Sports

April 26, 2002

Appelbaum on Sports: Put a Cork In It, Joey: Vizquel Rings His Belle

By Eliav Appelbaum

I don't think Albert Belle will be attending any social functions with Omar Vizquel any time soon. No baby showers for little Joey to tear into one of his patented temper tantrums.

April 26, 2002

Women’s Tennis: UCSB Falls to Niners in Big West Tourney

By Noah Frank

The UCSB women's tennis team competed in the Big West Tournament at Ojai where it defeated 10th-seeded Riverside 5-2 on Thursday before falling to second-seeded Long Beach State 4-1 on Friday.

April 26, 2002

Baseball: Warriors Succumb to Santa Barbara’s Might

By Josh Tosney

After a frustrating 11-7 loss against No. 23 USC on Wednesday, the Gauchos revived themselves and buried their five-game losing streak by euthanizing Westmont College 14-3 on Thursday.

April 26, 2002

Baseball: Hoopsters Ink ISU Transfer for 2003-04

By Staff

The UCSB women's basketball team signed former Iowa State University center Kate Bauman to a scholarship last Friday. Bauman, a 6'6" interior player, has two years of eligibility remaining.

April 24, 2002

Men’s Tennis: Gauchos Waste Westmont

By Michael Long

Only pride was at stake in Tuesday's match between the UCSB men's tennis team and Westmont. The winner claimed Santa Barbara-Montecito bragging rights and personal gratification in the offseason.

April 24, 2002

UCSB Into Final Four

By Michael Long

The Gauchos are on a crusade to win the National Championship. They have gone too far to turn back now.

April 24, 2002

Sports Column: Bonds & Co.: Bums, Scum, but Home Runs

By Alex Benowitz-Fredricks

The wonder of being a die-hard baseball fan is the capacity we all seem to have for investing a lot of emotion in the deliciously trivial world.

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