Sports

2006 Baseball Season Preview

With plenty of new faces and the return of a handful of prominent pitchers, the UCSB baseball team is back to improve on last year's disappointing campaign. Santa Barbara is coming off a season in whi...
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Men’s Rugby: SB Crushes Competition in Arizona

The #8 UCSB men's rugby team tore through the desert last weekend, defeating Arizona 46-18 on Friday before routing Arizona State 63-7 on Sunday to complete a two-game sweep on the road. With the wins...
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Women’s Rugby: Gauchos Rout Rival UC San Diego

The UCSB women's rugby team picked a great time to shine, playing their best game of the season, defeating rival UC San Diego 27-5 Sunday at Harder Stadium, behind a smothering defense that kept San D...
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Santa Barbara Cracks Cal Poly in Road Win

They say that vengeance is bittersweet, but don't tell that to the UCSB women's basketball team. Santa Barbara (11-8 overall, 6-2 in the Big West) went to Cal Poly and came away with an 80-71 victory ...
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Gauchos Out-slug UC Santa Cruz

The #9 UCSB men’s volleyball team completed its second sweep in a row, making its way back to a .500 record again. Santa Barbara (6-6 overall, 4-4 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) deal...
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Women’s Water Polo: UCSB Wins First Two Matches, Falls to #1 UCLA

The #10 UCSB women's water polo team kicked off its 2006 season with two wins and one loss during opening weekend. The Gauchos (2-1 overall, 0-1 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) downed Cal B...
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Women’s Tennis: SB Netters Wallop NorCal Competition

Not even a Northern California drizzle could rain on the Gauchos victory parade. Rain forced officials to cancel the #69 UCSB women's tennis team's doubles matches against Santa Clara, but it did not ...
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Men’s Tennis: Arizona Is Unkind to Gaucho Netters

It was a heartbreaking weekend for the #69 UCSB men's tennis team as they dropped a pair of matches in Arizona. The Gauchos (4-3 overall) went down to the final match against #58 Arizona on Friday onl...
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Gauchos Kick Losing Habit


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SB Dominates Tritons in Sweep

Although the #9 UCSB men's volleyball team played without junior opposite Evan Patak for the second night in a row, it was able to turn a complete 180 after its sweep at the hands of #3 Long Beach to ...
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Rivals Await in San Luis Obispo

It is not politically correct to say that you are out for revenge. But the Gauchos have got to have their sole Big West home loss on their mind when they tip-off against Cal Poly in San Louis Luis Obi...
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Women’s Water Polo Season Preview

The women's water polo team begins its season with three matches this weekend, including one in which it hosts the defending NCAA champions UCLA, the current #1-ranked team in the nation. However, the...
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Long Beach Sweeps SB in Battle of the Beach

The #9 UCSB men's volleyball team could not hold on to its two game winning streak last night, as it fell in three quick sets to #3 Long Beach. Without the presence of one of their best hitters, the G...
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Men’s Basketball

Carrying a four-game losing streak and the worst offense in the conference, the UCSB men's basketball team looks to get the monkey off its back when it hosts UC Davis in the final game of its three-ga...
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Women’s Tennis: Santa Barbara Wins 3 Straight

After earlier season losses to ranked opponents UCLA and Fresno State, the UCSB women's tennis team was in search of their first win against a ranked opponent. Wednesday, that search ended, as the Gau...
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