Sports

October 13, 2003

Santa Barbara Stopped Cold Against Visiting Highlanders

By Michael Long

The UCSB women's soccer team dropped an important conference match to Riverside 2-0 at home last night despite dominating virtually every aspect of the game - except the number of goals scored.

October 13, 2003

Gauchos Drop Aggies, Vandals

By Danny MacLeith

The #19 UCSB women's volleyball team twice came within one point of bagging quick three-game wins against Utah State and Idaho this weekend, but let game three slip in each contest, delaying inevitable victory each time.

October 10, 2003

Waves Topple Over Gauchos

By Lauren Creamer

The reverie is over for the UCSB men's soccer team and reality has set in. Thanks to an awakening from LMU last weekend, the Gauchos now know they are vulnerable, no matter how well they play.

October 10, 2003

Aggies, Vandals Try to Steal Wins

By Matthew Boelk

Six days after snapping their 23-game winning streak against Big West competition, the UCSB women's volleyball team returns home this weekend looking to extend their winning streak at home to three matches.

October 10, 2003

Santa Barbara Gets Taste of Southwest After First Loss of Season Last Weekend

By Chris Trenchard

The reverie is over for the UCSB men's soccer team and reality has set in. Thanks to an awakening from LMU last weekend, the Gauchos now know they are vulnerable, no matter how well they play.

October 9, 2003

Expect Crashing Waves at UCSB

By Michael Long

The Gauchos (6-3-3, 1-1-1 in the Big West), hot until a 1-0 loss against Long Beach State and 1-1 tie versus Irvine last weekend, will try to tame one of the premier programs on the West Coast and in the nation - the Wav...

October 9, 2003

No Sprained Spirits for Captain

By Chris Trenchard

When senior midfielder and team captain David McGill went down late in the second half Sunday night against LMU, it was immediately apparent that Gauchos would have a serious void in the field for a decent extent.

October 8, 2003

M. Tennis: UCSB Stays Hot into New Season

By Sara Besharati

The defending Big West champion men's tennis team is off to a phenomenal start this season as its three top returning players represented UCSB in the 2003 Icy Hot/ITA Men's All-American Championships in Chattanooga, Tenn...

October 8, 2003

Marlins Show They’re for Real

By Adrian Spinelli

Watching the national league divisional series battle - in which the Cinderella Florida Marlins toppled the heavily favored and defending national league champion San Francisco Giants - brought me back to last year's Ana...

October 8, 2003

W. Field Hockey: Santa Barbara Dominates Anteaters, Falls to Cal Poly

By Jonathan Tu

Led by junior co-captains Lesley Burk and Aileen Chang, UCSB's women's field hockey team is coming off of its first event of the year with a 1-1 record, including a 1-0 mark in conference play.

October 7, 2003

Men’s Water Polo: SB Feels Northern Exposure

By Jessica Vrazilek

The #10 UCSB men's water polo team traveled north to Stanford University this weekend to compete in the annual Nor Cal Tournament and came away with mixed results.

October 7, 2003

Cross Country: Santa Barbara Finds Luck of the Irish

By Jose Torino

The Notre Dame Invitational on Friday was supposed to be a meet that would prepare the UCSB men's and women's cross country teams for the NCAA Division I Pre-National Meet, and that is exactly what happened.

October 7, 2003

A Schott to the Heart

By Matt Faust

Imagine your favorite meal lying on the table in front of you. Your stomach growls due to an undying hunger; you haven't eaten a meal in days. You reach toward the food, mouth salivating, stomach aching in anticipation.

October 6, 2003

Gauchos Offside as Loyola Rolls

By Chris Trenchard

All good streaks must come to an end. For the second straight year, the LMU Tigers handed the #7 Gauchos their first loss of the season. The loss brings to a halt the 14-game regular season win streak.

October 6, 2003

CSUN Snaps Santa Barbara’s Formidable Big West Streak

By Matthew Boelk

On Thursday night, the UCSB women's volleyball team completed what Head Coach Kathy Gregory called "one of the biggest comebacks in Gaucho history" against #23 Pacific, defeating the Tigers in five games in Stockton.

October 6, 2003

UCSB Slips in Southbound Trip

By Lauren Creamer

What started out as a measly road trip to get a few miles closer to the Big West Championship ended with a loss and a tie for the UCSB women's soccer team, dropping the Gauchos to 1-1-1 in Big West Conference play and 6-...