Sports

February 23, 2004

Baseball: Pepperdine Slashes Gauchos

By Danny MacLeith

A lack of execution dampened the Gauchos' chances of winning Friday's baseball game against Pepperdine (2-3), and rain took care of Saturday and Sunday to make for a disappointing weekend for Santa Barbara (5-4).

February 23, 2004

Waves Crash Directly into UCSB, Rob Gym

By Lauren Creamer

The Waves crashed down on the #6 UCSB men's volleyball team Saturday night at Rob Gym as Pepperdine swept the Gauchos 3-0. The recently surging #4 Waves smashed #6 Santa Barbara 30-27, 30-26, 30-24.

February 23, 2004

Softball: SB Splits in Soaked Tourney

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

Some things don't mix, and one of those things is rain and softball. In a series of games drenched by puddles and rainouts, the UCSB softball team ended up only playing two of their three scheduled games, splitting the g...

February 20, 2004

UOP Blinds UCSB with Eye of the Tiger

By Michael Long

In an emotional game at the Thunderdome on Thursday night, first-place University of the Pacific edged the UCSB men's basketball team in the final minutes 61-58 to complete the regular season sweep of the Gauchos.

February 20, 2004

Gauchos Blast Pacific in Stockton

By Matt Faust

The UCSB women's basketball team made sure that history did not repeat itself on Thursday night in Stockton. Senior center Lindsay Taylor moved to within two points from third place on the Santa Barbara career scoring li...

February 20, 2004

Softball: Cougars Maim Santa Barbara

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

On Thursday, Brigham Young University showed the Gauchos that this weekend's tournament wasn't going to be a walk in the park. The Cougars defeated UCSB 6-2 at Campus Diamond, evening up their record at 3-3 as the Gaucho...

February 20, 2004

Baseball: Martin Leads SB Against Waves

By Chris Trenchard

This afternoon at 2 p.m., sophomore pitcher Steve Morlock will square off against senior right-hander Jacob Barrack for the first in an alternating three-game set this weekend with the first game at Caesar Uyesaka Stadiu...

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...