Sports

Men’s Water Polo: Santa Barbara Improves in LA

All's well that ends well for the UCSB men's water polo team (17-6 overall, 3-1 in the Big West), after it lost one and won one this weekend. On Saturday, the Gauchos lost to #3 USC 7-3, only to defea...
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SB Heads into Second Half of Big West Play

Even with the prospect of taking over the Big West lead, the 7 p.m. games against Pacific today and first-place Northridge on Sunday will mark a bittersweet farewell to four seniors as they play in th...
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Swimming: SB Sinks San Diego

Streamlining into the new fall season, the UCSB swim team annihilated their UC San Diego competition at Friday's season-opener. "It was a beautiful day, a great home-opener," Head Coach Gregg Wilson s...
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SB Shares Top Big West Spot

The 2004 Big West schedule has reached its midway point, and after one contest with each league opponent, UCSB stands atop the league with a 7-2 record (along with Northridge and Pacific) and holds th...
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UCSB Revamps Starting Lineup, Creams Cal Poly

Even a well-maintained vehicle can start to sputter; when it does, all that's needed is a tune-up. The UCSB men's soccer machine got its oil changed and came out running smoothly Sunday night.
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UCSB Swimmers Kick Off Season

Anticipating conference domination this season, the UCSB swim team is looking to turn heads and finally give former Gaucho swimmer Jason Lezak something to stare at besides those shiny Olympic gold me...
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Men Take Second, Women Third

After a year of training at less than full strength, Brandos managed to put together a stellar race Friday at the Titan Invitational, earning himself a spot in the Gaucho men's cross-country top nine ...
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Santa Barbara Takes ‘B’ Team to Titan Invitational

Development will be the focus for Santa Barbara this weekend in Brea. The UCSB men's and women's cross country teams will send their "B" team runners to the Titan Invitational on Friday.
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Gauchos Sit Alone Atop Big West Rankings

Women's volleyball cruised to victory twice this weekend, beating both Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside in a pair of three-game sweeps. On Friday, the Gauchos and Cal State Fullerton battled to a ...
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Gauchos Drop to #2

The #2 UCSB men's soccer team returns home tonight looking to use the first rain of the season to wash away memories of the loss that ended its 12-game unbeaten streak Saturday.
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Gauchos Love the ’80s… (Part 2 of a 3 Part Series: the 80s)

One score minus two years ago, the UCSB athletic department brought forth upon Santa Barbara a newly reinstated Gaucho football team, conceived by lock-in fees and dedicated to the hope that someday t...
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Men’s Golf: UCSB Finishes Sixth Despite Bad Weather

After two days of enduring harsh weather conditions in Reno, Nev., the UCSB men's golf team finished sixth at the 28th Annual Wolf Pack Classic, which took place at the Wolf Run Golf Club on Oct. 18-1...
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Harder Rain Means Harder Conditions

The grass field at Harder Stadium was unable to sustain the 1.14" of rain that fell in Goleta yesterday, forcing the Athletic Dept. to postpone the men's soccer game initially scheduled with Irvine fo...
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Sports Column: Fans Should Cheer Harder

When's the last time you had the best of the best right outside your own campus, only a couple of blocks away from your own apartment? Open your eyes, everyone; the time is now, at Harder Stadium.
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UCSB Bodybuilder Sets World Record

Upon meeting Max Higgins, one would assume that he could easily push around the likes of King Kong or Godzilla, and after lifting over 2,000 pounds at last week's World Powerlifting Congress (WPC) Cha...
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