Sports

May 11, 2005

Surf Column

By Kristina Ackermann

Dear dude with curly blond hair who rides a white longboard with blue rails - you know who you are, I understand that I'm a girl in a predominantly male sport and, admittedly, not even one of the better girls. This, howe...

May 10, 2005

Sac Town Soloquist: Hidden Gems

By Sean Swaby

Contrary to popular belief, a UCSB men's soccer team did, in fact, win a national championship last winter. Before accusing me of hitting ye old crack pipe one too many times, hear me out on this one. No, this isn't the ...

May 10, 2005

Men’s Lacrosse: SB Attempts To Defend National Title

By Alex Pavlovic

It happens every spring here at UCSB. The sun comes out, the weather becomes perfect and the UCSB men's lacrosse team takes a trip to the national championships.

May 10, 2005

Women’s Lacrosse: UCSB Vies for First-Ever National Championship

By Michael Long

Winning the Western Women's Lacrosse League (WWLL) Championship was a warm-up; now the UCSB women's lacrosse team wants a national championship. Santa Barbara (16-1) enters this weekend's U.S. Lacrosse Intercollegiate As...

May 9, 2005

Boxing: Barger Bangs Up Bigger Brawler

By Chris Trenchard

Kevin Barger didn't mind that his opponent had him by 3 inches and 47 pounds. In fact, he embraced the disadvantage. In the main event at Pi Kappa Alpha's Fight Night, Barger wore down challenger Nick Orloff of Kelseyvil...

May 9, 2005

Baseball: Malec Returns in UCSB Series Win

By Jeff Gibson

Even with one of the best pitching staffs in the country, #10 Long Beach baseball couldn't stop the Gauchos from swinging for the fences this weekend at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.

May 9, 2005

Gaucho Shortstop Makes 1st Start Since Surgery for Cancer

By Kelly Hayes

UCSB baseball fans got an unexpected surprise this weekend, and it wasn't just the Gauchos' 2-1 series win over #10 Long Beach. Senior shortstop Chris Malec returned to the team Friday, 22 days after undergoing surgery f...

May 9, 2005

Track and Field: Gauchos Tune Up, Qualify for Big West

By Sean Lewis

For some members of UCSB track and field, Saturday was the last chance to qualify for next week's Big West Conference Championships. Some personal-best times were recorded and some long throwing distances were measured a...

May 9, 2005

Softball: Santa Barbara Gets Rocked on the Road

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

Long Beach State showed the UCSB softball team how a conference championship is won this weekend in sweeping fashion. The #24-ranked 49ers (36-14 overall, 16-2 in the Big West) claimed the outright title to the Big West,...

May 6, 2005

Baseball: Gauchos Slide Into ‘Dirtbags’

By Jeff Gibson

A seven-game losing streak can be quite a pickle, and when the UCSB baseball team hosts #11 Long Beach this weekend in a three-game series, the Gauchos will have their gloves full trying to fend off the 49ers' attempts t...

May 6, 2005

Softball: SB Takes Weekend Trip to Beach

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

It's a Big West softball battle to the death for UCSB and Long Beach. The Beach, which took the conference title last year, sits atop Big West rankings and climbed to #24 in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association pol...

May 6, 2005

Track and Field: Santa Barbara To Run Double Duty Again

By Sean Lewis

The UCSB track and field team has split its roster three times this season to send competitors to separate meets in separate cities. This Saturday it will do it for the second weekend in a row while it competes in the fi...

May 5, 2005

Gauchos Rope in Eight New Recruits for 2005

By Kelly Hayes

If the New York Yankees of men's college soccer thought that UCSB was going to pull a Florida Marlins and let its 2004 national finalist team fall by the wayside, then the Hoosiers, Terrapins and Blue Devils all have a n...

May 5, 2005

Club Sports Thrive Despite Small Budget

By Michael Long

There's always a price to play, but sometimes that's not always so bad. Despite limited financial assistance from the university, the UCSB Sports Club Program, a division of UCSB Recreational Sports, has excelled.

May 4, 2005

Baseball: The Big West Is Baseball Country

By Kelly Hayes

Sure, the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has six spots in next year's Big Dance wrapped up. Maybe the Big 12 Conference already has its name in the running for all four of the 2006 Bowl Championship Series Bowls, and th...

May 4, 2005

The Ack Attack: Paradise Lost and Found

By Kristina Ackermann

Well kids, it's that time of year again. I know you're just as stoked as I am. Only one more day until the annual week and a half of utter mayhem begins. Cinco de Mayo isn't a day for celebrating Mexican history, it's a ...