Sports

Men’s and Women’s Swimming: Santa Barbara Drowns in Pacific

The Gaucho women lost 173-89 while the men suffered a 169-94 defeat. Although the Tigers took this meet, the last word might be up for grabs. Santa Barbara could still face UOP again in the Big West C...
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They’re Gr-r-r-eat! UCSB Rips Tigers

Santa Barbara won the game on the boards, dominating the glass 37-21 while countering every UOP attack with two or more counter punches until the Tigers had X's where their eyes should have been and l...
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Pacific Tweaks Santa Barbara’s Win Streak

The University of the Pacific snapped the #21 UCSB women's basketball team's string of 31 straight victories over opponents from the Big West on Saturday night by handing the Gauchos a devastating 74-...
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Gauchos Settle for Split on Road

It took a trip to the Midwest to do it, but the UCSB men's volleyball team snapped its three-match losing skid this weekend, defeating Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne on Friday night 3-2 before faltering 3-...
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Women’s Tennis: SB Netters Zig Then Zag

The UCSB women's tennis team, with five freshmen and just one senior, kicked off its season in a surprising destruction of a veteran Gonzaga team by a score of 7-0 on Saturday at the RecCen tennis cou...
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UCSB Cooks Matadors

The Gauchos staved off a voracious second-half rally by Cal State Northridge to upend the only Big West team without a conference victory after Long Beach State stopped Idaho at The Pyramid.
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Women’s Basketball:Gauchos Rip Northridge to Set Record

The #18 UCSB women's basketball team has waited all week to travel to Northridge to receive its prize: a road win and a place in the record books.
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FYI, Gauchos Tackle IPFW

After losing to Northridge 3-1 on Wednesday night in a dismal showing at the Matadome, the Gauchos will try to pick up the pieces and move forward.
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Santa Barbara Netters Find Freshman Phenom

The up and coming UCSB women's tennis team will unveil a new weapon this Saturday as the team begins its quest for an NCAA Tournament bid when it hosts Gonzaga.
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Fresh Off the Wire

The Gauchos may not be in tip-top shape, but the kids are alright. Freshman guards Cecil Brown and Josh Davis are the two shining stars of the UCSB men's basketball team. For the future, that is.
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Women’s basketball: Gauchos Hope to Ride on CSUNset

The #18 UCSB women's basketball team begins a three-game Big West road trip tonight and will shoot for a season sweep against CSUN tonight in the Matadome.
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Newcomers headline: UCSB Welcomes Four Fresh Faces

Brimming with confidence after a breakout season in 2002, the Gauchos will run onto the diamond with a little more sparkle in their eyes. UCSB softball Head Coach Kristy Schroeder, last year's Big We...
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SB Set to Charge at Matadors

The Gauchos lost 3-1 to CSUN on Saturday night at Rob Gym in the third-place match of the UCSB/Elephant Bar Invitational. But the loss has not hindered Santa Barbara's confidence.
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Men’s Baseball: Santa Barbara Banks on Youth Movement

It's not quite spring yet, but the smell of baseball is in the air. The Gauchos, who have been fielding a practice squad of 36 players since the beginning of fall practice, have just two weeks to slim...
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Gauchos Roll With Punches

From these statistics, most would think that the UCSB roller hockey club team would have no hope of pulling out a regional championship appearance, but that is exactly what the team is focused on achi...
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