Soccer

November 23, 2011

Women’s Club Brings Home National Title

By Zak Weinberg

UCSB Women’s Club Soccer Head Coach Todd Heil can finally lift his ban on a team T-shirt that reads “On the Road to Five,” as the women edged out rival Cal Poly 1-0 in Saturday’s championship match to make their ...

November 21, 2011

Gauchos Top Friars 3-2 in Second Round

By Brent Pella

Three players tallied one goal and one assist apiece in an offensive effort that led UCSB men’s soccer past Providence College in second round action of the NCAA tournament Sunday night. It was the first game of the to...

November 18, 2011

Gauchos Face Friars in NCAA Tourney

By Brent Pella

UCSB men’s soccer will face an unfamiliar foe Sunday night when Providence College comes to town for a second-round match of the NCAA tournament. It will be the first-ever meeting between the two teams, and the Gauchos...

November 14, 2011

UCSB Drops Championship vs. UCI

By Brent Pella

A muddy night in Irvine seemed even colder for the UCSB men’s soccer team when it was defeated 3-2 in double overtime during the Big West Championship match on Saturday night. Senior midfielder Luis Silva had a goal an...

November 10, 2011

Gauchos Advance to Championship

By Brent Pella

Junior forward Sam Garza’s goal and assist helped the Gauchos overcome visiting UC Davis 2-1 during a semifinal match of the Big West conference tournament Wednesday night. It was UCSB’s fifth win in a row, and dashe...

November 9, 2011

Second Seeded Gauchos Set to Kick Off 2010 Postseason

By Brent Pella

The No. 10 UCSB men’s soccer team, currently ranked No. 2 in the league, will find itself in a familiar postseason position tonight when it hosts UC Davis in a Big West tournament semifinal match. This year is the four...

November 7, 2011

Gauchos Shut Out Mustangs on Senior Night

By Brent Pella

A 2-0 victory over visiting Cal Poly capped a four-game winning streak for the UCSB men’s soccer team as it closed out its regular season Friday night. After opening with a 2-4 record through the first six games of con...

November 4, 2011

Gauchos Face Rival Mustangs at Home

By Brent Pella

A rivalry will be renewed tonight when Gaucho blue meets Mustang green on the brightly lit field beneath the bleachers of Harder Stadium. Though the UCSB men’s soccer team has already secured its berth in the Big West ...

November 2, 2011

Gauchos Win Double OT Thriller

By Brent Pella

It took a game-winning goal by senior midfielder Luis Silva with 19 seconds left in double overtime for the UCSB men’s soccer team to finish off Cal State Northridge 3-2 on the road Tuesday night. The victory over CSUN...

November 1, 2011

Gauchos Travel to Face CSUN

By Brent Pella

Team buses will be gassed up for the final road trip of the season today as the UCSB men’s soccer team heads south to face Cal State Northridge. It will be the first and only time the two teams will face each other dur...

October 31, 2011

Seniors Get One Final Rivalry Win

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The UCSB women’s soccer team was able to end a tiresome season in strong fashion with a 2-1 victory over rival Cal Poly on senior night this past Friday. The Gauchos said goodbye to 10 graduating seniors and ensured th...

October 28, 2011

Gauchos Hit Road to Face Fullerton

By Brent Pella

The UCSB men’s soccer team’s 6-0 thrashing of Cal State Fullerton earlier this season will not be on the minds of the squad this Saturday when it travels south to face the Titans in one of the final matches of the se...

October 28, 2011

UCSB To Honor Seniors During Rivalry Match

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The UCSB women’s soccer team will have an opportunity to end its senior players’ successful careers in a strong fashion when the squad plays host to rival Cal Poly tonight. After losing their previous two league game...

October 27, 2011

Gauchos Beat Top Conference Team UCD at Harder

By Brent Pella

The UCSB men’s soccer team found itself in an unusual position this past Wednesday night when it faced Big West leader UC Davis at Harder Stadium. The Gauchos, a perennial first-place contender in conference, played th...

October 26, 2011

Google It: André Grandt’s Path to UCSB

By Brent Pella

From an epiphany-inducing visit with his sister in Arizona, to a last-minute international showcase in Germany and subsequent back-to-back national championships in Texas, junior men’s goalkeeper André Grandt has trek...

October 24, 2011

Gauchos Fail to Capitalize on Chances, Lose to Riverside 3-2

By Brent Pella

A foggy scene set the mood for the UCSB men’s soccer team’s 3-2 loss to UC Riverside at Harder Stadium on Saturday night. The game marks the first time since 2000 that UCSB has lost four league games. “We had our c...