Sports

November 19, 2002

Gauchos Eager to Host San Diego

By Matt Faust

With a school-record 17 wins and a second-straight Big West Championship to its credit, the UCSB men's soccer team knew the NCAA couldn't keep the Gauchos out of the playoffs this year.

November 19, 2002

Cross Country: Santa Barbara Runs to End of Line at NCAA West Regionals

By Harry Berezin

Despite having self-proclaimed disappointing seasons, the UCSB men's and women's cross country teams finished their schedule feeling good about what they had accomplished at the end of the 2002 season.

November 19, 2002

Men’s Tennis: SB Netters Take Route 46

By Manuel Scherer

Widely recognized as one of the oldest and most competitive collegiate tennis tournaments on the West Coast, the 46th Southern California Intercollegiate Tennis Championships witnessed a solid team performance by the UCS...

November 18, 2002

Gauchos Clinch Big West

By Keith Busam

The #7 UCSB women's volleyball team wrapped up its first ever outright Big West Conference Championship by disposing of league bottom-dwellers UC Riverside and Cal State Fullerton on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

November 18, 2002

Santa Barbara Soars High on Senior Night Over UCR

By Matt Faust

Records are made to be broken, and the 2002 UCSB men's soccer team broke its fair share in a 5-0 thrashing of the University of California, Irvine on Saturday night at Harder Stadium.

November 18, 2002

Gauchos Sign Two Recruits

By Staff

The Gauchos signed Cameron Goettsche and Chris Devine to national letters of intent late last week, according to UCSB Head Coach Bob Williams.

November 15, 2002

Women’s Bolleyball: Gauchos Have Big Thoughts

By Keith Busam

Despite all of the amazing and unprecedented success that Santa Barbara (24-1 overall, 14-0 in the Big West) has enjoyed over the years, UCSB has never won the Big West outright.

November 15, 2002

Home Finale: Santa Barbara Honors Seniors

By Matt Faust

The #14 UCSB men's soccer team will finish up arguably its best regular season in school history on what is sure to be a special Senior Night this Saturday against UC Irvine.

November 14, 2002

Gauchos Shellack Slovaks

By Chris Trenchard

Sloppily but successfully, the #25 UCSB women's basketball team disposed of UMB Banska Bystrica of Slovakia 66-52 last night in the Thunderdome. The Gauchos pulled away late in the second half.

November 14, 2002

Santa Barbara Sinks Fullerton in Easy Road Win

By Nexus Staff Report

The #14 UCSB men's soccer team handily pummeled Cal State Fullerton on Wednesday night at Fullerton 2-0. Santa Barbara evened its record at Titan Stadium to 1-1 in 2002 after then #1 University of Indiana stopped the Gau...

November 13, 2002

Santa Barbara Young at Heart

By Matt Faust

Senior midfielder Dan Young has taken the road less traveled in becoming co-captain of the Big West Champion UCSB men's soccer team.

November 13, 2002

Rowing: UCSB Crew Rows Ahead

By Harry Berezin

Armed with 125 athletes and a new head coach, the UCSB men's and women's rowing teams are gunning for better results in the upcoming season.

November 13, 2002

Where’s Mel Gibson When you Need Him?

By Staff

November 13, 2002

Shorter Days & Longer Nights: What About Baseball?

By Justin Goldman

Baseball season is over, and it's killing me. With six months before opening day, the NBA barely getting started and the NFL only gracing me with its presence on those miserable, hung-over Sundays, this is a rough time o...

November 12, 2002

UCSB Squanders Title

By Bryan DeSena

On a mud-soaked field at Mustang Stadium, the UCSB women's soccer team lost its season finale 2-0 to Cal Poly on Friday and put its postseason aspirations on hold until 2003.