Sports

October 26, 2004

Women’s Field Hockey: SB on Both Ends of Three Weekend Shutouts

By Cassie Harris

The UCSB women's field hockey team ended its home schedule on a high note over the weekend with a pair of dominant shutouts against Davis and Chico State and a loss to Colorado.

October 22, 2004

Anteaters Annex Gauchos

By Sean Swaby

Ugh, not again. Looking to avenge their first loss of the season last weekend, the #2 ranked Gauchos took on Irvine in front of a the small but vociferous crowd at Harder stadium. The 5-8-0 Anteaters stunned UCSB in a 1-...

October 22, 2004

UCSB Nets in Overtime

By Sean Lewis

Seniors Jennifer Borcich, Cinthia Ruiz, Molly Martin, Randi Johns and Amber Squire were honored at Harder Stadium with flowers and hugs from family members while the fans applauded before the start of Friday's game.

October 22, 2004

#4 UCSB Tackles #2 Trojans

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The cream always rises, and the UCSB men's water polo team is trying to join the cream of the crop in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The Gauchos take their #4 ranking and 16-5 overall (2-0 MPSF) record on the ro...

October 22, 2004

Men’s Water Polo: Santa Barbara Improves in LA

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

All's well that ends well for the UCSB men's water polo team (17-6 overall, 3-1 in the Big West), after it lost one and won one this weekend. On Saturday, the Gauchos lost to #3 USC 7-3, only to defeat Loyola Marymount 6...

October 22, 2004

SB Heads into Second Half of Big West Play

By Kip Hanson

Even with the prospect of taking over the Big West lead, the 7 p.m. games against Pacific today and first-place Northridge on Sunday will mark a bittersweet farewell to four seniors as they play in the final home games o...

October 22, 2004

Swimming: SB Sinks San Diego

By Jessica Vrazilek

Streamlining into the new fall season, the UCSB swim team annihilated their UC San Diego competition at Friday's season-opener. "It was a beautiful day, a great home-opener," Head Coach Gregg Wilson said. "We had a few c...

October 22, 2004

SB Shares Top Big West Spot

By Matthew Boelk

The 2004 Big West schedule has reached its midway point, and after one contest with each league opponent, UCSB stands atop the league with a 7-2 record (along with Northridge and Pacific) and holds the 20th spot in the n...

October 22, 2004

UCSB Revamps Starting Lineup, Creams Cal Poly

By Kelly Hayes

Even a well-maintained vehicle can start to sputter; when it does, all that's needed is a tune-up. The UCSB men's soccer machine got its oil changed and came out running smoothly Sunday night.

October 22, 2004

UCSB Swimmers Kick Off Season

By Jeff Gibson

Anticipating conference domination this season, the UCSB swim team is looking to turn heads and finally give former Gaucho swimmer Jason Lezak something to stare at besides those shiny Olympic gold medals hanging from hi...

October 22, 2004

Men Take Second, Women Third

By Kip Hanson

After a year of training at less than full strength, Brandos managed to put together a stellar race Friday at the Titan Invitational, earning himself a spot in the Gaucho men's cross-country top nine and a trip to the Bi...

October 22, 2004

Santa Barbara Takes ‘B’ Team to Titan Invitational

By Stephanie Cain

Development will be the focus for Santa Barbara this weekend in Brea. The UCSB men's and women's cross country teams will send their "B" team runners to the Titan Invitational on Friday.

October 22, 2004

Gauchos Sit Alone Atop Big West Rankings

By Tyler Vickers

Women's volleyball cruised to victory twice this weekend, beating both Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside in a pair of three-game sweeps. On Friday, the Gauchos and Cal State Fullerton battled to a 9-9 stalemate until ...

October 20, 2004

Gauchos Drop to #2

By Kelly Hayes

The #2 UCSB men's soccer team returns home tonight looking to use the first rain of the season to wash away memories of the loss that ended its 12-game unbeaten streak Saturday.

October 20, 2004

Gauchos Love the ’80s… (Part 2 of a 3 Part Series: the 80s)

By Michael Long

One score minus two years ago, the UCSB athletic department brought forth upon Santa Barbara a newly reinstated Gaucho football team, conceived by lock-in fees and dedicated to the hope that someday the Gauchos could att...

October 20, 2004

Men’s Golf: UCSB Finishes Sixth Despite Bad Weather

By Suzanne Heibel

After two days of enduring harsh weather conditions in Reno, Nev., the UCSB men's golf team finished sixth at the 28th Annual Wolf Pack Classic, which took place at the Wolf Run Golf Club on Oct. 18-19.