Sports

Baseball: Gauchos Pummel Sacramento State to Capture Series

Good things seem to come in pairs: two-for-one happy hour specials, breasts, and Gaucho wins.
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Sports Guy: NorCal vs. SoCal: Why the Bitter Rivalry With Sports?

I am fascinated by the bitter athletic rivalry at UCSB between students originating from northern and southern California. I'm bewildered by the number of times I've heard the bashing, profanity and u...
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Baseball: UCSB Keeps Heads Up Against Hornets

Within one strike away of capturing its first series sweep of the season last week against University of the Pacific, the UCSB baseball team hopes to get it right this time.
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Rock Climbing: Santa Barbara: Like a Rock

High above the city, among the purple majesty of the Santa Barbara mountains, a man clings to a modest handhold, high on a jagged face of a 40-foot boulder.
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Gaucho Sports Notes: May 17, 2002

The UCSB women's basketball team has lost another member of its successful program. Assistant Coach Kristen Gillespie resigned from her coaching duties at UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday.
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Track: Gauchos’ Road Nears End

The UCSB Men's and Women's Track and Field teams' tireless work this season has been preparation for now, the Big West Conference Championships beginning today in Irvine.
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Men’s Tennis: Santa Barbara Netters Reminisce on Season

In a season that saw the UCSB men's tennis team win the Big West Championship, and return to the NCAA Tournament, everyone involved in the program had good things to say about the Gaucho netters' 2002...
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Sports Column: Baseball Nerds Forget the Tube and Log On

Damn the decadent bastards, with their caviar and Cristal and MLB Extra Innings digital cable package. What can the common man do? Fear not, proletariat. We are on a college campus. We have computer l...
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Women’s Softball: Big West Recognizes Gauchos

Wrapping up the 2002 season fourth in the Big West after an eighth-place finish the year before, the UCSB softball team received deserved conference recognition. The Big West named first-year UCSB Hea...
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Sports Feature Photo: Is That George Brett at Third?

The UCSB baseball team will play its final home series of the year against Sacramento State this weekend. The first game versus the Hornets begins at Friday at 2 p.m.
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Sports Feature Photo: Count the Red Cups

With no football team at UCSB, students in Isla Vista look for other ways to entertain themselves on the weekend.
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Softball: UCSB Stumbles in Series Finale

UCSB finished the season with a 27-36 overall record and a 12-12 conference finish, good for fourth place in the Big West.
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Al and Mord: Jose Canseco: Record Breakin’ Baseball Biff

Jose Can-You-See that your Hall of Fame aspirations have gone to dust? Baseball is a beautiful game, and you just made fans across the country blow chunks in mass quantities.
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Women’s Track and Field: Santa Barbara Rejoices Heralded Recruiting Class

CalTrack.com has already ranked UCSB's 2003 recruiting class the fourth best in the state.
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Men’s Tennis: L.A. Story: ’02 Season Ends Where It Began

The Gauchos realized both of their preseason goals by moving back into the national rankings and winning the Big West. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end.
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