Sports

January 12, 2004

UCSB Finishes Fifth at E-Bar Collegiate Invite

By Lauren Creamer

Despite a disappointing 3-1 loss to Northridge on Friday night, the UCSB men's volleyball team rallied to defeat Stanford 3-0 and Irvine 3-0 and captured fifth place in the 40th annual UCSB/Elephant Bar Collegiate Invita...

January 9, 2004

Aggies Drop Gauchos at T-dome

By Michael Long

The Gauchos need a New Year's resolution fast. The UCSB men's basketball team squandered a late six-point second-half lead against Utah State on Thursday night in the Thunderdome, dropping the game 74-67 and falling to o...

January 9, 2004

Santa Barbara Disposes of Utah State

By Matt Faust

Entering Thursday's game against Santa Barbara, Utah State hoped they would mount a competitive effort against the eight consecutive Big West champs. Their mission failed. The UCSB women's basketball team dominated the A...

January 9, 2004

UCSB Hosts MPSF E-Bar Tournament

By Lauren Creamer

Seven Mountain Pacific Sports Federation men's volleyball teams will travel to Santa Barbara this weekend to compete in the eight-team 40th annual UCSB/Elephant Bar Collegiate Invitational, hosted by UCSB tonight and on ...

January 8, 2004

SB Invites Utah State to T-Dome

By Michael Long

Although it is extremely early in the Big West season, tonight's contest at the Thunderdome between the UCSB men's basketball team and Utah State has been one of the most anticipated games on the conference schedule.

January 8, 2004

Santa Barbara Searches Slopes for Win

By Matt Faust

For 0-2 Utah State, timing couldn't be worse for the eight-consecutive Big West champion Gauchos to come to town.

January 8, 2004

M. and W. Sailing: Come Sail Away With the Gaucho Seamen

By Jonathan Tu

Santa Barbara will begin the second half of the season with a visit to Hawaii as one of the many West Coast teams at the Rainbow Invitational on Jan. 17-18.

January 7, 2004

Gauchos Overpower Quincy

By Lauren Creamer

Two hours after the first ball was served, the UCSB men's volleyball team walked out of Rob Gym victorious, defeating Quincy 3-1 on Tuesday night. The Gauchos, now undefeated after their first contest of the season, drop...

January 7, 2004

Moral or Morale?

By Adrian Spinelli

Following a 38-21 victory over the San Diego Chargers, Packers Head Coach Mike Sherman invited in a veteran from the war in Iraq, whose war scars limited him to a wheelchair and gave him a new prosthetic arm.

January 5, 2004

Gauchos Stunned by Beach

By Michael Long

he UCSB men's basketball team, favored by both the coaches and media in preseason polls to win the Big West Championship, blew a 21-point lead in the final 17 minutes of the second half in the conference opener at Long B...

January 5, 2004

Santa Barbara Stuffs ‘Eaters

By Matt Faust

Down 5-0 against 1-9 Irvine, the UCSB women's basketball needed an answer. They found one in senior forward Lisa Willett. Willett scored the Gauchos' first eight points en route to a 20-point performance that included fo...

January 5, 2004

LBSU Out-Manned at Thunderdome

By Matt Faust

With the UCSB women's basketball team stumbling during Winter Break, Long Beach State hoped to catch the Gauchos off-guard and steal a win in the Big West Conference opener on Saturday. Santa Barbara wasn't buying it.

January 5, 2004

Santa Barbara Stuffs ‘Eaters

By Michael Long

The Gauchos (7-4, 1-1 in the Big West) slid past rival Irvine 84-77 at the Bren Events Center, one of the toughest places for visiting opponents to win basketball games in the Big West.

January 5, 2004

Bruinville Gets Gaucho Love

By Michael Long

WESTWOOD - After upsetting UCLA on its home floor on Dec. 16, Gaucho fans began making reservations to the NCAA's Final Four in San Antonio, Texas.

January 5, 2004

Gauchos Begin 2004 Season Against Quincy

By Lauren Creamer

To open its 2004 season, the UCSB men's volleyball team will host Quincy tonight at 7:05 at Rob Gym. The match will be the third contest of the academic year for the Gauchos, who split two matches with Pepperdine on Oct....

December 4, 2003

Cook Serves Up Win

By Michael Long

The UCSB men's basketball team cooked Pepperdine 65-62 on a sizzling three-point game-winning dagger by junior forward Casey Cook. The Gauchos, rallying from four down with 1:33 to play, won their season opener on Wednes...