Sports

April 18, 2005

Men’s Rugby: Utah Beats Santa Barbara 25-18 in Elite Eight

By Jeremy Fuller

Even a team as good as UCSB men's rugby couldn't beat Utah short-handed on Saturday in the Divison I Elite Eight at Harder Stadium. With 11 minutes left in the game, a call against the Gauchos tossed senior scrumhalf Ada...

April 18, 2005

Men’s Tennis: Doubles Point Secures Win for UCSB

By Chris Hoffman

The #75 UCSB men's tennis team sits in prime position to retake the Big West tennis throne. After Friday's 5-2 win over Riverside, the Gauchos (9-12 overall, 3-1 in the Big West) enter the Big West Tournament as the #3 s...

April 18, 2005

Five Seniors Lead Gauchos in Win

By Jeff Gibson

In its last conference match of the season, the #7 UCSB men's volleyball team annihilated unranked USC on Saturday night, thanks to commanding performances by departing Gaucho seniors.

April 18, 2005

Softball: Gauchos Sweep Aggies

By Monique Moyal

Senior Lindsey Herrin blasted her ninth, 10th and 11th home runs of the year to lead UCSB to a three-game sweep of Davis this weekend at Campus Diamond and broke a school record of her own in the process.

April 18, 2005

Women’s Water Polo: Trojans Defeat Santa Barbara 11-5

By Alex Pavlovic

For the second time this year, the UCSB women's water polo team was unable to keep up with defending national champion USC. The Gauchos (13-11 overall, 4-7 in the MPSF) kept things close throughout the first half, but th...

April 15, 2005

W.Water Polo: Hawaii Stays Hot in Heated Game

By Alex Pavlovic

After seven consecutive road games, the UCSB women's water polo team was unable to come away with a win in its first game at Campus Pool in five weeks. The #9 Gauchos could not overcome an early three-goal deficit, event...

April 15, 2005

M.Rugby: SB Hosts Sweet 16

By Jeremy Fuller

Three weeks ago, the UCSB men's rugby team thought it would be working the Sweet 16, not playing in it. Apparently, the truth goes a long way for the honest.

April 15, 2005

SB Looks to Clear Up MPSF Playoff Picture

By Jeff Gibson

Saturday night will mark the end of an up-and-down conference season for Gaucho volleyball, but amid an uncertain playoff picture and a pesky losing streak, Santa Barbara's match against unranked USC is critical for pick...

April 15, 2005

Softball: Gauchos Host Big West Wannabes

By Monique Moyal

It's time for the UCSB softball team to face the Aggies again. After defeating the Utah State Aggies 9-4 and 11-3 last weekend, Santa Barbara will face the UC Davis Aggies in three games at Campus Diamond this weekend.

April 15, 2005

Baseball: Gauchos Challenge UCLA

By Kelly Hayes

Though their minds may not be on the games at hand, the Gauchos still have a series to play. Minus senior shortstop Chris Malec, Santa Barbara baseball will take on UCLA this weekend.

April 15, 2005

M.Tennis: Santa Barbara Ends Regular Season

By Chris Hoffman

An up and down season for the #75 UCSB men's tennis team comes to a close early next week with the final Big West match on Friday before finishing up with nonconference matches Sunday and Tuesday.

April 14, 2005

Baseball: UCSB Unwraps #23 Trojans

By Kelly Hayes

It may not have been the Trojan horse, but UCSB baseball earned a win against #23 USC for the first time in six years Wednesday. The Trojans must have left their A-game at home, dropping an error-ridden game to Santa Bar...

April 14, 2005

W.Tennis: Gauchos Clinch #2 Seed in Tournament

By Michael Long

The UCSB women's tennis team trounced rival Cal Poly 5-2 on Wednesday afternoon at the Rob Gym courts, winning its fourth consecutive Big West contest to secure the coveted #2 seed in the upcoming 2005 Big West Tournamen...

April 14, 2005

Pepperdine Squeaks by Gauchos in Four Games

By Jeff Gibson

The key to beating #2 Pepperdine was hidden deep within the sand last night, and even a metal detector wouldn't have helped the #7 UCSB men's volleyball team in its 3-1 loss in Rob Gym.

April 13, 2005

Women’s Tennis: Cal Poly Match To Determine Seed

By Michael Long

Playoff fever has struck the UCSB women's tennis team but none of the Gauchos seem to be concerned about the diagnosis. Santa Barbara (12-6 overall, 4-2 in the Big West) hosts Central Coast opposition Cal Poly this after...

April 13, 2005

Surf Column: A Surfeit of Labels

By Kristina Ackermann

A large portion of our society is defined by labels, and the life of a surfer is no different. Professional, amateur, ripper, kook, grom, local, poser, shortboarder, longboarder, sponger - all are labels used to remove p...