Sports

April 24, 2002

Women’s Tennis: UCSB Netters Prepare for Big West Tourney

By Noah Frank

It's been a long, tough road for the UCSB women's tennis team, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

April 24, 2002

Muggy Music City Triathlon: UCSB Captures 8th

By Eliav Appelbaum

The UCSB Triathlon club team competed in the National Triathlon Championship last weekend at Memphis, Tennessee, and turned a hop, skip and a jump into an eighth place finish at the prestigious event.

April 24, 2002

Christensen Embarks Today for WNBA Player Orientation in Chicago

By Eliav Appelbaum

All great stories must eventually end, but for Kayte Christensen, another chapter in her book is about to be written.

April 23, 2002

Women’s Water Polo: Santa Barbara Submerges vs. No. 1 Bruins

By Eliot Biggert

Santa Barbara (16-15 overall, 4-7 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) was unable to slow down or stop top-ranked UCLA en route to a 14-2 loss.

April 23, 2002

Track and Field: UCSB Runners Cruise During Mt. SAC Invite

By Noah Frank

The UCSB junior long-distance runner ran the 10,000 meters for the first time ever in competition at the Mt. SAC Invitational where she and her teammates registered a very strong overall performance.

April 23, 2002

Men’s Tennis: Gaucho Netters Prepare to Bludgeon Warriors

By Keith Busam

It is only fitting that on the first day of the campus elections in which students will vote on whether or not to upgrade the current state of the athletic facilities at our university, the UCSB men’s tennis team w...

April 19, 2002

Gauchos Ruin Bruin-Crew

By Michael Long

After mounting a two-game lead, the Bruins mistakably took the jeers and cheers of the pretentious UCLA alumni as the song of the Fat Lady. The Gauchos would sing the last note, however.

April 19, 2002

Gauchos Gear Up for Glory

By Michael Long

The UCSB men's volleyball team will face UCLA on Saturday night in the first round of the MPSF playoffs. The Gauchos end their regular season with a 17-10 overall record and a 12-10 mark in the MPSF, good enough for a si...

April 19, 2002

Baseball: Fullerton Befuddles Santa Barbara With Three-Game Sweep

By Justin Goldman

The series that started out looking like a clash of the titans ended up being a bash for the Titans.

April 19, 2002

Baseball: Gauchos Hope to Make Titans Dim Memory

By Justin Goldman

The UCSB baseball team returns to the comfy confines of Caesar Uyesaka Stadium this weekend for a critical three-game series against Cal State Fullerton No. 15 team in the nation.

April 19, 2002

Softball: UCSB Takes High Road in Waxing Highlanders

By Clancy Roberts

After downing Riverside in three straight contests, the UCSB softball team finds itself riding a five-game winning streak.

April 19, 2002

Track and Field: Mt. SAC Invitational Ignites This Week

By Noah Frank

Some track meets are about running solid races, executing cleanly in the field events and collecting enough team points to win. This weekend, it's all about taking the fast track.

April 19, 2002

Christensen WNBA Bound: Mercury Drafts UCSB Star

By Nexus Staff Report

The Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association drafted UCSB forward and 2002 Big West Player of the Year Kayte Christensen in the third round of Friday's draft.

April 18, 2002

UCSB to Chicago to WNBA?

By Eliav Appelbaum

For Kayte Christensen, the goal of reaching the peak will no longer be a fantasy. The former UCSB women's basketball forward and 88 other college seniors from around the country participated in the WNBA pre-draft camp in...

April 18, 2002

Athlete of the Week: Spilborghs: A Diamond in the Rough

By Josh Tosney

Outside of the monotonous drone of lecture halls, away from the mottled shag carpet of drunken I.V.-leaguer, in the well-manicured fields of Caesar Uyesaka Stadium looms a rising star.

April 18, 2002

Softball: Santa Barbara Takes Hit, Loses Two in Palo Alto

By Nexus Staff Report

The UCSB softball team dropped a pair of games to Stanford on Tuesday in Palo Alto. After losing three straight games, the Cardinal rebounded and put the Gauchos away 7-2 in the first game.