Sports

May 25, 2001

Gaucho Baseball to Face FIU in First Round of NCAA Tournament

By Matt Heitner

Who the heck is Florida International? That is the question the #21 UCSB baseball team has been trying to answer since it found out that FIU will be its first-round opponent in the NCAA Tournament.

May 24, 2001

Big West Names Brontsema Head Coach of Year, Nine All-Conference Players Heading to NCAA Tournament

By Matt Heitner

This season, Brontsema has led the Gauchos into the top 25 of three national polls and into the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 1996.

May 24, 2001

The Week in Sports: From Draft to Realignment

By Eliav Appelbaum

Another week in the world of sports passed, but momentous events were sprouting left to right.

May 23, 2001

Women’s Lacrosse Finishes Strong Year In WWLL Playoffs

By Clancy Roberts

Santa Barbara was able to achieve its season-long goal of making the playoffs, and accomplished a number of feats on its journey to a 4-6 record.

May 23, 2001

Black Tide Readies for Memorial Day Weekend National Championship Tourney

By John Liu

The UCSB men's ultimate Frisbee team prefers to be called the Black Tide instead of the Gauchos, but these days the team has got a new name it hopes people will soon be calling it: National Champion.

May 22, 2001

UCSB Track and Field Cruises in Big West Championships

By John Liu

The UCSB men's and women's track and field teams ended their seasons last week at the Big West Conference Championships at Long Beach with many strong efforts across the board.

May 22, 2001

Gaucho Baseball Earns #2 Seed for Round One of NCAA Tourney

By Staff

For the first time since 1996, the Gauchos will be in the field of 64, looking to win the NCAA Title.

May 22, 2001

Lauchland is All-Big West Second Team

By Staff

There was at least one bright light that came out of the UCSB softball team's bleak season, and that came recently when sophomore left fielder E.J. Lauchland was named to the All-Big West second team.

May 21, 2001

Cal Poly Stuns UCSB Baseball by Stealing Two Games

By Eliav Appelbaum

With a possible Big West championship on the line, the UCSB baseball team came up virtually empty-handed against conference nemesis Cal Poly over the weekend for the final regular season games in the 2001 season at Caesa...

May 21, 2001

Performance Should Outweigh Appearances

By Matt Heitner

It was another article that caught my eye. It was a little inset in the main story, with the title, "Iverson Should Dress Part."

May 21, 2001

The NBA Part I: Sixers Will Succeed

By Eliav Appelbaum

If the Bucks and Spurs tangle, the Bucks should win, unless the Spurs do.

May 21, 2001

The NBA Part II: Los Angeles Prepares to Destroy Cheeseheads Unless God Comes

By Matt Heitner

With Milwaukee's game-seven thumping of the Hornets and Philly's dramatic game seven disposal of the Raptor's, the NBA is down to its final four.

May 18, 2001

Santa Barbara Dreams of Big West Banner, Sweeping Mustang Banter

By Matt Heitner

Santa Barbara will need a sweep of the Cal Poly Mustangs, plus a little help from an unlikely source, to win the Big West Title.

May 18, 2001

Ndiaye Travels to Senegal to Play for Country’s National Team This Saturday

By Eliav Appelbaum

Senior power forward Adama Ndiaye of the UCSB men's basketball team left May 14 for his native Senegal to represent his country's National Team in a series of games against the National Team of Cape Verde.

May 18, 2001

NBA Playoffs Rekindle Civil War Raging Between Northern, Southern Californians at UCSB

By Ken Spain

During this time of year, it seems that a new sort of breed of basketball fans come out of the woodwork to surface their ugly mugs and flap their lips in the name of Laker bashing.

May 17, 2001

Men’s Baseball Readies For Season Finale Versus Mustangs

By Matt Heitner

The UCSB baseball team is enjoying an extraordinary season. Currently ranked 20th in the country in two national polls, the Gauchos boast a 38-13 record, and are on the cusp of a Big West championship.