Sports

October 11, 2005

Water Ski Team Goes for Personal Records

By Stephanie Cain

Jumping, dodging and flipping -- that's what the UCSB water ski team has been doing at its four fall tournaments - setting personal bests and establishing its name in the Western Region. UCSB competed in their last fall ...

October 11, 2005

Booyah, Angels

By Sean Swaby

I hate the Anaheim of the Los Angeles area of Orange County of the United States of the planet Earth ... Angels. I loathe them. True story. But when you loathe every team in the playoffs, you take the moral victories whe...

October 11, 2005

Swimming

By system

October 10, 2005

Gauchos Draw Even in Big West Race

By Chris Hoffman

The #14 UCSB men's soccer team stayed undefeated in the Big West, coming from behind twice in a 2-2 double overtime tie with fellow Big West powerhouse Northridge.

October 10, 2005

Santa Barbara Splits Weekend on the Road

By Kip Hanson

After charging out of the gates to start 2005 conference play by trouncing Irvine, the UCSB women's soccer team could not avoid a couple unlucky bounces in Long Beach, landing it a weekend split to kick off the Big West ...

October 10, 2005

UCSB Extends Streak in SoCal with Two Victories

By Monique Moyal

The UCSB women's volleyball team is going streaking. What began as one of its worst records in their history is nothing but a memory of the past for the Gauchos (8-7 overall, 4-1 in the Big West), who are now riding thei...

October 10, 2005

Men’s Water Polo: SB Drops Two Straight to Start MPSF Season

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The waters of Southern California were anything but warm and friendly for the UCSB men's water polo team this weekend. Fifteenth-ranked Santa Barbara dropped its first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) match 11-5...

October 7, 2005

Gauchos’ Big West Rivalry Heats Up on SB Home Turf

By Chris Hoffman

The school year is young, but the UCSB men's soccer season is already at its best. The #14 Gauchos host their fellow Big West powerhouse Northridge this weekend.

October 7, 2005

Santa Barbara Makes League Debut

By Kip Hanson

With the sting of three straight losses in the Big West Tournament championship game over the past three seasons still fresh on its mind, the UCSB women's soccer team kicks off the 2005 conference season on the road toni...

October 7, 2005

UCSB Tests SoCal Winning Streak

By Monique Moyal

Bringing out the brooms last weekend not only gave the UCSB women's volleyball team two more wins in the victory column, but also put a brand new spring in its step.

October 7, 2005

Men’s Water Polo: Rough Waters Lie Ahead in First MPSF Match

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

With its spectacular ocean views and former U.S. National team captain as the coach, the UCSB men's water polo team may feel at home at Pepperdine, but this weekend's match will be anything but friendly away from the con...

October 6, 2005

A Very Sweet Sixteen Months

By Jeremy Fuller

Competing against the best in her sport, on a continent in another hemisphere, junior martial artist Katrina Weilbacher defeated every competitor, winning her division in the largest Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament in the...

October 6, 2005

Gauchos Trounce Titans

By Sean Lewis

Gaucho soccer fans have come to expect a few things from this year's squad - tough defense, winning and a pair of goals from senior forward Ivan Becerra.

October 5, 2005

UCSB Looks to Test Titans on the Road

By Chris Hoffman

The #14 nationally ranked UCSB men's soccer team takes its undefeated Big West record on the road this afternoon to face Fullerton. The Gauchos (5-2-1 overall, 2-0 in the Big West) had trouble against the Titans last yea...

October 5, 2005

Hot Dogs and Blurs

By Kelly Hayes

First, a question: Why would ESPN ever think it was a good idea to put Tony Stewart, the NASCAR points leader, on the cover of its magazine? Sure, NASCAR is one of the most popular sports in the country, but, really, do ...

October 4, 2005

Adjusting to Football in Foreign Territory

By Stephanie Cain

When junior midfielder Eric Frimpong was nine years old, the hardest thing to find in his native country of Ghana was a soccer ball. So Frimpong and his friends wrapped together all their socks and played "football" in t...