Sports

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...

May 8, 2002

Men’s Tennis: Gauchos Gear Up for NCAA Grind in L.A.

By Keith Busam

Despite an unbelievable run through the Big West Championships, the selection committee served up a royal slap in the face to Santa Barbara and its star player junior Carlos Palencia.

May 8, 2002

Sports Column: It’s Getting Ugly: Baseball’s Seven Deadly Sins

By Alex Benowitz-Fredricks

Name me one world-class baseball player who is undeniably hot, and I'll show you a whiny little Red with a famous dad and no knee ligaments.

May 8, 2002

2003 Gauchos: Life After Christensen Begins

By Michael Long

The 2002 UCSB women's basketball team had about as successful a season as Head Coach Mark French could have hoped.

May 8, 2002

Sports Feature Photo: Up and At ‘Em

By Staff

The UCSB men's and women's track and field teams have been flying high lately after competitions at the annual Nick Carter Invitational and Stanford Invite last weekend.

May 7, 2002

Gymnastics: UCSB Gymnasts on Ropes

By Chris Freet

The men's team, led by a solid core of upperclassmen, finished the season with an 11-16 record - not impressive on the surface.

May 7, 2002

Appelbaum on Sports: Outside Drama More Gripping Than Playoffs

By Eliav Appelbaum

After decades of toil, the NBA finally reached the second round last weekend. No, it only seems like it took the Spurs ten years of servitude to fitfully put the Supersonics to rest.

May 6, 2002