Sports

November 8, 2005

Swimming: Gaucho Swimmers Smother San Diego

By Katie Sowell

From start to finish, the UCSB swim teams dominated Saturday's dual meets against UCSD. The women's team beat the Tritons (0-3) 151 to 99 and the men's team handled San Diego (0-2) by a final score of 167 to 92. With the...

November 7, 2005

Thunderdome Brings Advantage for UCSB

By Monique Moyal

Coming off its first loss in October, the UCSB women's volleyball team (15-8 overall, 10-2 in the Big West) bounced back higher than ever, completing a double sweep of Riverside and Fullerton this weekend.

November 7, 2005

Men’s Water Polo: Santa Barbara Comes Up Two Goals Shy of Wins

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The #14 UCSB men's water polo team (12-14 overall, 0-5 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) dropped its games by a score of 7-6 to both #9 Pacific (15-9 overall, 1-3 MPSF) on Saturday and #2 Cal (18-4 overall, 4-1 ...

November 7, 2005

Bakersfield Squeezes Out Exhibition Victory

By Sean Swaby

As conventional wisdom would suggest, one must hold onto the ball in order to score the ball. Despite putting on an offensive display in an exhibition match against Bakersfield, the UCSB women's basketball team dropped a...

November 4, 2005

Defense Drops UCSD in Exhibition Win

By Kelly Hayes

The UCSB men's basketball team kicked off its 2005-2006 season last night by shaking off the dust and downing San Diego 57-36 in an exhibition match at the Thunderdome.

November 4, 2005

UCSB Looks to Rebound After Loss

By Monique Moyal

Get ready for the final UCSB women's volleyball (13-8 overall, 8-2 in the Big West) home conference showdown, which starts tonight against Riverside (15-7 overall, 3-6 Big West) and continues tomorrow night against Fulle...

November 4, 2005

Gauchos Return to Campus Pool for Next Meet

By Katie Sowell

Someone call the fire department - the UCSB swim teams are fired-up. Returning home after a tough dual meet in Arizona last weekend, both the men's (0-1) and women's (2-2) teams will take on UCSD (men 0-1, women 0-2) Sat...

November 4, 2005

Santa Barbara To Take On Tough Competition

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

After sailing the friendly seas of nonconference competition last weekend, the #14 UCSB men's water polo team is returning to the blank waters of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MSPF) taking on #9 Pacific on Satu...

November 3, 2005

Men’s Basketball Season Preview

By Kelly Hayes

After a 2004-05 season which saw the injury-riddled UCSB men's basketball team finish in eighth place in the Big West Conference, the team's prospects already appear to be looking up - even before the first tip-off of th...

November 3, 2005

Northridge Nips Gauchos, All But Seals Big West

By Sean Lewis

The top of the Big West Standings just got a lot lonelier for #14 Northridge men's soccer team after its 1-0 defeat of #13 Santa Barbara Wednesday afternoon. The Gauchos (10-4-3 overall, 5-1-2 in the Big West) need wins ...

November 2, 2005

Freshman Fits for First-Place SB

By Monique Moyal

After losing seniors Kristin Nelson and Mari Bell to graduation last year, UCSB women's volleyball Head Coach Kathy Gregory found what she was looking for in 5-foot-11 freshman outside-hitter, Lauren McLaughlin from Torr...

November 2, 2005

Big West Foes To Clash for Conference Crown

By Sean Lewis

The UCSB men's soccer team travels to Northridge today for a pivotal match in the Big West title race. Last year, Northridge was the first team to record a win against UCSB.

November 1, 2005

Swimming: Swimming Drowns in the Desert

By Katie Sowell

This weekend's field trip to Arizona for the women's and men's swim teams offered some valuable lessons. The UCSB women's team defeated Arizona State (1-1 overall) 170.5 to 163.5 and lost to Penn State (2-0 overall) 64.5...

November 1, 2005

Men’s Cross-Country: Gauchos Falter Against Cal Poly

By Cassie Harris

As wild as your weekend may have been, the UCSB men's cross country team had quite a crazy weekend of its own at the Big West Championships in Riverside. In a finish that came down to the wire, the Gauchos were just bare...

November 1, 2005

Women’s Cross-Country: Santa Barbara Finishes in Second

By Jeremy Fuller

The UCSB women's cross country team finished in second place at the Big West Championship Saturday, losing out to Irvine, whose women took three of the top six finishes. Junior Bethany Nickless and senior Seanna Martin t...

October 31, 2005

UCSB Uses Second Half Scores to Shutout Titans

By Sean Lewis

The #17 UCSB men’s soccer team tallied its 10th win Saturday night at Harder Stadium to the cheers and applause of a costumed Halloween crowd. Saturday night’s 2-0 conference victory over Fullerton marks the ...