Sports

November 10, 2024

Sports’ stories from Storke: once an athlete, always an athlete 

By Daily Nexus Staff

The Daily Nexus staff reflects on how their experience as an athlete has impacted their journey at UCSB.

October 10, 2024

UCSB men’s soccer ties with Cal Poly in Blue-Green Rivalry match

By Lauren Chiou

The Oct. 6 match extended the Gauchos’ 12-year unbeaten run in their rivalry against Cal Poly, along with maintaining their undefeated home game status this season.

May 28, 2024

UCSB baseball sweeps CSUN on the road

By Preston Espar

The UC Santa Barbara baseball team continued its dominance over the Big West Conference this past weekend as they swept the California State University, Northridge Matadors. With the sweep, the Gauchos are holding onto a...

May 28, 2024

UCSB softball ends season with a win against CSUN

By Andrew Tannourji

The UC Santa Barbara Softball team has caught fire toward the back end of its season, winning seven of its last 10 games. Two of these wins came from big conference games against California State University, Northridge M...

April 18, 2024

Men’s Basketball Falls to UC Riverside at Home in Final Regular Season Contest

By Aidan Dobbins

UC Santa Barbara fell to the UC Riverside Highlanders in disappointing fashion Saturday night, losing to their conference rival 81-64 at the Thunderdome. From the opening minutes of the first period, it simply did not lo...

March 29, 2024

Gauchos Lose Extra Innings Thriller to UCLA

By Preston Espar

After losing twice in a three-game series against California Polytechnic State University and San Luis Obispo, the UC Santa Barbara baseball team took a break from Big West competition and traveled to Los Angeles to take...

February 29, 2024

Men’s basketball loses big on the road against UCI

By Isaiah Ochoa

The UC Santa Barbara men’s basketball team went on the road on Feb. 22 to face the top team in the Big West Conference, UC Irvine. After a dominant first half from the Anteaters, their lead was too large of a gap f...

February 29, 2024

Women’s basketball starts slow in loss to UCI

By Preston Espar

After traveling out of state and losing to the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, the UC Santa Barbara women’s basketball team returned to the Thunderdome to take on the UC Irvine Anteaters. After a slow start, the Gau...

February 27, 2024

Women’s basketball falls in out-ofstate road game versus Hawai’i

By Isaiah Ochoa

The UC Santa Barbara women’s basketball team headed to the Hawaiʻian islands to face off against the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Rainbow Wahine on Saturday, Feb 17. The Gaucho’s late push wasn’t enoug...

February 27, 2024

UCSB men’s basketball completes comeback against Rainbow Warriors

By Preston Espar

The UC Santa Barbara men’s basketball team was able to break their three-game losing streak against the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Rainbow Warriors on Feb. 17. The Gauchos were down by 9 at the half, but a succe...

January 21, 2024

Men’s volleyball loses back-to-back days to Stanford

By Isaiah Ochoa

The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos hosted the No. 5 Stanford University Cardinals at home on Jan. 12-13. The Gauchos lost both matches: the first one, they lost in 5 sets, going 2-3, while the other only went 4 sets, going 1-3...

January 21, 2024

Men’s basketball defeats Cal State Bakersfield in OT thriler

By Preston Espar

The UC Santa Barbara men’s basketball team was able to dig deep and defeat California State University, Bakersfield in overtime by a score of 66-64 at the Thunderdome after not leading for the majority of their game on...

November 2, 2023

Men’s soccer loses in regular season finale

By Andrew Tannourji

The UC Santa Barbara men’s soccer team ends an eventful season with a loss to the California State University, Fullerton Titans on Oct. 28. After catching heat going into the playoffs with back-to-back wins against the...

November 2, 2023

Women’s volleyball splits weekend matches

By Brianna Fox

The UC Santa Barbara women’s volleyball team went 1-1 on their weekend road trip from Oct. 27-28, surrendering their first Big West loss to the UC Irvine Anteaters only to bounce back the next day with a dominant sweep...

November 2, 2023

Women’s volleyball beats CSU Bakersfield to extend winning streak to ten

By Wesley Batson

The UC Santa Barbara women’s volleyball team added another win to their impressive 10-game win streak as they took down a resilient CSU Bakersfield on Oct. 19. The Gauchos took down the Roadrunners in a clean three-set...

September 26, 2023

UCSB Women’s Soccer Falls to Cal Poly in Big West Opener

By Preston Espar

The UC Santa Barbara women’s soccer team’s 2023 conference opener came to a disappointing end as they fell to the California Polytechnic State University Mustangs 3-1. The game was the beginning of the UCSB Socce...