Sports

October 13, 2016

No. 7 Gauchos Fall to No. 1 Bruins Despite Valiant Effort

By Jorge Mercado

No. 7 UCSB gave top-ranked UCLA their most physical match of the season and kept it close right until the very end.

October 13, 2016

Former Gaucho Star, Lakers Coach Brian Shaw Reminisces

By Sean White

Able to catch up with the Los Angeles Lakers new Associate Head Coach Brian Shaw, the Nexus Sports staff had the time to catch up with the former Gaucho and interview him about his expectations for the 2016 NBA season.

October 13, 2016

No. 7 Gauchos Aspire To Upset Top-Ranked UCLA

By Jorge Mercado

The UCSB men's water polo team certainly has its hands full facing unbeaten, No. 1 UCLA, but it is confident it can get the job done and hand the Bruins their first loss in 53 matches.

October 13, 2016

How Klopp Made Liverpool Contenders in Less than a Year

By Ryan Burns

Five games into the next season, now led by Jurgen Klopp—a genius of high-pressing football and a cultural icon that seems to breathe belief and hope into LFC and it’s fans—and the Reds are flying high.

October 13, 2016

Crunch Time For UCSB as it Hopes to Avenge Loss

By Antonia Bird

Despite owning the best overall record in the Big West standings, the UCSB women's soccer team sits tied at sixth in the conference standings and could use some victories to boost its conference tournament seeding chance...

October 13, 2016

Gauchos Hope To Take Advantage of Faltering Competition

By Liam Bailey

With hopes of surpassing the .500 mark for its conference record, the UCSB women's volleyball team will look to capitalize upon this week's opponents UC Riverside and Cal State Fullerton.

October 11, 2016

UCSB Rides Three-Game Win Streak Into Sac State Meeting

By Ryan Burns

Having won three consecutive matches since opening its Big West schedule, the UCSB men's soccer team will attempt to sustain its momentum in Wednesday's matchup vs. the visiting Sacramento State Hornets.

October 10, 2016

UCSB Capitalizes Against UC Davis, Falls Flat vs. Cal Poly

By Liam Bailey

After picking up its second conference win against UC Davis on Friday, UCSB was unable to even take a set from its green rival Cal Poly Sunday night in a tough loss.

October 10, 2016

Gauchos Hold Onto Early Lead to Knock Off Matadors 2-1

By Ryan Burns

UCSB stays perfect in conference play after knocking off south division-leading CSUN.

October 10, 2016

Gauchos Defeat Waves 10-8 For Huge Road Victory

By Jorge Mercado

In its second match against Pepperdine, UCSB pulled off another win thanks to hat-trick performances from Reed Cotterill and Shane Hauschild.

October 9, 2016

UCSB Suffers Heartbreaking Conference Loss

By Antonia Bird

The Gauchos suffered a heartbreaking overtime loss on Thursday against CSUN off a defensive mistake that now sets them back to 10-2-1 on the season.

October 8, 2016

UCSB Continues Big West Play Vs South Division Leaders CSUN

By Ryan Burns

Just days after the win over Irvine, the UCSB men’s soccer team will host Big West South leaders CSU Northridge on Saturday in the Gauchos’ last match before division play begins.