Sports

May 9, 2001

UCSB Softball Finishes Rebuilding Year a Little Older, Wiser

By Keith Busam

Every cloud has a silver lining, but the lining for this year's UCSB women's softball team may be harder to find than others.

May 9, 2001

Garcia Earns Second Pitcher of Week Award for Performance vs. LBSU

By Matt Heitner

On Monday, the Big West named James Garcia its Pitcher of the Week for his outing against Long Beach State. The junior went the full nine innings against LBSU, limiting the Dirtbags to seven hits and two earned runs.

May 8, 2001

Santa Barbara Bolts in Stanford and Nick Carter Invitationals

By Brooke Roberts

The UCSB men's and women's track and field teams racked up a slew of highlights and personal records this past weekend in two different events.

May 8, 2001

Please Help These Ex-Presidents Find a Victory

By John Liu

John Liu is a junior at UCSB. He plays third base for a winless co-ed softball team called the Ex-Presidents, and hopes that writing this column will somehow help his team win its next game.

May 8, 2001

Black Tide Rip Through San Diego During UPA Regional Tourney Highlighted By Win over UC

By John Liu

The Black Tide rolled into San Diego this past weekend, where it won the UPA Regional Qualifier Tournament for the men's club ultimate Frisbee team.

May 7, 2001

UCSB Baseball Take Two: Santa Barbara Pounds Dirtbags

By Matt Heitner

The #25 UCSB baseball team had hoped to do some spring cleaning this weekend with Long Beach State in town.

May 7, 2001

Matadors Put Final Stake in Gauchos’ Softball Season WIth Three-Game Sweep

By Keith Busam

They usually say that parting is such sweet sorrow, but this may not be the case with the 2001 UCSB softball team as it finished its season this past weekend, dropping three in a row to a tough Cal State Northridge squad...

May 7, 2001

Feature Photo: UCSB Track

By Staff

The UCSB men's and women's track team had several stellar individual performances this weekend at the Stanford Invitational and at the Nick Carter Invitational at Pauley Track.

May 4, 2001

Gauchos and Long Beach: No Love Connection Here

By Matt Heitner

After meeting only three days ago in a 12-inning Santa Barbara victory, the #25 Gauchos and the #30 Dirtbags renew acquaintances this weekend in what promises to be a contentious three-game series.

May 4, 2001

Got Wood? Santa Barabra Swinger Earns Best Golfer of Year After Tourney Win

By Staff

The UCSB men's golf team completed a 288 score in the final round of the 2001 Big West Men's Golf Conference Tournament, the strongest score of any conference team in the final round of the tournament that ran from April...

May 4, 2001

Feature Photo: UCSB Softball Hosts Northridge

By Staff

The UCSB softball team takes on the Matadors in the Gauchos' final homestand of the 2001 season.

May 3, 2001

UCSB Baseball Jams Beach With 12th Inning Single

By Matt Heitner

Some teams have talent, others have heart. Tuesday night at Long Beach, the #25 UCSB baseball team proved it has both.

May 3, 2001

UCSB Men’s Tennis Finishes Tough Year on Strong Note After Win Over Cal Poly

By John Liu

A season that began with high expectations and excitement for the UCSB men's tennis team in January turned into frustrating setbacks in February and March, before finally ending the last weekend of April at the Big West ...

May 2, 2001

Gaucho Baseball Receives Multiple Honors

By Staff

The Gauchos' sweep of Pacific this weekend featured some extraordinary individual performances, which were officially recognized by the Big West on Monday.

May 2, 2001

Women’s Tennis Finishes Season Strong

By Clancy Roberts

After starting the season 0-8, the Gaucho netters lost only three of their next 11 matches to finish the season with a 9-13 mark, while going 1-5 in the Big West.

May 2, 2001

Santa Barbara’s Black Tide Enters UPA Regional Tourney With Stellar 26-1 Record

By John Liu

The nearly perfect #1 UCSB men's ultimate Frisbee club team, nicknamed the Black Tide, will be taking its 26-1 regular-season record to the UPA Regional Tournament this weekend in San Diego.