Sports

April 26, 2004

Softball: UCSB Wins One in SLO Series, Drops Last Two

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

Just when things were going great and the UCSB softball team (25-26 overall, 7-4 in the Big West) was on a seven-game winning streak, things drastically took a turn for the worse.

April 26, 2004

Men’s Tennis: Pacific Upsets UCSB in Playoffs

By Sean Swaby

The UCSB men's tennis team avenged their only conference loss of the season with a victory in the Big West semifinals over Cal Poly 4-2.

April 26, 2004

Women’s Tennis: Gauchos Place Seventh in Big West Tournament

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The UCSB women's tennis team was down but not out Friday after losing their first match of the Big West Championships 4-2 in Indian Wells, Calif.

April 26, 2004

Santa Barbara Bites Dust at Pyramid

By Lauren Creamer

The Beach's current was too strong for the #7 UCSB men's volleyball team this weekend. Santa Barbara allowed #2 Long Beach State to pull the Gauchos to a 3-0 loss in the first round of Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ...

April 23, 2004

Bush Bums Gear Up for Titan Outfield

By Danny MacLeith

The balmy Santa Barbara afternoon is pierced by the mocking voices of the Bush Bums, Caesar Uyesaka Stadium's very own group of heckling homers perched out behind the right center field fence.

April 23, 2004

Gauchos Host Poly

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

If there was a specific time in the season for a team to catch fire, the UCSB softball team (24-24, 6-2) chose the right time to do it. Gauchos will host Cal Poly (15-23, 3-6) this weekend, in a three-game series in part...

April 23, 2004

Santa Barbara Hits Playoff Road

By Lauren Creamer

They have already done it this season, and they believe they can do it again. The #7 Gaucho men's volleyball team will travel to The Pyramid tomorrow night in hopes of upsetting #2 Long Beach State in the first round of ...

April 23, 2004

SB Meets Central Coast Rivals

By Stephanie Cain

The UCSB track and field team will take on rival Cal Poly in their final home meet this weekend, beginning at noon on Saturday. With the Mustangs coming down from San Luis Obispo, an enthusiastic crowd should make the me...

April 23, 2004

Gauchos Travel South

By Kelly Hayes

The Santa Barbara women's water polo team finishes out its regular season on the road this weekend as the Gauchos travel to UC Irvine today and Long Beach State on Saturday.

April 22, 2004

UCSB Shocks Bulldogs

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

Fresno State couldn't have picked a better time to visit sunny Santa Barbara. That is, if you root for the blue and yellow.

April 22, 2004

Gaucho Netters Swing for Glory at Big West Championships

By Sean Swaby

The Bulls have done it. The Lakers were the last to do it. Now the #64 UCSB men's tennis team will fight to accomplish a three-peat.

April 22, 2004

Gaucho Netters Swing for Glory at Big West Championships

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

Retribution, the elements, endurance and a desire for victory: All of these things will come into play as the UCSB women's tennis team travels to Indian Wells, Calif., on Friday to compete for the Big West Championship.

April 21, 2004

Softball: Simien Races to Record

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

After coming off four straight wins, the UCSB softball team (22-24, 6-2) is stealing the conference - literally. Senior right fielder Leslie Simien recently secured a place in the NCAA record books, propelling herself in...

April 21, 2004

Sprint the Marathon

By Danny MacLeith

UCSB baseball picked the worst time to lose a Big West series by sweep. The Gauchos' three-game disappointment at the hands of UC Riverside last weekend gives them five losses in league play.

April 21, 2004

Gaucho Utility D’Anna Scoring All Smiles

By Jessica Vrazilek

The Gaucho women's water polo team owes much of its success this season to their leading scorer, sophomore utility Jennifer D'Anna. D'Anna has shown her true colors, evolving into one of the team's most valuable members.

April 20, 2004

Desert Taylor-Made for SB Center

By Chris Dale

For UCSB women's basketball star Lindsay Taylor, the move to the WNBA could not have resulted in a more ideal situation. On Saturday, the WNBA's Houston Comets chose the senior center as the 26th selection overall before...