Sports

Track and Field: Mt. SAC Invitational Ignites This Week

April 19, 2002 by

Some track meets are about running solid races, executing cleanly in the field events and collecting enough team points to win. This weekend, it's all about taking the fast track.
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Softball: UCSB Takes High Road in Waxing Highlanders

April 19, 2002 by

After downing Riverside in three straight contests, the UCSB softball team finds itself riding a five-game winning streak.
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Christensen WNBA Bound: Mercury Drafts UCSB Star

April 19, 2002 by

The Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association drafted UCSB forward and 2002 Big West Player of the Year Kayte Christensen in the third round of Friday's draft.
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UCSB to Chicago to WNBA?

April 18, 2002 by

For Kayte Christensen, the goal of reaching the peak will no longer be a fantasy. The former UCSB women's basketball forward and 88 other college seniors from around the country participated in the WN...
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Athlete of the Week: Spilborghs: A Diamond in the Rough

April 18, 2002 by

Outside of the monotonous drone of lecture halls, away from the mottled shag carpet of drunken I.V.-leaguer, in the well-manicured fields of Caesar Uyesaka Stadium looms a rising star.
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Softball: Santa Barbara Takes Hit, Loses Two in Palo Alto

April 18, 2002 by

The UCSB softball team dropped a pair of games to Stanford on Tuesday in Palo Alto. After losing three straight games, the Cardinal rebounded and put the Gauchos away 7-2 in the first game.
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Men’s Tennis: UCSB Halters Lions at RecCen Courts

April 17, 2002 by

"Great tennis players win when they are not playing their best tennis." That came from the mouth of No. 75 UCSB men's tennis Head Coach Marty Davis. Davis was referring to his team's ability to win de...
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Women’s Water Polo: Ants Be Gone: Gauchos Brush Off UCI

April 17, 2002 by

No. 12 Santa Barbara was able to jump all over No. 17 UCI from the outset of the match, and the Gauchos certainly had something to prove to other teams in the conference after an uninspired performanc...
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Sports Feature Photo: Winding up Goose Gossage Style

April 17, 2002 by

Junior pitcher Loren Thornburg and the UCSB softball team lost a double-header at Stanford on Tuesday. The Cardinal swept 7-2 and 8-3 wins over Santa Barbara. The Gauchos battle St. Mary's today in Mo...
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Gauchos Unmask Matadors

April 15, 2002 by

The UCSB men's volleyball team rebounded on Saturday night from its two-game slump.
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Men’s Gymnastics: East Suits UCSB Fine

April 15, 2002 by

The men's 2002 team proved its worth, leaving a legacy as the best team in Gaucho history, while the women's team stumbled out of the block and never caught up last weekend.
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Softball: Long Beach Defeats Santa Barbara Twice to Capture Series

April 15, 2002 by

The UCSB softball team could not find much offense this weekend against the steady Long Beach State pitching staff, dropping two of its three games to the 49ers in Long Beach.
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Men’s Tennis: Cal Poly Trounced by Santa Barbara at San Luis Obispo

April 15, 2002 by

The Gauchos defeated Cal Poly 6-1 to remain in a three-way tie for first place in the Big West Conference.
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Baseball: UCSB Hands Niners First Conference Defeat on Road

April 15, 2002 by

The UCSB baseball team had been hoping to stomp all over the Dirtbags. Instead they ended up eating dirt.
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Women’s Tennis: Gauchos’ Road Trip Ends in Sweeping Success

April 15, 2002 by

The Gauchos exploded out of their slump with a weekend road sweep of Cal State Fullerton and Riverside aided by great production form an unexpected source.
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