Sports

March 1, 2001

Men’s Basketball Team Faces USU, BSU

By Eliav Appelbaum

The UCSB men's basketball team finds itself in position to gain revenge and remain above .500 against Utah State tonight at 7.

March 1, 2001

Column: MLB Lacks a Certain Charm

By Matt Heitner

Instead of playing because they love the game, althletes play because they get paid. Culminating with Alex Rodriguez's 10-year $252 million contract, baseball has tumbled to a downward spiral.

February 28, 2001

Pitcher Rylie Ogle Named Big West Pitcher of the Week

By Matt Heitner

Senior southpaw Rylie Ogle was named Big West pitcher of the week for his performance against Loyola Marymount last Friday.

February 28, 2001

Men’s Tennis Continues Skid, Goes Winless on Roadtrip

By John Liu

The UCSB men's tennis team finds itself in the midst of a four-match skid after falling to Oregon, #6 Washington and Portland this past weekend in Eugene.

February 28, 2001

UCSB Men’s Volleyball Swamped by Waves in Four

By Brittany Langan

"The best team tonight was the team who was serving the best, and unfortunately our best serving came at the end of the fourth game," sophomore UCSB middle blocker Justin Adams said.

February 27, 2001

Softball Takes Two Wins Before Rain Ends Tournament

By Clancy Roberts

Just when the UCSB softball team got its bats swinging on the first day of the UCSB/Easton Invitational, the stormy weather forced the remaining two days of the tournament to be cancelled.

February 27, 2001

Men’s and Women’s Swim Teams Take Big West Championship Title

By Brooke Roberts

It's not quite time for spring cleaning, but the UCSB men's and women's swim team decided to start sweeping up a little early this year, while both teams completely cleaned house in the Big West championship meet at Long...

February 27, 2001

Gaucho Baseball Declaws Lions, Suffers Rain Delays

By Matt Heitner

The UCSB baseball team endured another weekend of rain, playing only one game of its scheduled three-game series against Loyola Marymount.

February 26, 2001

UCSB Men’s Basketball De-Claws Pacific

By Eliav Appelbaum

In a physical game marred with 49 fouls, a somber crowd of mostly students filtered into the T-dome to watch the game despite the melancholy in I.V. following a fatal auto accident Friday night.

February 26, 2001

UCSB Women’s Basketball Sweep Weekend Idaho Road Trip

By Matt Heitner

The UCSB women's basketball team has battled through adversity all season, and this weekend provided another opportunity for the Gauchos to display their resiliency.

February 26, 2001

UCSB Men’s Volleyball End Two-Match Losing Streak Against LaVerne

By Brittany Langan

It was slow going, but the Gauchos found the right tools to get back on the road and zoomed past the Leopards at the Thunderdome.

February 23, 2001

Men’s Basketball Whips Mustangs Again

By Eliav Appelbaum

If the UCSB men's basketball team can get what it wants every time it plays, it'd be sitting on top of the world.

February 23, 2001

Softball Smothered by Tigers in Pitchers’ Duel

By Jason Chau

Thursday's home game against Auburn University was merely the latest in a series of hard-fought, tough losses for the Gauchos, who fell 2-1.

February 23, 2001

Men’s Volleyball Outplayed, Swept by Long Beach

By Brittany Langan

Game three was back and forth, but in the end it was a service error that gave Long Beach point 29 and a hitting error on the Gauchos' side of the net that ended the match, 30-26.

February 23, 2001