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UCSB Looks to Find Back of Net vs. Fresno State, Denver

The Gauchos are coming off a 120-minute scoreless tie with Pac-10 power UCLA, a game which the team played nearly half of short-handed due to senior defender Reuben Bates getting red-carded.
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Santa Barbara To Host Sacramento State, Pepperdine Before Entering Big West Play

>"At this level, there are no easy games," UCSB Head Coach Paul Stumpf said. "Both games this weekend should help us prepare for conference."
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Men’s Water Polo: Gauchos Ready for Weekend with Loyola Marymount, Irvine

Santa Barbara is coming off a dominating 11-5 win last Sunday when it overwhelmed the University of Pacific.
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Borcich Ready To Kick It With Baddest of Big West

This freshman forward on the UCSB women's soccer team is the complete package. Borcich is the real deal, notching her first collegiate hat trick in a 3-1 win over Weber State.
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Loyola Marymount Shreds Gauchos in Three-Straight Games to Mark First Unranked Loss

Undoubtedly, UCSB has struggled so far this year, but no one in the country has played a tougher schedule. Santa Barbara has lost seven matches, six of which have been to Top 25 teams, and five of whi...
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Cross Country: Santa Barbara Men’s Cross Country Places Third, Women Finish Sixth at Stanford Invite

The UCSB men's and women's cross country teams came out strong at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto last Saturday.
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Womens’ Volleyball: #20 UCSB Prepares for Lions

Tonight when the #19 UCSB women's volleyball team squares off against Loyola Marymount University, the squad will be looking to add to its first winning streak of this young season.
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Vargas Hits Canvas In Court

I used to have a word to describe World Boxing Association junior middleweight champion Fernando Vargas: thug. I now have a more concrete description: felon.
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Gauchos Take Growl Out of Tigers

After a yearlong drought at home, the UCSB men's water polo team played some of its best water polo of the season for a packed Campus Pool crowd.
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From the Cheap Seats: Ravens and Rams Step to Forefront

Good teams are now bad, bad teams are now good, and the NFL is more competitive than ever.
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Santa Barbara Can’t Extend Winning Streak to Five Games, Drops 2-1 Decision to Fresno

"We knew it was going to be a tough game," junior midfielder Erica Perrotta said. "We knew we were going to have to battle the whole 90 minutes because we knew they would be the most competitive of ou...
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Gauchos Hope to Bite Harder, Send Bruins Into Hibernation

"UCLA is a good team, but they're nothing we can't handle," senior defender and defensive anchor Reuben Bates said.
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Santa Barbara Shoots to Wallop Weber State

The 2001 Gauchos play a different style of soccer than they have in years past. UCSB has added a more athletic dimension to its game, and the team is more offensively potent.
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Cougars Maim UCSB In Three Straight Games for Win

Santa Barbara (3-6, 1-1) was overpowered in almost every facet of the game against the Cougars (7-1, 1-0 Mountain West). UCSB was out-blocked 12-5, out-dug 49-47 and out-hit .276 to .176
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UCSB Faces Stern 2001-02 Slate

The Gauchos will take on one of the toughest schedules in the country in the upcoming season, facing 11 teams that participated in postseason play a year ago.
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