Sports

Santa Barbara Puts Four-Game Winning Streak on the Line

After tonight's game against the #10 UCSB men's soccer team, Alabama A&M may be rethinking its decision to schedule a match against the Gauchos (3-1-1 overall, 1-0 in the Big West) between two matches...
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SB Aims for Turn-Around Against Rival Mustangs

Coming off an exceptionally difficult preseason, the UCSB women's volleyball team (4-6 overall) looks to change its current pace when taking on rival Cal Poly to extend its current 10-match winning st...
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Santa Barbara Takes On Speed, Pac-10 In the Southwest

For UCSB freshman forward Genelle Ives, it pays to be fast. Of the ten goals tallied by the women's soccer team so far this season, Ives has scored three and assisted on five others, topping the team ...
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Men’s Cross-Country: UCSB Readies for Future Meets

The UCSB men's cross country team faces its first true test of the season Saturday at the Stanford Invitational. Saturday's race in Palo Alto, Calif. will be a good indicator of the team's progress in...
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Women’s Cross-Country: Ailing Gauchos Head to Stanford Invite

The #15 nationally ranked UCSB women's cross country team hits the crux of its young season this weekend when it travels to Palo Alto to compete in the Stanford Invitational.
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Men’s Cross-Country: Experienced SB Squad Focuses On Pre-Nationals Performance

It is all about realizing potential for the UCSB men's cross country team while it tries to put itself back on the national map. The Gauchos look to improve upon a season in which they finished 10th o...
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Women’s Cross-Country: Gaucho Veterans, Newcomers Aim Toward Nation’s Top 10

A year after being ranked #17 in the nation, the UCSB women's cross country team feels this year could be even better, if they can stay healthy.
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W.Track: 2005 Track and Field Regional Championships Preview

They've proven that they are the best in the Big West, but this weekend in Eugene, Ore., at the storied Hayward Field, nine Gauchos from the women's track and field team will try to prove that they ar...
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M.Track: 2005 Track and Field Regional Championships Preview

Every sport has a holy ground. Basketball has Duke, football has the Rose Bowl and track and field has Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., the site of this weekend's track and field NCAA Western Regional T...
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Baseball: SB Seniors Suit Up for the Last Time

There's nothing like the possibility of a last-place finish to motivate a team. For UCSB baseball, the final series of the weekend presents just that type of challenge. The Gauchos travel to Northridg...
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Team of the Year: Men’s Soccer Elevates the Bar

After what could be called a Cinderella story of a season, it's no wonder that the men's soccer team (17-2-1 overall, 8-2-0 in the Big West) won the nod for team of the year.
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Coach of the Year: Tim Vom Steeg Fronts SB’s Best

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) National Coach of the Year calls UCSB's Harder Stadium home. In his seventh year at the helm of the Santa Barbara men's soccer program, Head ...
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Freshman of the Year: Gaucho Center Back Andy Iro Is a Head Above the Competition

At 6'4" and 200 pounds with the soccer skills of a veteran starter, it's hard not to mistake Andy Iro for an upperclassman. Yet, the Liverpool, England native was merely a rookie on the UCSB men's soc...
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Men’s Lacrosse: Santa Barbara LAX Shifts Gears With Clutch Captain Will Patton

The Chicago Bulls had Michael Jordan, the New England Patriots have Tom Brady and the UCSB men's lacrosse team has Will Patton. Every championship team has a player who comes up big in the clutch, and...
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Ack-Attack: Not Boobilicious

I'm all about the whole "girl power" thing that Roxy's been promoting. It's nice to have bikinis that stay on, board shorts that actually look cute and wetsuits that don't have all that extra room in ...
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