Sports

UCSB Athletes Serve Community

May 18, 2005 by

Looking at the rows of expensive SUVs, trucks and sports cars in a typical UCSB parking lot, one would not be surprised to learn that the family of an average UCSB student makes well over $100,000 a y...
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Intercollegiate Athletics Funding: Part II of IV

May 18, 2005 by

It's hard enough to be competitive in a growing conference like Big West, but it's even harder to do so while being under-funded. Yet, that is exactly what the track and field team does every year.
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Charged Up on Teahupoo

May 18, 2005 by

Despite some foul weather and somewhat mediocre six- to eight-foot waves (in relation to the 12-foot-plus monsters Teahupoo usually serves up), the Billabong Pro in Tahiti has been anything but a disa...
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Intercollegiate Athletics Funding: Part I of IV

May 17, 2005 by

The buck always stops with UCSB Athletic Director Gary Cunningham, even when there aren't many bucks to go around. With Intercollegiate Athletics (ICA) operating on an extremely modest budget, Cunning...
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Women

May 17, 2005 by

The UCSB women's lacrosse team won three games at the national championships, but a familiar foe kept the Gauchos out of the title game. After cruising through the first two rounds, the top-seeded Gau...
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Men’s Lacrosse: Lacrosse Wins Second Consecutive MDIA National Championship

May 16, 2005 by

It may be time to start calling the UCSB men's lacrosse team a dynasty. Playing in the title game for the third consecutive year, the #2 Gauchos (21-2 overall, 4-0 in the Western Collegiate Lacrosse L...
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Women’s Track and Field: Women Make History

May 16, 2005 by

The members of the UCSB women's track and field team are pioneers in their sport: They are the first UCSB track and field team to ever take the Big West Conference Championship title home to Santa Bar...
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Men’s Track and Field: SB Finishes Third

May 16, 2005 by

Pete Dolan, UCSB track and field head coach, brought a third-place finish in the Big West Conference Track and Field Championships for the Gauchos along with him in his first year as coach in 1993 - a...
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Softball: Santa Barbara Gets Swept, Blows Playoff Hopes

May 16, 2005 by

On the brink of NCAA Regional selections, the UCSB softball team had its playoff hopes pushed under the rug this weekend. In the final series of Big West play, Cal Poly brought out the brooms, sweepin...
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Baseball: Shakey Pitching Allows 18 Runs in Losses at Riverside

May 16, 2005 by

The roller coaster ride that is the 2005 UCSB baseball season continued its ups and downs this weekend in Riverside. After last week's series win over then-#10 Long Beach State, the Gauchos (22-28 ove...
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Baseball: Gauchos Head to Riverside for Break

May 13, 2005 by

After two weeks of facing off against the nation's top teams, UCSB baseball's series this weekend at Riverside may seem like a vacation. The Gauchos have played seven of their last 10 games against ra...
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Softball: Series Controls

May 13, 2005 by

Tonight will open the first chapter in a tale of two cities as the Santa Barbara softball team takes on rival Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo for a doubleheader starting at 5 p.m. today and another game o...
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M.Track and Field: Tetlo Emmen, Ben Armel Bring One-Two Punch

May 13, 2005 by

When it comes to running the 800-meter, the best in the Big West are UCSB's senior Ben Armel and junior Tetlo Emmen. The two have combined to finish one-two in a slew of races during the season and ar...
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W.Track and Field: Cosette Smith Leads UCSB Like a Captain

May 13, 2005 by

There are no captains on UCSB's track and field team, but Cosette Smith is as much of a leader as a captain could be. The Gaucho senior is in her fifth year on the team, third year as an All-Conferenc...
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W.Ultimate: Burning Skirts Take Fourth at Regionals

May 13, 2005 by

The Burning Skirts did their share of torching over the weekend, but found themselves burned in the end. The women's ultimate Frisbee Regionals were held at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs,C...
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