Sports

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.

May 14, 2004

Softball: Postseason Bid on Line For UCSB

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

After a grueling schedule, the UCSB softball team (30-28, 12-6) will wind up its season against Cal State Fullerton (17-32, 6-12) at Campus Diamond this weekend.

May 14, 2004

Baseball: Gauchos Takes 8-Game Win Streak North

By Danny MacLeith

Even though their toughest competition is out of the way, there isn't much doubt that the Gauchos' next two Big West series are their biggest of the season. In a fourth-place tie, one game out of third place, Santa Barba...

May 14, 2004

A Tale of Two Teams

By Chris Trenchard

Hey boys and girls. Thought pennant races were reserved for September? Well, you're wrong. There's actually two happening this weekend - one in our own back yard and the other just outside our beloved state capital.

May 13, 2004

Water Ski: UCSB Follows Wake to Nationals

By Jonathan Tu

Senior Matt Bettencourt and graduate student Matt Dummer competed at the National Collegiate Water Ski Association's All-Star Tournment this past weekend at Sky Lake in Chico.

May 13, 2004

The Young and the Restless

By Sean Swaby

Watered-down talent: Such is the product of an ever-increasing amount collegiate underclassmen and high school contenders and pretenders bolting for the greener pastures (or just a certain green paper product in general)...

May 13, 2004

Baseball: Junior Journeyman Flourishes in New Home

By Danny MacLeith

The fourth inning is just one of at least nine in any given baseball game, just a small part of a bigger picture, one chance to score or prevent runs among many other chances.

May 12, 2004

Baseball: Santa Barbara Wipes Out Waves

By Danny MacLeith

The Gauchos are taking this season one game at a time and scoring runs early in ball games one touchdown at a time. Santa Barbara used another early lead to down Pepperdine 10-3 in its last home game of the regular seaso...

May 12, 2004

Track & Field: Gauchos Prep for Big West Championships

By Stephanie Cain

It's the culmination of all the hard work, long hours, drops of sweat, sore muscles, and runs in the rain. The UCSB track and field team will compete in the Big West Championships this week, held at UC Irvine.

May 11, 2004

Men’s Ultimate: UCSB’s Black Tide Crashes Nationals

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

In two weeks, you can find the #21 UCSB Black Tide in Seattle. They won't be vacationing there, but rather competing at Nationals after beating UC San Diego and Colorado State University this weekend here at home.

May 11, 2004

Baseball: Santa Barbara Hosts Pepperdine in Final Home Game

By Danny MacLeith

Hot on the heels of a seven-game winning streak and with renewed energy, the Gauchos (30-17, 8-7 in the Big West) will host Pepperdine (23-25, 17-7 in the West Coast Conference) in nonconference action for their final re...

May 10, 2004

Baseball: Santa Barbara Mauls Matadors

By Danny MacLeith

The first inning set the tone in each of the Gauchos' three wins against Cal State Northridge this weekend. UCSB (30-17, 8-7 in the Big West) greeted the Matadors (16-33, 2-13) with a total of 18 runs in the first inning...

May 10, 2004

Softball: SB Loses Twice Then Lashes Long Beach

By Kelly Hayes

Another chapter in the "Battle of the Beach" is complete after #18 Long Beach State took two out of three from the UCSB softball team in Long Beach.

May 10, 2004

Conference of Champions

By Lauren Creamer

The fact that the NCAA Championships mirrored the MPSF Championships is not a fluke; it's an exhibition of the high level of play established in the MPSF.

May 10, 2004

Three Tracksters Qualify for Big West Meet

By Stephanie Cain

The UCSB track and field team took advantage of its last chance to send more athletes to next weekend's Big West Championship. On Saturday, the Gauchos competed in the Oxy Invitational at Occidental College, setting new ...