Sports

May 7, 2003

Baseball: UCLA Rips Double in Ninth to Beat SB

By Danny MacLeith

The great Babe Ruth's hitting strategy was simple: hit the ball so far that the other team can't catch it. The UCLA baseball team employed that strategy Tuesday evening, clubbing four home runs and a clutch ninth-inning ...

May 7, 2003

Men’s and Women’s Rowing: Row, Row, Row Your Boat Santa Barbara

By Jonathan Tu

The UCSB men's and women's rowing club teams will travel this weekend to the East Coast for two of their biggest events of the year: the Dad Vail Regatta held in Philadelphia and the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conferenc...

May 7, 2003

Ill Spittin’ Game: NBA Awards Don’t Add Up

By Eliav Appelbaum

The NBA postseason awards amount to giving a bottle of cologne for the Swamp Thing as a housewarming gift. Sure, the Thing might smell a tad less revolting and it would be a nice touch on the toadstool next to the sewage...

May 6, 2003

Baseball: Gauchos Make Trip for Westwood One

By Bryan DeSena

The Gaucho baseball team might not be heading for the playoffs, but plenty of guys have still been getting the job done on the field this season. UCSB's mediocre year has seemingly overshadowed some very impressive indiv...

May 6, 2003

Santa Barbara Provides International Flavor

By Daily Nexus Staff

The New Zealand under-23 national team called senior midfielder Neil Jones and junior defender Tony Lochhead for an upcoming match against Japan on March 21. Jones and Lochhead are both veterans of international competit...

May 5, 2003

Baseball: CSUN Slips in Rain Against Visiting SB

By Bryan DeSena

The Gauchos may have just found the secret to success. Now they just have to convince the Big West schedule makers to let them play Cal State Northridge every weekend.

May 5, 2003

Softball: 49ers Hand Gauchos Bittersweep Series

By Chris Trenchard

The 2003 season has been memorable for the UCSB softball team. Tying a school record with 34 wins, they needed just one more to etch their place in history on Sunday.

May 2, 2003

Softball: UCSB Hosts LBSU

By Harry Berezin

The Gauchos (34-17, 9-6 in the Big West) head into a critical series this weekend against Long Beach State at Campus Diamond. The 49ers currently stand in second place in the Big West.

May 2, 2003

Baseball: Gauchos Gear For Nasty Northridge

By Bryan DeSena

With just 10 games remaining in their 2003 campaign, the Gauchos are staring back at a season that could have been something spectacular. Santa Barbara has lost 11 of its last 12 games after heading into conference play ...

May 1, 2003

Men’s Tennis: SB’s Freshman Fury

By Keith Busam

The #62 UCSB men's tennis team is gearing up for its second consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament this week, and the Gauchos are doing it in a slightly different fashion than some of the other teams around the country.

May 1, 2003

Santa Barbara Sees Success in ’04

By Michael Long

The future is always bright for the UCSB women's basketball team, but 2004 might be the year the Gauchos get the monkey off their back. For two consecutive seasons, Santa Barbara has proved that it belongs on an elite wo...

April 30, 2003

ILL Spittin’ Game: Timberwolves Not Alive in Game Five, L.A.’s Already Dead

By Eliav Appelbaum

Have you ever seen anything so despicable, in the eloquent words of Daffy Duck? Disregard last month's blind date to a wild boar with prominent yellow tusks and splotches of hairy moles, and your answer should be a defin...

April 30, 2003

Softball: UCSB Sings Sweet Harmony

By Chris Trenchard

Behind gritty pitching from freshman Carly Harmon, the Gauchos defeated Riverside 3-1 at Campus Diamond on Tuesday. The win was Santa Barbara's 34th of the year, tying the school record for most wins in a season.

April 30, 2003

Men’s lacrosse: Seawolves Surrender to #1 Gauchos

By Alexi Lykissas Reporter

What do you do when you achieve your dreams? If you are the recently-ranked #1 UCSB men's lacrosse club team, you keep pushing until you reach the national championship game.

April 30, 2003

Women’s basketball: Mann, Taylor Earn Tryout for USA Team

By Nexus Staff Report

Sophomore swingman Kristen Mann and junior center Lindsay Taylor of the UCSB women's basketball team have been invited to try out at the 2003 USA Basketball Women's National Team Trials, held May 22-25 at the U.S. Olympi...

April 29, 2003

Men’s and Women’s Track and Field: UCSB Tracks Down Mustangs at Home

By Jonathan Raymond

The Gauchos hosted rival Cal Poly on Saturday at UCSB's Pauley Track, marking the first time that Santa Barbara has competed against the Mustangs in a dual meet this season. The UCSB women won their portion of the dual m...