Sports

February 18, 2005

Sac-town soliloquist: ‘Stangs Got Nuthin’ on Us

By Sean Swaby

When you've lost 11 straight road games, it doesn't take a mathematician or some cigar-wielding, line-making Vegas junkie to realize that another loss is inevitable.

February 18, 2005

Baseball: UCSB Takes Two Series Wins to Fresno

By Kelly Hayes

With wet weather in the forecast at Fresno, the UCSB baseball team may be better off packing galoshes, ponchos and umbrellas than bats, gloves and cleats for this weekend's road trip.

February 18, 2005

SB Heads to the Pyramid

By Jeff Gibson

It might be raining and possibly even pouring, but no one on the Santa Barbara men's volleyball team will be getting much snoring done this weekend as the Gauchos travel down south for two tough road matches.

February 18, 2005

W.Water Polo: Gauchos Face #8 San Diego, #1 UCLA

By Alex Pavlovic

The UCSB women's water polo team will try to climb the national rankings this weekend when it takes on two of the top teams in the country.

February 18, 2005

M.Tennis: SB Takes Another Three-Game, Three-Day Road Trip

By Chris Hoffman

A six-game losing streak and yet another three-games-in-three-days weekend road trip wouldn't seem to bode well for the UCSB men's tennis team, but the Gauchos appear to be on the verge of turning the corner.

February 17, 2005

#19 UOP Cuts Down Nets on SB

By Chris Trenchard

For 28 minutes, it seemed like the Gauchos were poised to do the unthinkable against #19 Pacific, but fruitless shooting over a seven-minute stretch turned the notion into fiction. Down 48-44 with 11:45 remaining in the ...

February 17, 2005

Gauchos Smell the Madness

By Kip Hanson

March is so close, the Gauchos (13-8 overall, 10-2 in the Big West) can taste it. As this dogfight of a season nears its end, the first-place UCSB women's basketball team is back in a familiar place with a half-game lead...

February 17, 2005

Women’s Tennis: UCSB Climbs Into Top 75 Nationally

By Jeremy Fuller

After an impressive start, the #73 UCSB women's tennis team will begin an important road trip on Thursday against Big West Conference foe Cal State Northridge.

February 17, 2005

Softball: SB To Host Commercial Capital Invitational

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

After a laborious weekend in Sin City, the UCSB softball team hopes to get some tender bliss this weekend as it hosts the Commercial Capital Invitational, beginning today at Campus Diamond.

February 16, 2005

Baseball: Santa Barbara Wallops Westmont

By Kelly Hayes

The UCSB baseball team sure tried to make it look like a rivalry. However, a five-run fifth, four-run sixth and three-run seventh inning for the Gauchos turned a competitive game into a 14-2 beating of Westmont.

February 16, 2005

Gauchos Welcome New Sponsorship

By Michael Long

If any of UCSB's athletes look different in competition this year, it's probably not because teams have inserted a new starting lineup. The UCSB Athletic Dept. signed a contract with athletic apparel giant Adidas in Octo...

February 16, 2005

In The Trenches: Help SB Help You

By Chris Trenchard

"I guess all you can really learn from a loss like that is to copy everything they do and do it yourself," UCSB men's basketball Head Coach Bob Williams said Feb. 5 after watching his Gauchos fall by 30 to Utah State.

February 15, 2005

Sophomore Sensation Sizzlin’

By Jeff Gibson

Sears Tower and the Empire State Building may be tall, but if they ever witnessed the towering Gaucho sophomore Evan Patak take the court in Rob Gym, they'd wish for the ability to spike volleyballs just like the 6'8" ki...

February 15, 2005

Softball: Top Squads Squash SB

By Monique Moyal

The UCSB softball team (5-6 overall) put forth all efforts this weekend to beat the heat against multiple nationally ranked teams during the 2005 Louisville Slugger Desert Classic, hosted by University of Nevada, Las Veg...

February 15, 2005

Baseball: Gauchos Host X-Town ‘Rivals’

By Kelly Hayes

It doesn't seem fair to call it a rivalry anymore. The UCSB baseball team has taken 10 straight and holds a 79-23 series advantage over Westmont. The cross-town "rivals" meet again today at 2 p.m. at Caesar Uyesaka Stadi...

February 14, 2005

UCSB Offense Hits a Sweep

By Jeff Gibson

Even a railroad spike would have cringed Friday night, as the effective offense of the #7 Santa Barbara men's volleyball team pounded visiting Northridge.