Sports

Cross Country: Top Returnees Remain Strong

Experience is a key edge that UCSB cross country Head Coach Pete Dolan hopes to exploit this season as both the men's and women's teams are returning the majority of their top runners from the 2005 se...
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SB Looks to Defend Big West

Beginning his 31st year in coaching, Head Coach Gregg Wilson of the UCSB swim team takes aim at repeating last year's stellar season when both his men and women's teams took home the Big West Champion...
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New Players Must Fill Holes for Title Hopes

After losing several key players from last season, the UCSB women's volleyball team hopes a mix of fresh faces and returnees will amount to a fifth straight Big West title
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Men’s Water Polo: UCSB Finds Itself in Competitive Waters

Last season was all about rebuilding for the #10 UCSB men's water polo team, and for the 2006 season the Gauchos (10-3 overall) look to break ground on a winning foundation.
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Sophomore Talent Battles Tough Schedule

The UCSB women's soccer team, as well as the early polls, is confident that this season will be better than last year's as it kicks off the year.
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Gaucho Stars in Pro Sports Shine

Holy professional athletes, Batman! While UCSB is not typically identified as an athletic powerhouse, former Gaucho standouts are changing that opinion in professional sports.
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SB Football Remains a Figment

The game back then was different - some would say an all-out grind between pay dirt - but that never stopped UCSB Intercollegiate Hall of Fame Head Coach Jack Curtice from plotting an innovative aeria...
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This Is Not Your Mother’s PE Class

Division I athletes at Santa Barbara are not the only students spilling their guts on the playing field while searching for a piece of their very own glowing Aggro crag.
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From College to the Pros

Since June 3, the Santa Barbara Foresters (16-5 overall, 12-5 in the California Collegiate League) have been playing on campus at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, recruiting college players from various teams ...
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Groupie Status: U.S. Soccer Does Not Connect

As a devoted baseball fan, I never thought futbol could hold my attention like the Oakland Athletics' green and gold do, but I could watch soccer for hours.
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SB Ends Season With Defeat in Cal Poly

Even in the world of sports all good things must come to an end. The UCSB baseball team (26-28 overall, 9-12 in the Big West) dropped its first series since the beginning of May, ending the run that b...
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Interns Initiate Inaugral World Cup

UCSB intramural soccer's best players will compete for a chance to display their skills in the limelight tonight at 6 p.m. at the Rec Cen field, as the first annual IM World Cup Soccer Tournament will...
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Three Gauchos Continue to Nationals

Not even the thin air in Provo, Utah could slow down sophomore distance runner Bethany Nickless on her way to finishing second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Western Regional last Saturda...
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Three Gauchos Continue to Nationals

The UCSB men's track team is back at sea level after competing in the NCAA Western Regional in Provo, Utah. The unfriendly combination of BYU's high heat and altitude was rough on the Gauchos, and som...
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Club Ultimate Frisbee

Rebounding off of a first-round Regional loss to UC San Diego last year, the Black Tide will begin its Ultimate Players' Association College Championship quest today for a chance to face off in the fi...
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