Tennis

April 4, 2013

UCSB Ready to Continue Winning Ways Against Lowly Rival Mustangs

By Austin Richardson

The Blue-Green Rivalry will be renewed this Saturday as the UCSB women’s tennis team takes on Cal Poly. The Gauchos are having a very successful season thus far at 12-6 overall and are coming off a big 6-1 win against ...

March 1, 2013

Gauchos Prepare for Pair of Matches in Texas

By Austin Richardson

This weekend the UCSB women’s tennis team travels to Arlington, Texas for a pair of out-of-conference matches against Stephen F. Austin and the University of Texas-Arlington. The Gauchos are coming off their biggest wi...

February 1, 2013

UCSB Starts Season With Three Matches at Home

By Michael Jorgenson

The UCSB women’s tennis team kicks off its regular season with a three-game home stand this weekend, playing against Northern Arizona on Friday, San Jose State on Saturday and the University of San Francisco on Sunday....

January 23, 2013

UCSB Looks to Upset UCLA on the Road

By Michael Jorgenson

The UCSB men’s tennis team will face its toughest challenge of the year when it travels to No. 3 UCLA today. “No fear,” Head Coach Marty Davis said about what he stressed this week in practice. “On paper they’r...

January 17, 2013

Gauchos Dominate Westmont at Home

By Michael Jorgenson

The UCSB men’s tennis team got out to a hot start to open its season yesterday, sweeping Westmont at home 7-0. With the victory, the Gauchos begin the season with a 1-0 record. The Gauchos, who last year were much stro...

January 16, 2013

UCSB Faces Westmont in Season Opener

By Michael Jorgenson

The UCSB men’s tennis team will be looking to start its season off strong when it hosts Westmont on Wednesday. The Gauchos will try to build on last season’s efforts, as they finished just two points short of winning...

May 15, 2012

Tennis Reloads with Talented Recruits

By David Russo

For the second straight year, the UCSB men’s tennis team will bring in a highly touted “blue chip” recruit from California: Matthew Alves from Gold River, who has been ranked as high as No. 19 in the country among ...

May 10, 2012

From Abroad to All-Big West

By David Russo

Seniors Mathieu Forget from Geneva, Switzerland and Natalia Lozano from Valladolid, Spain helped lead the way for the UCSB men’s and women’s tennis teams this season. Last week, Forget was named First Team All-Big We...

April 16, 2012

UCSB Victorious on Senior Day

By David Russo

On Senior Day for the UCSB women’s tennis team, the whole team dominated en route to a 7-0 win over UC Riverside after defeating Cal State Fullerton 6-1 on Saturday in Fullerton. The Gauchos end the regular season at 1...

April 12, 2012

Gauchos Dominate in Last Home Matches

By David Russo

Senior Mathieu Forget will have fond memories of his Senior Day, as the No. 55 UCSB men’s tennis team swept past Loyola Marymount 7-0 yesterday in its last home match of the season. Santa Barbara improved to 12-7 on th...

April 11, 2012

UCSB Set to Host Loyola Marymount

By David Russo

In its first action since Spring Break, the No. 53 UCSB men’s tennis team will host Loyola Marymount this afternoon in what will be the squad’s last home match of the season. The Gauchos are 11-7 overall and 8-2 at h...

April 9, 2012

UCSB Nearly Completes Upset Over LBSU

By David Russo

The UCSB women’s tennis team had two third-set chances to clinch the upset over the top team in the Big West, but visiting No. 51 Long Beach State held strong and barely edged out a 4-3 win over UCSB on Saturday. The G...

April 3, 2012

UCSB Returns from Spring Break Action

By David Russo

The No. 49 UCSB men’s tennis team went 2-1 in its three home matches over Spring Break to improve to 11-7 overall and 3-1 in the Big West. The Gauchos won the battle for second place in the conference on Sunday, sweepi...

March 9, 2012

Women Have Busy Weekend vs. SDSU, CSUN; Men Look to Rebound From Two Straight Losses vs. Nevada

By David Russo

The UCSB women’s tennis team plays at San Diego State this afternoon and then resumes Big West play at home against Cal State Northridge on Sunday. The Gauchos are 4-9 overall and 2-1 in the Big West after dropping the...

March 4, 2012

Men Drop Two, Women Lose at UCI

By David Russo

After forcing five matches to go into three sets, the No. 50 UCSB men’s tennis team ended up getting shut out against No. 37 Santa Clara yesterday, right after a tough 4-3 loss at No. 53 Cal Poly on Saturday. The Gauch...

March 2, 2012

No. 50 Men’s Team Set to Face Rival No. 53 Cal Poly, Women Travel to Take on Irvine

By David Russo

The No. 50 UCSB men’s tennis team moved up 11 spots to jump No. 53 Cal Poly in the rankings this week as the Blue-Green Rivalry is set to renew tomorrow. The Gauchos are 7-4 overall and will put their three-match win s...