Sports

April 5, 2004

Gauchos Plaster Pacific, #8 Stanford

By Lauren Creamer

Fire in the eyes of each player on the #7 UCSB men's volleyball team carried the Gauchos to consecutive wins over University of the Pacific and #8 Stanford Friday and Saturday night in Rob Gym.

April 5, 2004

Track and Field: Men Finish 14th, Women 16th

By Stephanie Cain

The UCSB men's and women's track and field team competed in the Cal/Nevada Championships held at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. The men placed 14th overall and the women took 16th. The Gauchos' top runners did not compete in...

April 5, 2004

M. Tennis: Santa Barbara Squelches Pacific After Losing to Harvard

By Sean Swaby

hen facing the UCSB men's tennis team lately, Big West opponents have seemed to drop like flies. Despite a hard-fought loss to Ivy League superpower Harvard on Friday, the Gauchos bounced back Saturday afternoon to win a...

April 5, 2004

W. Water Polo: Gauchos Sequestered by ASU, Stanford

By Jessica Vrazilek

The UCSB women's water polo team did not play at their maximum potential this weekend, losing to Arizona State and Stanford, and bringing their record to 12-11 overall and 2-5 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.

April 1, 2004

Baseball: UCSB Tries to Extend Streak to Seven

By Chris Trenchard

In their last six games, everything from pitching to hitting to fielding has been clicking for the UCSB baseball team and the result has been one boisterous six-game winning streak.

April 1, 2004

Gauchos Prepare for Pacific

By Lauren Creamer

UCSB men's volleyball team will face University of the Pacific and Stanford University both tonight and Saturday at 7:05 in Rob Gym.

April 1, 2004

Softball: Big West Begins for Gauchos

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

Do you ever want to forget some parts of your past and just start over? The UCSB softball team has just such an opportunity as the preseason becomes a thing of the past and Big West Conference play dawns on the horizon.

April 1, 2004

Track and Field: Down the Stretch UCSB Comes

By Stephanie Cain

Another chance to prove yourself. That is how the UCSB track and field team views each meet. On Friday, the track and field team will travel north to San Luis Obispo to compete in the three-day Cal/Nevada Championships.

April 1, 2004

M. Tennis: Netters Test Undefeated Home Record

By Sean Swaby

NBA Coach Phil Jackson once told Sacramento Kings fans that having the home-court advantage was overrated. The UCSB men's tennis team continually proves this theory wrong.

April 1, 2004

W. Water Polo: Gauchos Hope to Drown Top Ten Teams

By Jessica Vrazilek

This weekend the UCSB women's water polo team will play two important Mount Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) league games. The upcoming games should heavily impact the women's rankings.

March 31, 2004

Baseball: Wilkerson Powers UCSB to Big Win

By Danny MacLeith

Over the past week, it has seemed as if Santa Barbara (17-10) hasn't been playing fairly, bringing whole sheets of aluminum up to hit against pitchers who are lobbing volleyballs.

March 31, 2004

Spring football: a Spring in their step

By P.W. Primo Staff Writer

While the baseball season hits its stretch-drive just down the street, the scent of pigskin can be detected in the air. The daunting UCSB football team dusts off antiquated equipment and laces up cleats as spring practic...

March 31, 2004

Alpine Racing: Gauchos Snag Five Titles During National Championships in Maine

By Jonathan Tu

UCSB's alpine racing team captured five individual and team national championships on March 1-6 at the US Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association's national championship, held in Sugarloaf, Maine.

March 31, 2004

Baseball: A-Rod dealt to Santa Barbara

By E. Gad Staff Writer

In an unprecedented deal, the New York Yankees dealt newly acquired third baseman Alex Rodriguez to UCSB for two 2005 first round, rule five draft picks and one player to be named later.

March 31, 2004

Intramurals: Gaucho club sucks, races way to Western Regionals

By Cleveland Steamer

The underground has cleaned up. Extreme vacuum racing has surfaced at UCSB as an official coed club sport and has established itself as one of Santa Barbara's premier clubs.

March 31, 2004

Dreary Yiri

By E. Gad Staff Writer

Some dreams just don't make any sense. For UCSB exchange student Yiri Federchofk, they make all the sense in the world. And this spring, they will come true.