Sports

October 14, 2004

Let The Learning Begin…

By Sean Swaby

The UCSB men's basketball team just defeated the best team in the nation. Now, wait a few seconds and let that sink in. So maybe that wasn't this year but 14 years ago, something magical happened in the Thunderdome.

October 14, 2004

UCSB Makes Nihilists Out of Riverside

By Chris Trenchard

In a cakewalk, you can't lose unless you don't put one foot in front of the other. Thus far in Big West play, the #1 UCSB Men's Soccer Team (11-0-1 overall, 4-0-0 Big West) has stayed the course.

October 14, 2004

Santa Barbara Sweeps Singles and Doubles

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The UCSB women's tennis team brought out the brooms this weekend, sweeping both singles and doubles championships at the Cal State Fullerton Fall Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament.

October 14, 2004

Extra Credit

By Danny MacLeith

Remember to thank your supreme being, lucky stars, whomever or whatever you show gratitude toward that we don't have to go to class twice as much when our grades start slipping.

October 14, 2004

AVP Pays Visit to Santa Barbara Beaches

By Lauren Creamer

Bud Light will flow, music will blare and a host of locals, including 2004 Athens Olympian Dax Holdren, will compete in the AVP Santa Barbara Invitational presented by Bud Light this Saturday and Sunday in downtown Santa...

October 13, 2004

Gaucho Neglects Sweet Tooth For Taste of Sweet Victory

By Matthew Boelk

Olivia Waldowski of the UCSB women's volleyball team is anything but an average student athlete. Not just because she stands at 6'3" and is the reigning Big West Freshman of the Year, or even that she is a math major. Wh...

October 13, 2004

SB Scorer Threatens Riverside Defense

By Chris Trenchard

In his first year playing for the UCSB men's soccer team, Drew McAthy would let the game come to him, to the dismay of his coaches. As an attacking midfielder, he was awkwardly patient, and Vom Steeg, being the apparent ...

October 12, 2004

The Thin Line Between Tradition and Hazing

By Michael Long

In the world of collegiate athletics, the activities that go on during a team's "rookie party" can only be defined as, well, hazy. At the heart of the initiation process lies conflict.

October 12, 2004

Men’s Club Soccer: SB Stymies San Diego State

By Tyler Vickers

The UCSB men's club soccer team remains undefeated after two more wins, against San Diego State University and UC San Diego, this past weekend.

October 11, 2004

SB Drowns Titans in Second Half

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

Another game, another victory for the #5 UCSB men's water polo team (14-5) with an 8-4 defeat over #6 UC San Diego (16-7) in front of a large crowd at Campus Pool on Friday afternoon.

October 11, 2004

UCSB Leaves Inland Empire With Two Victories

By Stephanie Cain Staff Writer Jeff Gibson Reporter

With less than two minutes remaining in double overtime Sunday, the UCSB women's soccer team squeaked in a goal to upset unbeaten Riverside 2-1.

October 11, 2004

Gauchos Round Up Mustang Defense

By Kelly Hayes

The UCSB men's soccer team did it Argentinian Cowboy-style Saturday night, rounding up some mustangs in San Luis Obispo. The Gauchos (10-0-1 overall, 3-0-0 in the Big West) tamed Cal Poly's defense in a 5-1 win, featurin...

October 11, 2004

Idaho Upsets #13 SB in Five Games in Moscow

By Danny MacLeith

Lightning struck for the second time in one historic place in Moscow, Idaho - a place that #13 UCSB (10-3 overall, 5-2 in the Big West) will be happy to leave off its travel plans next season.

October 11, 2004

Freshman Leads SB Netters in Tourney

By Josh Sebold

The UCSB men's tennis team dominated its recent tournament despite the fact that it was missing key players due to injuries. Santa Barbara sent only four players to the tournament because of injuries to seniors Matt Coi...

October 8, 2004

M. Swimming: Gaucho Alumni Weekend Festivities Begin Today

By Jeff Gibson

Swimming is usually dominated by the young and mobile, but this weekend UCSB's aquatic alumni will dust off their suits and fasten their goggles in an attempt to rekindle the racing spirit hibernating inside them.

October 8, 2004

M. Water Polo: Tritons, Gauchos Get Together Again

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The #5 UCSB men's water polo team and #6 UC San Diego will rekindle their rivalry Friday afternoon. The Gauchos are fresh off of playing the Tritons on Sunday at the Northern California Tournament, where Santa Barbara's ...