Sports

January 14, 2005

Swimming: UC Davis Joins Big West

By Sean Lewis

The UCSB swim team welcomes Davis to the Big West Conference for the first time at Campus Pool on Saturday at noon.

January 13, 2005

Walking Tall in Santa Barbara

By Chris Trenchard

With just seven players sure to be available for tonight's game against Cal Poly, the UCSB men's basketball team is a flurry of miscast characters. Guards are playing forward, forwards are playing center and walk-ons are...

January 13, 2005

SB Tries to Rerail at Poly

By Kip Hanson

Expect a good old-fashioned showdown in SLO town as the Gauchos (5-7 overall, 3-1 in the Big West) prepare to take on Cal Poly (7-4, 2-2 Big West) tonight at 7. The Big West rivals will face off in the middle of one of t...

January 12, 2005

Athletic Trainers Get Gauchos Back in the Game

By Michael Long

A certain Hardwood Injury Bug (Basketius gauchitis), a mysteriously aggressive creature that has plagued the UCSB men's basketball team this season, may have met its match on campus.

January 12, 2005

Water Water Everywhere

By Mathis Riley

Sands Beach was closed earlier in the week due to water toxicity. For surfers from southern California, this is not surprising - beaches down here usually close when it rains because of all the city filth that gets washe...

January 11, 2005

SB Continues Southbound

By Kip Hanson

It was a tale of two halves in Starkville, Miss. last night, as the Gauchos fell at the hands of the Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs 69-62 in a nonconference bout. Down by 21 points at halftime, Santa Barbara (5-7, 3-1 B...

January 11, 2005

Sports Column: Between the Teeth

By Chris Trenchard

It seems incongruent that a CEO of any company would warn his subsidiaries against profiteering. Margins are why we exist, right?

January 11, 2005

W. Water Polo: Gauchos Look to Crack Tourney

By Suzanne Heibel

This time, it's the women who are back in town. The UCSB women's water polo season is beginning and the team is ready to play... and win.

January 10, 2005

Idaho Assails UCSB

By Kip Hanson

UCSB (5-6 overall, 3-1 in the Big West) dropped its first league game of the year Saturday afternoon to the University of Idaho (7-5, 2-1 Big West), leaving just one question: What are they putting in the potatoes?

January 10, 2005

Vandals Demolish Santa Barbara

By Chris Trenchard

For about 35 minutes, the UCSB men's basketball team flourished with just seven available players, battling Idaho to a 47-47 tie. After 40 minutes, though, UCSB had nothing to show for it.

January 10, 2005

Sports Column: Sac-Town Soliloquist

By Sean Swaby

A few months ago, Latrell Sprewell nixed a $10 million per year contract extension offer from the Minnesota Timberwolves. Why, you wonder? "I have to feed my kids," he said of the rejection.

January 7, 2005

Seven Is Enough for SB

By Kip Hanson

Things looked grim as a diminished, seven-player UCSB roster stepped onto the court. But when the final buzzer rang, senior guard Mia Fisher had recorded a career-high 24 points, and the ailing Gauchos had crushed their ...

January 7, 2005

Injuries Plague Gauchos in Loss at Logan

By Chris Trenchard

As far as circumstances go, they don't get much more extenuating for a basketball team than this.

January 7, 2005

Swimming: Top-Ranked USC Brings Five Olympians to UCSB

By Sean Lewis

The UCSB swim team hosts top-ranked USC at Campus Pool on Saturday with only three words of advice for the tough Trojan squad. "Bring an umbrella," Head Coach Gregg Wilson said.

January 7, 2005

Santa Barbara Opens Season

By Jeff Gibson

Dumbo can fly, but that's because he has big, floppy ears. The UCSB men's volleyball team can fly as well, but what they lack in the floppy-ear department, they make up for in the ability to annihilate opponents.

January 6, 2005

French Benches UCSB Trio

By Kip Hanson

In a game that was promising to turn into another Gaucho blowout, the tables have turned following several injuries and the team's suspensions of senior forwards Kristen Mann and Brandy Richardson and sophomore guard Eri...