Sports

November 15, 2004

Golden Goal Guides #1 Gauchos

By Kelly Hayes

What are the chances of the #1 UCSB men's soccer team earning a high seed in the NCAA Tournament? Golden. The Gauchos got a 1-0 win in double overtime at UC Irvine on Friday, on a golden goal from senior forward Neil Jon...

November 15, 2004

Santa Barbara Clinches Big West Title

By Danny MacLeith

Records fell and intense drama played itself out in Long Beach and Irvine in a pair of four-game UCSB wins last weekend, but the impending NCAA Tournament and the state of the team remain the most important thing for the...

November 15, 2004

Men’s Water Polo: #11 Waves Wash Over #7 Santa Barbara

By Monique Moyal

Aching for victory, the UCSB men's water polo team couldn't come up with a win against Pepperdine, losing 6-5 and sinking into a five-game losing streak.

November 15, 2004

Cross Country: SB Women Finish Third at Regionals

By Stephanie Cain

The UCSB women's cross country team experienced the special feeling of seeing its goals met Saturday at the NCAA West Regional Championships.

November 12, 2004

Injury List Lengthens for UCSB

By Chris Trenchard

When UCSB men's basketball coach Bob Williams looks down his bench for a sub in the game against Westmont College tonight, there will be more players clad in long-sleeved shirts and ties than in their sleek new white jer...

November 12, 2004

Anteaters Host Santa Barbara

By Sean Swaby

Revenge is oh so sweet. The first-ranked men's soccer team has only lost two times all year, once to Northridge and once to Irvine. It already erased the loss to the Matadors on Tuesday night with a 2-1 victory and clinc...

November 12, 2004

Gauchos Look to Clinch Big West Title

By Matthew Boelk

Heading into this weekend's showdowns in the Southland, the #19 UCSB women's volleyball team (19-3 overal1, 3-2 Big West Conference) is in control of its own playoff destiny, as a win in any of its final three league mat...

November 12, 2004

SB Welcomes Club Team Love and Basketball

By Lauren Creamer

Santa Barbara ends its pair of exhibition games tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the Thunderdome when the women's basketball team hosts Love and Basketball. Forward Hillary Jager will not suit up for the game, nor any other this se...

November 12, 2004

Cross Country: UCSB Heads to Regionals

By Stephanie Cain

The UCSB men's and women's cross country teams hope to keep up the momentum this weekend at the West Region Championships in Fresno. Both teams have been training for the rolling hills course on the bluffs north of campu...

November 12, 2004

Golf: Santa Barbara Finishes Sixth

By Sean Lewis

After just two days of rest, the #94 UCSB men's golf team came away with a sixth-place finish and edged out rival Cal Poly in its final tournament of the fall season.

November 12, 2004

M. Water Polo: SB Hosts Waves

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

Two. Two games left in the regular season for the UCSB men's water polo team. Two chances to end its season on a high note. Two chances to break a four-game losing streak.

November 10, 2004

UCSB Reclaims Big West Title

By Kelly Hayes

For the third time in four years, the #1 Gauchos (16-2-1 overall, 7-2-0 in the Big West) clinched the Big West Conference Championship on Tuesday night with a 2-1 victory over #2 Cal State Northridge (9-5-2, 4-2-2 Big W...

November 10, 2004

Women’s Club Soccer Preps for Nationals

By Josh Wolf

The UCSB women's club soccer team dominated the majority of its game against San Diego State before giving up two goals in the last three minutes to force a 2-2 tie in a heartbreaking finish.

November 10, 2004

Sailing: Sailers Cruise To Third Place

By Tyler Vickers

The UCSB sailing team went on the road yet again to participate in its third regatta of the season last weekend.

November 10, 2004

Surf Column: Irons and Rasta

By Mathis Riley

I have been watching a lot of surf movies recently. I totaled up the hours for last week and I think it came out to about 16 - yeah I know, pathetic. Surf movies are like porn: a poor substitute for the real thing, but w...

November 9, 2004

W. Cross-Country: Identical Talent

By Stephanie Cain

The identical Christman twins are a forceful duo on the cross country scene and top runners on the UCSB team. Juniors Lauren and Lindsay manage to do everything together, including taking spots one and two at last weeken...