Sports

Women’s basketball: Mann, Taylor Earn Tryout for USA Team

Sophomore swingman Kristen Mann and junior center Lindsay Taylor of the UCSB women's basketball team have been invited to try out at the 2003 USA Basketball Women's National Team Trials, held May 22-2...
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Men’s and Women’s Track and Field: UCSB Tracks Down Mustangs at Home

The Gauchos hosted rival Cal Poly on Saturday at UCSB's Pauley Track, marking the first time that Santa Barbara has competed against the Mustangs in a dual meet this season. The UCSB women won their p...
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Women’s Water Polo: Gauchos Close Out Season at MPSF Tourney

The ninth-seeded UCSB women's water polo team stormed into the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament at Stanford's Avery Aquatics Center this past weekend with a first-round upset over eighth-...
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Men’s Tennis: Santa Barbara Netters Cut the Nets

For the second consecutive year the UCSB men's tennis team is heading to the Big Dance. Behind a gritty performance from senior team ace and 2002 Big West Player of the Year Carlos Palencia, the #62 G...
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Baseball: UCSB Gets Fistful of Dirt

The UCSB baseball team snapped its nine-game losing streak on Friday in a dramatic 6-5 victory over #5 Long Beach State, but could not overcome the Dirtbags' stellar pitching on Saturday and Sunday at...
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Softball: Gauchos Give Utah a Case of the Runs

After struggling to put up any runners across home plate against Utah pitcher Jen Pursell in a 3-1 loss in Salt Lake City on Friday, the Gaucho bats came alive in Saturday's doubleheader at Utah State...
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Women’s Tennis: Gauchos Clout CSUN, Drop Match to Cal Poly

The UCSB women's tennis team lost a heartbreaking match to top-seeded Cal Poly 4-3 in a semifinal match at the 2003 Big West Women's Tennis Championships in Danville, Calif., on Saturday. Santa Barbar...
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Baseball: Gauchos Prepare to Settle Dirtbags

Baseball is a game of numbers, statistics and percentages, but in order to be successful a team must execute more often than its opponent. The UCSB baseball team did just that for its first 31 games o...
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Men’s Tennis: Santa Barbara Hits Highlanders Hard

In a display of complete dominance, the Gauchos whipped and humbled UC Riverside, pulling out a convincing 5-0 win in the opening-round match of the Big West Tennis Championships at Blackhawk Country ...
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Softball: UCSB Heads to Utah, Utah State

With a doubleheader against a fair Utah squad today and a three-game weekend series at cellar dweller Utah State, now is the time for the UCSB softball team to work up an appetite.
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Women’s Tennis: Santa Barbara Meets Big West Challengers

In order for the UCSB women's tennis team to advance to the national tournament it must win the Big West Tournament to receive an automatic bid.
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Women’s Water Polo: Gauchos Prep For Trojans

The #11 UCSB women's water polo team wrapped up its regular season on Saturday, and now the team will focus on the upcoming Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament set to kick off Friday at Stan...
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Kirby Sold Out Like A Furby

Kirby Puckett was just acquitted of all charges against him in his sexual assault case. Allegedly, he had grabbed a woman in a crowded restaurant and pulled her into a bathroom and grabbed her breast.
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Men’s Golf: UCSB Runs Out of Juice

The UCSB men's golf team finished its season at the Big West Championships on Tuesday, finishing eighth out of nine teams at the Serrano Country Club in El Dorado Hills.
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Softball: Lauchland Brings More to the Plate

The UCSB softball team has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past two years. This team rebounded from a last-place season in 2000-01 to blossoming into one of the most dangerous teams in th...
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