Water Polo

November 5, 2012

UCSB Downed by No. 1 USC

By Tanner Gore

The UCSB men’s water polo team lost its second straight Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game on Saturday to top-ranked USC 12-7. The loss was the Gauchos’ fourth in their last five games. The team drops to 1-4 in ...

November 2, 2012

No. 5 Gauchos Set to Take on No. 1 USC in Pivotal MPSF Matchup

By Sports Editor

The No. 5 UCSB men’s water polo team travels to undefeated No. 1 USC this weekend for its fifth Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game of the season. “We have changed up the practice structure a little bit and we ha...

October 29, 2012

Gauchos Fall at Pepperdine

By Tanner Gore

The No. 3 UCSB men’s water polo team moved to 15-6 overall and 1-3 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation with their 11-7 loss to No. 6 Pepperdine over the weekend. “We just didn’t play well enough to win and th...

October 26, 2012

No. 3 Gauchos Look to Reach .500 in Conference Play, Host SoCal Foe No. 8 Pepperdine on Saturday

By Tanner Gore

The No. 3 UCSB men’s water polo team will play its fourth Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game of the season against its fellow Southern California rival in No. 8 Pepperdine this Saturday at Campus Pool. The Gauchos...

October 22, 2012

UCSB Splits Weekend Matches

By Tanner Gore

The No. 3 UCSB men’s water polo team split their two Mountain Pacific Sports Federation games over the weekend, losing 10-5 to UCLA on Saturday and beating UC Irvine 13-7 on Sunday, bringing their record to 15-5 on the...

October 19, 2012

Coming off Loss, No. 3 Gauchos Prepare for Pair of Matches Against No. 2 UCLA, No. 6 UC Irvine

By Tanner Gore

After a tough loss to Stanford last weekend, the No. 3 UCSB men’s water polo team continues MPSF play with games against UCLA and UC Irvine this weekend. On Saturday, the Gauchos will host UCLA at home and then travel ...

October 17, 2012

There Is No Shortage of Brotherly Love for UCSB

By Tanner Gore

The No. 2 UCSB men’s water polo team is playing some of its best water polo in recent history, thanks in large part to three pairs of brothers and the natural team chemistry that comes along with them. The three pairs ...

October 15, 2012

Gauchos Fall to the Cardinal

By Tanner Gore

The No. 2 UCSB men’s water polo team lost in its first MPSF game of the season Saturday, 9-7 to Stanford. This loss was the Gauchos’ second in three games against the Cardinal. With the loss, Santa Barbara drops to 1...

October 12, 2012

Gauchos Look for Second Straight Victory Against Stanford in First MPSF Game of the Season

By Tanner Gore

The No. 2 UCSB Men’s Water Polo team faces No. 5 Stanford this Saturday in its first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game of the season. The Gauchos have already played the Cardinal twice this season, losing 8-7 at ...

October 8, 2012

UCSB Perfect in Doubleheader

By Tanner Gore

The newly-ranked No. 2 UCSB men’s water polo team moved to 14-3 overall this season with two nonconference wins against Iona and Harvard on Sunday. Relative to their success in last weekend’s SoCal tournament, the Ga...

October 5, 2012

UCSB Welcomes Iona, Harvard to Campus Pool

By Tanner Gore

The UCSB men’s water polo team will look to ride the momentum of a second place finish last weekend in the SoCal Tournament when they face Iona and Harvard Sunday. The Gauchos are currently 12-3 overall, the best start...

October 1, 2012

Gauchos Earn Second in SoCal Tournament

By Tanner Gore

The UCSB men’s water polo team placed second overall in the highly contested Southern California Tournament. With huge wins over UC San Diego, Stanford and UCLA, the Gauchos ran out of gas, falling short against USC in...

May 2, 2012

UCSB Ends Season in Fourth Place

By Joshua Greenberg

Over the weekend the No. 15 UCSB women’s water polo team took fourth place in the 2012 Big West Tournament, held in Davis. The Gauchos ended the regular season with a 19-13 record overall and a 3-2 record in the Big We...

May 1, 2012

An Athlete of All Arenas

By Joshua Greenberg

Looking back over Ruth Milne’s career, it’s hard to imagine that at one point she was only a few dollars away from never touching a water polo ball.   The junior goalkeeper broke UCSB’s all-time saves record j...

April 13, 2012

No. 15 Gauchos Travel to Davis

By Joshua Greenberg

The 2012 regular season will come to a close this weekend, as the No. 15 UCSB women’s water polo team travels to Davis on Saturday and Pacific on Sunday for their final two games before the Big West Tournament. These a...

April 6, 2012

Water Polo Finishes Season

By Joshua Greenberg

This Saturday the No. 14 UCSB women’s water polo team (16-12 overall, 1-1 Big West) will host its final two home games of the 2012 season. After going 1-1 last weekend to open conference play, the Gauchos will face No....