Sports

January 8, 2001

Women’s Basketball Looks to Turn Season Around

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Gauchos head toward their Big West with a record of 6-6 and hope for a revival against their conference opponents.

December 7, 2000

Santa Barbara Shuts Down Farm in Epic Five-Game Match With Stanford

By Keith Busam

There are always two halves to every match: the match itself, and then the last play. The funny thing is that while the match is longer, the only thing that anyone ever remembers is the last play.

December 7, 2000

Three-firric! Ward’s Three Vs. Westmont Leads UCSB; Gauchos Eke by Aztecs in Triple Overtime

By Eliav Appelbaum

Two teams waltzed into the Thunderdome expecting the Santa Barbara men's basketball team to lie down and die this past week. The Gauchos had other plans against Westmont and San Diego State.

December 7, 2000

Santa Barbara Puts Jets On to Burn Sun Devils for Tourney Championship

By Eliav Appelbaum

The UCSB women's basketball team came out of the Arizona State Holiday Classic basketball tournament Thursday rejuvenated after scorching Kent State 68-53 and the host Sun Devils 76-66 in the championship game at Ned Wul...

December 5, 2000

Santa Barbara Swamped in by UCLA Pressure After Leading at the Half

By Jason Smith

UCSB played its best performance of the season last night, coming within a whisker of upsetting the heavily favored UCLA squad in Pauley Pavilion.

December 5, 2000

UCSB Hopes to Mangle San Antonio in Tourney’s Opening Round

By Keith Busam

The #14 Santa Barbara women's volleyball team will host the largest sporting event of UCSB's athletic season tonight, while squaring off with an unranked but dangerous Texas-San Antonio squad in the opening round of the ...

December 1, 2000

UCSB Runs Roadrunners Out of Town With Victory

By Keith Busam

Survive and advance. That is the motto every team must have in the NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament. Thursday night in the Thunderdome, UCSB and Stanford did just that.

December 1, 2000

BCS: Bowl of B.S

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Bowl Championship Series is to college football what the Los Angeles Clippers are to the NBA. They are both are joke, and need to be replaced quickly, before the Cincinnati Bengals defect to the collegiate level.

November 29, 2000

Water Polo Finishes Up-and-Down Roller Coaster Ride of Season

By Brittany Langan

A team can lose composure and let one defeat ruin its season. Or it can use the defeat as a wake-up call and build off of it.

November 29, 2000

Men’s Basketball Looks to Upset Bruins in Tonight’s Rumble

By Jason Smith

The banged-up Gauchos aren't getting any breaks this season, and things are not going to get any easier.

November 28, 2000

Santa Barbara Yields to Cougars In Three Straight Games

By Keith Busam

Most final season matches are meaningless. You're either in or out of the playoffs.

November 28, 2000

The Cardinal Yells “Timber” To Overcome UCSB In Season Finale

By Brittany Langan

It was do or die for the UCSB men's water polo team. This past weekend the Gauchos (6-17 overall, 1-8 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) battled Stanford for the eighth place seed in the MPSF championships at the...

November 27, 2000

Wildcats Declaw Gauchos in Third Straight Defeat

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Gauchos are ready to put their sparring matches against the Trojans and the Wildcats behind them after a rough start to their season.

November 27, 2000

UCSB Succumbs to Ferocious Cougars in Provo to Remain Winless in 2000-01

By Jason Smith

Santa Barbara sophomore forward Mark Hull's career-high 21 points were not enough Saturday night, as UCSB dropped a 67-53 contest to BYU at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah.

November 22, 2000

Men’s Basketball Foiled in OT by Free Throws, Don’s Frontline

By Jason Smith

UCSB's home opener was spoiled Tuesday night by a burly San Francisco team in a nail-biting 74-77 overtime loss at the Thunderdome.

November 22, 2000

Women’s Volleyball Will Face #13 BYU in Final Home Match

By Keith Busam

The #14 Santa Barbara women's volleyball team will battle #13 Brigham Young University on Friday night at 7 in what will be the Gauchos' last home and regular season match of the year.