Sports

October 9, 2002

Surfing Team: UCSB Hopes to Roll With Tide This Year

By Alexi Lykissas Reporter

The UCSB surfing team won the National Scholastic Surfing Association Championship, held at Salt Creek, Calif. on June 22-23, for the 11th time since 1985.

October 8, 2002

UCSB Waits for Lions

By Keith Busam

After sweeping conference foes Utah State and Idaho on back-to-back nights in the Thunderdome, Santa Barbara will now shift its attention to a nonconference match-up with rival Loyola Marymount University.

October 8, 2002

Sandza, Gauchos Reign in Air

By Bryan DeSena

The sophomore midfielder from Poway, Calif. kicked her way into the Gaucho record books Sunday with five goals while leading the Gauchos to a lopsided 8-1 victory over the United States Air Force Academy.

October 8, 2002

Men’s Water Polo: Santa Barbara Struggles at NorCal With One Win

By Noah Frank

The Gauchos won just one of their four games over the weekend in the prestigious tournament hosted by UC Berkeley, finishing twelfth. That result, however, may not be as discouraging as it may seem.

October 7, 2002

UCSB Rolls Ahead

By Keith Busam

Unexpected. Dominating. Unbelievable. Call it what you will, but the No. 6 UCSB women's volleyball team's new school record is as impressive as it sounds.

October 7, 2002

Santa Barbara Stalls on Roadblock

By Chris Trenchard

In the battle for coastal bragging rights, UCSB and Loyola Marymount treated southern California to a struggle between two top-25 teams on Sunday. Yet the Lions claimed superiority over the Gauchos... barely.

October 7, 2002

Big West Champs Gear Up for Encore

By Michael Long Staff Writer Eliav Appelbaum Staff Writer

When Sports Illustrated recently listed UCSB as the best sports school in the Big West Conference, one reason for the Gauchos' national recognition comes to mind. Make that two reasons.

October 4, 2002

Gauchos Launch Off to Face Air Force, Tigers

By Chris Trenchard

For a team that has endured its share of rocky, inconsistent soccer recently, the Rocky Mountains might look a bit intimidating to the UCSB women's soccer team.

October 4, 2002

Men’s Water Polo: UCSB Prepares for NorCal Tournament at Berkeley

By Staff

The Gauchos square off against national powers Long Beach State and Irvine in the Northern California Tournament this weekend at the University of California, Berkeley.

October 4, 2002

Women’s Volleyball Feature Photo

By Staff

The No. 6 UCSB women's volleyball team prepares for a big weekend in the Big West. The Gauchos face Utah State tonight at 7 in the Thunderdome and will try to keep their unblemished record intact

October 4, 2002

What a Kick!

By Staff

The No. 25 UCSB men's soccer team hosts San Diego State tonight at 7 in Harder Stadium. The Gauchos then travel to face LMU on Sunday.

October 3, 2002

Christensen Enjoys Solid Rookie Year

By Eliav Appelbaum

Although the former UCSB women's basketball star and 2001-02 Big West Player of the Year will never don the blue and gold of the Gauchos again, Christensen displayed her unique tenacity and competitiveness to the WNBA's ...

October 3, 2002

Men’s Tennis: Top Prospect Joins Gaucho Netters

By Manny Scherer Reporter

He came, he saw, and he conquered. Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, UCSB freshman tennis player Mirco Schwindt is quickly making a name for himself as an elite Division I tennis player.

October 2, 2002

Bauer Barrels Through Foes

By Keith Busam

The first three years of Danielle Bauer's career on the UCSB women's volleyball team were marked with flashes of brilliance and a serious bout with inconsistency.

October 2, 2002

Cross Country: Gauchos Gallop Toward Pre-NCAAs

By Harry Berezin

The UCSB men's and women's cross country teams have three weeks to train and assess themselves before they lace up their sneakers for the Pre-NCAA Meet in Terre Haute.

October 2, 2002