Sports

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 ...

November 16, 2005

Men’s Rugby: Last Season’s Quarterfinalists Gear Up for Tough Division Play

By Tiffany Polfer

The UCSB men's rugby team continued its preseason tinkering with a match at Santa Monica this weekend. With a 47-21 lead, Head Coach Kevin Battle pulled the entire first team, giving the second team an opportunity to get...

November 15, 2005

Women’s Cross Country: SB Concludes With 15th Place Finish

By Jessica Hurd

The Gaucho women's cross country team had a disappointing end to its year, finishing 15th overall at the NCAA Regional Championships over the weekend in Palo Alto. UCSB had a total of 406 points, considerably more than S...

November 15, 2005

Men’s Cross Country: Santa Barbara Can

By Cassie Harris

The UCSB men's cross country team ended its season in a less than spectacular fashion Saturday, finishing 9th at the NCAA West Regional Championships in Palo Alto.

November 15, 2005

Selection Committee Awards Gauchos Home Playoff Match

By Sean Swaby

For the second time in as many seasons, moans of frustration erupted from the UCSB men's soccer team at Zodo's Bowling and Beyond during the telecast of the brackets of the NCAA College Cup.

November 14, 2005

UCSB Sends Off Seniors in Style

By Sean Lewis

The last game of the season turned out to be one of the best for the #17 UCSB men's soccer team. In what could be their final game in Harder Stadium this season, Santa Barbara's seniors were honored before play started S...

November 14, 2005

Fuzzy Logic

By Sean Swaby

When the members of the UCSB men's soccer team assemble this afternoon at Zodo's Bowling and Beyond to see if they receive an at-large bid, and more importantly, where they are seeded, there are only two things that will...

November 14, 2005

Men’s Water Polo: Santa Barbara Lashes Loyola, Bows to Stanford

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

You win some, you lose some, and the #14 UCSB men's water polo team did a little of both this holiday weekend defeating #10 Loyola Marymount (LMU) on Thursday 7-3 and losing to #4 Stanford on Saturday 14-6. The Gauchos d...

November 14, 2005

Volleyball Secures at Least First Place

By Nexus Staff Report

The UCSB women's volleyball team (17-8 overall, 12-2 in the Big West) hit the road over the weekend, defeating both Northridge and Pacific, clinching at least a share of their fourth straight Big West Title.

November 10, 2005

Santa Barbara Humbles Highlanders

By Chris Hoffman

There is nothing sweeter than that getting on the board first and a trio of Gauchos that finally broke through. Sophomore forward Andrew Proctor and sophomore midfielder Brennan Tennelle as well as freshman midfielder Al...

November 10, 2005

SB Shooting Wallops Neighbor Westmont

By Kelly Hayes

The UCSB men's basketball team kicked its offense into full throttle Wednesday night, clobbering crosstown rival Westmont 96-56.

November 10, 2005

UCSB Finishes up Conference Play Away From Home

By Monique Moyal

The weekend begins early for the UCSB women's volleyball team (15-8 overall, 10-2 in the Big West,) while it looks to close out conference play on the road against Pacific (14-10, 6-4 Big West) tonight and Northridge (4-...

November 10, 2005

Men’s Water Polo: Santa Barbara Hosts MPSF Rivals

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

After falling one goal short in each of their two games last weekend, the UCSB men's water polo team is catching no breaks while surfing the waves of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF,) taking on #11 Loyola Ma...

November 9, 2005

Gauchos Look for Wins in Final Week of Season

By Chris Hoffman

Things have gone from bad to worse for the #23 UCSB men's soccer team. After falling to #14 Northridge last week, a loss that eliminated the Gauchos (10-4-3 overall, 5-1-2 in the Big West) from Big West title contention,...

November 9, 2005

Santa Barbara To Tune Up Offense Versus Westmont

By Kelly Hayes

Sophomore forward Chris Devine made his Gaucho debut last week against UC San Diego. Santa Barbara hosts Westmont in an exhibition tonight at 7.

November 8, 2005

Roller Hockey: SB Splits Weekend Set in Home Debut

By Stephanie Cain

Fans packed the Rec Cen II last Saturday while the UCSB roller hockey team hosted a league tournament, as they are the only team whose campus has a rink suitable for the sport.