Sports

September 26, 2005

UCSB Begins Big West Season With Loss

By Monique Moyal

During its 11th game on the road, the UCSB volleyball team (4-7 overall, 0-1 in the Big West) dropped its season-opener against Cal Poly (8-3 overall, 1-1 Big West) in four sets Saturday night.

September 23, 2005

Santa Barbara Puts Four-Game Winning Streak on the Line

By Sean Lewis

After tonight's game against the #10 UCSB men's soccer team, Alabama A&M may be rethinking its decision to schedule a match against the Gauchos (3-1-1 overall, 1-0 in the Big West) between two matches in San Diego, Calif...

September 23, 2005

SB Aims for Turn-Around Against Rival Mustangs

By Monique Moyal

Coming off an exceptionally difficult preseason, the UCSB women's volleyball team (4-6 overall) looks to change its current pace when taking on rival Cal Poly to extend its current 10-match winning streak against the Mus...

September 23, 2005

Santa Barbara Takes On Speed, Pac-10 In the Southwest

By Kip Hanson

For UCSB freshman forward Genelle Ives, it pays to be fast. Of the ten goals tallied by the women's soccer team so far this season, Ives has scored three and assisted on five others, topping the team in both categories.

September 23, 2005

Men’s Cross-Country: UCSB Readies for Future Meets

By Cassie Harris

The UCSB men's cross country team faces its first true test of the season Saturday at the Stanford Invitational. Saturday's race in Palo Alto, Calif. will be a good indicator of the team's progress in the early parts of ...

September 23, 2005

Women’s Cross-Country: Ailing Gauchos Head to Stanford Invite

By Sean Swaby

The #15 nationally ranked UCSB women's cross country team hits the crux of its young season this weekend when it travels to Palo Alto to compete in the Stanford Invitational.

September 22, 2005

Men’s Cross-Country: Experienced SB Squad Focuses On Pre-Nationals Performance

By Cassie Harris

It is all about realizing potential for the UCSB men's cross country team while it tries to put itself back on the national map. The Gauchos look to improve upon a season in which they finished 10th out of 26 teams in th...

September 22, 2005

Women’s Cross-Country: Gaucho Veterans, Newcomers Aim Toward Nation’s Top 10

By Jeremy Fuller

A year after being ranked #17 in the nation, the UCSB women's cross country team feels this year could be even better, if they can stay healthy.

May 27, 2005

W.Track: 2005 Track and Field Regional Championships Preview

By Sean Lewis

They've proven that they are the best in the Big West, but this weekend in Eugene, Ore., at the storied Hayward Field, nine Gauchos from the women's track and field team will try to prove that they are best in the entire...

May 27, 2005

M.Track: 2005 Track and Field Regional Championships Preview

By Sean Lewis

Every sport has a holy ground. Basketball has Duke, football has the Rose Bowl and track and field has Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., the site of this weekend's track and field NCAA Western Regional Tournament.

May 27, 2005

Baseball: SB Seniors Suit Up for the Last Time

By Kelly Hayes

There's nothing like the possibility of a last-place finish to motivate a team. For UCSB baseball, the final series of the weekend presents just that type of challenge. The Gauchos travel to Northridge for their last ser...

May 26, 2005

Team of the Year: Men’s Soccer Elevates the Bar

By Monique Moyal

After what could be called a Cinderella story of a season, it's no wonder that the men's soccer team (17-2-1 overall, 8-2-0 in the Big West) won the nod for team of the year.

May 26, 2005

Coach of the Year: Tim Vom Steeg Fronts SB’s Best

By Lauren Creamer

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) National Coach of the Year calls UCSB's Harder Stadium home. In his seventh year at the helm of the Santa Barbara men's soccer program, Head Coach Tim Vom Steeg ...

May 26, 2005

Freshman of the Year: Gaucho Center Back Andy Iro Is a Head Above the Competition

By Kelly Hayes

At 6'4" and 200 pounds with the soccer skills of a veteran starter, it's hard not to mistake Andy Iro for an upperclassman. Yet, the Liverpool, England native was merely a rookie on the UCSB men's soccer team in 2004.

May 26, 2005

Men’s Lacrosse: Santa Barbara LAX Shifts Gears With Clutch Captain Will Patton

By Alex Pavlovic

The Chicago Bulls had Michael Jordan, the New England Patriots have Tom Brady and the UCSB men's lacrosse team has Will Patton. Every championship team has a player who comes up big in the clutch, and Patton has repeated...

May 26, 2005

Ack-Attack: Not Boobilicious

By Kristina Ackermann

I'm all about the whole "girl power" thing that Roxy's been promoting. It's nice to have bikinis that stay on, board shorts that actually look cute and wetsuits that don't have all that extra room in the crotch. But, som...