Sports

January 31, 2006

Women

By system

January 30, 2006

Gauchos Drop Third Straight

By Kelly Hayes

Although Saturday marked a historic game, the UCSB men's basketball team was not celebrating after dropping its third straight 65-53 to Pacific at the Thunderdome.

January 30, 2006

NorCal Guests Swept Out of Thunderdome

By Monique Moyal

The #9 UCSB men's volleyball team broke out the brooms this weekend, recording back-to-back sweeps against #14 Pacific and Stanford in the Thunderdome. The Gauchos (4-5 overall, 3-3 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federat...

January 30, 2006

Swimming: UCSB Women Romp Rebels; Men Falter

By system

he UCSB swim team and Head Coach Gregg Wilson have their sights set on the Big West Conference Championships, and are wasting no time in preparation for the meet which will be held Feb. 15-18 in Long Beach.

January 30, 2006

Late Free Throws Throttle Pacific Upset Bid

By Sean Lewis

If you have a weak heart, it might not be a good time for you to be a Gaucho basketball fan. For the second game in a row, Santa Barbara (10-8 overall, 5-2 in the Big West) stole a narrow victory on the road. The latest ...

January 27, 2006

Northridge Defense Overpowers Gauchos

By Kelly Hayes

If a strong defense wins championships, it does not look as though the UCSB men's basketball team will be cutting down any nets come March. In their 59-46 loss to Cal State Northridge last night, the Gauchos (7-10 overal...

January 27, 2006

Santa Barbara Uses Physical Presence to Squeak Out Win

By Sean Lewis

It was dirty, ugly and tough, but the UCSB women's basketball team came out clean last night when it scraped out a victory against Cal State Northridge on the road 54-51. Head Coach Mark French and the rest of the Gaucho...

January 27, 2006

UCSB Hosts Two Weekend Matches

By Nexus Staff Report

The UCSB men's volleyball (2-5 overall, 1-3 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) team hosts a pair of MPSF opponents this weekend, starting Friday night against Pacific (2-5 overall, 1-3 MPSF).

January 27, 2006

Men’s Volleyball

By system

January 26, 2006

UCSB Looks to Escape From Cellar

By Kelly Hayes

The number-one scorer in the Big West and the seventh best shooter in the nation will meet at the Thunderdome tonight. Yet, when the UCSB men's basketball team hosts Cal State Northridge at 7 p.m., first place will not b...

January 26, 2006

Injury-Riddled Matadors Host Reeling Gauchos

By Sean Lewis

It's the fifth week of Big West Conference action, and Santa Barbara finds itself somewhere it isn't used to being - third place. The Gauchos (8-8 overall, 3-2 in the Big West) look to do something about that tonight in ...

January 26, 2006

Swimming: Santa Barbara Bids Farewell to Seniors

By Katie Sowell

As the saying goes, there's no place like home. The Gaucho men's and women's swim teams return to UCSB for the first time in three months when they take on rival University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) (men 6-1 overall, w...

January 25, 2006

Men’s Tennis: Doubles, Singles Wins Propel Trojans to Victory

By Cassie Harris

The UCSB men's tennis team's hot start came to a halt Tuesday as it suffered a lopsided loss at the hands of USC. After an exciting 4-3 win over #63 BYU that came down to the final match Monday, the Gauchos (3-1 overall)...

January 25, 2006

Just Like Heaven

By Sean Lewis

The time has come for the world, even Sacramento, to acknowledge what Los Angeles fans have known for about nine years now - Kobe Bryant is basketball's God. I was playing NBA Live the other night, and I scored 67 points...

January 25, 2006

Women’s Tennis: Bruins Trample UCSB in Opener

By Tiffany Polfer

The #69 UCSB women's tennis team traveled down south to Westwood looking to upset #12 UCLA. However, the Gauchos were outmatched, getting swept 7-0 in their first match of the 2006 season.