Volleyball

January 31, 2013

Gauchos Swept by Irvine, Drop Sixth Straight

By Mark Salay

Playing just one day after its worst loss of the season against Princeton University, the No. 12 UCSB men’s volleyball team rebounded with a better performance against No. 2 UC Irvine last night at Rob Gym. In three cl...

January 29, 2013

Gauchos Prep for Princeton After Skid

By Mark Salay

After losing two games in its first road trip of the season, the No. 10 UCSB men’s volleyball team will now get ready for a four-game homestand starting with Princeton University tonight at Rob Gym. With a season-high ...

January 28, 2013

Gauchos Drop Pair of Matches Up North

By Mark Salay

In its first road trip of the season, the UCSB men’s volleyball team came up empty on both of its games, getting swept by Stanford Saturday and losing to Pacific in a tough five-set match Friday. The Gauchos now find t...

January 25, 2013

UCSB Hits Road Against Tough Foes in No. 14 Pacific, No. 4 Stanford

By Mark Salay

The first road trip of the season has come at an inopportune time for the No. 10 UCSB men’s volleyball team as they travel north to face No. 14 Pacific and No. 4 Stanford Friday and Saturday, respectively. After starti...

January 21, 2013

Gauchos Downed by UCLA

By Mark Salay

The No. 8 UCSB men’s volleyball team fell short once again to No. 5 UCLA last Friday night at Rob Gym, losing three sets to one. Despite winning the first set of the match, the Gauchos dropped the next three sets as th...

January 18, 2013

Gauchos Seek to Avenge Five Set Loss When Hosting UCLA Friday

By Mark Salay

Payback will be the mindset for the No. 8 UCSB men’s volleyball team this Friday at Rob Gym as they prepare to host No. 5 UCLA in a rematch of the first game of the season. After losing to the Bruins in five sets in th...

January 16, 2013

Kathy Gregory Announces Retirement

By Caleb Shoffner

On Monday, it was announced that the only head coach the UCSB women’s volleyball program has ever known would retire. On Tuesday afternoon, Head Coach Kathy Gregory officially announced in a press conference full of su...

January 14, 2013

Gauchos Drop First Away Game of Season

By Mark Salay

The first road game of the season did not go as planned for the No. 9 UCSB men’s volleyball team as it lost in five sets against No. 11 Cal State Northridge Friday night, snapping the team’s three-game win streak. Th...

January 10, 2013

Gauchos Sweep in Conference Opener

By Mark Salay

Playing in its first conference game of the season last night at Rob Gym, the No. 9 UCSB men’s volleyball team had a dominating performance against No. 6 Long Beach State, sweeping the 49ers in three sets 25-17, 25-21 ...

January 7, 2013

Gauchos Place Fifth in UCSB Invitational

By Mark Salay

Despite last year’s disappointing finish to the season, hopes are running high for the No. 13 UCSB men’s volleyball team after a positive performance at the UCSB Asics Invitational. The Gauchos began the season this ...

November 30, 2012

Three Gauchos Earn 2012 All-Big West Honors

By Caleb Shoffner

Despite a season in which the UCSB women’s volleyball team finished 16-17 and 9-9 in the Big West conference, three players received great praise for their play this season. Freshman libero Taylor Formico and junior ou...

November 19, 2012

UCSB Wins Two on Road to Snap Skid

By Caleb Shoffner

The UCSB women’s volleyball team needed every possible set to win its two games this weekend against UC Riverside Friday and Cal State Fullerton Saturday, with both games going the full five sets. With the victories, t...

November 16, 2012

Gauchos Set for Final Road Trip

By Caleb Shoffner

The UCSB women’s volleyball team enters this weekend having lost its last four games. Looking for a change in momentum and a positive ending to their season, the Gauchos aim for two victories this weekend when they tak...

November 12, 2012

Volleyball Drops Pair of Home Matches

By Caleb Shoffner

The UCSB women’s volleyball team lost both matchups this weekend, extending its losing streak to four games. The two losses also drop Santa Barbara to seventh in the Big West conference. UCSB is now 13-16 on the year a...

November 9, 2012

UCSB Looks to Rebound Against NorCal Opponents

By Caleb Shoffner

The UCSB women’s volleyball team will host two tough teams this weekend as they welcome Pacific and UC Davis to the Thunderdome. At 18-8 and 6-7 in the Big West, Pacific will look to move ahead in the standings Friday ...

November 2, 2012

Coming Off Trip to Hawaii, UCSB Looks to Improve Big West Record at Northridge

By Sports Editor

The UCSB women’s volleyball team will be heading to Northridge this Saturday evening to face off with the third place Matadors. The Gauchos will finish their game with Hawaii late Thursday night and head back to the ma...