Sports

Track and Field: Big Gene Hammers Down Competition

At UCSB it's hard enough to major in biology. It's even harder to do it with five hours of the day dedicated to training and practice, but that's exactly what junior thrower Eugene Bradley does day in...
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Track and Field: Gaucho Sprinter Runs the Big West Show

Good things come in small, smiling packages. At 5'2", junior Kylie McCuen may have an unlikely build for a sprinter, but she has been breaking records since the sixth grade. At her elementary school ...
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Surf Column

Dear dude with curly blond hair who rides a white longboard with blue rails - you know who you are, I understand that I'm a girl in a predominantly male sport and, admittedly, not even one of the bett...
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Sac Town Soloquist: Hidden Gems

Contrary to popular belief, a UCSB men's soccer team did, in fact, win a national championship last winter. Before accusing me of hitting ye old crack pipe one too many times, hear me out on this one....
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Men’s Lacrosse: SB Attempts To Defend National Title

It happens every spring here at UCSB. The sun comes out, the weather becomes perfect and the UCSB men's lacrosse team takes a trip to the national championships.
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Women’s Lacrosse: UCSB Vies for First-Ever National Championship

Winning the Western Women's Lacrosse League (WWLL) Championship was a warm-up; now the UCSB women's lacrosse team wants a national championship. Santa Barbara (16-1) enters this weekend's U.S. Lacross...
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Boxing: Barger Bangs Up Bigger Brawler

Kevin Barger didn't mind that his opponent had him by 3 inches and 47 pounds. In fact, he embraced the disadvantage. In the main event at Pi Kappa Alpha's Fight Night, Barger wore down challenger Nick...
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Baseball: Malec Returns in UCSB Series Win

Even with one of the best pitching staffs in the country, #10 Long Beach baseball couldn't stop the Gauchos from swinging for the fences this weekend at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.
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Gaucho Shortstop Makes 1st Start Since Surgery for Cancer

UCSB baseball fans got an unexpected surprise this weekend, and it wasn't just the Gauchos' 2-1 series win over #10 Long Beach. Senior shortstop Chris Malec returned to the team Friday, 22 days after ...
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Track and Field: Gauchos Tune Up, Qualify for Big West

For some members of UCSB track and field, Saturday was the last chance to qualify for next week's Big West Conference Championships. Some personal-best times were recorded and some long throwing dista...
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Softball: Santa Barbara Gets Rocked on the Road

Long Beach State showed the UCSB softball team how a conference championship is won this weekend in sweeping fashion. The #24-ranked 49ers (36-14 overall, 16-2 in the Big West) claimed the outright ti...
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Baseball: Gauchos Slide Into ‘Dirtbags’

A seven-game losing streak can be quite a pickle, and when the UCSB baseball team hosts #11 Long Beach this weekend in a three-game series, the Gauchos will have their gloves full trying to fend off t...
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Softball: SB Takes Weekend Trip to Beach

It's a Big West softball battle to the death for UCSB and Long Beach. The Beach, which took the conference title last year, sits atop Big West rankings and climbed to #24 in the National Fastpitch Coa...
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Track and Field: Santa Barbara To Run Double Duty Again

The UCSB track and field team has split its roster three times this season to send competitors to separate meets in separate cities. This Saturday it will do it for the second weekend in a row while i...
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Gauchos Rope in Eight New Recruits for 2005

If the New York Yankees of men's college soccer thought that UCSB was going to pull a Florida Marlins and let its 2004 national finalist team fall by the wayside, then the Hoosiers, Terrapins and Blue...
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