Sports

April 16, 2004

SB Set to Upset Spartans in Home Finale

By Jessica Vrazilek

The #12 Gaucho women's water polo team will head to Los Angeles on Friday to play against #7 Loyola Marymount.

April 16, 2004

Ranked Gauchos Explode on Mound

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

Lately, the UCSB softball team (21-24, 4-2) has been playing its best softball of the season. This coming weekend things might get even easier as the Gauchos square off against UC Riverside (11-34, 1-5) at Amy S. Harriso...

April 16, 2004

UCSB Travels South To Regain Stroke

By Sean Swaby

Momentum is imperative for any team heading into its home stretch. The #65 nationally ranked UCSB men's tennis team now has the task of reviving its lost momentum and rebounding this weekend after a deflating loss to arc...

April 16, 2004

Regular MPSF Play Ends With Bruin Rematch

By Lauren Creamer

Rob Gym play host to the final Mountain Pacific Sports Federation men's volleyball game of the regular season, in which senior middle blocker Justin Adams will be honored prior to #8 UCSB's showdown with #3 UCLA tomorrow...

April 16, 2004

Gauchos Split for Weekend Meets

By Stephanie Cain

This weekend, the UCSB track and field team will compete in two invitational meets. On Friday, part of the team will travel to Pomona College for the Pomona Invitational while another portion of the team will travel to W...

April 16, 2004

Regular Season Closing for UCSB

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The UCSB women's tennis team hopes to go out with a bang in the final three matches of the 2004 regular season this weekend.

April 15, 2004

Surfing: UCSB Ready to Rip

By Jonathan Tu

After taking second place at this year's National Scholastic Surfing Association's State Championships March 20-21, UCSB's surfing team is eyeing the familiar once more: a berth to the National Championships to be held J...

April 15, 2004

Hungry Ants Eat Gauchos

By Lauren Creamer

In its last regular Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match away from Rob Gym, the UCSB men's volleyball team once again failed to pull off a victory on the road.

April 15, 2004

Men’s Tennis: Cal Poly Pounds UCSB

By Sean Swaby

Alas, they aren't invincible. The UCSB men's tennis team experienced a rare kink in its armor after dropping its final Big West showdown against Central Coast rival Cal Poly 4-3.

April 15, 2004

Baseball: SB On Cruise Control

By Chris Trenchard

To the competitive older brother, besting little brother is simply a must; if big brother wins, it was expected. If he dare loses, everything is vanished, namely pride.

April 14, 2004

Baseball: Gauchos Mutilate Measly Matadors

By Danny MacLeith

Another day, another offensive pounding for a Gaucho opponent, and the forecast calls for more today. Santa Barbara (22-12, 1-2 in the Big West) rocked Northridge (13-22, 0-3 in the Big West), 10-4, yesterday, using 12 h...

April 14, 2004

Gauchos Clinch MPSF Tournament Berth

By Lauren Creamer

Having clinched a spot in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament, the UCSB men's volleyball team heads to Irvine more relaxed and focused on handing the Anteaters their third loss to the Gauchos this season.

April 14, 2004

M. Tennis: Central Coast Rival Hosts Santa Barbara

By Sean Swaby

Layoffs are always a possibility after an emotional victory. Today at 1:30 p.m. the #65 nationally ranked UCSB men's tennis team travels up highway 101 in hopes of corralling Cal Poly.

April 13, 2004

Baseball: Bottom Feeders Flock To Uyesaka

By Danny MacLeith

Home field advantage doesn't mean everything, but it does mean something, especially when two teams meet for a one-game series. The Northridge Matadors (13-21, 0-3 in the Big West) can attest to that, and they will have ...

April 13, 2004

Sports Column: The Message Is Clear Channel

By Oskar Garcia

Last week, UCSB announced through its website a deal with Clear Channel Communications to broadcast the majority of the remaining UCSB baseball schedule on its Santa Barbara-based AM affiliate, KTLK 1340.

April 12, 2004