Sports

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...

October 4, 2005

Sac-Town Soliloquist: Woes out West

By Sean Swaby

If there's one thing my Dodger-blue-bleeding roommate Joaquin and I can agree on in the sports world, it's that we hate the Padres. My disdain for the Dodgers has been well documented, but I cringe at the thought of the ...

October 3, 2005

SB Snaps Historic Losing Streak in First Home Match

By Monique Moyal

During the first home stand of the season, the UCSB women's volleyball team had a case of déj´ vu, sweeping both Long Beach and Irvine in front of a packed houses this weekend, snapping its longest losing st...

October 3, 2005

Gauchos Annihilate Aggies Early

By Kip Hanson

Anyone who got to the game four minutes late on Friday night missed a couple of important goals from the UCSB women's soccer team in its 2-1 win.

September 30, 2005

Battle of the Beach Returns to T-Dome in SB Home Opener

By Monique Moyal

The UCSB women's volleyball team (4-7 overall, 0-1 in the Big West) looks to snap its current four-game losing streak this weekend when it hosts #25 Long Beach (10-3 overall) tonight at 7 p.m. and Irvine (6-7 overall) to...

September 30, 2005

Ms. October

By Monique Moyal

Since I'm a diehard A's fan, you could say that I'm used to my share of October surprises and heartbreaks. But I never saw this year coming.... I don't even know where to begin with the National League (NL) West, a verit...

September 30, 2005

Santa Barbara Hosts Future Big West Rival Davis

By Kip Hanson

The UCSB women's soccer team has the first chance this season to take on the team that will soon be the newest member of the Big West Conference. Davis, a former Division II school, will become an active member of the Bi...

September 29, 2005

Bruins Bump Undermanned SB

By Kip Hanson

#4 UCLA (9-1 overall) lived up to its notorious reputation last night by subjecting UCSB (5-6 overall) to ninety minutes of ruthless, fast and just plain quality soccer that ended with a tally of 5-0.

September 29, 2005

Santa Barbara Squelches Central Coast Rivals

By Sean Lewis

Wednesday night's game against Cal Poly was tough and physical; just the way the UCSB men's soccer team likes it. The Gauchos (5-2-1 overall, 2-0 in the Big West) rebounded from Sunday night's loss at Loyola Marymount (2...

September 28, 2005

Gauchos Look To Handle Hot UCLA

By Kip Hanson

A penalty kick shootout is an especially unpleasant means of deciding any soccer game, but especially a national championship. Surprisingly, the UCSB men's soccer team was not the only Division I soccer squad to discover...