Sports
The UCSB softball team is hungering for more this year after reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history last year. With a core of experienced players and some fresh new faces, ...
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On a night that honored hardwood greats from Santa Barbara's past, Pacific (14-2 overall, 9-0 in the Big West) showed the largest Thunderdome crowd of the year where the power presently lies in the Bi...
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In another offensive shootout, the UCSB women's basketball team (9-7 overall, 6-1 in the Big West) tamed Pacific (4-11 overall, 2-6 Big West) 74-61 on Saturday, shooting 50 percent on the night to ret...
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Senior Lindsay Dalonzo and sophomore Jennifer Schwalb took first place in two events for Santa Barbara but were unable to hold back the strength of Pacific, losing 168-94. The men fared better, howeve...
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After Friday night's upset 3-1 victory over #2 Brigham Young, Santa Barbara's winning wave closed out as the defending national champion Cougars split the weekend series, sweeping the UCSB men's volle...
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The Gaucho Locos may have a knack for the derogatory, the ironic and the downright inappropriate, but it was evidenced in UCSB's 65-52 circumstantial upset over Northridge on Thursday night in the Thu...
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The Gauchos hit another bright spot on their long and winding road through the 2005 season last night as they defeated Northridge 86-74 with 57 percent shooting in a highly offensive shootout.
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After winning the first two games of Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play, it seems that nothing can scare Gaucho men's volleyball -- not even defending champions BYU.
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During the current scandal culture that pervades college athletics and blankets the whispers of academic negligence, it's comforting to know that UCSB takes pride in confidently enunciating each sylla...
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After a slow season start while adapting to her first full year playing with the team after an injury-induced redshirt season last year, junior forward Autumn Nichols has begun to make a major differe...
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In 2001, the UCSB baseball team made its last appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Since then, the Gauchos haven't finished higher than fourth place in the Big West Conference and have been looking for ...
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The UCSB women's rugby team thumped UCLA on Saturday at Rob Field in the program's first-ever match on the new field turf.
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Senior guard Chrismen Oliver won't ever get to play against Davis as an official member of the Big West, but he did his best to welcome the Aggies to their future conference Saturday night at the Thun...
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The Gauchos (7-7, 4-1 Big West) reasserted their position as the bossy elder sibling in the Big West Conference as they trounced their soon-to-be conference opponent Davis (5-11) 85-67 on Monday night...
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Atop the bleachers inside Robertson Gym this holiday weekend, a young girl sat with her fingers crossed. She didn't want objects like candy or a brand-new toy to play with; instead she wished for a me...
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