Sports

April 23, 2001

Women’s Tennis Upset by Cal Poly in Regular Season’s Final Match, Tourney Next

By Clancy Roberts

The UCSB women's tennis team took the court against Cal Poly on Saturday in a matchup they had been waiting for all season.

April 23, 2001

Santa Barbara Takes Two Out of Three vs. Sac State

By Matt Heitner

For the second-straight weekend, the UCSB baseball team went on the road and came home with two more victories in the standings.

April 23, 2001

Softball Team’s Hitting Disappears, Again

By Keith Busam

Unfortunately for the Gauchos, just as they were beginning to start to run instead of walk, they ran into a brick wall that goes by the name of Cal State Fullerton. #9 Cal State Fullerton to be exact.

April 23, 2001

The Future of Basketball Is in Good Hands

By Matt Heitner

People bitch and moan about how boring the game is, how the players have no heart and, most of all, that the game lacks the star power it once had.

April 20, 2001

Gaucho Baseball Faces Sac State in Weekend Series

By Matt Heitner

In Big West baseball every series counts, and that's just the point the UCSB men's baseball team will take to heart this weekend.

April 20, 2001

Women’s Tennis to Clash With Rival Cal Poly

By Clancy Roberts

More intense than the Heat-Knicks rivalry of the NBA, and more heated than the Giants-Dodgers match up in MLB, is Santa Barbara vs. Big West enemy, Cal Poly.

April 19, 2001

Gaucho Softball Sweeps Doubleheader

By Keith Busam

Wednesday afternoon at the Campus Diamond, the Gauchos (17-26 overall) blanked UC Riverside, 1-0 and 3-0, in a pair of pitching gems from sophomore Sylvia Santos and freshman Katie Junge.

April 19, 2001

Lions Roar Over Women’s Water Polo in Final Home Match

By Staff

The UCSB women's water polo team was able to fend off the Lions for one quarter, but Loyola Marymount's roar proved too much in the end.

April 19, 2001

Garcia Propels Baseball Team With Hard Work, Clubhouse Attitude

By Matt Heitner

Sometimes a pitching staff is just one good arm away from reaching its full potential, and for the UCSB baseball team the missing link turned out to be junior starter James Garcia.

April 18, 2001

UCSB Ends Season With Defeat

By John Liu

A tough season for the UCSB men's tennis team ended with a disheartening 6-1 loss Tuesday to Cal Poly in the season finale.

April 18, 2001

NBA: Another Capitalistic Casualty

By Eliav Appelbaum

The "Golden Era" of the NBA has long since past: The Run of the Bulls has winded down unspectacularly; the Lake Show has been canceled; even Celtic pride has gone bunk.

April 18, 2001

Feature Photo: Women’s Water Polo Tames the Competition

By Staff

The UCSB women's water polo team enjoyed a successful Easter weekend playing in the Long Beach Invitational.

April 16, 2001

Men’s Volleyball Finishes On Down Note

By Brittany Langan

Some people save the best for last, and that's exactly what senior opposite hitter Eckhard Walter of #13 Northridge men's volleyball team did Friday night against the #9 UCSB men's volleyball team.

April 16, 2001

Men’s Tennis Falls to Anteaters, San Diego State

By John Liu

The UCSB men's tennis team endured two rough loses over Easter weekend, losing on Friday to Irvine, 4-3, and Sunday to San Diego State, 7-0.

April 16, 2001

Gauchos Baseball Rides Winning Ways Into Big West Play

By Matt Heitner

The competition may change for the UCSB baseball team, but, to paraphrase Led Zeppelin, the result remains the same.

April 16, 2001

UCSB Softball Surprises Long Beach State

By Keith Busam

When the dust cleared and the three-game series had been played, it was the Gauchos who emerged victorious, winning the last two games of the series and sending the 49ers home as losers.