Sports

January 17, 2003

Women’s Basketball:Gauchos Rip Northridge to Set Record

By Michael Long

The #18 UCSB women's basketball team has waited all week to travel to Northridge to receive its prize: a road win and a place in the record books.

January 17, 2003

FYI, Gauchos Tackle IPFW

By Matt Faust

After losing to Northridge 3-1 on Wednesday night in a dismal showing at the Matadome, the Gauchos will try to pick up the pieces and move forward.

January 17, 2003

Santa Barbara Netters Find Freshman Phenom

By S.H. Nazar Staff Writer

The up and coming UCSB women's tennis team will unveil a new weapon this Saturday as the team begins its quest for an NCAA Tournament bid when it hosts Gonzaga.

January 16, 2003

Fresh Off the Wire

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Gauchos may not be in tip-top shape, but the kids are alright. Freshman guards Cecil Brown and Josh Davis are the two shining stars of the UCSB men's basketball team. For the future, that is.

January 16, 2003

Women’s basketball: Gauchos Hope to Ride on CSUNset

By Michael Long

The #18 UCSB women's basketball team begins a three-game Big West road trip tonight and will shoot for a season sweep against CSUN tonight in the Matadome.

January 16, 2003

Newcomers headline: UCSB Welcomes Four Fresh Faces

By Harry Berezin

Brimming with confidence after a breakout season in 2002, the Gauchos will run onto the diamond with a little more sparkle in their eyes. UCSB softball Head Coach Kristy Schroeder, last year's Big West Softball Co-Coach...

January 15, 2003

SB Set to Charge at Matadors

By Matt Faust

The Gauchos lost 3-1 to CSUN on Saturday night at Rob Gym in the third-place match of the UCSB/Elephant Bar Invitational. But the loss has not hindered Santa Barbara's confidence.

January 15, 2003

Men’s Baseball: Santa Barbara Banks on Youth Movement

By Bryan DeSena

It's not quite spring yet, but the smell of baseball is in the air. The Gauchos, who have been fielding a practice squad of 36 players since the beginning of fall practice, have just two weeks to slim that roster to 31, ...

January 14, 2003

Gauchos Roll With Punches

By Alexi Lykissas Reporter

From these statistics, most would think that the UCSB roller hockey club team would have no hope of pulling out a regional championship appearance, but that is exactly what the team is focused on achieving.

January 14, 2003

ILL Spittin’ Game: Booty and Brawn

By Eliav Appelbaum

Because of the Dallas Cowboys' cheerleaders, remote hogs, coach fiends and field goal kickers are all, if not better, surely happier men.

January 14, 2003

Trojans Contaminate Santa Barbara Water

By Stacey Robertson

Santa Barbara's top swimmers couldn't overcome the Trojans' All-Americans, falling 170-89 to #6 USC at Campus Pool on Saturday. The UCSB men's squad also fell to the Trojans by a similar margin of 169.5 to 91.5.

January 13, 2003

UCSB Three-Iron Is Taylor-Made

By Michael Long

The Vandals came to the Thunderdome in hopes of stealing a victory from UCSB, only to find a staunch police squadron of Gauchos waiting to extradite them back to Idaho.

January 13, 2003

Aggies Accelerate, Power Over Gauchos

By Eliav Appelbaum

The two-time, regular-season Big West champs buggy-whipped the Gauchos from the opening tip to the final buzzer in a 75-59 thrashing before a rabid, sold-out crowd of 9,669 at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah o...

January 13, 2003

Santa Barbara Serves Toast at E-Bar Invite

By Matt Faust

The UCSB men's volleyball team started the 39th annual UCSB/Elephant Bar Volleyball Invitational with a bang on Friday night, upsetting Pacific at Rob Gym.

January 9, 2003

Women of Troy Launch Arsenal

By Michael Long

Approximately 43 hours after easily downing Cal State Northridge, the Gauchos (8-2 overall; 2-0 in the Big West) will try their luck against USC.

January 9, 2003

Trojans Tumble at Hands of Gauchos

By Michael Long

The #21 UCSB women's basketball team realized that winning a war with the women of Troy required defending its territory and claiming the battle of the trenches. The Gauchos (9-2 overall, 3-0 in the Big West) defended th...