Sports

November 22, 2002

Santa Barbara Hopes to Stay With Pack

By Michael Long

Tonight, the UCSB women's basketball team makes its 2002-03 regular season debut and marks the first pit stop along the path towards March's madness.

November 21, 2002

Gauchos Need to Grow Up in a Hurry

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Big Dance was a nice joyride, but now that everyone's caught their breath, the contenders in the Big West - and that includes everyone - will find out that they must live and die by the maxim that bigger is better.

November 21, 2002

Santa Barbara Prepares for Battle

By Staff

After clinching the Big West for the first time in school history and posting a #7 national ranking, there is yet another goal to cross off on the UCSB women's volleyball's 2002 laundry list - an undefeated spin cycle th...

November 21, 2002

Nine Gauchos Named on 2002 All-Big West Team

By Staff

Just three days prior to its anticipated first round match versus the University of San Diego, the UCSB men's soccer team posted nine players to the All-Big West team yesterday.

November 20, 2002

SB Enjoys Great Year

By Bryan DeSena

The Gauchos, who wrapped up their 2002 campaign on Nov. 8 with an overall record of 13-5-2, improved on their previous season's record for the fourth consecutive year.

November 20, 2002

Fencing: En Garde! Gauchos Like Swords

By Alexi Lykissas Reporter

Here at UCSB, fencing is an intercollegiate club sport where participants compete on a regular basis amongst some of the top teams in California.

November 20, 2002

Women’s Tennis: UCSB Focuses on Freshman Phenoms

By Hasan Nazar Reporter

The normally spirited and sometimes fierce rivalry between the Cal Poly and UCSB women's tennis teams had some of the wind taken out of its sails as Santa Barbara sent a 'B' team to the Cal Poly Invitational this past Fr...

November 20, 2002

Swimming: Santa Barbara Waves Aloha to Opponents

By Stacey Robertson

The UCSB men's and women's swimming teams enjoyed the travel to Honolulu, Hawaii to compete against the University of Hawaii last weekend in their second dual meet of the year.

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.