Sports

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

December 5, 2000 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.
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UCSB Hopes to Mangle San Antonio in Tourney’s Opening Round

December 5, 2000 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 o...
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UCSB Runs Roadrunners Out of Town With Victory

December 1, 2000 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.
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BCS: Bowl of B.S

December 1, 2000 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 c...
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Water Polo Finishes Up-and-Down Roller Coaster Ride of Season

November 29, 2000 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.
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Men’s Basketball Looks to Upset Bruins in Tonight’s Rumble

November 29, 2000 by Jason Smith

The banged-up Gauchos aren't getting any breaks this season, and things are not going to get any easier.
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Santa Barbara Yields to Cougars In Three Straight Games

November 28, 2000 by Keith Busam

Most final season matches are meaningless. You're either in or out of the playoffs.
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The Cardinal Yells “Timber” To Overcome UCSB In Season Finale

November 28, 2000 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 ...
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Wildcats Declaw Gauchos in Third Straight Defeat

November 27, 2000 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.
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UCSB Succumbs to Ferocious Cougars in Provo to Remain Winless in 2000-01

November 27, 2000 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.
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Men’s Basketball Foiled in OT by Free Throws, Don’s Frontline

November 22, 2000 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.
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Women’s Volleyball Will Face #13 BYU in Final Home Match

November 22, 2000 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.
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Ndiaye Out 4-6 Weeks With Ring-Finger Fracture; Team Looks to Vucovich

November 21, 2000 by Eliav Appelbaum

One little ring finger hangs in the balance of the UCSB men's basketball team's young season. Senior power forward Adama Ndiaye is expected to miss four to six weeks after fracturing his left ring fin...
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Santa Barbara Can’t Overcome Irvine in Last Home Game of Year

November 21, 2000 by Brittany Langan

UCSB had a tall order trying to knock off top-ranked UC Irvine and solidify a seed in this weekend's Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship.
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