Sports

November 7, 2001

Rugby: Gaucho Squad Ready to Rumble This Season

By Jenny Patterson

The young and energetic UCSB women's rugby club team has high hopes for its upcoming season. With hard work and new coaching, there do not seem to be any obstacles the Gauchos cannot tackle.

November 7, 2001

Santa Barbara Loses in Three Games to Hawaii

By Staff

Monday night the Gauchos (13-11, 10-3 Big West) squared off against #12 Hawaii and lost in three tough games.

November 7, 2001

Field Hockey: Santa Barbara Knots Game With Mustangs, Scorches Pepperdine

By Chelsea Lindman

The UCSB women's field hockey team played this Saturday at Cal Poly to a 0-0 tie and defeated Pepperdine 10-0 on Sunday.

November 7, 2001

Gauchos Swim to Impressive Finish at Big West Shootout.

By Staff

The women finished the two-day event at 8-2, with their only losses coming against Pac-10 school Washington, whose men's and women's teams both finished the Shootout at 10-0.

November 6, 2001

Gauchos Victorious in Opener

By Nick Arseniak

The five-time defending Big West Champion UCSB women's basketball team began its season with a solid 83-70 exhibition victory over Delta Kosice on Monday evening at the Thunderdome.

November 6, 2001

ILLin With Appelbaum: Om, How Sweet It Is

By Eliav Appelbaum

YANKEES LOSE TO DIAMONDBACKS! BEARS SCORE TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN FINAL 28 SECONDS, DEFEAT CLEVELAND BROWNS IN OVERTIME ON SAFEFTY MIKE BROWN'S SECOND INTERCEPTION RETURN FOR A TD IN TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS!

November 6, 2001

Men’s Water Polo: Santa Barbara Falls in Close Match Against UCLA; Late Goals by Treman, Pacelli Not Enough for Win

By Eliot Biggert

"We played them very aggressive and actually outscored them 3-0 in the third quarter," UCSB Head Coach Joe O'Brien said. "We just need to figure out what it takes to play that way for the whole game."

November 5, 2001

UCSB Tops Riverside, Falls to Titans

By Clancy Roberts

The afternoon was cloudy in Santa Barbara, but the storm was severe in Harder Stadium on Sunday when Cal State Fullerton routed the UCSB women's soccer team 5-2.

November 5, 2001

Santa Barbara Moves Into First With Two 1-0 Wins

By Justin Tenuto

The two 1-0 victories for the UCSB men's soccer team this weekend were downright ugly. But with the wins, Santa Barbara moved into first place in the Big West with 16 points.

November 5, 2001

Gauchos Get Defensive in Home Sweep of Cal Poly

By Keith Busam

"Kathy [Gregory] has been talking about us playing better defense in practice," junior outside hitter Courtney Guerra said. "Tonight we finally made it happen. That is what won this match for us."

November 2, 2001

Santa Barbara Pastes Korabel in 2nd Half

By Eliav Appelbaum

The UCSB men's basketball team dominated a flustered and winded Korabel (Ukraine) team 94-57 behind a well-balanced offensive attack at the Thunderdome on Thursday night.

November 2, 2001

Gauchos Ready to Take on Northridge, UCR

By Justin Tenuto

The UCSB men's soccer team may be entering the most important weekend of the season.

November 2, 2001

UCSB Battles Riverside, Titans in Crucial Games

By Clancy Roberts

A lot is at stake for the women's soccer team this weekend.

November 1, 2001

Rugby Ready to Rumble

By Jenny Patterson

All teams have their ups and downs. The UCSB men's rugby club is definitely going to shoot for its share of ups this season.

November 1, 2001

A Love Supreme: Remembering Sweetness

By Eliav Appelbaum

Around the middle of a football season that trudges into the heart of autumn, my thoughts always take me back to one man – Walter Payton. Two years ago on this day, Sweetness passed away from bile duct cancer. Payt...

November 1, 2001

Borcich Collects Second Accolade

By Staff

UCSB women's soccer forward Jen Borcich was named the Big West Women's Soccer Player of the Week on Monday for her exploits against University of California-Irvine and Long Beach State last weekend.