Sports

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.

November 8, 2005

Surfing: SB Surfers Capture Tenth National Title, Vie for Another

By Lauren Creamer

Starting the 2005-2006 school year off on the left foot, the Santa Barbara surf team picked up right where it left off last June, to take first place in the C-Street competition held Oct. 30 after winning the 2005 Nation...

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...