Sports

Chillin’ Like a Chancellor

September 16, 2004 by

Daily Nexus Sports Editor Chris Trenchard caught up with Dr. Yang to discuss all that is Gaucho Athletics, and all that isn't.
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UCSB Football Has Never Been Better

September 16, 2004 by

Despite popular belief, football is alive and well at UCSB. In fact, in four games, the UCSB football team hasn't allowed a point, disposed of the 21st- and 30th-ranked teams in the country and ascend...
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UCSB Athletes Globe-Trot Over Summer: Jones, Lochhead Represent New Zealand in World Cup Qualifier

September 16, 2004 by

At the end of last year, while most Gauchos were preparing for a long and strenuous finals week, seniors Neil Jones and Tony Lochhead were preparing for a trip back to their native country of New Zeal...
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UCSB Athletes Globe-Trot Over Summer: Women’s Hoopsters Beat Up on Aussie Club Teams in Tour Down Under

September 16, 2004 by

Sequels don't often surpass the success of their predecessors. But with six consecutive Big West titles and an unprecedented Sweet 16 appearance last season under their belts, the UCSB women's basketb...
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UCSB Athletes Globe-Trot Over Summer: Gaucho Boys of Summer Disperse Across Country, Pacific During Break

September 16, 2004 by

Most college baseball players will play the game, no matter whose name is on the front of their jerseys. Several Gauchos traded in their UCSB gear in late May and scattered across the globe to keep pa...
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Softball: Gauchos Face Must-Win Series

July 7, 2004 by

There is no more room for error. This is a must win series. These are the things that the young UCSB softball team (29-26, 11-4) will be hearing for the rest of the week until it faces Long Beach Stat...
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Baseball: Polished Pitcher Provides Power for UCSB

July 7, 2004 by

Location. Location. Location. As students here in sun-soaked Santa Barbara, we swear by this axiom. As the newly crowned go-to guy in the UCSB bullpen, so does Gaucho relief pitcher Loren Fraser.
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Track & Field: Santa Barbara Meets Last Chance

July 7, 2004 by

It will be a relaxed weekend for the UCSB track and field team. While most of the team rests for the upcoming Big West Championships, a select few will compete in the Oxy Invitational at Occidental Co...
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Male Athlete of the Year: Memo Arzate

June 3, 2004 by

The best way to describe his game is comprehensive. From the first whistle to the last, from one goal line to the other, and from the beginning of his career to its end, Memo Arzate covered all the gr...
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Female Athlete of the Year: Megan Blackshire

June 3, 2004 by

Megan Blackshire is a team player. She may have led the UCSB women's volleyball team's offense as a middle blocker, but the sophomore Capistrano Beach, Calif., native has nothing but the team on her m...
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Team of the Year: Women’s Basketball

June 3, 2004 by

It's a bad time to be in the Big West. Unless of course, you are Santa Barbara. After ripping off its unparalleled eighth consecutive Big West title coupled with its first ever Sweet 16 appearance, th...
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Coach of the Year: Kristy Schroeder

June 3, 2004 by

Head Coach Kristy Schroeder took the UCSB softball team to its first ever NCAA postseason appearance in only her third year as head coach, earning her Coach of the Year honors.
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Freshman of the Year: Chris Valaika

June 3, 2004 by

In the classroom, it's annoying when a freshman tries to look like a Ph.D. candidate by asking pretentious questions and using vocabulary from a word-of-the-day calendar.
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Track and Field: SB Men Finish 14th, Women Place 17th at Regionals

June 3, 2004 by

Members of the UCSB track and field team continue to blow away the competition and exceed all expectations. Santa Barbara will be sending six Gauchos to the NCAA National Championships after competing...
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Scholarship Regulations Make Recruiting Complex

May 28, 2004 by

Men's volleyball Head Coach Ken Preston has never known the luxury of having too much time on his hands. Neither has the Gaucho baseball team's Head Coach Bob Brontsema.
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