Sports

January 9, 2006

Santa Barbara Continues Road Winless Streak

By Sean Lewis

After a disappointing road match, which saw the UCSB women's basketball team lose their first game against current conference members since 2003, the Gauchos (6-7 overall, 2-1 in the Big West) head to Irvine with hopes o...

January 1, 2006

Men’s Tennis: Gauchos Knock Off Princeton

By Cassie Harris

The #69 UCSB men's tennis team made winning look easy on Tuesday with a dominant 6-1 victory over Princeton. After losing 2-1 in doubles, the Gauchos (4-1 overall) swept through singles play, winning each match in straig...

January 1, 2006

Battle of the Beach Heats Up

By Jeff Gibson

Coming out of a weekend pair of sweeps against sub-par opponents, the #9 Santa Barbara men's volleyball team will have to line up at the net opposite #3 Long Beach State tonight, in a match that will put more than the Ga...

December 1, 2005

Gauchos Go Dancing in Los Angeles

By Monique Moyal

For the 25th year in a row, the UCSB women's volleyball team will compete in the Big Dance with an eight game-winning streak under its belt this year.

December 1, 2005

A Season to Remember

By Sean Lewis

I watched a great men's soccer season end one hot winter Tuesday at an undersized soccer field in Northridge. I slinked away while a couple hundred Gaucho Locos chanted "Good luck Northridge," and "Go to the Final Four."

December 1, 2005

UCSB Falls to Tarheels

By Kelly Hayes

While their fellow students were licking gravy-coated plates clean, the members of the UCSB men's basketball team were getting their first taste of defeat this season on a road trip featuring the defending national champ...

December 1, 2005

SB Faces Early Struggles

By Sean Lewis

It's been a rough start for the UCSB women's basketball team, who dropped its last three games to extend its season-long winless streak to five games.

November 23, 2005

Matador Offense Ends NCAA Run

By Chris Hoffman

The battle between the best of the Big West spilled into the second round of the NCAA men's soccer tournament as #13 Cal State Northridge defeated #14 UCSB 3-2.

November 23, 2005

Sandell Takes Big West MVP

By Monique Moyal

The UCSB women's volleyball team has a lot to be thankful for this weekend, after coming off a victory against Loyola Marymount last night. Santa Barbara (19-8 overall, 12-2 in the Big West) defeated LMU (19-10 overall, ...

November 23, 2005

Santa Barbara Opens Home Season

By Sean Lewis

It's good to be home for the holidays, and nobody could be happier than the UCSB women's basketball team after dropping its first two games of the season for the first time in 13 years. The Gauchos (0-2 overall) play hos...

November 22, 2005

UCSB Seeks Revenge on Nemesis Northridge

By Chris Hoffman

Onward the #14 UCSB men's soccer team goes in their quest for a return to the College Cup - this time to face the most familiar of opponents. After Saturday's 2-0 win over San Diego State, UCSB (13-4-3) will travel to fe...

November 22, 2005

Gauchos Squelch USD Comeback

By Kelly Hayes

The UCSB men's basketball team just barely passed its first test of the season, squeaking out a 67-65 win over University of San Diego last night at the Thunderdome.

November 22, 2005

SB Travels to LMU, Vies for NCAA Bid

By Monique Moyal

In the final stretch of season play, the UCSB women's volleyball team (18-8 overall, 12-2 in the Big West) travels to Loyola for a nonconference matchup tonight, as it makes the final push for a late bid to the NCAA play...

November 21, 2005

Gaucho’s Score Twice in Playoff Win

By Chris Hoffman

The #21 UCSB men's soccer team passed its first postseason test, netting two second-half goals to defeat #24 San Diego State 2-0 at Harder Stadium.

November 21, 2005

Santa Barbara Drains Threes to Down Dons

By Kelly Hayes

In front of the largest home opener crowd in over five years, the UCSB men's basketball team kicked its season off on the right foot with an 82-59 victory over University of San Francisco on Friday night at the Thunderdo...

November 21, 2005

Blackshire Finishes UCSB Home Career

By Monique Moyal

The UCSB women's volleyball team (18-8 overall, 12-2 in the Big West) swept Davis to win its final home match of the season, and notch its 15th consecutive victory in Santa Barbara.