Sports

February 25, 2005

SB Widens Gap

By Kip Hanson

The Gauchos showed last night why they've been the Lords of the Hoop in the Big West Conference for the past 10 years by destroying Fullerton 83-40 with the help of its Two Towers, junior forward Autumn Nichols and senio...

February 25, 2005

M.Golf: Santa Barbara Golfers Take Strokes in Hawaii

By Alex Pavlovic

With a barrage of thunderstorms hitting Southern California this week, there is no better time for the UCSB men's golf team to take a road trip. The Gauchos will head to Hawaii this week to participate in the John Burns ...

February 25, 2005

W.Tennis: #73 Gauchos Hit The Road

By Jeremy Fuller

After losing two matches to the weather, the #73 women's tennis team goes on the road this weekend, hoping for bluer skies and better fortunes.

February 25, 2005

Baseball: UCSB Hosts Beavers

By Kelly Hayes

After an onslaught of wet weather, a postponed game and one practice session this week, the UCSB baseball team plays host to Oregon this weekend.

February 25, 2005

Softball: Gauchos Return to Play

By Monique Moyal

After two straight weeks of rainouts invoked by nine inches of rain in Santa Barbara in the past week, the UCSB softball team looks to break out of the .500 mark Saturday with a doubleheader against Saint Mary's College,...

February 25, 2005

W.Water Polo: SB To Host Nation

By Nexus Staff Report

Eighteen of the top 20 women's water polo teams in the nation will join five more teams to participate in the Daktronics Gaucho Invitational to be held at Campus Pool today through Sunday.

February 24, 2005

#6 Santa Barbara Sweeps USC

By Jeff Gibson

The #6 Santa Barbara men's volleyball team dismantled the Trojan horse last night, constructing brooms out of the remaining rubble in the Gauchos' uncontested sweep over unranked USC.

February 24, 2005

UCSB Endeavors to Hold Onto First Place

By Kip Hanson

The UCSB women's basketball team is locked and loaded for its final road trip of the regular season. Facing yet another team that has been victorious over the Gaucho's (15-8 overall, 12-2 in the Big West) nemesis Idaho, ...

February 24, 2005

Gauchos To Host Red-Hot Fullerton

By Michael Long

After an impressive road win against central coast rival Cal Poly, the UCSB men's basketball team returns to UCSB for its final home games of the season. The Gauchos (9-14 overall, 6-8 in the Big West) will host Fullerto...

February 24, 2005

Swimming: Men Jump Out to Fast Start

By Sean Lewis

Santa Barbara swimming made a huge splash in the opening day of the Big West Conference Championships on Wednesday night with three record-breaking performances and the men going back to their hotel in first place.

February 23, 2005

Men’s Swimming: Gaucho Men Look to Defend Big West Title

By Sean Lewis

Santa Barbara will face deep competition when it jumps into the pool Wednesday to begin the Big West Swimming and Diving Championships held in Long Beach.

February 23, 2005

UCSB Heads to Land of Troy

By Jeff Gibson

Tonight at USC, the #6 Santa Barbara men's volleyball team looks to add upon its two-game winning streak on the road and to show the Trojans that just because they have a decent football team doesn't mean they can conten...

February 23, 2005

Women’s Lacrosse: #2 Santa Barbara Upsets #1 Michigan in Los Olivos

By Michael Long

Nestled quaintly on a small field in the Santa Ynez Valley, the UCSB women's lacrosse team found a sanctuary amid the challenges mounted by a storming tempest.

February 22, 2005

Gauchos Nip Northridge

By Kip Hanson

Slow and steady doesn't always win the race. With their fast-paced approach to basketball, the UCSB women (15-8 overall, 12-2 in the Big West) dashed their way to a 74-46 victory and put an end to Northridge's (15-8 over...

February 22, 2005

UCSB Upsets Long Beach

By Jeff Gibson

Paralleled with Santa Barbara's recent torrential rainstorm, the #7 Gaucho men's volleyball team thundered through Southern California like a tropical hurricane this weekend, upsetting #4 Long Beach and hammering unranke...

February 22, 2005

SB Wrangles Mustangs

By Sean Swaby

With UCSB's 78-66 drubbing of Cal Poly on Saturday night, Gaucho fans were treated to a glimpse of the past and visions of the future. Freshman guard Alex Harris tied for a team-high 16 points to help halt Santa Barbara'...