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UCSB Falls to UOP in Five-Set Thriller After Weekend Sweeps of Big West Foes Idaho, USU

The #23 UCSB women's volleyball team continued its struggles with ranked opponents Tuesday night as it fell in five games to #17 Pacific.
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Men’s Swimming: Santa Barbara Falls to Bears in Opener

The UCSB men's swimming team opened its season Sunday morning taking on Pac-10 powerhouse California Berkeley at Campus Pool. The defending Big West Conference champions swam well, yet lost 114-89 to ...
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Men’s Water Polo: Niners Smother UCSB on Senior Day

The 49ers (7-6 overall, 1-4 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) have thoroughly dominated UCSB (6-8 overall, 2-4 MPSF) for the last two years, and this weekend was no exception.
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Cross Country: UCSB Tops Big West

It should be easy to spot the UCSB cross country team this Halloween. They'll be dressed as champions. The Gauchos returned this weekend from the Big West Championship in San Luis Obispo loaded with t...
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Santa Barbara Demolishes Anteaters, The Beach With Offensive Onslaught

"This weekend was an awesome team effort," junior midfielder Jen Codington said. "Our defense has been solid for the last ten games, and that is what's winning us games."
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Gauchos Trounce Highlanders With Blitz

Northridge afflicted the UCSB men's soccer team with its first Big West defeat two weekends ago. In the game, the Gauchos lost starting freshman goalkeeper Dan Kennedy for a hard foul in the box and s...
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Gauchos Hit the Road to Face Big West Rivals Irvine, Long Beach State

The UCSB women's soccer team hopes to keep the ball rolling in its final road stretch of the regular season this weekend.
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Men’s Waterpolo: Gauchos’ Spence Is Fixture in Lineup

If one thing can be distinguished above everything else as the UCSB men's water polo team's key to success, it is defense. The cornerstone of that defense for the last four years has been senior goali...
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Athlete of the Week: Dalonzo Breaks Two School Records in First Meet for UCSB

On Oct. 19, UCSB freshman Lindsay Dalonzo broke the school record in not only the 100-yard backstroke but also the 200-yard backstroke, all in her first official meet as a Gaucho.
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Men’s Golf: UCSB Finishes 13th at Pacific Invitational

The UCSB men’s golf team slugged its way to a 13th place finish at the Pacific Invitational in Stockton on Tuesday. Junior clubber Scott Linklater created the majority of fireworks on an otherwi...
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Pepperdine Ousts Santa Barbara

The Pepperdine Waves had a plethora of offensive weapons to turn to Tuesday night, and it seemed as if they used almost every one of them.
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Men’s Lacrosse: UCSB Men’s lacrosse Defeats UCLA, CAl in Preseason Matchups

"We want to gel as a team; new players gel with veterans," Head Coach Scott DeMonte said. "We want to win the Southern Conference and make it back to St. Louis."
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ILLin With Appelbaum: Do I Love New York? Hell No

The New York Yankees are everywhere. The country has been struck by an intoxicating strain known as sentimentality by rooting for the most hated team in sports.
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UCSB Tops Utah State, Idaho

What do you get when you combine the rookie class of the UCSB women's soccer team and two matches at Harder Stadium in the second weekend of Big West play? A clean sweep.
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Gauchos Plunder Vandals, Utah State

With an overall record of just 12-9, most would not expect that the #23 UCSB women’s volleyball team would be in a good position this late in the season.
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