Sports

May 3, 2002

Baseball: UCSB Aims High Against Riverside

By Justin Goldman

The UCSB baseball team will host Riverside this weekend in a three-game series at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. The Gauchos will hope to vault over the Highlanders.

May 3, 2002

Softball: Santa Barbara Gears Up for Homestand

By Clancy Roberts

The UCSB softball team saw its eight-game winning streak end Wednesday, losing both games of its doubleheader in evening games at Fresno State.

May 3, 2002

Track: Gauchos Ready for Home Invite

By John Liu

The top Santa Barbara distance runners will travel to Palo Alto to compete in the Cardinal Qualifier Friday at Stanford. The Cardinal Qualifier is one of the premier distance meets in the country every season

May 1, 2002

Baseball: Bruins Pummel Gauchos

By Josh Tosney

UCSB gave up an unholy 23 hits in an 18-13 loss to UCLA in Caesar Uyesaka Stadium on Tuesday afternoon. Eight different pitchers gave up 15 earned runs and the defense committed three costly errors, condemning the Gaucho...

May 1, 2002

Men’s Tennis: Gauchos Glean Awards

By Keith Busam

Just four days after the No. 75 UCSB men's tennis team claimed its second conference title, the Big West awarded the Gauchos enough hardware to fill an entire trophy case.

May 1, 2002

After Playoff Run to MPSF Final Four, UCSB Looks Ahead

By Michael Long

The UCSB men's volleyball team set lofty goals at the beginning of the 2002 season. Aside from individual goals, the Gauchos went into the season vowing to make the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation playoffs.

May 1, 2002

Appelbaum on Sports: NBA Playoffs: Another Ride to the Edge of Ineptitude

By Eliav Appelbaum

I'm through laying all my cards on teams that don't perform. The Cubs haven't won anything since Rickey Henderson lost his first tooth. And the Cubbies aren't going to win anything in my lifetime.

May 1, 2002

Sports Column: For This Team, It’s All About Ex-Acting Success on Field

By John Liu

Ex-Presidents fans are grumbling after their team has again opened the 2002 intramural coed softball season with three consecutive losses. Expectations had been high for the team this season.

May 1, 2002

Women’s Water Polo: UCSB Looks Forward to 2003

By Eliot Biggert

As another UCSB women's water polo season comes to a close, many questions remain unanswered concerning a team that won its first seven games, but dropped 11 of its last 16.

May 1, 2002

Sports Feature Photo: Give Me Some Skin

By Staff

Freshman slugger Matt Wilkerson broke the UCSB freshman record for home runs after he smoked his 14th of the season against UCLA on Tuesday afternoon.

April 30, 2002

Track and Field: SB Runs for More Records

By John Liu

The UCSB men's and women's track and field teams proved something this past weekend at the UC San Diego Invitational: the Gauchos are getting faster.

April 30, 2002

Baseball: Trouble ‘a Bruin: Gauchos Host UCLA Today

By Josh Tosney

The Gauchos hope to continue their winning ways today against the visiting Bruins at 2 p.m. in Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.

April 30, 2002

Women’s Water Polo: Santa Barbara Settles for Tenth at MPSF Playoffs

By Eliot Biggert

Santa Barbara finishes its season with a record of 17-17 and a few places shy of where it expected to finish.

April 26, 2002

Men’s Tennis: Gauchos Strut to League Title

By Michael Long

The UCSB men's tennis team swept past Idaho and the University of the Pacific to clinch the 2002 Big West Conference Championship. The Gauchos emphatically destroyed the Tigers 4-0 at the Ojai Valley Athletic Club on Sat...

April 26, 2002

Rainbows Light Up UCSB

By Michael Long

The UCSB men's volleyball team's magical season concluded Thursday at Pepperdine in the Final Four of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament.

April 26, 2002

Softball: Let’s Make Eight a Date: SB Rolls

By Clancy Roberts

The UCSB softball team brought out the brooms for a second straight weekend, sweeping the visiting Utah State Aggies to bring its winning streak to an eight-game toll.