Sports

Niners Deep-six Gauchos

Thursday was Senior Night for the UCSB men's volleyball team, but in spite of the emotional home finale for the Gauchos, someone forgot to tell Santa Barbara there was a game to be played.
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Sports Column: Timberwolves Will Doom Lakerdom

This year's playoffs will be the like taking a deep breath inside a new car - it smells fresh, but inhale too often in and you'll have a bigger headache than a delusional Dodger fan.
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Baseball: The Gauchos’ Enigma: Which Team Will Show Up?

For instance, there's the pitching staff that at times has displayed all the rhythm and grace of an epileptic marlin. The Gaucho pitching has compiled a bloated 6.11 ERA, second worst in the Big West.
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Softball: Athlete of the Week: Trinidad Leads Gauchos by Example, Work Ethic

When something good happens on the field for the UCSB softball team, there's a good chance that junior catcher and first baseman Jami Trinidad had something to do with it.
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Senior Night in Rob Gym: Gauchos Play Long Beach State Last Home Match

The Gaucho seniors will say goodbye to Rob Gym tonight at 7, and the UCSB men's volleyball team hopes to send them off victoriously.
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UCSB Men’s Basketball Sneak Peek at 2003 Season: Gauchos in Sweet Sixteen?

Junior forward Mark Hull drained six three-point buckets against Arizona in the first half of the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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Men’s Lacrosse: UCSB Lacrosse Club Clobbers Visiting San Diego Programs

The UCSB men's lacrosse team is deep into its season, and the losses are few and far between. Last week the Gauchos added three wins to their total, placing them in a tie for second place with UCLA.
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Sports Column: Pinstripe Prophecy: Rivera, Yankees Will Relish Glory Days

I will agree that warm weather, daylight savings, and vacations are fine and great, but Major League Baseball remains the best thing about summer.
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Softball: UCSB Captures Series Win

After seeing game one slip through its fingers, the UCSB softball team battled back to win the final two games against visiting Cal Poly this weekend.
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Track and Field: Gauchos Get Their Fill of Cups at Latest Meet

Although the UCSB men's and women's track and field teams did not perform as well as they had expected this weekend at the Big West Challenge Cups in Long Beach, several Gauchos did turn heads with un...
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Women’s Water Polo: Santa Barbara Hits Pool in Greek Wars

The UCSB women's water polo team was unable to complete the Greek sweep last weekend in Southern California, as its victory Saturday over the unranked Athenas of Claremont McKenna was preceded by a lo...
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Men’s Tennis: No Wully Bully Here: Ranked Bulldogs Fall to Gauchos

Coming from disappointing matches last weekend, the UCSB men's tennis team rebounded and defeated No. 60 Fresno State 4-3 on Saturday afternoon at the RecCen courts.
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UCSB Valiantly Fights Waves

Victory was within reach. It was so close, you could see it through senior outside hitter Andy Rivera's eyes, in the grain on the hardwood and in the frenzied gasps of 765 spectators at Rob Gym.
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Baseball: Santa Barbara Salvages Series Against Irvine

The UCSB baseball team dropped the first two games of their series against UC Irvine this past weekend by scores of 4-3 and 3-2, but responded forcefully on Sunday by thrashing the Anteaters 17-6.
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Women’s Tennis: Seniors Netters Swing for Nets in Final Home Match for UCSB

The UCSB women's tennis team has endured its share of hardship this year, but you would never know it by the smiles on the players' cake-covered faces after Sunday's home finale.
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