Sports

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 ...

May 3, 2004

Baseball: SB Sweeps #4 Long Beach State

By Danny MacLeith

The top two teams in the Big West have four losses between them at the halfway point in conference play. The Gauchos (27-17, 5-7 in the Big West) earned them all, taking three games from #4 Long Beach State (30-12, 9-3 i...

May 3, 2004

Boxing: Frenchman Steals Show at Fight Night

By Chris Trenchard

It's official. Nothing brings people together like sex and violence. Pi Kappa Alpha's Fight Night brought challengers from all over California - and one from France that ended up stealing the show - save the crowd-pleasi...

May 3, 2004

Women’s Water Polo: SB Captures Seventh in MPSF Tournament

By Kelly Hayes

Santa Barbara's women's water polo team left everything in the pool this weekend at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship tournament. The Gauchos closed out their season with a 2-2 record in the tournament,...

May 3, 2004

Softball: Gauchos Sweep Utah State in Must-Win Series

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

The place was getting a little dusty at Campus Diamond, so the UCSB softball team (28-26 overall, 10-4 in the Big West) brought out their brooms and swept the weekend series.

April 30, 2004

Baseball: UCSB Braces for Aces

By Danny MacLeith

The Gauchos face the top pitching team in the conference in a three-game set beginning tonight at 6:30 against 49er junior Jered Weaver, the best pitcher in the country and the incumbent for National Player of the Year.

April 30, 2004

Softball: Gauchos To Host Aggies

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

In a tough division where two teams will likely make regionals, the UCSB softball team (25-26, 7-4) will have to get through Utah State (7-35, 3-9). The Utah women may look like a mice on paper, but they will play like m...