Sports

April 12, 2002

Niners Deep-six Gauchos

By Michael Long

Thursday was Senior Night for the UCSB men's volleyball team, but in spite of the emotional home finale for the Gauchos, someone forgot to tell Santa Barbara there was a game to be played.

April 12, 2002

Sports Column: Timberwolves Will Doom Lakerdom

By Eliav Appelbaum

This year's playoffs will be the like taking a deep breath inside a new car - it smells fresh, but inhale too often in and you'll have a bigger headache than a delusional Dodger fan.

April 12, 2002

Baseball: The Gauchos’ Enigma: Which Team Will Show Up?

By Josh Tosney

For instance, there's the pitching staff that at times has displayed all the rhythm and grace of an epileptic marlin. The Gaucho pitching has compiled a bloated 6.11 ERA, second worst in the Big West.

April 11, 2002

Softball: Athlete of the Week: Trinidad Leads Gauchos by Example, Work Ethic

By Clancy Roberts

When something good happens on the field for the UCSB softball team, there's a good chance that junior catcher and first baseman Jami Trinidad had something to do with it.

April 11, 2002

Senior Night in Rob Gym: Gauchos Play Long Beach State Last Home Match

By Michael Long

The Gaucho seniors will say goodbye to Rob Gym tonight at 7, and the UCSB men's volleyball team hopes to send them off victoriously.

April 10, 2002

UCSB Men’s Basketball Sneak Peek at 2003 Season: Gauchos in Sweet Sixteen?

By Eliav Appelbaum

Junior forward Mark Hull drained six three-point buckets against Arizona in the first half of the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

April 10, 2002

Men’s Lacrosse: UCSB Lacrosse Club Clobbers Visiting San Diego Programs

By Jenny Patterson

The UCSB men's lacrosse team is deep into its season, and the losses are few and far between. Last week the Gauchos added three wins to their total, placing them in a tie for second place with UCLA.

April 10, 2002

Sports Column: Pinstripe Prophecy: Rivera, Yankees Will Relish Glory Days

By John Liu

I will agree that warm weather, daylight savings, and vacations are fine and great, but Major League Baseball remains the best thing about summer.

April 9, 2002

Softball: UCSB Captures Series Win

By Clancy Roberts

After seeing game one slip through its fingers, the UCSB softball team battled back to win the final two games against visiting Cal Poly this weekend.

April 9, 2002

Track and Field: Gauchos Get Their Fill of Cups at Latest Meet

By John Liu

Although the UCSB men's and women's track and field teams did not perform as well as they had expected this weekend at the Big West Challenge Cups in Long Beach, several Gauchos did turn heads with unexpected individual ...

April 9, 2002

Women’s Water Polo: Santa Barbara Hits Pool in Greek Wars

By Eliot Biggert

The UCSB women's water polo team was unable to complete the Greek sweep last weekend in Southern California, as its victory Saturday over the unranked Athenas of Claremont McKenna was preceded by a loss to USC.

April 9, 2002

Men’s Tennis: No Wully Bully Here: Ranked Bulldogs Fall to Gauchos

By Keith Busam

Coming from disappointing matches last weekend, the UCSB men's tennis team rebounded and defeated No. 60 Fresno State 4-3 on Saturday afternoon at the RecCen courts.

April 8, 2002

UCSB Valiantly Fights Waves

By Michael Long

Victory was within reach. It was so close, you could see it through senior outside hitter Andy Rivera's eyes, in the grain on the hardwood and in the frenzied gasps of 765 spectators at Rob Gym.

April 8, 2002

Baseball: Santa Barbara Salvages Series Against Irvine

By Justin Goldman

The UCSB baseball team dropped the first two games of their series against UC Irvine this past weekend by scores of 4-3 and 3-2, but responded forcefully on Sunday by thrashing the Anteaters 17-6.

April 8, 2002

Women’s Tennis: Seniors Netters Swing for Nets in Final Home Match for UCSB

By Noah Frank

The UCSB women's tennis team has endured its share of hardship this year, but you would never know it by the smiles on the players' cake-covered faces after Sunday's home finale.

April 8, 2002

Sports Feature Photo: Eight Ball in the Corner Pocket

By Staff

The UCSB softball team (17-25, 4-5 in the Big West) defeated Cal Poly (19-17, 4-8) two out of three games over the weekend. Read tomorrow's Sports for details on Santa Barbara's series victory.