Sports

Santa Barbara Prepares to Host Cardinal

The UCSB men's volleyball team is hungry for revenge against Stanford and hopes a little home cookin' will be the recipe for victory.
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Baseball: Gauchos Try to Move Above .500 Mark With Victories Over Broncos

After an even 2-2 start to their season, the UCSB baseball team hopes to keep improving, while the team heads north to the Bay Area to take on Santa Clara in a three-game show down this weekend.
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Men’s Tennis: Palencia’s Travels Bring Him to UCSB

The 20-year-old ,Carlos Palencia, from Cordoba, Mexico has played for three different schools in the last four years, and, like Odysseus at Ithaca, has finally found a home at UCSB.
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Santa Barbara Runs Circles Around Fullerton

The UCSB women's basketball team impressed Wednesday night against Fullerton at the Thunderdome, whipping the Titans to extend its winning streak to a season-high 10 games.
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Gymnastics: UCSB Meets USAFA

The men's gymnastics team shot the Falcons down to continue its consistent improvement, while also posting its first two wins (2-2) of the young season.
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Gauchos Look for Motivation vs. Titans

The UCSB women's basketball team hosts Cal State Fullerton tonight in a game that features teams on the opposite end of the Big West spectrum.
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Sports Feature Photo: Lean on Me

Junior forward Mark Hill leans in for a jumper over a startled defender.
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Baseball: UCSB Humiliates BYU

After scoring only 13 runs in their entire three-game opening series against LMU over the weekend, the Gauchos exploded for 12 runs on 14 hits against BYU on Monday, pounding the Cougars by a score of...
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Softball: UCSB Enjoys Early Success at Early Bird

Santa Barbara's first game of the tournament, an 11 a.m. matchup against New Mexico State, certainly served as an indicator for the way the rest of the weekend would play out for the squad.
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Santa Barbara’s Loss to Pepperdine Knocks Gauchos MPSF Mark to 3-3

#3 Pepperdine swept #7 Santa Barbara 30-26, 30-21, 30-24 at Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu. With the victory, the Waves have won seven consecutive matches while exacting revenge for a Jan. 7 home loss...
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UCSB Rolls to Victories

Playing their first back-to-back home games of the season, the Gauchos felt right at home at the Thunderdome this weekend, picking up victories over both Pacific and Idaho.
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Appelbaum on Sports: Patriots, Summerall Show What Football Is All About

The Pats were in The Big Easy to play football, not to twirl off a famous jazz number. They made their victory over the St. Louis Rams look like bobbing for apples in a Vermont orchard.
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Santa Barbara Finds Iron Unkind in Idaho, Scores Season-Low 37 Points

The UCSB men's basketball team lost its second straight game, falling 40-37 against Idaho on Saturday night at Moscow.
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Men’s Baseball: Lions Clinch Series From Gauchos

The Gauchos were only able to take one of their three games this weekend in their season opening series against Loyola Marymount.
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Men’s Baseball: UCSB Falls to Loyola

Springtime is still on the distant horizon, but baseball season is underway. Unfortunately, for the UCSB baseball team, the only things that were colder than the January air on Thursday afternoon were...
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