Sports

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...

April 29, 2003

Women’s Water Polo: Gauchos Close Out Season at MPSF Tourney

By Matt Wynkoop

The ninth-seeded UCSB women's water polo team stormed into the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament at Stanford's Avery Aquatics Center this past weekend with a first-round upset over eighth-seeded San Jose

April 28, 2003

Men’s Tennis: Santa Barbara Netters Cut the Nets

By Keith Busam

For the second consecutive year the UCSB men's tennis team is heading to the Big Dance. Behind a gritty performance from senior team ace and 2002 Big West Player of the Year Carlos Palencia, the #62 Gauchos defeated top-...

April 28, 2003

Baseball: UCSB Gets Fistful of Dirt

By Bryan DeSena

The UCSB baseball team snapped its nine-game losing streak on Friday in a dramatic 6-5 victory over #5 Long Beach State, but could not overcome the Dirtbags' stellar pitching on Saturday and Sunday at Caesar Uyesaka Stad...

April 28, 2003

Softball: Gauchos Give Utah a Case of the Runs

By Harry Berezin

After struggling to put up any runners across home plate against Utah pitcher Jen Pursell in a 3-1 loss in Salt Lake City on Friday, the Gaucho bats came alive in Saturday's doubleheader at Utah State. Santa Barbara poun...

April 28, 2003

Women’s Tennis: Gauchos Clout CSUN, Drop Match to Cal Poly

By Jose Torino

The UCSB women's tennis team lost a heartbreaking match to top-seeded Cal Poly 4-3 in a semifinal match at the 2003 Big West Women's Tennis Championships in Danville, Calif., on Saturday. Santa Barbara managed to defeat ...

April 25, 2003

Baseball: Gauchos Prepare to Settle Dirtbags

By Bryan DeSena

Baseball is a game of numbers, statistics and percentages, but in order to be successful a team must execute more often than its opponent. The UCSB baseball team did just that for its first 31 games of the season. Since ...

April 25, 2003

Men’s Tennis: Santa Barbara Hits Highlanders Hard

By Keith Busam

In a display of complete dominance, the Gauchos whipped and humbled UC Riverside, pulling out a convincing 5-0 win in the opening-round match of the Big West Tennis Championships at Blackhawk Country Club in Danville.

April 25, 2003

Softball: UCSB Heads to Utah, Utah State

By Chris Trenchard

With a doubleheader against a fair Utah squad today and a three-game weekend series at cellar dweller Utah State, now is the time for the UCSB softball team to work up an appetite.

April 24, 2003