Sports

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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Black Tide Disqualified From National Championship

May 28, 2004 by

Although it went undefeated in the Ultimate Players Association (UPA) sectional and regional tournaments, the UCSB Black Tide men's ultimate Frisbee team will not be making the trip to the Ultimate Co...
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15 Gauchos Set For Regionals

May 28, 2004 by


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Track and Field: White Sets Pace for Gaucho Track

May 27, 2004 by

This year the cross country and track and field programs will have one of their top runners graduate - senior distance runner Chris White. "Every year you have someone graduate that you know you canno...
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Baseball: Malec Tops List of Potential SB Draftees

May 27, 2004 by

You've just been offered a large amount of money to walk away from college and do what you've dreamed of doing since you were hitting off a tee. Take the money and run! No-brainer, right?
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Surf Column: A Ride to Ride

May 27, 2004 by

Mexico is right there. It doesn't take any planning, all you need is a car, some cash for gas and time. The further south you can go, the warmer the water, the thinner the crowds and the cheaper the b...
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UCSB Claims Fourth-Straight Commissioner’s Cup

May 26, 2004 by

UCSB is the best in the Big West. Santa Barbara earned its fourth consecutive Big West Conference Commissioner's Cup, recognizing its overall dominance in league competition for the 2003-04 academic y...
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Redshirting Produces Prepared Athletes

May 26, 2004 by

To redshirt, or not to redshirt. That is the question that perplexes NCAA coaches and players. The system in which the NCAA has the power to save collegiate athletes a year of eligibility to hone thei...
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Softball: Bright Future in Store for UCSB

May 25, 2004 by

You should always look at the bright side of things. Yes, the UCSB softball team (32-31) ended its postseason play with two quick losses, but the team's accomplishments over the course of the season a...
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Sports Column: Hazing the Aggies

May 25, 2004 by

Overpopulation knows no boundaries. Just look around. People are everywhere, and our spot on the globe isn't even close to the worst case. It seems discouraging: humans lurking in every nook and crann...
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Baseball: SB Season a Success Despite Playoff Miss

May 25, 2004 by

Another year came and another year went at the at the Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, and all-in-all, the year was punctuated more by successes than failures.
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Baseball: Gauchos Dawdle to Finish Line

May 24, 2004 by

Every inning of every baseball game this season was meaningful in the Gauchos' quest for a postseason berth, but a few bad ones strung together Sunday at Cal Poly made the top of the ninth inning the ...
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The True Kings of Basketball

May 24, 2004 by

We may say "dude" too many times. We may act like typical surfers. But here in sunny Southern California we do one thing -- we win. Despite adversity from every which way, the Los Angeles Lakers have ...
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Big West Round-up: Fullerton Seizes Big West Championship

May 24, 2004 by

The biggest rivalry in college baseball yielded the Big West Champion again, and for the second year in a row, in dramatic fashion. Cal State Fullerton (#22) clinched the Big West title this weekend w...
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Santa Barbara Devoured in Desert

May 21, 2004 by

Just like that, the dream is over. In the first day of the NCAA Regionals, the Santa Barbara softball team was bounced from the Tucson Tournament after an opening round loss to Northwestern 8-1 and a ...
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