Soccer

September 26, 2011

Santa Barbara Ties CSU Bakersfield

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Trailing for most of the match, the UCSB women’s soccer team was able to salvage a 1-1 tie on the road at Cal State Bakersfield in double overtime game Sunday night. With the tie in their final nonconference game of th...

September 26, 2011

Gaucho Midfielders Silva, David Propel UCSB to 2-0 Weekend

By Brent Pella

Undefeated weekends have become a growing trend for the UCSB men’s soccer team, as it followed up a 3-0 victory against visiting University of San Diego on Friday night with a 2-0 win against Sacramento State on Sunday...

September 23, 2011

Gauchos Face San Diego Friday, Sac State Sunday

By Brent Pella

After suffering its first loss of the season last Friday at UCLA, the UCSB men’s soccer team will return to action tonight at home against University of San Diego, and again on Sunday against Sacramento State. Last wee...

September 15, 2011

UCSB Splits Pair of Games Over the Weeekend

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Borrowing a travel tip from the men’s team, the UCSB women’s soccer team took a red eye flight to Michigan last Wednesday night to get an extra day’s rest to prepare for their pair of matches this past weekend. The...

September 15, 2011

Gauchos Tie Visiting Villanova

By Brent Pella

The result of Sunday’s game against visiting Villanova was not the shutout that the UCSB men’s soccer team was hoping for. However, the 0-0 double- overtime draw allowed the team to escape with a still unbeaten recor...

August 24, 2011

UCSB Dominates in Preseason Exhibition

By Brent Pella

January 2, 2011

Sports Briefs

By Sports Editor

Men’s Basketball After upsetting #22 UNLV in Vegas 68-62 on Dec. 15, the Gauchos (7-5 overall) went 2-2 in their remaining games over Winter Break, with wins against Cal Baptist and Fresno Pacific and losses to Lon...

December 8, 2010

College Cup Team Previews: #4 North Carolina Tar Heels

By Brent Pella

Sometimes a victory takes playing even more than the usual 90 minutes. Sometimes it even takes more than one overtime period. For the North Carolina Tar Heels this postseason, victories have taken just a bit more than th...

December 8, 2010

College Cup Team Previews: #1 Louisville Cardinals

By Ryan Eagleson

The #1 Louisville men’s soccer team began its 2010 campaign either unranked or ranked at, or near, the bottom of the list in all five of the major college soccer polls. Going undefeated and tying only three matches has...

December 8, 2010

College Cup Team Previews: #10 Michigan Wolverines

By Kirk Reed

After winning the Big Ten title, Michigan earned the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and ended the regular season ranked 19th in the country in only its 11th season as a program.

December 8, 2010

College Cup Team Previews: #3 Akron Zips

By Ryan Porush

Reaching the College Cup is nothing new for the University of Akron men’s soccer team. For the second consecutive year, the Zips will be playing for a chance to win the national championship.

December 8, 2010

Gaucho Soccer: Cultivating a Legacy

By Mark Bogard

As a fan of UCSB soccer, it would be easy to get used to the success: nine consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament, a National Championship in 2006, 16 All-Americans and 14 current professional players. The list goes on...

November 22, 2010

Gauchos Tumble in NCAA Second Round at UC Berkeley

By Mark Bogard

It’s never easy to close out a season on a losing note, but Gaucho soccer faced heartbreak yesterday, giving up a 1-0 lead to the Bears with just two minutes to play in regulation, before giving up the match with two s...

November 19, 2010

Bring on the Golden Bears

By Mark Bogard

If every match of the postseason goes like last night’s, Waid Ibrahim’s pacemaker is going to need replacing.

November 17, 2010

Gaucho Back Line Looks to Make Noise in Playoffs

By Mark Bogard

How does one judge defense without the clear-cut statistics of other sports like baseball and basketball? The answer? Ask Gaucho seniors Sam Hayden and Michael Boxall.

November 15, 2010

Men’s Soccer to Host Denver in NCAA Tournament First Round

By Mark Bogard

Gaucho soccer received word of its NCAA tournament seeding Monday, when the selection committee announced that the team will face Denver in the first round at Harder Stadium this Thursday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m.