Sports

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 ...

May 6, 2004

Women’s Lacrosse: Gauchos Head to National Tourney

By Jessica Vrazilek

Despite the UCSB women's lacrosse team losing its crucial first-round game this weekend to UCLA in the Western Women's Lacrosse League (WWLL) Championships, all is not lost for Santa Barbara.

May 6, 2004

Sports Column: Don’t Be Like Mike

By Lauren Creamer

Former Ohio State University running back Maurice Clarett

May 6, 2004

Men’s Golf: Below Par Equals Above Average for Six

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

Senior golfer Brian Six may be the #1 golfer on the UCSB men's golf team, but his resume does not stop there. Six, a political science major and history minor who came to UCSB first for academics and second for golf, has...

May 5, 2004

M. Lacrosse: Next Stop: St. Louis for UCSB

By Sean Swaby

You can't stop them, you can only hope to contain them. The UCSB men's lacrosse team continued its season-long tear with a triumph in the Western Collegiate Lacrosse League over the weekend.

May 5, 2004

Weighing In the Women

By Danny MacLeith

Most people would agree that there's a subtle difference between a basketball player standing 6'9''and weighing in at 220 pounds and one that measures 6'2'' and 250.

May 5, 2004

Softball: Gauchos Bully Hapless Highlanders

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

It took them awhile, but eight games later the UCSB softball team (29-26 overall, 11-4 in the Big West) defeated UC Riverside (12-44, 2-11) to sweep the series in a previously rained-out make-up game.

May 4, 2004

Track and Field: UCSB Shatters Personal, School Records

By Stephanie Cain

The UCSB track and field team never ceases to amaze, shaving off more seconds and demolishing records every meet. On Friday, the Gauchos traveled to Stanford for the Cardinal Invitational and on Sunday they participated ...

May 4, 2004

Softball: Gauchos Venture to Riverside Make-Up Game

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

On April 17 the UCSB softball team (28-26, 10-4) was scheduled to play UC Riverside (12-43, 2-11), but the game was cancelled due to rain.

May 4, 2004

Men’s Gymnastics: Gymnast-Turned-Mentor Raises Bar for SB at Nationals

By Jonathan Tu

Junior gymnast Israel Alatriste stands in the middle of a whirling, tumbling and shouting group of boys on a Monday afternoon. He gently but firmly instructs them as they learn how to flip backwards, bracing each boy as ...