Sports

April 23, 2003

Men’s Rugby: Sweet-Sour Season Ends for SB

By Alexi Lykissas Reporter

The Sweet Sixteen was bittersweet for the #16 UCSB men's rugby club team. The Gauchos fought mightily before bowing down 67-29 to California, the national champions for the 12th consecutive year, during last Saturday's g...

April 22, 2003

Baseball: Santa Barbara Looks to Steal Trojan Power

By Bryan DeSena

The Gauchos (18-21, 1-8 in the Big West) square off against the University of Southern California at 5 p.m. today in Los Angeles in the second nonconference matchup between the schools this year.

April 22, 2003

Track and Field: On Top of Mt. SAC

By Michael Long

The UCSB men's and women's track and field teams ran wild over the weekend at both the Pomona-Pitzer and Mt. Sac Invitationals. Santa Barbara posted many individual personal best times at Mt. Sac, widely regarded as the ...

April 22, 2003

Women’s Water Polo: Top-Ranked UCLA Drowns SB

By Matt Faust

When the UCSB women's water polo team took to the pool over the weekend, it hoped to gain some momentum heading into the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament next week. #4 Long Beach State and #1 UCLA had other ...

April 21, 2003

Men’s Tennis: UCSB Squeezes San Diego

By Keith Busam

On Saturday, the #70 UCSB men's tennis team won its fourth-straight match by edging #39 University of San Diego 4-3 in an important non-conference win at Campus Courts. The Gauchos will spend this week preparing to defen...

April 21, 2003

Baseball: Fullerton Bombards Santa Barbara

By Bryan DeSena

Santa Barbara has now lost eight consecutive games after being swept for the second weekend in a row. The Titans held a 24-run advantage over Santa Barbara in the three-game series, collecting victories on Thursday, Frid...

April 21, 2003

Softball: Mustangs Pummel Gauchos

By Chris Trenchard

Determined to salvage something out of an otherwise frustrating weekend, the Gauchos scored three runs in the top of the sixth to erase the Mustangs' 3-1 lead. At this point in the season, the Gauchos have little leeway ...

April 18, 2003

Softball: Gauchos Saddle Up for Cal Poly

By Harry Berezin

After following up last weekend's sweep of UC Riverside with a sweep of Centenary College during a doubleheader on Tuesday, it's official: The UC Santa Barbara softball team has hit its stride and will be a factor in the...

April 18, 2003

Women’s Water Polo: Seniors Hope to Dig Out Final ‘W’

By Matt Faust

The UCSB women's water polo team closes out its regular season this weekend with two tough matches before it heads to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament next week.

April 18, 2003

Men’s Tennis: Santa Barbara Plans on Tanking Toreros

By Michael Long

The #70 UCSB men's tennis team heads into this weekend's matchup with #39 University of San Diego on a three-game tear. The Gauchos defeated defending Division II champion UC San Diego 4-3 on Tuesday afternoon at Santa B...

April 17, 2003

Baseball: Santa Barbara Takes Full Swing at Titans

By Bryan DeSena

Currently locked into a five-game losing streak, UCSB will open a three-game series today against #2 Cal State Fullerton at Goodwin Field.

April 17, 2003

UCSB Dethrones Bruins

By Matt Faust

The defending Big West champion, the UCSB soccer team, put the nation on notice this spring that it has bigger aspirations this upcoming season.The Gauchos defeated defending national champ UCLA 2-1 April 13 in Fullerton...

April 17, 2003

Men’s Track and Field: Let’s Hit the Mt. Sac

By Jonathan Raymond

With the Big West Tournament less than a month away, the UCSB men's and women's track teams have their sights set on the Mt. S.A.C. Invitational. The invitational, running today through Sunday in Walnut, Calif., will fea...

April 16, 2003

Softball: Gauchos Get That Sweeping Sensation

By Chris Trenchard

With clear skies on Tuesday came the opportunity for the UCSB softball team to test-drive some hidden talent in a doubleheader sweep against Centenary College of Louisiana.

April 16, 2003

lll Spittin’ Game: Your Time’s Up, Mr. Jordan

By Eliav Appelbaum

If parting is such sweet sorrow, then somebody better pump the laughing gas way up because this ending has the aroma of a crummy, water-soiled dime store novel

April 16, 2003

Triathlon: Tri-athlon This On for Size: SB Surges Ahead

By Jonathan Tu

In 1978, former Navy Capt. John Collins got into an argument with some of his buddies about which Hawaiian sporting event - the 2.4 mile Waikiki Roughwater Swim, the 26.2-mile Honolulu Marathon or the 112-mile bike race ...