Sports

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.

November 21, 2005

Top Teams Trample Gauchos in Season Opening Road Trip

By Sean Lewis

For the first time since 1993, the UCSB women's basketball team lost its first two games of the year. Santa Barbara (0-2 overall) fell behind two tough opponents in #10 Michigan State and Louisville and could not play ca...

November 21, 2005

Men’s Water Polo: 49ers Earn Final MPSF Tourney Spot

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The #14 UCSB men's water polo team will have to wait until next year to quench its playoff dreams, dropping its finals matches Saturday 10-7 at #8 Long Beach State and Sunday 9-7 at home against #4 Irvine.

November 17, 2005

2005 Women’s Basketball Season Preview

By Sean Lewis

It's a new season and along with it come new goals and expectations for the UCSB women's basketball team. Last year's Big West conference champions tip their season off Friday, Nov. 18, in Michigan against last year's na...

November 17, 2005

Sac Town Soliloquist: In French I Trust

By Sean Swaby

It would be rather peculiar to say that a man that stands roughly a towering 6'8 goes largely unnoticed on campus. However, quietly, calmly and bloody efficiently, UCSB women's Basketball Head Coach Mark French has const...

November 17, 2005

Swimming: Santa Barbara Takes on Top Five Opponent

By Katie Sowell

Traveling by bus and plane, the Gaucho swim teams will attempt to keep their hot streak on the move this weekend. In the upcoming meets, the men's and women's teams will try to expand on an already impressive season.

November 16, 2005

Women’s Rugby: Gauchos Prep for Difficult Regular Season

By Lauren Creamer

Scraping for preseason experience, the UCSB women's rugby team split its preseason 3-3 with early wins against Claremont College, Davis and Cal Poly before losing all three games at San Diego's Scrum by the Sea tournamen...

November 16, 2005

SacTown Soliloquist: Football Fever

By Sean Swaby

It's happened about once every Saturday so far this quarter. My roommate Carl and I venture to the Study Hall to spend our day staring into empty pitchers of Coors Light and at the myriad of plasma screens available for ...