Sports

December 4, 2003

Gauchos Go Sour in Sweet 16

By Chris Trenchard

In a season resembling a jagged heart rate monitor, it was only appropriate the 2003 UCSB men's soccer team's inaugural Sweet 16 game against St. John's University was filled with emotional peaks and valleys.

December 4, 2003

UCSB Travels to Frozen Tundra

By Danny MacLeith

#20 Santa Barbara (19-8, 14-4 in the Big West) has been invited to its 23rd consecutive NCAA Tournament, but the selection committee gave the Gauchos the cold shoulder, shipping them off to Minneapolis for first- and sec...

December 4, 2003

#15 Santa Barbara Sinks Illini

By Matt Faust

The #15 UCSB women's basketball team has found a knack for making games exciting. Led by senior center Lindsay Taylor's 20 points, the Gauchos rallied from eight points down, with 15 minutes to go, to defeat Illinois 70-...

November 26, 2003

SB Swallows Wildcats

By Matt Faust

For the first ten minutes of the game, the UCSB women's basketball team's 25-game home win streak looked as if it was going to end against #21 Arizona. For the next 30 minutes, the Gauchos looked as if they weren't going...

November 26, 2003

UCSB Finds Home on the Range

By Michael Long

Sometimes winning the first one is the hardest. After dropping the University of Hawaii in its season opener last weekend, the UCSB men's basketball team will try to win on the road again over Thanksgiving weekend in Mis...

November 26, 2003

Gauchos Seek Revenge in NCAAs

By Chris Trenchard

The stage is set, but the script is still in production. When the UCSB men's soccer team takes to the field tonight for their second round NCAA Tournament clash, the characters will be aligned like the stars hanging over...

November 26, 2003

SB Preps for NCAA Tourney

By Matthew Boelk

The 2003 UCSB women's volleyball team has a great deal to be thankful for this season, including the tactful scheduling of Head Coach Kathy Gregory.

November 25, 2003

Wildcats Slam into SB

By Matt Faust

After losing its first game of the season last week at #5 Texas Tech, the road doesn't get any easier for the #16 UCSB women's basketball team.

November 25, 2003

Cross Country Feature: Running Down a Dream

By Stephanie Cain

What do you do when you are having a bad day? What do you do to escape? Junior cross country team star Jeff Gardina runs. "When I'm having a bad day, I go out, run hard, and release all my energy. I run to let it all o...

November 25, 2003

M. Water Polo Feature: Alexander the Great

By Jessica Vrazilek

This season has been exceptional for men's water polo junior driver Brian Alexander. Aside from being named Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Player of the Week in October, Alexander has netted 63 goals this season, whi...

November 25, 2003

M. Water Polo: Santa Barbara Makes MPSF Tourney

By Jessica Vrazilek

The UCSB men's water polo team defeated the University of the Pacific 10-3 on Sunday at the RecCen pool, allowing the Gauchos to compete in the MPSF Men's Water Polo Tournament.

November 25, 2003

W. Swimming: Gaucho Newcomers Drown CSUN

By Todd Wolfson Staff Writer

The UCSB women's swimming team started off its season with a splash. The Gauchos faced Northridge on Friday and showed them that UCSB swimming is the team of the future in the Big West, winning 104-94.

November 24, 2003

Mustangs Slay Gauchos at T-Dome

By Danny MacLeith

During Saturday's match, it wasn't easy to tell which team was playoff-bound and which was just playing out the string. The #21 Gauchos (18-8, 14-4 in the Big West) dropped a shocker to a struggling Cal Poly squad in fiv...

November 24, 2003

Santa Barbara Sinks Hawaii

By Michael Long

Without the luxury of its top two offensive players, the UCSB men's basketball team rallied from behind to beat the University of Hawaii in Honolulu on Friday night in its season opener.

November 24, 2003

Favre’s Reign at the Top Coming to a Close

By Matt Faust

Once again San Francisco entered Lambeau Field with hopes of ending their curse on the frozen tundra, and once again, they fell short. From the moment Brett Favre's pass fell into the hands of Javon Walker for a 66-yard ...

November 21, 2003

UCSB Dances the Hula

By Michael Long

Let the games begin. The UCSB men's basketball team officially begins the regular season tonight at 9 PST as the Gauchos invade Honolulu for a scheduled battle with the University of Hawaii.