Sports

May 19, 2003

Men’s and Women’s Track And Field: Listless Gauchos Drag to Finish Line

By Jose Torino

With the 2003 Big West Track and Field Championships concluding this past Saturday at Northridge both the men's and women's teams posted subpar showings while key individual performances sparked some fire. The men took s...

May 19, 2003

Offensive-Minded UCSB Returns Talent in 2003

By Michael Long

Santa Barbara will welcome two freshmen to the squad next year, both of which should make an immediate impact. Darci Gwartz should look to make a run for a position vacancy located at the defensive central-midfielder spo...

May 16, 2003

Men’s Baseball: Poly Gallops Toward UCSB

By Bryan DeSena

Since their midseason eight-game losing streak and their elimination from playoff contention, the Gauchos have been claiming that they are simply playing for pride.

May 16, 2003

Skultety Returns for 2003

By Eliav Appelbaum

The UCSB men's basketball team received great news on Wednesday from the NCAA: forward Bray Skultety will be awarded a rare sixth year of eligibility, Santa Barbara Head Coach Bob Williams said.

May 15, 2003

UCSB Coaching Connection

By Eliav Appelbaum

This is where it all began. Eleven years ago. It's hard to believe that they first sprouted their wings here. Three men gather for work in a drowsy city that sweeps effortlessly along a gentle curve of the Pacific.

May 14, 2003

Men’s and Women’s Track and Field: SB Gears For Big West

By Jose Torino

The UCSB men's and women's track and field teams have endured significant pain this season but are counting on a year full of hard work to pay off at the 2003 Big West Track and Field Championships starting today and run...

May 13, 2003

Men’s Tennis: Trojans Break UCSB’s Postseason Run

By Daily Nexus Staff

The UCSB men's tennis team ended its season on a bittersweet note on Saturday, falling to #21 USC in the first round of the NCAA Regionals at UCLA's Los Angeles Tennis Center. The Trojans gained momentum early, winning t...

May 13, 2003

Women’s Tennis: Gauchos Look to Continue Success in 2004

By Michael Long

The Gauchos, led by the seemingly invincible senior Uzma Khan, bowed out of the 2003 Big West Tournament in the semifinals in a heartbreaking 4-3 loss to Cal Poly but still managed to compile one of the most successful s...

May 13, 2003

Jack-of-All-Coaches

By Eliav Appelbaum

Los Angeles Lakers Head Coach Phil Jackson should lay off the Funyuns and start laying down those retirement papers.An angioplasty last Saturday sidelined Jackson for all of two days, instead of the rest of the summer.

May 12, 2003

Baseball: Gauchos Cage Tigers at Home

By Danny MacLeith

For the first time this season, the Gauchos used one of their many opportunities to climb out of last place in the Big West. Fittingly, it was limiting Pacific's opportunities to score, and cashing in on their own that n...

May 12, 2003

Softball: Santa Barbara Finishes With 34 Wins, Ties School Record

By Harry Berezin

Entering their final series of the regular season, the Santa Barbara softball team knew that playing at perennial conference powerhouse Cal State Fullerton was a tall order. Although they failed to produce a victory, the...

May 9, 2003

Baseball: Tigers on the Prowl

By Bryan DeSena

With just six scheduled games remaining, the Gauchos are beginning to look back at a season of opportunities missed. UCSB has lost 15 of its last 24 games, beginning with a three-game stretch at Oregon State against the ...

May 9, 2003

Softball: Titans Try to Prevent Santa Barbara History

By Chris Trenchard

With the help of the NCAA increasing the number of teams selected to the National Softball Tournament this year, the UCSB softball team has a chance to qualify for the first time ever. All Santa Barbara has to do is beat...

May 9, 2003

Track: Gauchos Attempt to Qualify at Oxy

By Jose Torino

The 2003 Big West Track & Field Championships start Wednesday for the UCSB men's and women's track and field teams. Athletes who have hit their qualifying marks will take part in the championships in their events.

May 8, 2003

Men’s Tennis: Gauchos Meet Trojans in NCAA Tourney

By Keith Busam

Nothing is as sweet as revenge, and when the #62 UCSB men's tennis team takes to the courts this weekend in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against defending national champion #21 USC, the revenge the Gauchos will...

May 8, 2003

Kings Gotta Have More Cowbell

By Matt Faust

As the Sacramento Kings continue to roll through the NBA playoffs, let us reflect on a phenomenon that occurred over five years ago: The emergence of the Kings fan.