Short

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The weekend rain reeked havoc on Campus Diamond and on UCSB's Softball by the Beach Tournament, washing away the better part of the weekend's games.

February 21, 2006

Santa Barbara Win Unwraps Trojans

By Monique Moyal

Over the three-day weekend, the #11 UCSB men's volleyball team recorded its second straight victory, defeating #12 USC and climbing back into .500-territory once again.

February 21, 2006

Women’s Water Polo: Slow Starts Plague SB in Weekend Setbacks

By system

The #11 UCSB women's water polo team dropped two matches against ranked opponents over the weekend in Campus Pool.

February 17, 2006

Gauchos Drop Third Straight Game

By Sean Lewis

The UC Irvine women's basketball team proved once and for all that size truly doesn't matter in its 82-69 upset over Santa Barbara Thursday night in the Thunderdome.

February 17, 2006

Softball: Early Bird Tourney Kicks Off Today

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The UCSB softball team is looking to capitalize on their home field advantage as the host of this weekend's Softball by the Beach Tournament at Campus Diamond. The Gauchos play five games this weekend against a variety o...

February 17, 2006

Women’s Water Polo: UCSB Looks for Revenge at Home

By Galen Carrico

The UCSB women's water polo team will have its hands full this weekend as it faces one of the nation's top teams and seeks revenge for a last-second defeat suffered last weekend in the Triton Invitational.

February 17, 2006

Baseball: Santa Barbara Squeezes Out Exhibition Win

By Chris Hoffman

After sleep walking through the first seven innings, the UCSB baseball team's offense woke up in time to salvage a 4-3 victory over the University of British Columbia in an exhibition game yesterday.

February 16, 2006

UCSB Mauls Mustangs

By Kelly Hayes

The Cal Poly men's basketball team must have forgotten to check the weather before coming to the Thunderdome, because its shooters went cold in a 64-37 loss to the Gauchos last night.