Sports

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.

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.