Sports

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.

March 30, 2004

Baseball: Gauchos Ride Morlock into LMU

By Danny MacLeith

The Gauchos (16-10) will ride a five-game winning streak into Los Angeles this afternoon to tangle with Loyola Marymount University (16-11-1, 7-2 in the West Coast Conference) in their final midweek game before conferenc...

March 30, 2004

W. Water Polo: Gauchos Take Home Second in Hawaii

By Jessica Vrazilek

The UCSB women's water polo team headed to Hawaii this weekend to compete in the Rainbow Classic Tournament.

March 30, 2004

Scoring Without “Scoring”

By Lauren Creamer

Today I watched a guy score. He went through the bases sequentially. Patiently. First base. Second base. Third base. You know, how most people do it. Hey there, get your mind out of the dugout! I'm writing about baseball...

March 29, 2004

Bittersweet 16 for SB

By Danny MacLeith

Nine times in 12 years, the UCSB women's basketball team served as also-rans in the NCAA Tournament, pit stops for other schools on their way to postseason territory unexplored by the Gauchos.

March 29, 2004

Santa Barbara Falters in Second Round

By Chris Trenchard

The irony is undeniable. March Madness refers to the teams who make the NCAA Tournament, but the maddest teams in March are the ones that don't even make it there.

March 29, 2004

Lady Gauchos Finally Taste Sweet Sixteen

By Matt Faust

Through the first 20 minutes of its Sweet 16 matchup against two-time defending national champion and second-seeded University of Connecticut, the UCSB women's basketball team looked as if they would shock the nation.