Sports

September 16, 2004

Chillin’ Like a Chancellor

By Chris Trenchard

Daily Nexus Sports Editor Chris Trenchard caught up with Dr. Yang to discuss all that is Gaucho Athletics, and all that isn't.

September 16, 2004

UCSB Football Has Never Been Better

By Chris Trenchard

Despite popular belief, football is alive and well at UCSB. In fact, in four games, the UCSB football team hasn't allowed a point, disposed of the 21st- and 30th-ranked teams in the country and ascended to the #3 slot in...

September 16, 2004

UCSB Athletes Globe-Trot Over Summer: Jones, Lochhead Represent New Zealand in World Cup Qualifier

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

At the end of last year, while most Gauchos were preparing for a long and strenuous finals week, seniors Neil Jones and Tony Lochhead were preparing for a trip back to their native country of New Zealand. Both players we...

September 16, 2004

UCSB Athletes Globe-Trot Over Summer: Women’s Hoopsters Beat Up on Aussie Club Teams in Tour Down Under

By Sean Swaby

Sequels don't often surpass the success of their predecessors. But with six consecutive Big West titles and an unprecedented Sweet 16 appearance last season under their belts, the UCSB women's basketball team still insis...

September 16, 2004

UCSB Athletes Globe-Trot Over Summer: Gaucho Boys of Summer Disperse Across Country, Pacific During Break

By Danny MacLeith

Most college baseball players will play the game, no matter whose name is on the front of their jerseys. Several Gauchos traded in their UCSB gear in late May and scattered across the globe to keep pace with their profes...

July 7, 2004

Softball: Gauchos Face Must-Win Series

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

There is no more room for error. This is a must win series. These are the things that the young UCSB softball team (29-26, 11-4) will be hearing for the rest of the week until it faces Long Beach State (43-10, 13-2), who...

July 7, 2004

Baseball: Polished Pitcher Provides Power for UCSB

By Chris Trenchard

Location. Location. Location. As students here in sun-soaked Santa Barbara, we swear by this axiom. As the newly crowned go-to guy in the UCSB bullpen, so does Gaucho relief pitcher Loren Fraser.

July 7, 2004

Track & Field: Santa Barbara Meets Last Chance

By Stephanie Cain

It will be a relaxed weekend for the UCSB track and field team. While most of the team rests for the upcoming Big West Championships, a select few will compete in the Oxy Invitational at Occidental College.

June 3, 2004

Male Athlete of the Year: Memo Arzate

By Chris Trenchard

The best way to describe his game is comprehensive. From the first whistle to the last, from one goal line to the other, and from the beginning of his career to its end, Memo Arzate covered all the ground he could.

June 3, 2004

Female Athlete of the Year: Megan Blackshire

By Lauren Creamer

Megan Blackshire is a team player. She may have led the UCSB women's volleyball team's offense as a middle blocker, but the sophomore Capistrano Beach, Calif., native has nothing but the team on her mind.

June 3, 2004

Team of the Year: Women’s Basketball

By Sean Swaby

It's a bad time to be in the Big West. Unless of course, you are Santa Barbara. After ripping off its unparalleled eighth consecutive Big West title coupled with its first ever Sweet 16 appearance, the UCSB women's baske...

June 3, 2004

Coach of the Year: Kristy Schroeder

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

Head Coach Kristy Schroeder took the UCSB softball team to its first ever NCAA postseason appearance in only her third year as head coach, earning her Coach of the Year honors.

June 3, 2004

Freshman of the Year: Chris Valaika

By Danny MacLeith

In the classroom, it's annoying when a freshman tries to look like a Ph.D. candidate by asking pretentious questions and using vocabulary from a word-of-the-day calendar.

June 3, 2004

Track and Field: SB Men Finish 14th, Women Place 17th at Regionals

By Stephanie Cain

Members of the UCSB track and field team continue to blow away the competition and exceed all expectations. Santa Barbara will be sending six Gauchos to the NCAA National Championships after competing well in last weeken...

May 28, 2004

Scholarship Regulations Make Recruiting Complex

By Chris Trenchard

Men's volleyball Head Coach Ken Preston has never known the luxury of having too much time on his hands. Neither has the Gaucho baseball team's Head Coach Bob Brontsema.

May 28, 2004

Black Tide Disqualified From National Championship

By Kelly Hayes

Although it went undefeated in the Ultimate Players Association (UPA) sectional and regional tournaments, the UCSB Black Tide men's ultimate Frisbee team will not be making the trip to the Ultimate College National Champ...