Sports

February 20, 2004

Waves Rise on the Santa Barbara Horizon

By Lauren Creamer

As the UCSB men's volleyball team prepares to reach the halfway point in its season, the Gauchos return home to host Pepperdine tomorrow night at 7 in Rob Gym in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match.

February 20, 2004

W. Water Polo: SB Prepares for Trojans

By Jessica Vrazilek

On Saturday and Sunday, the #11 Santa Barbara women's water polo team will play the #1 and #2 teams in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.

February 19, 2004

Thunderdome Alert: Tigers on the Prowl

By Michael Long

It's been almost a month and the Gauchos are still sore. Although the pain may be subsiding, memories of their disastrous road loss to the University of the Pacific on Jan. 24 continue to linger.

February 19, 2004

UOP Entertains Streaking UCSB

By Matt Faust

The push for its eighth consecutive Big West Conference title begins tonight for the UCSB women's basketball team. The Gauchos travel to Stockton for a battle against second place Pacific at 7 at the Alex G. Spanos Cente...

February 19, 2004

Swim, Bike, Run with UCSB

By Jonathan Tu

The Santa Barbara triathlon team will host the first annual UCSB Spring Hazard Sprint Triathlon on March 7 at Campus Point. The race will begin at 8 a.m. and is open to anyone.

February 18, 2004

Baseball: UCSB Offense Explodes in Rout

By Danny MacLeith

Beating your little brother in backyard baseball never gets old, and the UCSB baseball team (5-3) scored runs tirelessly in a 22-7 rout of Santa Barbara sibling Westmont College (2-6) Tuesday at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.

February 18, 2004

Bruins Club Gauchos at Pauley

By Lauren Creamer

UCLA clawed at the UCSB men's volleyball team last night in Westwood, scratching a 3-1 loss onto the Gauchos' Mountain Pacific Sports Federation record. The Bruins (7-2 MPSF, 12-2) are ranked #2 in the American Volleybal...

February 18, 2004

Bruins Host Santa Barbara Tonight

By Lauren Creamer

Santa Barbara must get on the road again. This time, the men's volleyball team will travel to Westwood to face UCLA in Pauley Pavillion tonight at 7. With the capacity to hold twice as many spectators as the Thunderdome,...

February 18, 2004

Skultety Suffers Torn ACL

By Michael Long

Sometimes bad things just happen to good people. Team sources announced on Tuesday that senior forward Bray Skultety of the UCSB men's basketball team will miss the rest of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligame...

February 18, 2004

M. Tennis: Gauchos Split on Road Trip

By Ilya Leshinsky Reporter

The #64 UCSB men's tennis team split their two matches against #10 University of Washington and unranked University of Portland this weekend at the Lloyd Nordstrom Tennis Center in Seattle.

February 18, 2004

W. Tennis: Mustangs Trample UCSB

By Sean Swaby

Last Thursday, Feb. 12, the UCSB women's tennis team traveled up Highway 101 to face rival Cal Poly. Looking to avenge last year's loss to the Mustangs in the Big West semifinals, the Gauchos dropped a 6-1 decision at Mu...

February 17, 2004

SB Stomps Rival Poly

By Michael Long

The UCSB men's basketball team gave rival Cal Poly no love on Valentine's Day, issuing the Mustangs a 73-57 loss Saturday night at the Thunderdome. The Gauchos (13-8 overall, 7-5 in the Big West) snapped a two-game skid ...

February 17, 2004

Baseball: Spartans Get the Best of Gauchos

By Chris Trenchard

After 18 innings of discouraging baseball, UCSB escaped the stranglehold of the San Jose State pitching staff and its own defensive inconsistency with a 4-2 win Sunday at Cesar Uyesaka Stadium, after losing the first two...

February 17, 2004

Santa Barbara Pummels Cal Poly

By Matt Faust

Cal Poly shot only 23.4 percent from the field as the Gauchos cruised to their eighth straight win, defeating the Mustangs 64-42 at Mott Gym on Saturday.

February 17, 2004

Softball: SB Snags Second Place at Tourney

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

With the majority of the UCSB softball team listed as underclassmen and just 16 games into its young season, the Gauchos (10-6) felt confident with their second-place finish at the San Diego State University Tournament t...

February 17, 2004

Santa Barbara Trounces Trojans in Three Games

By Lauren Creamer

In the battle of Mountain Pacific Sports Federation titans, the UCSB men's volleyball team defeated the University of Southern California 3-0 in a Friday night war at Rob Gym.