Sports

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.

November 19, 2004

UCSB Takes Family Fan Base to Moraga

By Lauren Creamer

The UCSB women

November 19, 2004

SB Hits Road to Start Season

By Chris Trenchard

Literally speaking, tonight

November 19, 2004

Men’s Water Polo: Santa Barbara To End Regular Season Play at Campus Pool

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

Last dance, last chance for the #7 UCSB men

November 18, 2004

Gauchos To Conclude Big West Play in SLO

By Matthew Boelk

It's official, the #18 UCSB women's volleyball team (21-3 overall, 15-2 in the Big West) is the three-time Big West Conference champion and has assured itself an automatic bid in the 64-team field of the NCAA Tournament.

November 18, 2004

Sports Column: First You Get the Money

By Sean Swaby

On Tuesday morning, the FCC and the NFL shit their respective bricks after watching a revealing commercial featuring Terrell Owens. The NBA is cracking the whip on Vince Carter for sporting an iPod during warm-ups.

November 18, 2004

Club Sailing: Boaters Host UCSB’s First-Ever Regatta

By Jeremy Fuller

Over 200 sailors from across the West Coast gathered at Lake Isabella, located in California's Kern River Valley, last weekend for a regatta hosted by UCSB.

November 17, 2004

Gaucho Grabs the Spotlight

By Danny MacLeith

With two outstanding middle blockers in junior Megan Blackshire and sophomore Olivia Waldowski on the same roster - in addition to senior libero and Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week laureate Kristin Nelson...

November 17, 2004

Sports Column: Big West, Big Snubs

By Sean Swaby

Don't let the name deceive you - the Big West really isn't all that big. It's no secret we're not the Pac-10 or the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and, subsequently, several good teams have been shafted by the NCAA sel...

November 17, 2004

Trippin’ on Blue: Birthing a Board

By Mathis Riley

I haven't bought a new board in three years. Of course, in that time I have picked up the occasional inheritance from missing housemates and yellowing pieces of crap from garage sales, but I haven't had a brand-new, ding...