Sports

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.

November 1, 2001

Sports Feature Photo: Cooking Up a Storm

By Staff

October 31, 2001

Santa Barbara Rips Through the Water

By Jenny Patterson

The Gaucho squad is well into its 2000-2001 season. It traveled to Sacramento State for regionals the weekend of Sept. 29, taking 10th at that event.

October 31, 2001

ILLin With Appelbaum: Jordan Returns to Garden, Cannot Lift Talentless Team

By Eliav Appelbaum

Venerable superstar Michael Jordan returned to the NBA hardwood under the brightest and most critical lights of Madison Square Garden for the 38th time in his career.

October 31, 2001

UCSB Falls to UOP in Five-Set Thriller After Weekend Sweeps of Big West Foes Idaho, USU

By Keith Busam

The #23 UCSB women's volleyball team continued its struggles with ranked opponents Tuesday night as it fell in five games to #17 Pacific.

October 30, 2001

Men’s Swimming: Santa Barbara Falls to Bears in Opener

By Nick Arseniak

The UCSB men's swimming team opened its season Sunday morning taking on Pac-10 powerhouse California Berkeley at Campus Pool. The defending Big West Conference champions swam well, yet lost 114-89 to the Golden Bears.

October 30, 2001

Men’s Water Polo: Niners Smother UCSB on Senior Day

By Eliot Biggert

The 49ers (7-6 overall, 1-4 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) have thoroughly dominated UCSB (6-8 overall, 2-4 MPSF) for the last two years, and this weekend was no exception.

October 29, 2001

Cross Country: UCSB Tops Big West

By John Liu

It should be easy to spot the UCSB cross country team this Halloween. They'll be dressed as champions. The Gauchos returned this weekend from the Big West Championship in San Luis Obispo loaded with titles and awards.

October 29, 2001

Santa Barbara Demolishes Anteaters, The Beach With Offensive Onslaught

By Clancy Roberts

"This weekend was an awesome team effort," junior midfielder Jen Codington said. "Our defense has been solid for the last ten games, and that is what's winning us games."

October 29, 2001

Gauchos Trounce Highlanders With Blitz

By Justin Tenuto

Northridge afflicted the UCSB men's soccer team with its first Big West defeat two weekends ago. In the game, the Gauchos lost starting freshman goalkeeper Dan Kennedy for a hard foul in the box and senior midfielder Ste...

October 26, 2001

Gauchos Hit the Road to Face Big West Rivals Irvine, Long Beach State

By Clancy Roberts

The UCSB women's soccer team hopes to keep the ball rolling in its final road stretch of the regular season this weekend.

October 25, 2001

Men’s Waterpolo: Gauchos’ Spence Is Fixture in Lineup

By Eliot Biggert

If one thing can be distinguished above everything else as the UCSB men's water polo team's key to success, it is defense. The cornerstone of that defense for the last four years has been senior goalie, Trevor Spence.