Sports

Draft Dodging

The NFL Draft is behind us, and with it, one of the most mind-boggling weekends in football since the Giants and Ravens made the Superbowl way back when. For starters, we had a defensive end go first,...
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Men’s Tennis: Gauchos Win Big West Championship

After a season of hard work, it was time to celebrate for the UCSB men's tennis team as it won the Big West Championship over the weekend. The top-seeded Gauchos had a first-round bye, then defeated C...
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Women’s Tennis: UCSB Unable to Put Away Northridge

At the start of their match against Cal State Northridge, the Gauchos appeared to have punched their ticket to the next round. Up 3-0, UCSB was armed with the confidence of a dominant start and the kn...
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Women’s Water Polo: Seniors Maul Matadors in Finale

After suffering a disheartening loss to UC Irvine in the first round of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) conference championships last Thursday, the UCSB women's water polo team finished ...
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Baseball: Home Series Brings Success

It took four tries but the UCSB baseball team picked up its first Big West series win by taking the first two games of the weekend series against Cal State Northridge. Strong pitching paced the Gaucho...
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Softball: Cal Poly Dominates Rivalry Games

The UCSB softball team turned up the heat a little too late this weekend, dropping its first two games to visiting Cal Poly 6-2 and 6-4 before winning the series finale 9-5. Saturday's doubleheader sa...
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Track & Field: UCSB Blazes to Dual Meet Victory

The UCSB women's track and field team was nothing short of dominant, en route to their 112.5-85.5 victory over Cal Poly in the third-ever dual meet between the two schools, held last Saturday at Paule...
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Track & Field: Santa Barbara Secures Central Coast Supremacy With Win

The UCSB men's track and field team thumped longtime rival Cal Poly in a battle of the Central Coast on Saturday.
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Softball: Gauchos Look to Top Third-Place Cal Poly

After struggling on its last road trip, the UCSB softball team is looking for the comfort of home this weekend, hosting Central Coast rival Cal Poly. Santa Barbara (19-16 overall, 3-6 in the Big West)...
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Track and Field: Rivals To Meet in Pauley Track Duel

For only the second time this season, the UCSB track and field team will have the opportunity to show its skills in front of a home crowd when it plays host to Cal Poly on Saturday in the Battle of th...
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Women’s Water Polo: Six-Seed UC Irvine Downs UCSB

Things went well early for the UCSB women's water polo team in its opening-round game in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament on Thursday. The Gauchos led 4-1 in the first quarter of the ...
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Baseball: Santa Barbara Hosts Series After Long Road Trip

With a series against Big West powerhouse Cal State Fullerton looming, the UCSB baseball team is looking to pick up a few conference wins against Cal State Northridge this weekend. The weekend series ...
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Men’s Tennis: Gauchos Aim for NCAA Tournament

The UCSB men's tennis team will look to prove its Big West supremacy, as it takes the #1 seed into the conference tournament this weekend. After wrapping up their third consecutive regular season Big ...
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Women’s Tennis: Santa Barbara Heads to Big West Championships

The #70 UCSB women's tennis team is looking to extend the season of its six seniors for at least three more matches, as the Gauchos kick off the Big West Tournament this weekend in Indian Wells. The G...
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Sac-Town Soliloquist: For Whom the Ball Rolls

Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, shot! Oh, if only those words reminded me of heckling opposing players in a high school game. But, alas, it was Brent Barry that went all high school on all of us Kings...
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