Sports

February 24, 2003

No Mercy for Santa Barbara

By Eliav Appelbaum

It took 12 hours for the Titans to reach Santa Barbara, yet Detroit cruised into the Thunderdome and dominated the UCSB men's basketball team within minutes. The Horizon League's fifth-place team blew out the Big West-le...

February 24, 2003

Men’s Baseball: Gauchos Take Two From Broncos

By Bryan DeSena

The UCSB baseball team took advantage of a rare power surge and some timely base hits and won two of three games this weekend against Santa Clara at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. "The baseball gods finally gave us a blooper," ...

February 24, 2003

Bracket Busts for Mid-Majors

By Eliav Appelbaum

So Dickie V. didn't make a cameo at the Thunderdome. Can anyone blame him? ESPN's publicized and well-anticipated Bracket Buster Saturday roared in like a gap-toothed lion and yawned out like an alley cat mewling for fis...

February 24, 2003

SB Continues Up-Down Year

By Matt Faust

Santa Barbara fell at #7 Long Beach State on Friday night in the Pyramid in three straight games 30-27, 32-30, 30-26. The Gauchos responded the following evening though by sweeping UC San Diego 30-27, 30-24, 30-20.

February 24, 2003

Women’s Softball: UCSB Refuses Label of One-Hit Wonder

By Harry Berezin

Before falling to Iowa State in Sunday's Softball by the Beach Tournament finale, the Gauchos (15-5 overall, 0-0 in the Big West) won four straight games, beating the likes of Michigan State, Kansas, University of San Di...

February 21, 2003

Cal Poly Crumbles

By Michael Long

After taking the nation's fourth-best team to triple overtime last weekend, the #18 UCSB women's basketball team didn't let its guard down against streaky Cal Poly.

February 21, 2003

Men’s basketball: Mustangs Ride UCSB Like Sally

By Eliav Appelbaum

With the final seconds ticking off in a mesmerizing clash against Cal Poly, Gaucho junior point guard Jacoby Atako drove across the lane for a chance to tie the game.

February 21, 2003

Softball: Oh, Baby! Brigham Young Delivers Gauchos a Loss

By Harry Berezin

Without its leader to steer the way, the UCSB softball team hit an unexpected bump in the road on Thursday afternoon. Missing Head Coach Kristy Schroeder, the Gauchos dropped a 7-4 decision to Brigham Young yesterday at ...

February 21, 2003

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February 20, 2003

Santa Barbara Stung from Behind by UCLA

By Matt Faust

The Gauchos collapsed down the stretch in each game as UCLA came to The Rob on Wednesday night and swept UCSB in three games, 30-26, 30-28,30-28. UCLA stormed ahead of Santa Barbara in the middle of game one, taking a 24...

February 20, 2003

Gauchos Take on Mustangs on Road

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The Gauchos, who have won eight of their last nine games, hope to sweep the season series against their coastal rivals and Big West adversaries, after defeating the Mustangs 70-61 on Jan. 25 at the Thunderdome.

February 20, 2003

Men’s Tennis: Cal Serves Santa Barbara Defeat on Home Court

By Manuel Scherer

After #4 California blew out Santa Barbara on Saturday, the Gauchos bounced back to defeat Santa Clara on Sunday. The win evened UCSB's two-game weekend road swing and ended Santa Clara's 13-game home winning streak.

February 19, 2003

Baseball: Gauchos Bang Up Bruins

By Bryan DeSena

Sophomore right fielder Matt Wilkerson and junior catcher Chad Ziemendorf combined for six RBIs and guided the UCSB baseball team past UCLA 7-5 Tuesday afternoon at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.

February 19, 2003

Bear Season Opens for Santa Barbara

By Matt Faust

Fresh off its second Mountain Pacific Sports Federation win of the year Saturday against #4 BYU, the UCSB men's volleyball team hosts #12 UCLA at The Rob tonight at 7.

February 19, 2003

Women’s Lacrosse: UCSB Nets Second in Shootout

By Alexi Lykissas Reporter

Most people would pass out from exhaustion but not the #6 UCSB women's lacrosse club team. The team went into the Santa Barbara Shootout on Saturday ready to make a statement and win.

February 18, 2003