Sports

January 22, 2003

Men’s Baseball: Gaucho Hurlers Ready to Throw Heat

By Justin Goldman

In 2002, the UCSB baseball team struggled to a 22-33 record. The Gauchos' pitching staff, statistically near the bottom of the Big West last season, will welcome several solid veterans and a much-needed injection of youn...

January 22, 2003

Men’s and Women’s Swimming: Santa Barbara Drowns in Pacific

By Stacey Robertson

The Gaucho women lost 173-89 while the men suffered a 169-94 defeat. Although the Tigers took this meet, the last word might be up for grabs. Santa Barbara could still face UOP again in the Big West Championship Tourname...

January 21, 2003

They’re Gr-r-r-eat! UCSB Rips Tigers

By Eliav Appelbaum

Santa Barbara won the game on the boards, dominating the glass 37-21 while countering every UOP attack with two or more counter punches until the Tigers had X's where their eyes should have been and lollipop tongues inst...

January 21, 2003

Pacific Tweaks Santa Barbara’s Win Streak

By Michael Long

The University of the Pacific snapped the #21 UCSB women's basketball team's string of 31 straight victories over opponents from the Big West on Saturday night by handing the Gauchos a devastating 74-65 defeat in the Ale...

January 21, 2003

Gauchos Settle for Split on Road

By Matt Faust

It took a trip to the Midwest to do it, but the UCSB men's volleyball team snapped its three-match losing skid this weekend, defeating Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne on Friday night 3-2 before faltering 3-0 during Sunday's se...

January 21, 2003

Women’s Tennis: SB Netters Zig Then Zag

By S.H. Nazar Reporter

The UCSB women's tennis team, with five freshmen and just one senior, kicked off its season in a surprising destruction of a veteran Gonzaga team by a score of 7-0 on Saturday at the RecCen tennis courts.

January 17, 2003

UCSB Cooks Matadors

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Gauchos staved off a voracious second-half rally by Cal State Northridge to upend the only Big West team without a conference victory after Long Beach State stopped Idaho at The Pyramid.

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.