Sports

May 24, 2004

Baseball: Gauchos Dawdle to Finish Line

By Danny MacLeith

Every inning of every baseball game this season was meaningful in the Gauchos' quest for a postseason berth, but a few bad ones strung together Sunday at Cal Poly made the top of the ninth inning the last one in 2004.

May 24, 2004

The True Kings of Basketball

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

We may say "dude" too many times. We may act like typical surfers. But here in sunny Southern California we do one thing -- we win. Despite adversity from every which way, the Los Angeles Lakers have closed the mouths of...

May 24, 2004

Big West Round-up: Fullerton Seizes Big West Championship

By Nexus Staff Report

The biggest rivalry in college baseball yielded the Big West Champion again, and for the second year in a row, in dramatic fashion. Cal State Fullerton (#22) clinched the Big West title this weekend with a series sweep o...

May 21, 2004

Santa Barbara Devoured in Desert

By Chris Trenchard

Just like that, the dream is over. In the first day of the NCAA Regionals, the Santa Barbara softball team was bounced from the Tucson Tournament after an opening round loss to Northwestern 8-1 and a consolation bracket ...

May 21, 2004

Final Weekend Looms Large for Santa Barbara

By Danny MacLeith

The Big West race is entering its final leg, and because the battle is for third place, the Gauchos (32-19 overall, 9-9 in the Big West) have to worry about gaining on UC Riverside (10-8) while keeping UC Irvine (8-10) a...

May 20, 2004

Softball: SB Faces Wildcats in Tucson

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

After 20 years of anonymity in the collegiate softball world, Santa Barbara now has the chance to be a no-namer no more. In just her third year, Head Coach Kristy Schroeder has catapulted the Gauchos into the NCAA Region...

May 20, 2004

Rowing: Santa Barbara Ends Season in the Fast Lane

By Kelly Hayes

Over the past three weeks, the Gaucho men's and women's crew teams finished out their spring seasons by competing against some of the best crew teams in the nation.

May 20, 2004

In and Out

By Chris Trenchard

In, and out. The shot that could have been heard 'round the world went in, and then it went out. It wanted to go in; hell, I'm pretty sure all of California wanted it to go in, but it rimmed, only to the delight of Mark ...

May 19, 2004

Track & Field: Washington Eyes Next Step

By Sean Swaby

Senior sprinter Jasmine Washington should seriously consider becoming an author because she has been rewriting the Gaucho track and field record books since she first stepped foot on UCSB.

May 19, 2004

Congress Debates NCAA Reform Ideas

By Michael Long

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Amidst the dust created in our nation's capital by the political stampede surrounding the troubles in Iraq, sports can still compete with other policy issues for time on the national agenda.

May 18, 2004

Men’s Lacrosse: Gauchos Conquer All at National Tourney

By Jonathan Tu

In a heart-stopping finish, the #1 UCSB men's lacrosse team won its first-ever national championship Saturday over defending champion #2 Colorado State University by a score of 8-7 at the Anheuser-Busch Center in St. Lou...

May 18, 2004

Women’s Lacrosse: UCSB Takes Home Sixth, Sportsmanship Award in St. Louis

By Jessica Vrazilek

The Gaucho women's lacrosse team ends their season with victories on and off the field. UCSB came home from St. Louis, Mo. with a sixth place finish in the annual Western Women's Lacrosse League National Championship com...

May 17, 2004

Softball: SB Clinches First NCAA Bid Ever

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

The UCSB women's softball team (14-7 in the Big West, 32-29 overall) received an NCAA regionals bid and the sixth seed Sunday night and will head to Tucson, Ariz. to face #3 seeded Northwestern (32-18, 13-9 in the Big Te...

May 17, 2004

Track and Field: Gauchos Finish Fourth of Nine at Big West Championships

By Stephanie Cain

If the UCSB men's and women's track team proved one thing this weekend at the Big West Championships, it's that team spirit can make a difference.

May 17, 2004

Softball: UCSB Grabs Second in Big West

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

The UCSB softball team needed two things to happen this weekend: a series victory over Cal State Fullerton and a Long Beach State sweep over Cal State Northridge. Mission accomplished.

May 17, 2004

Baseball: Santa Barbara Ends Win Streak

By Danny MacLeith

After soaring to an eight-game winning streak that included a sweep of Long Beach State, the UCSB baseball team (32-19, 9-9 in the Big West) lost its first conference series in two weeks to the unlikeliest of clubs.