Sports

January 12, 2001

Men’s Volleyball Looks to Keep Momentum With Win Over UCSD

By Eliav Appelbaum

On Jan. 13, the Gauchos will travel south to San Diego to face University of California-San Diego in the season opener. Because UCSD does not have a Division I program, the Gauchos have to be careful not to lose focus ea...

January 10, 2001

2000 UCSB Women’s Volleyball Review

By Keith Busam

In a season that began with low expectations from the public, the UCSB women's volleyball team made believers out of everyone.

January 10, 2001

Lady Gauchos Wallop Titans in Big West Opener

By Eliav Appelbaum

The UCSB women's basketball team sank Cal State Fullerton 74-51 at Titan Gym.

January 9, 2001

Men’s Volleyball Stomps Bruins to Claim E-Bar Tournament

By Eliav Appelbaum

Although you couldn't hear elephants stampede in the Thunderdome last week, plenty of noise was made by the fifth-ranked UCSB men's volleyball team, who left their large tracks behind, warning their future opponents to b...

January 9, 2001

Women’s Volleyball Unable to Prevail Against Hawai’i, Narrowly Missing Trip to Final Four

By Keith Busam

How does the UCSB women's volleyball team follow up a gigantic home victory over Stanford in the second round of the NCAA Tournament? Travel to Hawai'i, upset Minnesota and advance to the Elite Eight.

January 8, 2001

Men’s Basketball Drops Bombs on Loyola Marymount, Boise State

By Eliav Appelbaum

Santa Barbara finished December with a bang by crunching Loyola Marymount 85-69 at the Thunderdome. The Gauchos followed up their last win of non-conference play with a come-from-behind Big West opening victory on Jan. 4...

January 8, 2001

A Sooner Song of Supremacy

By Trey Clark

The Oklahoma Sooners romped to a 13-2 victory over the Florida State Seminoles to win their seventh national championship.

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