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Softball: UCSB Stumbles in Series Finale

May 14, 2002 by

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

May 14, 2002 by

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

May 14, 2002 by

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

May 13, 2002 by

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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Baseball: Santa Barbara Claims First Big West Series

May 13, 2002 by

The UCSB baseball team won its first Big West series this year against UOP at Billy Hebert Field this weekend. They rebounded from a heartbreaking 5-4 loss on Friday to poach the Tigers by scores of 1...
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Track and Field: Gauchos Tune Up for Big West Championships

May 13, 2002 by

The UCSB men's and women's track and field teams tuned up before the Big West Championship this upcoming week, and apparently the sprinters can't wait to get started.
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Sports Feature Photo: Swing for the Fences

May 13, 2002 by

The UCSB softball team played a three-game series at Sacramento State last weekend. After splitting a doubleheader on Friday, the Gauchos could not pull out the victory over the Hornets.
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Baseball: UCSB Stares Into Eye of Tigers

May 10, 2002 by

The Gauchos will travel to Stockton for a three-game series against UOP at Billy Hebert Field. Santa Barbara will try to snap a seven-game losing streak in conference that has seen them plummet from s...
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Softball: Gauchos Dig In Deep for Final Stretch of Regular Season

May 10, 2002 by

Not only do the Gauchos have playoff hopes on the line against the Hornets, but sophomore rightfielder Leslie Simien will lace her running cleats for a Big West record 38th stolen base.
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Sports Guy: One Man’s Fantasy Is Another’s Reality

May 10, 2002 by

In a fantasy world, I would own a Major League Baseball team. Give me the thrills of the war room on draft day, and the grueling negotiations of signing and trading guys.
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Softball: Base Thief Clears Way for Record

May 8, 2002 by

When Leslie Simien came to Santa Barbara, her father predicted that she would break the university's stolen base record. With three games and 21 innings left, Simien needs to snatch up one more base t...
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Men’s Tennis: Gauchos Gear Up for NCAA Grind in L.A.

May 8, 2002 by

Despite an unbelievable run through the Big West Championships, the selection committee served up a royal slap in the face to Santa Barbara and its star player junior Carlos Palencia.
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Sports Column: It’s Getting Ugly: Baseball’s Seven Deadly Sins

May 8, 2002 by

Name me one world-class baseball player who is undeniably hot, and I'll show you a whiny little Red with a famous dad and no knee ligaments.
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2003 Gauchos: Life After Christensen Begins

May 8, 2002 by

The 2002 UCSB women's basketball team had about as successful a season as Head Coach Mark French could have hoped.
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Sports Feature Photo: Up and At ‘Em

May 8, 2002 by

The UCSB men's and women's track and field teams have been flying high lately after competitions at the annual Nick Carter Invitational and Stanford Invite last weekend.
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