Sports

February 17, 2004

Women’s Water Polo: Gauchos Overwhelm Lancers

By Jessica Vrazilek

After double overtime and a sudden death shootout, the UCSB women's water polo team defeated Cal Baptist by a score of 8-6. The game started off to the Gauchos' advantage, but after the second and third quarter of rally...

February 13, 2004

Rivalry Weekend at SB

By Michael Long

It's rivalry weekend at the Thunderdome for the UCSB men's basketball team. The Gauchos, losers of two straight games, host struggling Cal Poly on Saturday night at 7 in the Thunderdome for the final regular-season conte...

February 13, 2004

Central Coast Rival Hosts UCSB

By Matt Faust

The UCSB women's basketball team travels up the coast on Saturday to play Cal Poly at 7 p.m. at Mott Gym. The Gauchos are currently riding a seven-game win streak as they travel to San Luis Obispo over the weekend.

February 13, 2004

Baseball: Santa Barbara Fights Spartans

By Chris Trenchard

Ahhh... the home opener. Nothing feels so pure; nothing feels so right. Even Enya can't capture the feeling. The UCSB baseball team hosts San Jose State for a three-game homestand this weekend at Caesar Uyesaka. Game one...

February 13, 2004

Softball: SDSU Tourney is on the Horizon

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

UCSB Head Coach Kristy Schroeder has a picture of this year's softball team. The picture consists of excellent fielders, on-target pitchers and powerful hitters. After only 11 preseason games, the picture is becoming mor...

February 13, 2004

Struggling Trojans Invade Santa Barbara

By Lauren Creamer

As soon as a dependable starting lineup had been established, an unforced change threw the UCSB men's volleyball team for a loop. Sophomore opposite Evan Patak has been sidelined with an injured right knee.

February 13, 2004

W. Water Polo: UCSB Hosts Cal Baptist

By Jessica Vrazilek

On Saturday, the #11 UCSB women's water polo team will play #20 Cal Baptist University at Campus Pool at noon. Last week, the Gaucho women watched the Cal Baptist Lancers play during the UC San Diego Tournament and reali...

February 13, 2004

Men’s Tennis: Gauchos Travel to Seattle

By Sara Besharati

The #64-ranked men's tennis team is traveling to Seattle for matches against Washington and Portland this week. The Gauchos moved down one notch in this week's rankings after falling to #45 Arizona State and #38 Arizona ...

February 12, 2004

McDivitt Paces Santa Barbara

By Matt Faust

With dazzling passes and remarkable accuracy from three-point range, senior guard April McDivitt makes her presence felt every time she steps onto the court. Midway through her first season as a starting guard at Santa B...

February 12, 2004

Big West Inches Closer to Big Dance

By Michael Long

With a month to go in the Big West regular season, teams are trying to out-duel one another, juggling up and down in the conference standings in an attempt to increase their records for the Big West Tournament.

February 12, 2004

W. Tennis: Gauchos Travel Up Central Coast

By Sean Swaby

One would think that after losing last year's Big West Player of the Year Uzma Khan, the UCSB women's tennis team would be in for a long season. Not quite. In fact, the Gauchos reloaded this year with a solid core of you...

February 11, 2004

Baseball: Santa Barbara Slams Matadors

By Danny MacLeith

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - The fierce wind at Matador Field helped Cal State Northridge (4-3 overall) whip up a trio of home runs, but the Gauchos stormed back into the game with an eight-run eighth inning to win 10-7.

February 11, 2004

W. Lacrosse: Gauchos Win Thriller at Harder Stadium

By Jonathan Tu

In a wild game last Wednesday night, the #12 women's lacrosse team defeated the #1 Cal Poly Mustangs 11-10 at Harder Stadium.

February 11, 2004

Taylor Earns Big West Honor

By Matt Faust

The honors keep rolling in for the UCSB women's basketball team. Senior center Lindsay Taylor was the second Gaucho in as many weeks to win Big West Player of the Week after averaging 23 points, 6.5 rebounds and four blo...

February 10, 2004

M. Baseball: Gauchos Set Sights on Northridge

By Chris Trenchard

On the heels of a promising start, shown by a 2-1 series win at San Diego State this past weekend, the UCSB baseball team (2-1) travels to Cal State Northridge (4-2) this afternoon behind red-shirt freshman pitcher Andy ...

February 10, 2004

W. Tennis: UCR Netters Stage Home Upset

By Sean Swaby

After 2 weeks of furiously practicing against each other since their last match, the UCSB women's tennis team opened up their Big West schedule this weekend.