Sports

December 2, 2004

Michigan Silences Thunderdome

By Jeremy Fuller

With the shot clock and game clock nearly synchronized in the final half and UCSB trailing Michigan by three points last Friday, the Thunderdome crowd of nearly 2,000 was on the edge of its seat.

December 2, 2004

Men’s Water Polo: SB Finishes Last in Tourney

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The UCSB men's water polo team saved its worst for last with an eighth place finish in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament this weekend in Palo Alto, Calif.

November 24, 2004

Gauchos Get Off Scott-Free

By Kelly Hayes

Beam me up, Scotty

November 24, 2004

Wisconsin-Madison Outshines Gauchos

By Sean Swaby

On Tuesday night, Santa Barbara might not have squandered its best opportunity to topple a nationally ranked team, had it been able to defend the three-point ball better.

November 24, 2004

Cheese Statement

By Chris Trenchard

As the clock ticked down on the UCSB men

November 23, 2004

Building a Powerhouse

By Chris Trenchard

Doing more with less is in fashion these days. For UCSB men's soccer team Head Coach Tim Vom Steeg, it is the name of the game. At a school like UCSB, a mid-major where priorities stray from athletics, climbing to a #1 n...

November 23, 2004

Cross-Country: Women Runners Finish 17th At Nationals

By Stephanie Cain

The #17 UCSB women's cross country team found success once again. Santa Barbara placed 17th out of 31 teams at the NCAA National Championship, improving on last year's 29th place finish. Colorado claimed the women's titl...

November 23, 2004

Santa Barbara Travels to Big Ten Country

By Michael Long

Some of UCSB's good ole' boys are going to be heading to Madison tonight but its not going to be all bar-hoppers.

November 22, 2004

Freshman Leads SB To Overtime Victory

By Chris Trenchard

After the UCSB men's basketball team squandered an eight-point, second-half lead at San Diego State, freshman guard Alex Harris put the Gauchos on his back in overtime, scoring eight of the Gauchos' 17 overtime points to...

November 22, 2004

Women’s Cross Country: Gauchos Head To Nationals Today

By Stephanie Cain

After today's meet, everyone in the country will know the UCSB women's cross country team. The Gauchos will compete in the NCAA Championships today at Indiana State University.

November 22, 2004

Men’s Water Polo: UCSB Stops Losing Ways

By Monique Moyal

Two hours, four quarters, double sudden death, senior recognitions and one long-awaited broken streak. The #9 UCSB men's water polo team (18-11 overall) took #5 UC Irvine (15-12) deep into sudden death on Saturday at Cam...

November 22, 2004

Gauchos Lay Smack on Saint Mary’s

By Lauren Creamer

Freshman point guard Ana Onaindia sank her first shot as a Gaucho from the arc just five seconds after coming off the bench in the UCSB women's basketball team's 74-57 win at Saint Mary's yesterday afternoon.

November 22, 2004

SB Sweeps Way Into Postseason

By Danny MacLeith

Like a delicious cherry pie coming fresh out of the oven, #18 UCSB (23-3 overall, 16-2 in the Big West) has spent an extended amount of time in intense heat, but must cool off for a bit before meeting its fate.

November 22, 2004

Men’s Swimming: Santa Barbara Strokers Sink Cal St. Northridge

By Jeff Gibson

This weekend, the Gaucho men showed that even though you can have impressive motion in the ocean, it doesn't hurt to flaunt the size of your waves every once in a while.

November 22, 2004

Women’s Tennis: Gauchos Show Signs of Promise at SLO Tourney

By Cassie Harris

The UCSB women's tennis team closed out the fall season with some encouraging performances in the Cal Poly Tournament this weekend.

November 19, 2004

Gauchos Negate Cal Poly

By Danny MacLeith

The road that the #18 Gauchos traveled to their third straight conference championship has been downhill since the clincher last weekend, but their steady cruise slowed after they ran over some Mustangs on Thursday.