Sports

November 20, 2001

Men and Women’s Swimming: Gauchos Whip CSUN in Road Meets; Dalonzo Shines

By Nick Arseniak

A team's performance often declines when it swims against inferior teams. But for the UCSB men's and women's swim teams, that was not the case.

November 19, 2001

Santa Barbara Escapes From Scrappy Westmont; Williams Claims First-Season Opener

By Eliav Appelbaum

After never beginning a season on the right foot in three previous openers, UCSB men's basketball Head Coach Bob Williams finally secured his first opening game victory.

November 19, 2001

UCSB: Best in Big West

By Justin Tenuto

If Friday night was orgasmic, Sunday was a kick in the crotch. On its first game of the weekend, the UCSB men's soccer team vanquished second-place Irvine 2-0 to clinch the Big West Title.

November 19, 2001

Gauchos Whip WKU in Debut, Fall to #9 Stanford

By Matt Heitner

Playing on consecutive nights to open the season, the UCSB women's basketball team came out with a bang in a 90-78 victory against Western Kentucky.

November 16, 2001

Hey, Irvine: Here We Come

By Justin Tenuto

The strategy is simple - at least in the words of UCSB men's soccer Assistant Coach Rick Barker it is."Score one more than they do."

November 16, 2001

UCSB Set to Battle Westmont in Season Opener

By Eliav Appelbaum

After being picked by both the media and the coaches to finish second in the Big West Conference, the UCSB men's basketball team will be looking to put all the off-season hoopla behind and start playing basketball again.

November 16, 2001

UOP, Northridge Visit T-dome in Final Weekend of Season

By Keith Busam

Both UCSB and UOP's Women's volleyball teams are tied for second place in the Big West, so the winner of Friday night's showdown will most likely finish in second place for the season and receive a better seed for the NC...

November 15, 2001

Field Hockey: Best in California? Gauchos Are All Over It

By Clancy Roberts

For the second straight season the Gaucho stickers captured the club sports championship trophy with a 2-0 victory over Cal Poly on Sunday afternoon, making them the best club team in the state of California.

November 15, 2001

Men’s Water Polo: Santa Barbara Suffers Defeat at LBSU, Bounces Back for First Road Win

By Eliot Biggert

After suffering a loss to red-hot Long Beach State on Saturday, the Gauchos rebounded on Sunday at San Diego, defeating the UCSD Tritons, 7-5.

November 14, 2001

Riverside, Fullerton Toast

By Keith Busam

UCSB is two games ahead of Utah State in the critical battle for third in league. Whoever finishes in third place will almost certainly receive an at-large berth in next month's NCAA Tournament.

November 14, 2001

Santa Barbara Steamrolls Over Team Concept

By Matt Heitner

The Gauchos' impressive victory, the final exhibition game of the season, was a dramatic improvement over their game-one victory over Delta Kocise. Senior forward Kayte Christensen led five Gauchos in double figures with...

November 14, 2001

Sports Feature Photo: Borcich Earns Some Respect

By Staff

Freshman forward Jen Borcich was named the Big West Offensive Player of the Year on Tuesday, as well as the Big West Freshman of the Year. Borcich led the Gauchos and the conference in scoring with 11 goals, seven assist...

November 13, 2001

Men’s Cross Country: UCSB Qualifies for NCAA Tournament

By John Liu

The invitations finally came for the #13 UCSB men's cross country team, which will be running where no Gaucho squad has when it travels to Greenville, South Carolina for the NCAA National Championships.

November 13, 2001

Gauchos Demolish Mustangs

By Justin Tenuto

There is no such thing as a sure thing. Going into last weekend's game, the players on UCSB men's soccer team knew they needed a win to remain in contention for the Big West title.

November 13, 2001

Santa Barbara Wins, Fails in Bid for Postseason

By Clancy Roberts

Despite a 1-0 victory against Cal Poly on Nov. 9 to seal second place in the Big West Conference, the NCAA selection committee overlooked the UCSB women's soccer team when considering which schools would compete in the p...

November 13, 2001