Sports

April 25, 2005

Track and Field: Distance Runners Mix Things Up

By Stephanie Cain

Senior Ben Armel finally found the race he has been looking for. He took first in the 800-meter with a season-best and regional qualifying mark in the Cal-Nevada Championships this weekend in Fresno. Junior Scott McConvi...

April 25, 2005

Softball: Gauchos Salvage Series in Stormy Weather

By Monique Moyal

The UCSB softball team (23-16 overall, 6-6 in the Big West) took a trip to Stockton, Calif., to play Pacific (24-20, 8-4), but had to wait two hours and 40 minutes for a rain delay before dropping one game on Saturday an...

April 22, 2005

Baseball: Gauchos Resume Big West Action

By Kelly Hayes

For UCSB baseball, the real season starts this weekend. Despite facing the likes of nonconference opponents UCLA, USC and Washington, the Gauchos' challenge is only ahead of them.

April 22, 2005

MPSF Playoffs Arrive

By Jeff Gibson

The #7 UCSB men's volleyball team is anticipating a match of such proportions Saturday against #6 Brigham Young in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament Quarterfinals. Though the stakes may not be as monument...

April 22, 2005

M.Tennis: Santa Barbara Seeks Return to Big West Glory

By Chris Hoffman

The UCSB men's tennis team will write what it hopes is not the final chapter in a long, winding season this weekend at the Big West Championships in Indian Wells, Calif.

April 22, 2005

W.Tennis: #2 Seeded UCSB Thinking Big in Championships

By Michael Long

A conference championship, an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament and a little bit of respect are all at stake for the resurging UCSB women's tennis team this weekend at the Big West Tournament.

April 22, 2005

Softball: SB Rides to Pacific on Win Streak

By Monique Moyal

As she gets closer to the end of her senior year and her best offensive season with UCSB, senior first base Lindsey Herrin and the rest of the Gaucho softball team look to continue its five-game win streak this season as...

April 22, 2005

Track and Field: Santa Barbara Treks to Fresno for Mellow Meet

By Sean Lewis

Like most things in Fresno, the Cal-Nevada Championships has become a lackluster spectacle, but the UCSB track and field team will be heading there this weekend to fine-tune its skills.

April 22, 2005

W.Water Polo: Gauchos to Host Long Beach State, Loyola Marymount

By Chris Hoffman

The UCSB men's tennis team will write what it hopes is not the final chapter in a long, winding season this weekend at the Big West Championships in Indian Wells, Calif.

April 21, 2005

Gaucho Brings New Meaning to Baseball

By Kelly Hayes

In the day-to-day life of going through the motions, it's not often that a college student has a chance to educate his colleagues. If one is so privileged, it's rare that any of it ever actually hits home. Even more rare...

April 21, 2005

Libero Sets the Bar for Getting Low.

By Lauren Creamer

Aaron Mansfield knows how to get low. The senior libero out of Sunnyvale, Calif., has amassed 987 career digs to secure his spot atop the UCSB men's volleyball career list by besting Assistant Coach Todd Rogers' 1996 hig...

April 20, 2005

Baseball: Trojans Stampede Santa Barbara 8-2

By Kelly Hayes

If nothing else, UCSB baseball can take relief in the fact that a certain combination of three letters appears nowhere else in the rest of its schedule. USC took advantage of the shorthanded Gauchos (19-19 overall, 1-2 i...

April 20, 2005

Surf Column: Wave Training

By Kristina Ackermann

When I woke up this morning I was hit with a sad and scary realization: I'm not 16 anymore. Not that I'm old by any means, but my body used to be made of rubber. This past weekend, however, made me realize that Cantina b...

April 20, 2005

Tennis: Gauchos Bulldoze Westmont en Route to Big West Tourney

By Chris Hoffman

Simply put, they are ready. The UCSB (10-12 overall, 3-1 in the Big West) men's tennis team ended the regular season with a dominating 7-0 sweep of Westmont. The Gauchos have won three games in the last week in preparati...

April 19, 2005

Men’s Water Polo: UCSB Goes Wacko For Wigo

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The rest of the men's water polo teams in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation might be feeling like Little Red Riding Hood because the Big Bad Wolf is coming to Santa Barbara.

April 19, 2005

Women’s Tennis: UCSB Falls to Sac State, Douses Davis

By Michael Long

The UCSB women's tennis team split a pair of nonconference matches this weekend in preparation for the all-important Big West Tournament, which kicks off later this week.