Sports

May 15, 2002

Men’s Tennis: Santa Barbara Netters Reminisce on Season

By Keith Busam

In a season that saw the UCSB men's tennis team win the Big West Championship, and return to the NCAA Tournament, everyone involved in the program had good things to say about the Gaucho netters' 2002 campaign.

May 15, 2002

Sports Column: Baseball Nerds Forget the Tube and Log On

By Alex Benowitz-Fredricks

Damn the decadent bastards, with their caviar and Cristal and MLB Extra Innings digital cable package. What can the common man do? Fear not, proletariat. We are on a college campus. We have computer labs. We have access ...

May 15, 2002

Women’s Softball: Big West Recognizes Gauchos

By Staff

Wrapping up the 2002 season fourth in the Big West after an eighth-place finish the year before, the UCSB softball team received deserved conference recognition. The Big West named first-year UCSB Head Coach Kristy Schro...

May 15, 2002

Sports Feature Photo: Is That George Brett at Third?

By Staff

The UCSB baseball team will play its final home series of the year against Sacramento State this weekend. The first game versus the Hornets begins at Friday at 2 p.m.

May 15, 2002

Sports Feature Photo: Count the Red Cups

By Staff

With no football team at UCSB, students in Isla Vista look for other ways to entertain themselves on the weekend.

May 14, 2002

Softball: UCSB Stumbles in Series Finale

By Clancy Roberts

UCSB finished the season with a 27-36 overall record and a 12-12 conference finish, good for fourth place in the Big West.

May 14, 2002

Al and Mord: Jose Canseco: Record Breakin’ Baseball Biff

By Antonio Alfonseca

Jose Can-You-See that your Hall of Fame aspirations have gone to dust? Baseball is a beautiful game, and you just made fans across the country blow chunks in mass quantities.

May 14, 2002

Women’s Track and Field: Santa Barbara Rejoices Heralded Recruiting Class

By John Liu

CalTrack.com has already ranked UCSB's 2003 recruiting class the fourth best in the state.

May 13, 2002

Men’s Tennis: L.A. Story: ’02 Season Ends Where It Began

By Keith Busam

The Gauchos realized both of their preseason goals by moving back into the national rankings and winning the Big West. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end.

May 13, 2002

Baseball: Santa Barbara Claims First Big West Series

By Justin Goldman

The UCSB baseball team won its first Big West series this year against UOP at Billy Hebert Field this weekend. They rebounded from a heartbreaking 5-4 loss on Friday to poach the Tigers by scores of 18-2 and 9-3.

May 13, 2002

Track and Field: Gauchos Tune Up for Big West Championships

By Eliav Appelbaum

The UCSB men's and women's track and field teams tuned up before the Big West Championship this upcoming week, and apparently the sprinters can't wait to get started.

May 13, 2002

Sports Feature Photo: Swing for the Fences

By Staff

The UCSB softball team played a three-game series at Sacramento State last weekend. After splitting a doubleheader on Friday, the Gauchos could not pull out the victory over the Hornets.

May 10, 2002

Baseball: UCSB Stares Into Eye of Tigers

By Justin Goldman

The Gauchos will travel to Stockton for a three-game series against UOP at Billy Hebert Field. Santa Barbara will try to snap a seven-game losing streak in conference that has seen them plummet from second to last in the...

May 10, 2002

Softball: Gauchos Dig In Deep for Final Stretch of Regular Season

By Staff

Not only do the Gauchos have playoff hopes on the line against the Hornets, but sophomore rightfielder Leslie Simien will lace her running cleats for a Big West record 38th stolen base.

May 10, 2002

Sports Guy: One Man’s Fantasy Is Another’s Reality

By Michael Long

In a fantasy world, I would own a Major League Baseball team. Give me the thrills of the war room on draft day, and the grueling negotiations of signing and trading guys.

May 8, 2002

Softball: Base Thief Clears Way for Record

By Noah Frank

When Leslie Simien came to Santa Barbara, her father predicted that she would break the university's stolen base record. With three games and 21 innings left, Simien needs to snatch up one more base to own the single sea...