Sports

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.

April 19, 2005

Baseball: Ailing Gauchos Try To Sweep #22 USC Tonight

By Kelly Hayes

In a time of uncertainty, a familiar opponent may be exactly the thing the UCSB baseball team needs. On the other hand, that opponent is nationally ranked USC.

April 19, 2005

Men’s LAX Rolls to Playoffs

By Alex Pavlovic

With the regular season winding down, the UCSB men's lacrosse team has put itself in prime position to make another run at a national championship.

April 19, 2005

Cal Poly Ends Women’s Lacrosse Team’s Streak

By Cassie Harris

The UCSB women's lacrosse team's hopes for an undefeated season were crushed Friday after a 9-5 loss to rival Cal Poly at Rec Cen field. "I think [the loss] will help us in the long run," junior Katie Wolsson said. "I t...

April 19, 2005

Tide Takes Tourney

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

It is Nationals or bust for the UCSB men's ultimate Frisbee team, who qualified for Regionals after defeating UC San Diego in Sunday's sectional final 15-8.

April 18, 2005

Gaucho Star Nets WNBA Draft Pick in 1st Round

By Kip Hanson

Most children entertain fantasies of playing professional sports when they grow up - senior Kristen Mann will get to live out that dream. Mann became the highest Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) draft pick ...

April 18, 2005

Baseball: Short-Handed SB Stymies UCLA

By Kelly Hayes

The good news this weekend for the UCSB baseball team was getting a 2-1 series victory over UCLA. The bad news is that Santa Barbara's next shortstop may spontaneously combust when he steps foot on the infield dirt.

April 18, 2005

Track and Field: Tracksters Break Records

By Sean Lewis

It was a weekend of personal bests and school records when the Santa Barbara track and field team headed to Walnut, Calif., for the Mount San Antonio College (SAC) Invitational and to Pomona for the Pomona Invitational.