Sports

April 29, 2005

M.Lacrosse: Gauchos Prepare for WCLL Semifinal Showdown

By Alex Pavlovic

The UCs will battle the state schools this weekend in the latest argument of the California public university superiority debate. It will be settled via two very important lacrosse games.

April 29, 2005

Track and Field: Santa Barbara Sends Elite Runners to Cardinal Invitational

By Sean Lewis

The UCSB track and field teams will take the divide-and-conquer approach this weekend as it splits up to compete in two separate meets. The majority of the track and field teams will head to San Luis Obispo to compete in...

April 29, 2005

Baseball: Santa Barbara Braces for Titans

By Kelly Hayes

If UCSB baseball thought its last series against Cal Poly was tough, they may be in for a shocker this weekend. The Gauchos (19-21 overall, 1-5 in the Big West) will get back on the road today, traveling to #2 Fullerton ...

April 28, 2005

Sac-town Soliloquist: Defying Logic

By Sean Swaby

For those of us that grew up around the 916, come playoff time, we begin to worship at the temple of Mike Bibby. When the games really start to count, the Sacramento Kings' floor general seemingly performs divine interve...

April 28, 2005

SB Faces Fifth-Seeded Long Beach

By Jeff Gibson

If the Gauchos were a herd of raging bulls, then Long Beach State would be the unsuspecting rodeo clown. Traveling to Pepperdine tonight for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Tournament Semifinals, sixth-seed...

April 27, 2005

Katy Kunkel Joins the Century Club

By Alex Pavlovic

If you took all the traits that coaches look for in a perfect team captain and put them into a water polo player, you would find yourself looking at UCSB senior and 2-meter defender Katy Kunkel.

April 27, 2005

The Ack Attack: Dude, It’s a Wonderful Surf

By Kristina Ackermann

One downside to being a young surfer is you constantly have to answer to the criticism of the older generation. "You should do something productive with your time instead of hanging out at the beach all weekend long." "W...

April 27, 2005

Men’s Golf: SB Finishes Sixth, Feuerstein Third

By Lauren Creamer

Though Santa Barbara came out with a strong stroke, it couldn't keep the ball rolling, finishing sixth overall at the Big West men's golf championships held Monday and Tuesday at the Tijeras Creek Golf Course in Rancho S...

April 26, 2005

Women’s Lacrosse: Santa Barbara Wins WWL League Title

By Michael Long

After the UCSB women's lacrosse team's dominance in the league playoffs over the weekend, there's little left that it must do to prove that it is the best team in the nation. The Gauchos won the Western Women's Lacrosse ...

April 26, 2005

Women’s Tennis: UCSB Takes Fourth

By Michael Long

Destiny turned out to be a cheap date. The UCSB women's tennis team suffered defeat at the 2005 Big West Championship Tournament in Indian Wells, Calif. on Saturday afternoon, dropping its semifinal match 4-0 to the even...

April 26, 2005

Club Rowing: Varsity Eight Women Win Two at Newport Beach

By Jeremy Fuller

With the season winding down, the men's and women's club rowing teams hope to sprint to the finish the way they did Saturday, when the women won and the men placed second in races held along the Southern California coast...

April 25, 2005

UCSB Upsets Defending National Champs in Playoffs

By Jeff Gibson

Brigham Young University found out this weekend why underestimating the Gauchos can be a deadly mistake, while Santa Barbara proved that playing on the road has absolutely no effect on its ability to rumble with higher-s...

April 25, 2005

Men’s Lacrosse: Gauchos Ease Into Round Two

By Alex Pavlovic

The UCSB men's lacrosse team is one step closer to a return trip to the national championships. The Gauchos (15-2 overall, 4-0 in the Western Collegiate Lacrosse League) dominated Arizona (8-5 overall, 2-1 WCLL) early an...

April 25, 2005

Women’s Water Polo: Gauchos Upset Long Beach, Loyola Marymount

By Cassie Harris

The #9 UCSB women's water polo team (15-11 overall, 5-7 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) ended its regular season on a high note, upsetting two ranked opponents at home over the weekend.

April 25, 2005

Men’s Tennis: Santa Barbara KO’d by UOP, Again

By Chris Hoffman

For the second consecutive year, Pacific halted the UCSB men's tennis team's bid for the Big West title. "If we played Pacific 10 times, we would definitely win four or five of those matches," Head Coach Marty Davis said...

April 25, 2005

Baseball: Mustangs Sweep Gauchos Off Feet

By Kelly Hayes

Apparently, for its series against Santa Barbara this weekend, Cal Poly not only packed its bats, mitts and cleats, but also its brooms. The Gauchos (19-22 overall, 1-5 in the Big West) were the victims of some spring cl...