Sports

February 4, 2002

Appelbaum on Sports: Patriots, Summerall Show What Football Is All About

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Pats were in The Big Easy to play football, not to twirl off a famous jazz number. They made their victory over the St. Louis Rams look like bobbing for apples in a Vermont orchard.

February 4, 2002

Santa Barbara Finds Iron Unkind in Idaho, Scores Season-Low 37 Points

By Eliav Appelbaum

The UCSB men's basketball team lost its second straight game, falling 40-37 against Idaho on Saturday night at Moscow.

February 4, 2002

Men’s Baseball: Lions Clinch Series From Gauchos

By Justin Goldman

The Gauchos were only able to take one of their three games this weekend in their season opening series against Loyola Marymount.

February 1, 2002

Men’s Baseball: UCSB Falls to Loyola

By Justin Goldman

Springtime is still on the distant horizon, but baseball season is underway. Unfortunately, for the UCSB baseball team, the only things that were colder than the January air on Thursday afternoon were the bats wielded by...

February 1, 2002

Aggies Send Gauchos Into Deep Freeze

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Gauchos found themselves shivering outside the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum after an agonizing defeat in Logan, Utah.

February 1, 2002

Gauchos Return to Form With Victory Over Trojans

By Michael Long

The No. 7 UCSB men's volleyball team ended its two-game slide Wednesday night in Los Angeles, pounding No. 14 USC in four games by a score of 30-20, 30-24, 23-30, 30-22.

February 1, 2002

Women’s Softball: Santa Barbara Enters Season With New Attitude

By Clancy Roberts

The UCSB softball team looks to kick off the season this weekend on its home turf with New Mexico State, Illinois-Chicago and Loyola Marymount to participate in the UCSB Early Bird Tournament.

January 31, 2002

Remedy for Gauchos: Get Tougher on Road Trip vs. Aggies, Idaho

By Eliav Appelbaum

The rugged trek through the Big West continues for the UCSB men's basketball team on unquestionably its roughest road trip every season: the Utah-Idaho swing.

January 30, 2002

Men’s & Women’s Swimming: Pacific Drubs Gauchos

By Nick Arseniak

The UCSB men's and women's swim teams took on Big West rival Pacific for their final regular season swim meet on a cold and rainy Saturday morning in Stockton.

January 30, 2002

Baseball: UCSB Ready to Build on Last Season

By Josh Tosney

Flashy swingers who step up to the plate to either strike out or score big in front of a roaring crowd of beer-swilling spectators normally conjures dim memories on D.P.

January 30, 2002

Women’s Gymanastis: UCSB Falls to Fullerton Despite Improved Score

By Chris Freet

Only three meets into the season, Santa Barbara has already lost two vital contributors due to serious injuries. But if that has dampened the team's spirits, it sure hasn't show up in the scorebook.

January 30, 2002

Santa Barbara Prepares to Battle USC Tonight, Pepperdine Friday

By Mike Long

After losing recent battles in faraway lands, the UCSB men's volleyball team will now go to war with the Trojans and try to steer clear of the swell of the Waves.

January 29, 2002

UOP, Farm Slay UCSB

By Michael Long

The UCSB men's volleyball team coasted into the weekend with sails mounted high and staffed by a tenacious crew, ready for uncharted waters. However, the Gauchos' forecast failed to predict the twin storms that they woul...

January 29, 2002

Men’s Gymnastics: Bears Drop Santa Barbara in Second Meet

By Chris Freet

Though every team would love to rack up wins early in the season, the UCSB men's gymnastics team is more eager improve its skills and make progress.

January 29, 2002

Men’s Tennis: Gaucho Netters Destroy Gonzaga, Portland; Fall to #22 Washington

By Keith Busam

It wasn't a "tournament," it wasn't a "four-way," and it wasn't a "get together." Call it what you want, but the bottom line is that when the UCSB men's tennis team returned home Sunday night, it had added two wins to it...

January 28, 2002

Gauchos Pulverize Beach in Blowout

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Gauchos relieved all their aggression last Saturday night and for Long Beach State, that was bad news. The UCSB men's basketball team throttled the 49ers 82-50 before an enthusiastically supportive Thunderdome crowd ...